Installing the GroupWise Internet Agent479novdocx (en) 22 June 20094Installing the GroupWise InternetAgentThe Novell ® GroupWise ® Internet Agent enables you to send and receive messages over theInternet. The following sections provide information to help you successfully install the InternetAgent in your existing GroupWise system. Section 4.1, “GroupWise Internet Agent Overview,” on page 79 Section 4.2, “Internet Agent System Requirements,” on page 83 Section 4.3, “Planning the GroupWise Internet Agent,” on page 84 Section 4.4, “Setting Up the Internet Agent,” on page 91 Section 4.5, “What’s Next,” on page 100 Section 4.6, “GroupWise Internet Agent Installation Worksheet,” on page 100After you’ve installed the Internet Agent, there are additional tasks you can perform to optimize andmaintain your GroupWise system. These tasks are discussed under Section 4.5, “What’s Next,” onpage 100.IMPORTANT: If you plan to install the Internet Agent in a clustered server environment, see theGroupWise 7 Interoperability Guide (http://www.novell.com/documentation/gw7) before you installthe Internet Agent.4.1 GroupWise Internet Agent OverviewThe Internet Agent allows communication between GroupWise users and users of other messagingsystems who send e-mail across the Internet. The Internet Agent picks up inbound e-mail messagesfrom the Internet, converts them from RFC-822 or MIME format to the GroupWise message format,and then passes the converted messages to the GroupWise Message Transfer Agent (MTA).For outgoing messages to the Internet, the GroupWise MTA passes the messages to the InternetAgent, which then converts the messages to Internet messaging format, and then sends them to thedesignated Internet addresses.
