GWVGWIA

Level 1

The GroupWise Internet Agent interface, or GWIA interface, intercepts the mail flowing through the GWIA folder structure, scans the mail, then passes clean mail back to the GWIA for normal mail processes. The point of interception comes directly after the GWIA receives the mail from the internet source, or right before the connected GWIA sends the mail across the internet. The GWIA interface does not directly receive mail or send mail, and has no connection to the internet whatsoever. GWAVA’s GWIA interface instructs the GWIA to place mail it has received into a holding folder structure, called the 3rd folder, where the mail waits to be scanned by GWAVA. Once the mail has been scanned and sorted, GWAVA places the clean message files into the proper folder, where the GWIA then moves the incoming mail to the MTA and the outgoing mail to the internet destination, as part of its normal process. Clean messages are passed through the system as normal, with no alterations to the file.

Because the GWIA interface is integrated in the base folder structure, and not in the actual processes of the GWIA agent itself, there is no start or stop order for GWAVA or the GWIA. If a GWIA interface has been created and installed correctly, then if GWAVA is not running while the GWIA is attempting normal operation, then mail received from the internet, and mail waiting to be sent to the internet, will queue up in the holding folders created for the interface. Once GWAVA is started, the queued mail will be processed and sent to the internet or the MTA as normal.

Level 2

The SMTP Scanner is covered under the GWVSMTP Module.