The dynamic Internet link capability of the GroupWise Message Transfer Agent (MTA) enables it to use Domain Name Service (DNS) to associate the domain name in an Internet-style address (for example, jsmith@novell.com) to an MTA assigned to receive messages for that domain name. After the address has been resolved, the sending MTA uses the GroupWise Message Transfer Protocol (GWMTP) to connect with and transfer messages to the destination MTA.
Because messages are transferred directly from one MTA to another, no GroupWise client functionality is lost. Users can perform Busy Searches, retract sent messages, and see the status of their outgoing messages, just as if the recipient were in the same GroupWise system. In addition, users are able to use well-known Internet-style address syntax (for example, jsmith@novell.com).
Administratively, using dynamic Internet links enables you to avoid defining users from other GroupWise systems in your GroupWise system. As long as the sender knows the recipient’s Internet-style address, and the recipient’s domain name is registered in DNS and associated with an MTA, the message is properly routed to the recipient.
For information about connecting GroupWise systems via dynamic Internet links, see Section 2.0, Using Dynamic Internet Links.