Design and implementation of a Web-based Internet/Intranet mail server management system

Electronic mail service is one of the most essential and well-known Internet/Intranet application services. Users expect their electronic mail service to be reliable and efficient, while administrators demand reliable and efficient tools to satisfy users´ expectations. The mail server management system is a good solution for such requirements from different user groups. We have designed and implemented an SNMP manager and SNMP agent system that can manage Internet/Intranet mail server systems. The system has been integrated with WWW technology such as Java and common gateway interface (CGI). The Java-based GUI system enables human users to manage mail server systems from anywhere with friendly, easy-to-use Web browser interfaces. The system architecture is also general enough so that it can be easily extended to manage any other Internet/Intranet application services