Displaying Online Advertisements

Displaying Online Advertisements

The Web Messaging advertisements are displayed at the top of each Web Messaging page and can consist of HTML text and/or graphics, including hyperlinks. Multiple ads are also supported. With Ad Support enabled, Web Messaging cycles through up to 1000 ads, changing the displayed ad every 30 seconds.

To enable ad support:

In IMail Administrator, select the mail host in the left panel, then select the Web Messaging Ad Support tab, in the right panel.
Select Enable Ad Support.

To disable ad support, make sure this box is cleared.

To create or edit an online advertisement:

On the Web Messaging Ad Support tab, click Add. Enter the HTML code and text for the ad in the text box and click Apply.

The ad can contain up to 512 characters of HTML code, and can display .gif files and link to web addresses (URL). If the ad is larger than the frame size, a scroll bar appears on the right side of the frame, thus, an ad can be a full web page.

The ads are stored in the ads.txt file. You can edit this file outside of IMail Administrator, by opening it in an editor. There is no limit to the number of ads you can enter in ads.txt.

To create or edit a trailer message:

The trailer (tail) message appears in the frame at the bottom of the screen if you have Ad Support enabled. It is stored in the mailtail.html file.

Select a mail host in the left panel, and click the Web Messaging Content tab in the right panel.
Click Trailer, and the mailtail.html file opens for editing.

Enter a full HTML page, starting with <HTML><BODY> and ending with </BODY></HTML>.

One idea for using the trailer message is to use a Java scrolling text area to print any current news.

You can also edit mailtail.html in a text editor. mailtail.html is located at [IMail Top Directory]\Web.

Editing the Welcome Message

The Welcome Message and a logo appear on the Web Messaging Logon page.

You can enter up to 1000 characters of plain text and/or raw HTML code in the mailwelc.txt file. The message displays on the Logon page above the logon box and persists across reboots.

You can also edit the Welcome message in the following ways:

In the IMail Administrator - Select the mail host in the left panel, then click the Web Messaging Content tab in the right panel. Select mailwelc.txt from the list box and click Edit.
In the Web Messaging interface - To do this, log on to Web Messaging, and then under the Admin Account Options, click Edit Welcome Message.

To have a different welcome message for each host, create a separate web folder under each host and edit the mailwelc.txt file from that directory. This only works for hosts that have IP addresses. Virtual hosts, must use the primary host's web files.

Editing the News of the Day

The News of the Day appears after you log on to Web Messaging. If nothing is entered for the News of the Day, then the Menu page appears after log on. You can enter between 10 and 1000 characters of plain text and/or raw HTML code in the file mailnews.txt. The News message persists across logons.

You can also edit the News of the Day as follows:

In the IMail Administrator - Select the mail host in the left panel, then click the Web Messaging Content tab in the right panel. Click News OTD.
In the Web Messaging interface - Log on to Web Messaging, and then, under the Admin Account Options, click Edit News Message.

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