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Getting Started with IMail Server

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Components of an Internet Mail System
Planning Your Installation
Step 1: What Do You Need?
System Requirements
Hardware Environment
Step 2: Create DNS Entries for Your Mail Server
Step 3: Choose the Type of User Database
Step 4: What E-Mail Services Do You Want to Provide?
Step 5: Determine Security Levels and Access Control
SMTP Mail Relay options
SMTP Authentication
Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)
Step 6: One Mail Host or Multiple Hosts?
Installing IMail Server
Step 1: Start the Installation Procedure
Step 2: Set the Official Host Name for Your Server
Step 3: Select the User Database
Step 4: Select the Location for IMail Files and Folders
Step 5: Set Security Options
Step 6: Select the IMail Services You Want to Use
Step 7: Add a Test User
Step 8: Install Language Packs for Web Templates
Step 9: Restart your system
Testing Your IMail Server Installation
Step 1: Confirm your DNS Settings
Step 2: Confirm Your IMail Server Installation
Step 3: Confirm User Database Setup
Step 4: Sending and Receiving Mail in a Test Account
Upgrading
Upgrading Using External Databases
Upgrading the LDAP Database
Upgrading Web Messaging
Upgrading Language Packs for Web Templates
Upgrading Antispam Features
Re-Installing IMail Server to a Different Location
Removing IMail Server
Enabling Wizards
Technical Support
Mail Servers and DNS
What is DNS?
How a Mail Server Uses DNS
Setting Up Mail Server Records in the DNS
Your Local Network's DNS server
Example of a Basic Configuration
Sample DNS Records
Other Configurations
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