Backing Up the IMail Server Configuration

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The IMail Server configuration is saved in the registry.

Using IMail Administrator to Back Up the Registry

To perform a backup manually:

1. Select the "localhost" folder.
2. On the General tab, click the Backup button.

A dialog box prompts you to specify a filename to which it will back up the IMail Server section of the registry.

To restore the registry from a backup file:

1. Select the "localhost" folder.
2. Click the General tab.
3. Click the Backup button.
4. In the box labelled "Possible backup files..." select the backup file you want to use.
5. Click the Restore button.

If you restore a backup file, you will lose any changes made between the time of the backup and the time of the restore.

Using a Command Line Utility

A command line utility (regback.exe) is provided to perform the same backup described above. Its name is regback.exe and you can use it to perform a backup from another system, or you can use a scheduling program to run it on a regular basis.

Using Regedit

You can also back up the IMail Server registry settings by using Regedit to save the key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Ipswitch\IMail. This saves the system configuration settings and all user settings.

If you want to back up only the user settings, save the key

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Ipswitch
       \IMail\Domains\domain_name\Users 

Users saved in this way can be imported into any domain by editing the registry text file and changing the `domain.'

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