Contents
- What This Package Includes
- The Ipswitch Products
- Optional IMail Server Products
- Additional Information Sources
- Visit Our Web Site
- Technical Support
- Send Us Your Comments
- Downloading Patches and Upgrades
- What is IMail Server?
- System Requirements
- Installation
- New in Version 8.0
- Services
- User Interface
- Anti-Spam Functionality
- Web Messaging Administration
- New in Version 8.01
- Anti-Spam Functionality
- Web Messaging Administration
- Basic Services
- SMTP
- POP3
- IMAP4
- Web Messaging
- Web Calendaring
- Additional Services
- Features
- User Registration and Maintenance
- Mailing List Creation and Maintenance
- Mail Forwarding
- Vacation Support
- Finger "Plan" Support
- Mail Delivery Rules
- Automated Mail Accounts (Info Manager)
- Multiple Host (Domain) Support
- Privacy-Enhanced POP Support
- Forwarding of Mail to a Beeper or Pager
- Unknown Local User Processing
- Anti-Spam Features
- IMail Client for Windows
- Types of Configurations
- Basic Configuration
- Advanced Configuration
- Viewing the Basic IMail Server Configuration
- Root User ID
- General Properties
- The Mail Queue
- A Quick Look at IMail Server Services
- Verifying Services
- Default Service Ports
- The IMail Server Directory Structure
- Checking Configuration of the Primary Host
- Checking the DNS Configuration for the Primary Host
- Setting Up DNS for the Primary Host
- Setting Up DNS for Multiple Mail Hosts
- Setting Up an Alias for a Host
- Adding an Additional Host
- Virtual Hosts with IP Addresses
- Virtual Hosts without IP Addresses
- Configuring a Virtual Host
- Additional Host Settings
- Adding a Host Based on an External Database
- Configuring the Primary Host
- Creating a Host Based on an External Database
- Configuring the External Database Interface
- Changing the IP Address of a Host
- Setting up a Dial-up Internet Connection
- Receiving Mail from an Internet Service Provider
- Setting Up the Server for Dial-up Access
- Setting Up IMail Server as a Mail Gateway
- Setting Up IMail Server as a Backup Mail Spooler
- Setting Up "Peer" IMail Servers
- How Peering Works
- Setup Procedure
- Example of Setting Up Peer Servers
- Using ETRN to Retrieve Mail
- Working with User Mail Accounts
- Adding User Mail Accounts
- Importing NT Users
- Deleting a User Mail Account
- Finding Orphan Mail Accounts
- Setting Defaults for New Users
- Working with Mailboxes
- Combining Mailbox Names with User IDs
- Setting Up a Finger Plan
- Setting Up a Vacation Message
- Viewing the List of Sender E-mail Addresses
- Clearing the List of Sender E-mail Addresses
- Sending an Automated Response to Every E-Mail
- Entering LDAP Directory Information (Attributes)
- Forwarding Mail to Another User Account
- Applying User Settings to other Users
- Global Settings for Existing Users
- Disabling an Entire Host
- Creating Aliases
- Types of Aliases
- Adding an Alias
- Processing Mail to Users that Don't Exist
- Processing Order
- Setting Up Delivery Rules
- Rules Processing
- Creating an Inbound Delivery Rule
- Creating an Outbound Delivery Rule for a Host
- Adding Multiple Conditions to Rules
- Processing Order for Conditions
- Order of Rules
- Testing a Delivery Rule
- Rule Syntax
- Determining Which Rule Trapped a Message
- Storing Search Text in External Files
- Limitations
- Commonly Used Rule Examples
- Note to Killer WebMail and Classic WebMail Users
- Using the Info Manager
- Using the Info Manager for a Single Automated Response
- When to Use a Sub-divided Info Manager Account
- Sub-areas and Mailboxes
- Sub-dividing an Info Manager Account
- Notes about Forwarding
- Disabling the Info Manager
- More About the Info Manager
- SMTP RFCs Supported
- Basic Information
- Logging On
- Configuring the SMTP Server
- SMTP Options
- Using a Remote Mail Gateway
- Advanced Options
- SMTP Security
- Background on SMTP Protocol Security
- Security Strategies
- Mail Relay
- Validating Incoming Mail
- Access Control Options
- Changing the SMTP Hello Message
- Setting SMTP Security Options
- Setting Mail Relay Options
- Setting Access to Local Mail Groups
- Validating Incoming Mail
- Setting Access to the SMTP Server
- Copying Inbound and Outbound Mail
- Logging On
- Configuring the POP3 Server
- Logging Options
- Other Options
- Advanced Options
- Change the POP3 Hello Message:
- Setting Access to the POP3 Server
- IMail Server IMAP4 Implementation
- IMAP4 Server Support
- Full IMAP4 Client Support
- Mailbox Management
- Public Mailboxes
- Logging On
- Configuring the IMAP4 Server
- Logging Options
- Advanced Options
- Changing the IMAP 4 Hello Message:
- What is Web Messaging?
- What Can Users Do with Web Messaging?
- System Requirements
- Upgrading Templates
- Web Messaging Security
- Using Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)
- Troubleshooting SSL
- Setting Up Web Messaging
- Web Address for the Web Messaging Server
- If You Have Multiple Mail Hosts
- Configuring the Web Server
- Advanced Tab
- Setting Access to Web Messaging Features
- Using Remote Administration Features
- User Administration
- Alias Administration
- List Administration
- Viewing Monitor Logs and the Spool Directory
- Managing Virtual Hosts
- Managing Mailing Lists
- Creating Delivery Rules
- Editing the News of the Day and Welcome Messages
- Spell Checker
- Installing Dictionaries For Hosts
- Enabling Spell Check
- Accessing Spell Check
- Disabling Spell Check
- Editing Dictionaries
- Dictionary Explanations
- Displaying Online Advertisements
- Customizing Web Messaging
- What is IMail Web Calendaring?
- What Can Users Do with IMail Web Calendaring?
- System Requirements
- IMail Web Calendaring Security
- Using Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)
- Starting an SSL Connection from a Browser
- Setting Up IMail Web Calendaring
- Web Address for the Web Calendaring Server
- If You Have Multiple Mail Hosts
- Configuring the Web Calendaring Server
- Setting Access to IMail Web Calendaring Features
- Invitations
- Sending E-mail Invitations
- Viewing Invitations
- Accepting Invitations
- Declining Invitations
- Displaying Online Advertisements
- Customizing IMail Web Calendaring
- Configuring the Monitor Server
- Logging On
- Changing Monitor Settings in the Control Panel
- Working with Notifications
- Defining a Notification
- Defining Beeper Notifications
- Using an External Beeper Program
- Defining Pager Notifications
- Defining E-mail Notifications
- Adding Notifications to the Notifications Tab
- Enabling Notifications
- Disabling Notifications
- Web Administration Feature
- Configuring Web Administration
- Setting Access to Web Administration
- Using the Web Administration Capability
- Personal Account Options
- System Administration
- Host Administration
- IMail Server LDAP Implementation
- Full LDAP Directory Support
- Supplying LDAP Information for Unregistered Users
- Accessing LDAP Information from Microsoft Mail Clients
- Populating the LDAP Database
- Logging On
- Configuring the LDAP Server
- Logging Options
- Configuring the Password Server
- Logging Options
- Logging On
- Logging On
- Configuring the Whois Server
- Options
- Logging Options
- Logging On
- Configuring the Finger Server
- Logging Options
- Configuring the Queue Manager
- Options
- DNS Cache Options
- Failed Domain Skipping Options
- Features
- Types of List-Server Mailing Lists
- Open Lists (Anyone Can Post)
- Subscriber Lists
- Moderated Lists
- Using Passwords and Posters Lists
- Posting to a List
- Using a Password
- Requesting Information and Subscribing
- Format of Requests
- Commands for Requesting Information
- Commands for Subscribing and Unsubscribing
- Commands for the Use of Subscribers
- Commands for the Use of the List Owner (or Moderator)
- How the List Server Works
- Creating a List-Server Mailing List
- Setting Advanced Options
- Setting List-Server Security
- Setting Up Digest Mode
- Set up digest mode for a list-server mailing list
- Digest Scheduling
- Removing Subscribers and Unknown Users
- Setting Up an Alias to Remove an Unknown User
- Setting Up an Alias to Delete a User by Forwarding
- Overview
- Anti-Spam Features
- Accessing Anti-Spam Features
- Overview of Setup Tasks
- Processing Order
- Server Configuration
- Configuring DNS Black Lists
- Configuring a DNS Black List for the Server
- Enabling/Disabling DNS Black lists
- Enabling Logging
- Host Configuration
- Connection Filtering
- Enabling/Disabling DNS Black lists
- Changing a Black List Type
- Validation Tests
- Content Filtering
- Statistical Filtering
- Setting Up the Exclude List
- Phrase Filtering
- Setting Up the Phrase List
- Setting Up the White List
- HTML Content Filtering
- HTML Feature Filtering
- URL Domain Black List
- Configuring Trusted IP Addresses
- Advanced Configuration
- Advanced Statistical Filtering
- Using Delivery Rules to Filter Spam
- Bouncing Spam Messages
- Forward Spam messages to a Specific User Folder
- X-Header Explanations
- Using the Antispamseeder.exe Utility to Update the Statistical Filtering Word File
- Command Syntax
- Reading the Antispam-table.txt File
- Modifying the Statistical Filtering Word File (antispam-table.txt)
- Resolving Incorrectly Identified E-Mail
- Adding Statistics from False Positives to the Antispam-table.txt File
- Using the Primary Host's Antispam-table.txt File for Other Hosts
- Creating Separate Antispam-table.txt Files for Multiple Hosts
- Customizing the Antispam-table.txt File
- Entering New Words into the Antispam-table.txt File
- Changing word counts for individual words
- Deleting Infrequent Words from the Antispam-table.txt File
- Merging antispam-table.txt Files
- Creating a URL Domain Black List From a Mailbox
- Simultaneously Create a URL Domain Black List and antispam-table.txt File
- Configuring the Anti-Spam Engine to Identify Wildcards
- Preparing Mailboxes for use with antispamseeder.exe
- Logging
- Logging Tab
- File Format
- Log Message Components
- Anti-Spam Administration in Web Messaging
- Accessing the Anti-Spam Web Messaging Pages
- Navigating the Anti-Spam Pages
- Frequently Asked Questions
- Troubleshooting
- Requirements for Connection
- Password Server Setup
- Connecting to a Remote Server
- Connecting Back to the Local Machine
- Adding a Beeper or Pager Alias
- Defining a Pager Alias
- Defining a Beeper Alias
- Sending a Message to a Pager/Beeper
- "Forwarding" a Message to a Pager
- Sending a Message to a Beeper When Mail Arrives
- Installing IMail Fax Support
- Setting the Modem Port
- Adding a "Mail to Fax" Alias
- Creating and Modifying Fax Cover Pages
- Setting Up and Using Dynamic Dialing Aliases
- Setting Global Properties for All Dynamic Aliases
- Setting Access and Dialing Restrictions
- Sending Mail to a Fax Alias
- Attachments
- Sending Mail to a Dynamic Dialing Alias
- Viewing the Fax Queue Files
- Backing Up the IMail Server Configuration
- Using IMail Administrator to Back Up the Registry
- Using a Command Line Utility
- Using Regedit
- Backing Up IMail Server System Files
- Backing Up User Mail
- Adding Aliases (addalias.exe)
- Basic Command Syntax
- Adding an Alias to the Primary Host
- Adding an Alias to a Specific Host
- Deleting an Alias
- Importing a Windows NT Group as a Group Alias
- Return Codes
- Using a Text File
- Adding Virtual Hosts (adddomain.exe)
- Basic Command Syntax and Example
- Adding Users (adduser.exe)
- Basic Command Syntax
- Adding a User ID
- Deleting a User ID
- Return Codes
- Using a Text File
- Disabling Web Options
- Sample File
- Sending Mail (imail1.exe)
- Command Syntax
- Deleting Old Messages (immsgexp.exe)
- Basic Command Syntax
- Example
- Populating the LDAP Database (ldaper.exe)
- Basic Command Syntax
- Sending Mail to All Users (mailall.exe)
- Basic Command Syntax
- Examples
- Backing Up IMail Server Configuration (regback.exe)
- Basic Syntax Command
- Delivering Mail (smtp32.exe)
- Processing Rules for smtp32 (and imail1)
- Cleaning the Spool Directory (isplcln.exe)
- Basic Command Syntax
- Example
- Files in the Queue
- Beginning Character in File Name
- File Extensions
- Attachments
- Log Files
- Typical Log Files
- Large Log Files
- Disabling Logging
- Troubleshooting
- Connection Filtering
- Content Filtering
- Global Settings
- Finger Server
- IMAP Server
- LDAP Server
- Password Server
- POP3 Server
- SMTP Server
- Whois Server
- Deleting an IP Address No Longer in Use
- Customizing the Text for Bounce Messages
- Changing the number of Times a Black List Retries a Failed DNS Query
- Web Files and Directory Structure
- Directory Structure for Multiple Hosts
- Changing Text, Background Colors, Buttons, and Logos
- Editing the Welcome Message
- Editing the News of the Day
- Changing Button Labels
- Customization Using the butontxt.ini File
- Changing Text in Messages
- Using Files with Multiple Hosts
- Editing Web Templates
- Web Templates and their Associated Web Pages
- Customizing a Web Page
- Which Pages Use Which Templates
- E-mail Web Pages
- Personal Information Web Templates
- Administrative Web Templates
- List of graphic files in the Web Directory
- Help Pages
- IMail Tags
- Tag Syntax
- Types of Tags
- ParseExtensions
- Directory Location
- Adding ParseExtensions to the Registry
- Web Files and Directory Structure
- Directory Structure for Multiple Hosts
- Changing Text, Background Colors, Buttons, and Logos
- Editing the News of the Day
- Changing Buttons
- Using Templates for Multiple Hosts
- Editing Web Templates
- Web Templates and their Associated Web Pages
- Customizing a Web Page
- Which Pages Use Which Templates
- Calendar Web Pages
- List of Graphic Files in the Web Directory
- Help Pages
- IMail Tags
- Tag Syntax
- Types of Tags