Imail V12 Administrator Help
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Update History December 2011 v12 April 2011 v11.5 October 2010 v11.03 May 2010 v11.02 Contents CHAPTER 1 Introduction to IMail Administrator About Help ...................................................................................................................................................................... 1 Web Administrator and Client ................................................................................................................................. 3 IMail Administrator Requirements ......................................................................................................................... 5 System Requirements ................................................................................................................................................. 6 New for Version 12 ..................................................................................................................................................... 12 Accessing the IMail Web Administration ........................................................................................................... 20 Using Internet Information Services (IIS) Virtual Directories ....................................................................... 21 Additional Resources ................................................................................................................................................. 21 IMail Getting Started Guide Links ......................................................................................................................... 23 Installing Patches and Upgrades ........................................................................................................................... 24 Table of Features ......................................................................................................................................................... 24 Helpful Definitions ..................................................................................................................................................... 27 File Attachment Settings.......................................................................................................................................... 28 IMail Processing Order .............................................................................................................................................. 28 CHAPTER 2 Installing Installing IMail Server Administrator ................................................................................................................... 31 Setting the E-Mail Domain Name (Official Host Name) ................................................................................ 35 Setting Up an Alias for a Host ................................................................................................................................. 35 Setting Database Options ........................................................................................................................................ 36 Installing SSL Keys ...................................................................................................................................................... 36 Folder Permissions and IIS Configuration .......................................................................................................... 37 IMail Folder Permissions and IIS Configuration ............................................................................................... 37 IIS Settings ..................................................................................................................................................................... 38 Using IIS Virtual Directories ..................................................................................................................................... 39 Changing IIS Virtual Directory names ................................................................................................. 39 Installing Patches and Upgrades ........................................................................................................................... 39 Using the IMail Installation Log File ..................................................................................................................... 40 CHAPTER 3 Mail Domain (Host) Configuration Domain Properties ..................................................................................................................................................... 42 Adding a New IMail Domain ................................................................................................................................... 48 Configuring an NT/AD database ........................................................................................................................... 55 Example of Active Directory "built-in" .................................................................................................... 55 About Virtual Mail Domains (Hosts) ..................................................................................................................... 56 LDAP Settings ............................................................................................................................................................... 57 i Bouncing Spam Messages using Rules ............................................................................................................... 58 Setting up a Dial-up Internet Connection ......................................................................................................... 59 Method 2 Example ......................................................................................................................................... 62 Using ETRN to Retrieve Mail on a Dial-up Connection. .................................................................... 62 Method 3 Example ......................................................................................................................................... 63 Changing the IP Address of a Host ....................................................................................................................... 63 Setting Up a Mail Gateway ...................................................................................................................................... 64 Setting up IMail Server as a Backup Mail Spooler ........................................................................................... 65 CHAPTER 4 User Mail Accounts Creating User Database ............................................................................................................................................ 67 Using the Windows NT/Active Directory Database ........................................................................... 67 Importing Windows NT Users .................................................................................................................... 68 Using the IMail Database ............................................................................................................................. 70 Creating External User Database for a Mail Domain ......................................................................... 70 Working with Individual User Accounts ............................................................................................................. 72 Vacation Message .......................................................................................................................................... 72 Customizing the Full Mailbox Notification Message ......................................................................... 73 Full Mailbox Notify Example ....................................................................................................................... 73 CHAPTER 5 System Administration Licensing .......................................................................................................................................................................