Manual Configuration on Windows

  1. Run the setup file and follow instructions provided by installer to complete the installation process.

  2. Choose the installation directory and install AXMS

  3. Check that the supplied MailRoot directory where you want it to reside is exist now (normally 'C:\Program Files\AfterLogic XMail Server\MailRoot').

  4. Setup the MailRoot directory (and subdirectories and file) permissions to allow access to System and Administrators only. Doing this you can run XMail as a console startup only if you're Administrator (service startup as System).

  5. With 'regedit', check 'AfterLogic' key inside 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\' and then 'XMail' key inside 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\AFTERLOGIC'.

  6. Check an existence of a string value named 'MAIL_ROOT' inside 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\AfterLogic\XMail\' with value 'C:\Program Files\AfterLogic XMail Server\MailRoot'.

  7. Optionally create a new string value named 'MAIL_CMD_LINE' inside 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\AfterLogic\XMail\' to store your command line options (read well the rest of this document).

  8. To start/stop AfterLogic XMail Server services without reboot you can go to:

    ControlPanel ->Services -> AfterLogic XMail Server

    and start/stop the service, otherwise reboot your machine, or just set the according flag during installation process of AfterLogic XMail Server.
    If the server is already running - all perfect, else you need to check next steps also:

  9. Open an NT console (command prompt).

  10. Go inside 'C:\Program Files\AfterLogic XMail Server\MailRoot\bin' and run:

    XMail --install

    for a manual startup of service, or:

    XMail --install-auto

    for an automatic startup.

  11. If you have other services that give the same functionality of AfterLogic XMail Server, the same as SMTP, POP3, or Finger servers, you must stop these services before starting AXMS.

  12. Setup the 'SERVER.TAB' configuration option after reading the rest of this document well.

  13. Add your users and domains (after reading the rest of this document well).

  14. Setup file permissions of the 'C:\Program Files\AfterLogic XMail Server\MailRoot' directory to grant access to 'SYSTEM' and 'Domain Admins' only.

  15. Change or comment out (#) the example account in ctrlaccounts.tab by using a non-trivial username and password.

  16. To start AfterLogic XMail Server without reboot you can go to step 10, -

    ControlPanel -> Services -> AfterLogic XMail Server

    and start the service, otherwise reboot your machine, or just set the corresponded flag during installation process of AXMS.

  17. Setup the file 'smtprelay.tab' if you want to extend mail relaying to IPs out of the internet's private IP blocks (or you want to deny even those, that comes enabled by default with AfterLogic XMail Server).

  18. Look at [SSL CONFIGURATION] for information about how to create the required 'SERVER.KEY' and 'SERVER.CERT' files.

For further configuration options, please see the [COMMAND LINE] section.

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