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IMail Folder Permissions and IIS Configuration

Folder Rights

Product

Folder

User

Rights

Web Admin

Product Folder

(C:\Program Files\Ipswitch\Messaging)

 

computername \IUSR_ computername

Important:If using Microsoft Windows 2000:
1) Grant the Anonymous user listed in the IIS configuration rights to Act as part of operating system.
- OR -
2) Create another account for the IIS virtual directory to run under. Any users created to run under IIS must be granted rights to Act as part of operating system.

Note: If a user exists prior to installing IMail, the Anonymous user permission settings in IIS are applied to all files and folders.

Full

Web Admin

C:\Program Files\Common Files\Softalk

computername \IUSR_ computername

Important:If using Microsoft Windows 2000:
1) Grant the Anonymous user listed in the IIS configuration rights to Act as part of operating system.
- OR -
2) Create another account for the IIS virtual directory to run under. Any users created to run under IIS must be granted rights to Act as part of operating system.

Note: If a user exists prior to installing IMail, the Anonymous user permission settings in IIS are applied to all files and folders.

Full

Web Admin

WorkgroupShare install folder, if outside of Messaging folder

 

computername \IUSR_ computername

Important:If using Microsoft Windows 2000:
1) Grant the Anonymous user listed in the IIS configuration rights to Act as part of operating system.
- OR -
2) Create another account for the IIS virtual directory to run under. Any users created to run under IIS must be granted rights to Act as part of operating system.

Note: If a user exists prior to installing IMail, the Anonymous user permission settings in IIS are applied to all files and folders.

Full

Web Admin

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Ipswitch

(Registry)

 

computername \IUSR_ computername

Important:If using Microsoft Windows 2000:
1) Grant the Anonymous user listed in the IIS configuration rights to Act as part of operating system.
- OR -
2) Create another account for the IIS virtual directory to run under. Any users created to run under IIS must be granted rights to Act as part of operating system.

Note: If a user exists prior to installing IMail, the Anonymous user permission settings in IIS are applied to all files and folders.

Full

Web Client w/ IIS 6+

 

Product Folder

(C:\Program Files\Ipswitch\Messaging)

 

computername \IUSR_WPG

Note: If a user exists prior to installing IMail, the Anonymous user permission settings in IIS are applied to all files and folders.

Full

Web Client w/ IIS 6+

 

Product Folder

(C:\Program Files\Ipswitch\Messaging)

 

IIS_WPG

Note: Typically, in Windows 2003, Network Service is the member of the IIS_WPG group.

Full

Web Client w/ IIS 5

 

Product Folder

(C:\Program Files\Ipswitch\Messaging)

 

ASPNET

Important: If using Microsoft Windows 2000, use IWAM_<machinename> instead of ASPNET. Also provide the user with with registry and folder permissions. Any user must be given rights to Act as part of the operating system.

Full

Web Client w/ IIS 6+

 

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Ipswitch

(Registry)

 

IIS_WPG

Note: Typically, in Windows 2003, Network Service is the member of the IIS_WPG group.

Full

Web Client w/ IIS 5

 

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Ipswitch

(Registry)

 

ASPNET

Important: If using Microsoft Windows 2000, use IWAM_<machinename> instead of ASPNET. Also provide the user with with registry and folder permissions. Any user must be given rights to Act as part of the operating system.

Full

IIS Settings

Enable ASP and ASP.NET (Version 6+ only)

 

Path: C:\Program Files\Ipswitch\Messaging\WebDir\WebAdmin

Default Document: default.asp

Application Pool (IIS 6): DefaultAppPool

Application Protection (IIS 5): Medium

Create Virtual Directory:
IAdmin

 

Path: C:\Program Files\Ipswitch\Messaging\WebDir\WebClient

Default Document: default.aspx

Application Pool (IIS 6): DefaultAppPool

Application Protection (IIS 5): Medium

Create Virtual Directory:
IClient

 

Disable anonymous access to the following directory:

Directory: IMail/Services

Under the Virtual Dir: IAdmin

Disable anonymous access to the following file:

File: IIM/Status.asp

Disable Anonymous Access

 

Disable anonymous access to the following directory:

Directory: IMail/Services

Under the Virtual Dir: IAdmin

Disable anonymous access to the following file:

File: IIM/Status.asp

Enable Parent Paths

 

Enable Parent Paths for the following virtual directories:

IAdmin

IClient

Important:

Using IIS Virtual Directories

IMail Administrator and IMail Web Messaging (Web client) use Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) virtual directories to identify where the administrator and client Web files are located. By default, the installation program will install the admin files in the IAdmin virtual directory and the client files in the IClient virtual directory.

Changing IIS Virtual Directory names

If you want to change the IMail Administrator virtual directory, you need to change the following registry key entries to the new virtual directory name that you changed in the IIS Console: