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System Settings

The System Settings page allows you to configure the settings for the IMail domain.

• Domain Name (OHN). Enter the Official Host Name (OHN) that will be used to address mail to the users on the domain.
• Gateway Host. Enter the name of another host (IMail Server) to send mail to when it cannot be delivered directly to the destination host. This can also be used in conjunction with the Send All Remote Mail Through Gateway option (on the Services tab, Queue Manager Settings page) to force mail delivery through the gateway host. Since IMail Server should be able to reach all hosts directly, this field should typically be left blank.
• Default Host. Enter the name of the host (IMail Server) that will accept messages when no mail domain is specified in the e-mail address.

  Note: Normally, this field should be blank or set to "localhost". Otherwise, mail will be sent to userID@DefaultHost which may not be the intended recipient. This field can be useful when multiple systems are required to work as one system.

  Important: Restart Web Service after changing the value of the Default Host.

• Top Directory. The directory where IMail application files are installed. This is specified during installation.
• Spool Directory. This is the temporary directory where messages are spooled while awaiting processing and where log files are kept. Use this text box to change the directory that stores log and temp files, as well as mail messages, attachments, etc. that are waiting for delivery.
  • Browse. Use this button to browse to the directory that stores log and temp files, as well as mail messages, attachments, etc. that are waiting for delivery. See above instructions to create a new folder.
• Log Directory. If you wish to separate log messages from spooled messages, use this text box to set up a separate directory.
  • Browse. Click this button to set up a separate directory to store log files. See above instructions to create a new folder.
• Log Server. Enter the IP address of the server to which IMail sends the log files.

Archiving (If Installed)

Caution: Do not enable this feature unless archiving has been installed, as the Spool Manager will no longer function correctly.

Note: A utility exists to archive all current e-mail messages. This utility called "archive.exe" is located under \IMail directory, to archive existing messages that have never archived.

• View Getting Started Guide. PDF link to Archiving Getting Started Guide.
• None. (Default Setting)
• SMTP-based. This radio button should be checked to enable a third party archiving engine to use the SMTP-based transport mechanism.
  • Server. Location of third party archiving SMTP gateway server. Enter the valid IP address of the SMTP gateway server, or localhost.
  • Port. Port setting for your third party archiving server to listen on and communicate with your IMail Server.
  • Recipient. E-mail address of your third party archiving recipient.
  • Archive Orphaned Messages. Orphaned files, by default, will not be archived.
• Mailbox-based. This radio button should be checked to enable a third party archiving process to deliver e-mail to a specified recipient.
  • Recipient. Location of mailbox that will accept all archiving from your third party process. This recipient can be any valid user on the primary domain.
  • Archive Orphaned Messages. Orphaned files, by default, will not be archived.

Mailbox-Based Archiving Settings

Mailbox-Based Archiving Settings will enable message archiving for the system. Mailbox-based must be selected to reveal the extra mailbox-based options. Further control for Mail-box Based Archiving can be made at the domain and user-level. See Domain Properties and User Properties page.

Tip: For existing domains and users; use the bulk-edit feature in Console Administrator to enable all users. Simply select all users on the Users page, and click edit. Any modifications made will update all selected users.

Note: Disabling Archiving at the system-level will stop all archiving.

Note: Disabling Archiving at the domain-level will stop archiving for the specified domain, ignoring all user-level settings.

• Mailbox Name. The archiving mailbox name that will exist under the users folder of the above specified recipient email address.
• Rollover. Allows IMail Administrators to control when a mailbox is rolled over to a new mailbox. Formating of the mailbox name is as follows:

  Rollover Type	Rollover Format
  No Rollover	MailboxName.mbx
  Daily	MailboxNameTYYYYMMDD.mbx
  Size	MailboxNameTYYYYMMDD_HHMMSS.mbx

Save. Click to save your settings.

Related Topic

Domain Level Archiving

User Level Archiving

Alias Level Archiving

List Level Archiving

Spool Manager