Web Administrator
Warning For Upgrading Customers: It is highly recommended to run the upgrade and mailbox conversion during non-peak hours when e-mail activity is low, as the "convert.exe"
utility may be a very lengthy process. The number of users and the size of their mailboxes will determine the amount of time needed.
In-house testing has determined that the amount of time averaged 30 minutes / 50GB of e-mail. This time will vary by server size and disk performance.
A checkbox option to run the "convert.exe"
utility will appear at the end of a successful upgrade. Checking this option to run the "convert.exe" will immediately iterate through all users within the IMail Server and rewrite all the UID and XML files for all mailboxes. Again, it is not recommended to run this utility during high volume user usage, as this may be a very lengthy process and could seriously degrade system performance.
Tip: If the conversion option is not selected at the time of the upgrade. Users opening their mail clients for the first time after upgrade will initiate the conversion for the mailbox being accessed. Depending on the size of the mailbox, this could take more time than usual.
http://docs.ipswitch.com/_Messaging/IMailServer/v11.02/PDF/CreateAdminLanguageFileV1102.pdf
Caution: Although a mailbox can be much larger than previously allowed, keep in mind that the performance of a larger mailbox quickly diminishes as the size grows. Mailbox synchronization for IMAP or POP3 (with a copy remaining on the server) requires large amounts of time, CPU, and I/O.
Important for Upgraders: A modification has been made to the ODBCUser.dll. If a custom ODBCUser.dll is currently in place, an updated version will be necessary before upgrading. Please see External Database Changes.
Important: After upgrading go to System > System Trailer in the Web or Console Administration to verify your "trailer.txt"
converted correctly.
Foreign OS Upgrades: Conversion of trailers that contain special encoding may not be handled correctly. Find the backup "trailer.old"
and correct as necessary.
Note for Upgrades: For Administrators with a "Trailer.txt"
in place, the install will locate the registry key "HKLM/SOFTWARE/Ipswitch/IMail/Global/EnableTrailerHTML"
and follow these steps:
"Trailer.txt"
to "Trailer.old"
."Trailer.txt"
file will be copied and renamed to "Trailer.html"
, and then tags will be stripped from the "Trailer.txt"
making it a plain text file."Trailer.txt"
file will be copied and renamed to "Trailer.html", with <p> tags inserted around the plain text, and the "Trailer.txt"
will be left intact."DomainTrailer.txt"
and "DomainTrailer.html"
, and are located in the "IMail\DomainName"
directory. For more details go to Domain > Domain Trailer in the Web Administration. By default all domains will be set to used the System Trailer.Note for New Installs and Upgrades: This new preference will default to the IMail Server Operating System language character set.
Example: