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IMail Folder Permissions and IIS Configuration

Folder Rights

Product

Folder

User

Rights

Web Admin

Product Folder

(C:\Program Files\Ipswitch\IMail)

 

  • IIS6: computername_IUSR, Network Service, and IIS_WPG
  • IIS7: IUSR and Network Service

Full

Web Admin

WorkgroupShare install folder, if outside of IMail folder

 

  • IIS6: computername_IUSR, Network Service, and IIS_WPG
  • IIS7: IUSR and Network Service

Full

Web Admin

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Ipswitch

(Registry)

 

  • IIS6: computername_IUSR, Network Service, and IIS_WPG
  • IIS7: IUSR and Network Service

Full

Web Client

 

Product Folder

(C:\Program Files\Ipswitch\IMail)

 

  • IIS6: computername_IUSR, Network Service, and IIS_WPG
  • IIS7: IUSR and Network Service

Full

Web Client

 

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Ipswitch

(Registry)

 

  • IIS6: computername_IUSR, Network Service, and IIS_WPG
  • IIS7: IUSR and Network Service

Full

IIS Settings

Enable ASP.NET (Version 6+ only)

 

  • Path: C:\Program Files\Ipswitch\IMail\WebDir\WebAdmin
  • Default Document: default.asp
  • Application Pool (IIS 6): DefaultAppPool
  • Application Pool (IIS7): Must use classic managed pipeline

IIS6: Create Virtual Directory: IAdmin

 

 

  • Path: C:\Program Files\Ipswitch\IMail\WebDir\WebAdmin
  • Default Document: default.aspx
  • Application Pool (IIS 6): DefaultAppPool

IIS7: Create Application: IAdmin

  • Path: C:\Program Files\Ipswitch\IMail\WebDir\WebAdmin
  • Default Document: default.aspx
  • Application Pool (IIS7): Must use classic managed pipeline

IIS6: Create Virtual Directory: IClient

 

  • Path: C:\Program Files\Ipswitch\IMail\WebDir\WebClient
  • Default Document: default.aspx
  • Application Pool (IIS 6): DefaultAppPool

IIS7: Create Application: IClient

  • Path: C:\Program Files\Ipswitch\IMail\WebDir\WebClient
  • Default Document: default.aspx
  • Application Pool (IIS7): Must use classic managed pipeline

Disable Anonymous Access

 

  • Disable anonymous access to the following directory:
  • Directory: IMail/Services

Enable Parent Paths

 

  • Enable Parent Paths for the following virtual directories:
  • IAdmin
  • IClient

Important:

When you configure a DSN to an SQL data source in the Microsoft Windows ODBC Data Source Administrator, it may default to Named Pipes network library. Make sure that you set the connection type to TCP/IP in order for the external database to work correctly.

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: