Installing and Running MailSrv

To install MailSrv, you need the following components installed on your computer:

Windows NT Server version 4.0
TCP/IP

Before you install MailSrv ,configure TCP/IP to use the Domain Name System (DNS). To do this, on the WINS Address tab of the Microsoft TCP/IP Properties dialog box, select the Enable DNS for Windows Resolution check box. You must do this on the computer running MailSrv under Windows NT Server and on any other Windows NT– based computer in the network that uses MailSrv services. SMTP uses DNS for name–to–IP address mapping.

Note

The MailSrv server must be added to the DNS name server for the domain. If the DNS name server is a computer running DNS Server under Windows NT Server, you can do this by using DNS Manager to create the following DNS resource records:

A record. The A (address) resource record maps a host (computer or other network device) name to an IP address in a DNS zone.
MX record. The MX (mail exchanger) resource record specifies a mail exchange server for the specified DNS domain name.

MailSrv can be installed only on a drive formatted by using the Windows NT File System (NTFS) because MailSrv checks the local user account database when storing messages in a local user mail spool directory. Installation fails if you attempt to use a network or non-NTFS drive for the mail spool directories.

The installation program installs and automatically starts the services described in Table 7.3.

Table 7.3 Services Installed with MailSrv


Service	Description

SMTP Server	Receives and sends SMTP mail.
POP3 Server	Provides the POP3/POP2 mailboxes and processes user requests to retrieve mail from their mailboxes.
Local Mail Delivery Agent	Delivers (downloads) mail to the user's local computer.
Eudora Password Change Server	Processes Eudora user requests to change their Eudora passwords. (Eudora is a popular mailbox client program.) The Eudora Password Change Server does not start automatically. To manually start the service, click Start, point to Settings, and click Control Panel. In Control Panel, double-click the Services icon. You can also configure this service to start automatically by using the Services icon.
Mail Server Admin	Will be a graphical manager tool. The tool is installed but is not implemented as of this writing. For now, you must manually configure MailSrv by using the Registry.

See Resource Kit Tools Help for detailed information about installing and configuring MailSrv.