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| XMail server quick start guide |
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start the XMail server ?
Add a new administrator for the XMail server Create the main domain Add a domain List the existent domains Delete a domain Create a new user Delete an user List the users of a domain Change the password of an user Obtain the statistical of an user |
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| ¿How
start the XMail server ?
For start the XMail server follow the procedure : Windows
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Linux/Solaris/FreeBSD/OpenBSD
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#/etc/rc.d/init.d/xmail start For more details on this subject consult the file Readme.html. |
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| Add
a new administrator for the XMail server
For add a new administrator for the XMail serve, can use the editor of administrators "xmail_administrators" or edit the file "ctrlaccounts.tab" manually. To
use the editor of administrators, simply execute it from "{sysfile}\MailRoot\bin"
in systems Windows or "/var/MailRoot/bin" in systems Unix if "xmail_administrators"
is not installed then you has to compile and install it manually in "/var/MailRoot/bin"
to do this consult the file "install_xmail_administrators.txt" included
with the code source of "xmail_administrators".
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To edit the file "ctrlaccounts.tab" you has to open it with an editor of texts and add a name of administrator between quotes a character TAB(Ascii #9) a password between quotes previously encrypted with XMCrypt, and a car return for example : XMCrypt 123456789 545756515053525d5c The password 123456789 convert in the value encrypted 545756515053525d5c that has to write together with the name of the administrator inside the file "ctrlaccounts.tab", for example : "xmail_admin" "545756515053525d5c" For more details on this subject consult the file Readme.html. |
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| Create
the main domain
To create the main domain has to edit manually the file "server.tab" that contains the main variables of the server. For example to create the domain "first.domain.com" have to follow the following steps : 1)Stop
the XMail server
In this case the variables of configuration have to be edited of the following way : #
Something very important is that after edit the file "server.tab", has to add the domain "first.domain.com" using the same procedure that use for add any domain : CtrlClnt -s localhost -u xmail_admin -p 123456789 domainadd first.domain.com To know more about how add domains consult the subject "add a domain", for more details on this subject consult the file Readme.html. |
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| Add
a domain
For example to add a domain that have the name "additional.domain.com" has to follow the following procedure : 1)Start
the XMail server if this stopped
CtrlClnt -s localhost -u xmail_admin -p 123456789 domainadd additional.domain.com The tool CtrlClnt can be found in "{sysfile}\MailRoot\bin" in systems Windows or "/var/MailRoot/bin" in systems Unix , for more details on this subject consult the file Readme.html. |
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| List
the existent domains
To obtain the list of the existent domains in the server, have to realize the following steps : 1)Start
the XMail server if this stopped
CtrlClnt -s localhost -u xmail_admin -p 123456789 domainlist "xmailserver.test"
For more details on this subject consult the file Readme.html. |
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| Delete
a domain
To delete any domain has to follow the following procedure : 1)Start
the XMail server if this stopped
CtrlClnt -s localhost -u xmail_admin -p 123456789 domaindel xmailserver.test In this example the domain "xmailserver.test" is erased, how this domain is only an example there is not problem. It has to have a lot of care when erasing domains, before erasing any domain has to consult with the ones of more administrators of the XMail server. For more details on this subject consult the file Readme.html. |
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| Create
a new user
To create an user have to follow the following steps : 1)Start
the XMail server if this stopped
CtrlClnt -s localhost -u xmail_admin -p 123456789 useradd first.domain.com paco 01020304 U In this case are add a new account (the parameter "U" indicates that it is an account of user) to the domain "first.domain.com", the name of the account is "paco" and the password is 01020304 in this case the password is entered without encrypted and "CtrlClnt" encrypt this automatically the account created would remain of the following form : Name
of the account : paco@first.domain.com
Something very important is that the name of user has to write with all and the symbol @ more the name of the domain, if it is that the user that are creating does not form part of the main domain. For example if we created to the user "paco" in another domain that is not the main domain as for example in "additional.domain.com" then the data of the account would remain of the following way : Name
of the account : paco@additional.domain.com
Is very important to remember this detail when we configured a client of mail like Microsoft Outlook or Evolution. For more details on this subject consult the file Readme.html. |
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| Delete
an user
To delete an user has to follow the following procedure : 1)Start
the XMail server if this stopped
CtrlClnt -s localhost -u xmail_admin -p 123456789 userdel first.domain.com paco In this example the account "paco@first.domain.com" is erased , has to have a lot of care when deleting users, before deleting to any user has to consult with the ones of more administrators of the XMail server. For more details on this subject consult the file Readme.html. |
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| List
the users of a domain
To obtain the list of users of a domain have to realize the following steps : 1)Start
the XMail server if this stopped
CtrlClnt -s localhost -u xmail_admin -p 123456789 userlist first.domain.com "first.domain.com" "paco" "01020304" "U" The result is the list of users of the domain selected. For more details on this subject consult the file Readme.html. |
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| Change
the password of an user
To change the password of an user have to realize the following procedure : 1)Start
the XMail server if this stopped
CtrlClnt -s localhost -u xmail_admin -p 123456789 userpasswd first.domain.com paco 11121314 In this case assigned him to the account "paco@first.domain.com" the new password 11121314. It is very important that when changing the password, inform him to the user affected immediately or of the contrary can not access to his messages. For more details on this subject consult the file Readme.html. |
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| Obtain
the statistical of an user
The statistical of the user is a group of information that serves of reference about the activities realized by the user. To obtain the statistical of an user have to follow the following steps : 1)Start
the XMail server if this stopped
CtrlClnt -s localhost -u xmail_admin -p 123456789 userstat first.domain.com paco "RealAddress"
"paco@first.domain.com"
Between the information returned finds the name of the account, the size and the last direction from where the user connect with the account, this information generally is useful for the administrators. For more details on this subject consult the file Readme.html. |