Foxmail Mail Server Setup

Foxmail Server (hereinafter referred to as FMS) can build a powerful mail server. This article takes the FMS for Windows 2. 0 For example, from its settings, management, send and receive mail and so on a few aspects for everyone to briefly introduce the use of the software and precautions.

★ Install and set up mail server

FMS2.0 requires support from the operating system Windows NT4.0 (Service Pack4 above) and IIS5.0 and above to achieve full functionality, and should also log on to the computer as administrator. Our discussion is based on the Windows Server 2000+iis5.0 test environment. FMS installation process is relatively simple, here no longer repeat, we focus on its setup process.

First, set the domain name and administrator password

After the program is installed, automatically enter the Setup wizard. Click the Next button to enter the Application Settings window. Here we can set the domain name of the user's mailbox (that is, the suffix part of the @ character in the user's e-mail address) and the administrator password. You can apply to the Domain name Management authority for a valid domain name. However, if the communication scope is limited to the local area network, you can also establish a domain name dedicated to the mail server through the internal DNS server. For the convenience of narration, we use the machine name of the machine as the domain name (type "hostname" command in the command Line window to get the machine name), in this case the machine name is Chhuian. Then set the system administrator password and the mailbox password as well as the domain administrator password and the mailbox password, and then use the two administrator password for managing the system and domain later (Figure 1).

Second, set network parameters

After the domain and administrator password settings are complete, click the Next button to enter the Network Settings window. Here you can set up information such as DNS address, SMTP port, POP3 port, and so on. The DNS address bar should be populated with a DNS address provided by the local telecommunications department or your ISP, but if you are only communicating inside the LAN and using the machine name as the domain name, simply fill in the server IP address. The DNS address in this example is the native IP address "10.115.223.10". The SMTP port and the POP3 port should take the default parameters, but there may be problems with the SMTP port or the POP3 port being occupied. We should stop some programs from taking up the port as prompted, and make sure that the applications are always shut down when they run FMS. At the bottom of the window there is a ESMTP option, this is an identity authentication function, and the client's "SMTP server needs identity Authentication" with the use, can eliminate the invasion of spam (Figure 2).

Tip: Typically, the SMTP port is occupied because the SMTP service is turned on with IIS. You can simply stop the SMTP service in the IIS Properties dialog box to resolve it.