The process of setting up a mail server under windows2003 is similar to that of an XP system, which can be built with the system's own POP3 and SMTP service, and can be implemented with the help of third party software. The applicable environment is different from the way nature takes. The following author's construction process in these two ways as an example.
I. Use of windows2003 self-band POP3/SMTP service implementation
The first step: Install both services
Windows2003 is not installed by default, we must add it manually. The POP3 service component, under Add/Remove Windows Components-e-mail services, includes two items: POP3 Service and POP3 Service Web management; The SMTP service should select Application Server-internet Information Services-SMTP service in turn For installation, if you need to make remote Web management of the mail server, also select Remote Management (HTML) in the World Wide Web service.
Step Two: Configure the POP3 service
Click "Start-management tools-POP3 Services", open the POP3 Service Main window, then click the host name (native) under POP3 service on the left side of the window, and then select "New Domain" on the right side, and enter the name of the mail server that you want to create in the "Add Domain" dialog box, which is the section behind the @ sure you can.
Then create the mailbox. On the left click on the domain name just built, select "New Mailbox", in the pop-up dialog box to enter the name of the mailbox (that is, the previous part of the @), and set the mailbox password, the final set as shown in Figure 1. Figure 1, step three: The SMTP service configuration turns on Start-Program-Administrative Tools-internet information services, and right-click the SMTP virtual server on the left side of the window and select the IP address of the mail server in the IP Address drop-down list box under the General tab. And can set the maximum number of connections allowed, the final determination can be. (as shown in Figure 2) Figure 2 through the above three steps, a Simple mail server is built, you can use the mail client software to connect to this server to send and receive applications. Two. Use of Third-party software Winmail Server is a safe and easy-to-use full function of the mail server software, it can be used as a LAN mail server, Internet Mail server, can also be used as dial-up ISDN, ADSL broadband, FTTB, Wired (Cablemodem) And so on access way of mail server and mail gateway. Software size: 12899KB Download: Http://www1.magicwinmail.com/download/winmail.exe one. Initialize the configuration process: After the installation is complete, we must also have some initialization settings on the mail system to run the system properly. The steps are as follows: 1. The Quick Setup Wizard, as shown in Figure 3, first enter the new mailbox address and use password, then click "Settings", the Setup Wizard will automatically find the system database for the existence of the mailbox and domain name, but also test the POP3, SMTP, HTTP and admin server successfully started; The test information and configuration information about the mail client are displayed in the Set Results box, as well as the Web administration address.
Figure 3 2. After using the Administrative Tools Configuration Quick Wizard, you can start the mail system detection and send and receive test. Step one: Under "Start"-"program"-"Magic winmail", locate "Magic winmail admin End Tool" and open it, step two: Check that the mail system is functioning properly. When the administration tool starts, you are prompted to log in to the mail server with the default username admin and the password you set during installation, and then use system settings-system services to see if the ADMIN, SMTP, POP3, IMAP services are working properly. The light green light indicates that the service is running successfully and the light red light indicates a problem with the service (Figure 4). Figure 4 Note: If there are some service lights red, usually because the port is occupied by the cause, please close this occupation program or replace the port and restart the service. The third step: Domain name setting and mailbox management. Select "Domain name Settings" On the left side of the window. Switch to the Domain Name Management window, then click "Add" to create a new domain name, as shown in Figure 5, in the Domain Name box, enter the name of the mailbox you want to create and add the relevant description, it should also be the overall control settings for this mail server. For example, in the Advanced Properties tab you can set the user to allow the Web to register a new mailbox, under the Mailbox Default Permissions tab to set the mailbox to block some features, and so on. Figure 5 Step Fourth: Add mailboxes. is to add mailbox users and create new mailboxes, so that the service system began to put into use. In the left "users and Groups"-"User management" option, set up users and mailboxes, and set the relevant parameters (as shown in Figure 6); This step, of course, can also be done later by the web to allow remote users to register themselves. Figure 6 3. Message use test after the above items are set up, you can test the service on the computer is turned on. One test method is to use commonly used mail client software such as Outlook Express, just to note that the outgoing mail server (SMTP) should fill in the IP address or host name of the mail server that you just set up, and "Receive mail server (POP3)" Should be filled in the user management set on the line. Another convenient way is to register and send and receive new mail via the web. The login address is prompted in the "Setting results" box in the Quick Setup Wizard panel of the previous steps (in this case: http://10.0.0.1:6080/), as shown in Figure 7 of the Web login interface.
Figure 7 Enter the user name and password you have just created to start sending and receiving emails online, and register new mailboxes online in the login interface. Figure 8 is the Web Mail transceiver interface for this software. Figure 8