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WebServUSB includes the Freeware version of ArgoSoft Mail Server which can
perform just about every email task you could need. You can upgrade this program
for more features if you wish by visiting
www.argosoft.com
You can also get a printable detailed manual at the web link:
MailServer Manual (Adobe
Acrobat format)
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About ArgoSoft
Mailserver's SMTP, POP3 and Finger Services
Using the ArgoMail program, you can create your own email system, with as many
email addresses as you wish.
There are only two conditions - you have to have permanent connection to the
Internet, and have a static IP or dynamic IP address. If you are a home user,
you can get permanent connection with TV cable, or ADSL, which are becoming more
and more affordable. If your ISP gives you a static IP address (which translates
to the Domain name), you are fine, if not, then you can sign up with the
service, provided by TZO, and get permanent domain name. Check out
http://www.tzo.com or
http://www-no-ip.com .
But, if you can't satisfy either of these conditions, you still can use the mail
server for your internal mail via LAN. If you have networked computers with
TCP/IP, then you can set up an email system for your small office or home.
This program provides the service for three standard Internet protocols: SMTP,
POP3 and Finger.
SMTP stands for Simple Mail Transfer Protocol, and gives the users the ability
to send Internet mail, also, to receive messages, which have been relayed to
other computers to your computer (domain).
POP3 stands for Post Office Protocol v3, and allows you and users of your
computers to retrieve email messages from private mailboxes.
Finger is a separate service. It is not related to email, but allows the people
on the Internet to get the information about your users (if you provide it).
This service is used not very frequently on the Internet lately.
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Running the Email Server Program
You can run ArgoMail from the WebServUSB \mailserver\ folder by double clicking
on the mailserver.exe program. You can also have it started automatically
from the WebServUSB Server>Startup section by specifying that it automatically
run every time WebServUSB is started.
Usually the mailserver runs transparently, there are no open running windows
representing it. But you can access it's features from the system tray menu by
right clicking on it. You will see the icon on the system tray, in the right
bottom corner of your screen. You can activate the screen, which allows you to
access the features of the server, either by double clicking this icon, or
right-clicking it, and selecting Show from the pop-up window.
The main form of the program will show you the information about the connections
to your server, also allow you to change program settings, manage users, and so
on.
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Controls on
the Email Server Program Menu
Start
Starts up SMTP, POP3 Mail and Finger servers
Stop
Stops SMTP, POP3 Mail and Finger servers
View Log File
Displays the log file for current day. This option will be enabled only if Log
to File option is enabled in the Options Dialog Box)
Options
Displays Options Dialog Box
Users
Displays User Setup Dialog Box to add/delete mail user accounts
Disconnect
Disconnects the mail account user, selected in the Connections window
Help
Displays the index of the help file
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Adding
Email Users/Accounts
To add or remove users of your email system, right click the system tray icon to
open the program, then select Tools > Users from the menu, or click on the
"users" icon on the menu bar. You will be presented with User Setup Dialog box,
where you will be able to add, remove or manage users. You will have to use User
Properties dialog box to edit the data about users.
Click the left most icon at the top to add users if none exist in the list
window. You see the User Properties dialog box as show below:
The User Properties dialog box has following areas:
User Name: the name of the user. If you specified, e.g. jdoe, and the
local domain name of your computer is mydomain.com, the messages sent to jdoe@mydomain.com,
will end up in the mailbox of this user. If you have specified multiple domains,
then jdoe@domain, where domain is a domain name from the list, will go to this
mailbox. Of course, all domain names must point to your computer. If you are
using the server on the Intranet, then user name will be the email address of
the mailbox owner (without any @ signs and domain names). PLEASE do not use @
characters, and do not specify domain names in the user name.
Real Name: Not required. If provided, Finger service will send it if a
finger request arrives.
Password: the POP3 mailbox password for this user.
Confirm Password: you will have to retype the password in this box, to
avoid typos and misspellings.
Forward address: If specified, the messages sent to this user will be
forwarded to this address. If domain name is not specified, they will be
forwarded to another maibox of your system.
Keep Copies: Applicable only if Forward Address is not blank. If this
option is checked, then the server will keep the copies of forwarded messages in
the users mailbox
Return Address: If you have a domain name assigned, you should fill in
your complete email address such as
username@mydomainname.com This helps other email programs determine what
the reply address is. Some email servers will not accept mail from you with this
address being specified.
Finger Information Tab: The personal info data for the Finger Server you
wish to be sent if finger request arrives for your mailbox.
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Specifying a
DNS Server
This is very important! If you wish to relay/send
the email messages to other internet domains (like AOL, Yahoo Mail, HotMail
etc), you must specify the Domain Name System (DNS) server IP address in the
Options dialog box. Otherwise the mailserver will not be able to figure out the
IP addresses of other mail servers on the internet.
The mailserver has a built in automatic DNS server detector feature to make this
easy. This works very well for home DSL and dialup connections where you are
using DHCP and don't have a fixed IP address assigned to your computer.
First you must be connected to the Internet with your PC before doing this.
Then click on the Options Icon (the gear) and you'll see the menu below:
Simply click on the checkbox icon to autodetect what the DNS server is for your
network connection. Once detected it will show the address if found and ask if
you want to confirm it:
Answer Yes to use the IP address it found for your DNS server, and then click OK
to close the Options menu.
You can also insert the DNS Server IP address manually by looking at your local
network settings on your computer.
The simplest way to find the DNS server IP address, which is active for your
internet connection is as follows:
Windows 98:
Make sure you are connected to the Internet, and you are using the same
connection which will be used when you run your server. Click Start button,
select Run, and in the Run box type: winipcfg, then click OK
This will start up Windows IP configuration utility. Click More Info... button
in the IP configuration box.
Retype the DNS server IP numbers, which appear in the DNS Servers box (for
example, 204.101.251.2) into the DNS Server box of your mail server. Then click
OK.
Windows NT/2000/XP
Go to the Command prompt, and run the program IPConfig, with parameter /all
C:>ipconfig /all
Get the DNS server IP address and type them into your mail server.
NOTE: you can also get DNS server addresses from Control
Panel>Network>TCP/IP>Properties
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Specifying
a Mail Server in your email program
You should now be able to use your email server to send email from such programs
as Outlook, Outlook Express, Eudora, and others.
If you want to use the mailserver to send email from the computer you have
WebServeUSB plugged into, then you'd use either the names "localhost" or
127.0.0.1 ( that IP address is reserved for all local computer connections on
all PC's) for the mail server name in your email client program (like Outlook
Express) as shown below:
If don't you have a domain name for your network then you'd use a fixed IP
address for the computer or its local network name only such as:
laptopxp
If you have a domain name for your network that WebServUSB is plugged into or
you'd use the machine name combined with a domain name such as:
laptopxp.mydomainname.com
Remote
Administration of the Mail Server via the Web Interface
The ArgoSoft MailServer also has a built-in Web server, which allows an access
your users to access their email from anywhere in the World, using any web
browser, which supports HTTP 1.0 or higher. Browser also must accept cookies and
support JavaScript. The Web interface of freeware version of the mailserver
contains some advertisements. The Web interface of Plus and Pro versions of the
mailserver does not.
To administer the server via web interface you must use a special port command
so that the mailserver web interface does not get confused with the WebServUSB
web interface. This is done by using port 8080 (which we setup for use with
WebServUSB) instead of port 80 (which is used for the default of all web
browsers) All you have to do is add a colon : and 8080 at the end of the web
address.
To access the mailserver web interface from the PC running it you'd type:
http://localhost:8080 (you can click on
this link too)
On a local area network you'd use: http://machinename:8080 for example,
your Laptop may be named "LaptopXP" for which you would type http://laptopxp
If your server computer is accessible from the Internet, then you can access
your email account from anywhere in the World using Web Interface. Let's assume,
that the domain name of your computer is mydomain.tzo.com . In the address box
if your browser type the following:
http://mydomain.tzo.com:8080
If everything is set up properly, you will see a log in screen in your browser.
Click Log In button, and, when prompted, enter the user name and password of
your account. NOTE: before this will work you'll have to setup an account from
the PC desktop by right clicking on the mailserver icon and adding an account
with a username and password.
You will be able to browse through your messages, reply to them, also change
your personal information, including the information which is used by Finger
service.
Note, that you will be able to send messages regardless SMTP authentication
settings of your server.
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MORE HELP:
You can also get a printable detailed manual at the web link:
MailServer Manual (Adobe Acrobat format)
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