#HOW TO SET UP IMAP ON HMAILSERVER INSTALL#
#HOW TO SET UP IMAP ON HMAILSERVER PASSWORD#
#HOW TO SET UP IMAP ON HMAILSERVER LICENSE#

This is useful if you have multiple hMailServer systems to manage.

You will be presented with the Connect dialog. The installation takes just a couple of minutes while the database is initialised. Not much to look at here, but you may want to change your installation folder. Be sure to take note of this as youвЂ™ll be needing it to complete the configuration.

#HOW TO SET UP IMAP ON HMAILSERVER PASSWORD#

Select the option to use the built-in database engine and click Next:Д¬hoose a name for the Start Menu folder and click Next:Д®nter a password for accessing the administration tool. Click Next.Д¬hoose to select all components, Server and Administrative tools, and click Next: Note that your email database file will be created in this folder so choosing the default shown here would not be a good idea in a production environment but for a lab setup itвЂ™s fine.

#HOW TO SET UP IMAP ON HMAILSERVER LICENSE#

Click Next.ДЄccept the license agreement and click Next:Д¬hoose an installation folder.

#HOW TO SET UP IMAP ON HMAILSERVER INSTALL#

Double click on the installer (currently this is hMailServer-5.6.4-B2283.exe) to launch the install wizard. Leave the вЂњHost or child domainвЂќ field blank and the вЂњMailserver priorityвЂќ value at its default value of 10.Д¬lick OK and check that the record has been created as expected. In my case this is the record for the domain controller. Use the Browse button to select the Host (A) record for the server that hMailServer will run on. Right-click on the domain folder and choose вЂњNew Mail Exchanger (MX)вЂ¦вЂќ. In my case IвЂ™ve created a domain called test.local. Open the DNS management utility in Windows and navigate to your domain. This isnвЂ™t strictly necessary in an isolated single server environment, but it canвЂ™t hurt and may help to avoid any unforeseen delivery issues. My first task was to create an MX record for the service. Net Framework 2.0 were installed before I began. In the case of my own system, I needed to ensure that service pack 2 and. Microsoft Windows XP Professional Service Pack 3.The range of Windows versions supported is: However, version 5.6 (the most current) supports a wide range of Windows operating systems so you shouldnвЂ™t have any difficulties. Hopefully people will find this simplified guide useful.ДЇor simplicity, in my lab I use a Windows 2003 server as my domain controller, and I use this as my hMailServer system also, so the screenshots below are all from that system. My motivation for writing up this guide was that a lot of other guides I read seemed overly complicated and confused matters with references to using SquirrelMail. I know there are a lot out there but I settled on one that most of you will already be familiar with, MozillaвЂ™s Thunderbird. I was also looking for a free email client. HMailServer isВ a free, open source, e-mail server for Microsoft WindowsthatВ supports the common e-mail protocols (IMAP, SMTP and POP3). I was lucky to come across hMailServer,В a free, open source, e-mail server for Microsoft Windows. Not being an expert on building MS Exchange systems, I went looking for a simple solution that I could install in my lab quickly with few dependencies. I also need an email system as I start to explore vRealize Automation, with its system ofВ approvals based on emails. In my lab environment I work a lot with systems that use email notifications, such as VMware vCenter, vRealize Operations Manger, Veeam Availability Suite, etc.

How to set up imap on hmailserver