Host Configuration The Host Configuration menu is where the list of domains CMail distributes
mail for is maintained. Advanced Mail Forwarding and SMTP Rulesets
are maintained from the Advanced menu.
Setting CMail to handle mail for
an Internet domain name
When CMail is run for the first time, the product splash screen will be displayed and
immediately afterwards, the 'Hosts/Domains to accept mail for' menu will
appear. This menu is where you specify the domain names for which CMail will handle the
email. This menu can also be accessed from Configuration > Host Configuration.
- Enter your domain or hostname in the New
Host/Domain field.
- Click the Add
button.
- The host or domain you entered will
appear in the list.

Removing a domain from CMail
Server
- Highlight the redundant domain name.
- Click the Delete
button to remove the domain from Domain List.
Primary Domain
CMail requires a Primary Domain.
The primary domain is used in server to server and server to client greetings messages.
- Enter the same domain name into the Primary
Domain field.
- Click OK.
The
Advanced Menu (Advanced Users)
The Advanced Host Configuration menu allows you to setup forwarding configurations for
each domain name contained in the Host Domains List on a per domain basis.

CMail can be configured to forward
all of the mail it receives for the domain name you highlighted to either a specific mail
host or a user within CMail itself.
- To send all mail for the domain
to a particular CMail user, click in the field labeled 'To the following Host or
User' and select the CMail user from the drop down menu. Click OK to complete the
changes.
- To send all mail for the domain
to an external email address, click in the field labeled 'To the following Host or
User' and enter the email address of the new recipient in the format user@domain.co.uk.
If the address you have entered is external - i.e. elsewhere on the Internet, click 'If
server is remote, use Remote Access' and press OK to complete the changes.
- If you wish to forward all mail
for the domain to another mail server, click in the field labeled 'To the
following Host or User' and enter the hostname or IP address of the remote mail
server. f the address you have entered is external - i.e. elsewhere on the Internet, click
'If server is remote, use Remote Access' and press OK to complete the
changes.
If server is remote, use
Remote Access
When forwarding mail to an external address or host and you connect to the Internet using
the Windows Remote Access server, check this box so CMail will invoke the RAS service to
send out the mail.
When forwarding mail first
check existing users
Enabling this feature will force CMail to check that none of the forwarded mail is
addressed to a local CMail user. Should mail for a local user be found, it will be
directed to that users mailbox without being forwarded.
Use advanced ruleset table
when forwarding
Rulesets are a new feature as of CMail Server version 2.3. In previous versions
of CMail which were setup for multiple domains - a mailbox or an alias would apply to both
domains. For example, if CMail was set-up to handle mail for the domains
domain1.co.uk and domain2.co.uk, any mail addressed to sales@domain2.co.uk would go to the
same user as mail sent to sales@domain1.co.uk.

Rulesets can be used to
distinguish between these domain names allowing the same username to be
specified at the different domains. In the example above, mail addressed to
sales@domain1.co.uk will be directed to user1 at the local domain and sales@domain2.co.uk
will be addressed to user2 at the local domain.
Adding a
ruleset (Advanced Users)
- Enter the username of the new ruleset
in the top username field.
- Enter the domain name the ruleset will apply to in the
field directly after the '@' sign.
- Enter the recipients username
in the bottom username box.
- Either enter the domain of the
recipients email address if it is a domain not handled by CMail or select a local domain
from the drop down box.
- Select External Spool from the
Queue menu.
- Click Add to implement the
ruleset.
Removing a ruleset (Advanced
Users)
- Highlight the ruleset you wish
to remove in the main rulesets window.
- Click delete.
Modifying a ruleset
(Advanced Users)
- Existing rulesets can be
modified. Highlight the ruleset you wish to change and click Modify.
- Edit the rulesets as required
and then click Save to effect the changes made.
External/Internal Queue
The Queue list defines which mail queue any mail matching a rule will be handled by.
In most cases, mail should be handled by the External Spool. If however, you are
using rules to forward email to another mail server on the same network or machine, select
the Internal Spool.
Exit quits the
Ruleset menu.
Configuration
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