Configuring Directories

You can use this dialog to configure the directories used by the EMWAC Internet Mail Services, and to configure the postmaster.

Mailbox Directory

The mailbox directory template defines the location of the incoming mail directory for each local user. Each user's mailbox directory must be an NTFS directory. Each user will have a different directory, which is formed from this template by substituting the user's name or home directory for keywords in the template. The keywords are:

%HOME%

The user's home directory.

%USERNAME%

The user's login name.

Note

• %HOME% if used must be at the beginning of the template and %USERNAME% if used must be at the end.
• A user home directory (represented here by %HOME%) should be created by User Manager (for Domains).
• If you have %USERNAME% template(for example, "C:\Mail\%USERNAME%"), you have to create "C:\Mail" directory manually with at least SYSTEM user "Full Control" on it.

Default: %HOME%\INETMAIL\INBOX.

Automatically Create Mailbox

Controls whether SMTPDS and POP3S will create a user's mailbox directory automatically.
If it is checked, then:

• If a local user does not have a mailbox, then when a message is received SMTPDS will try to create one.
• If user connects to POP3S but does not have a mailbox, POP3S will try to create one.

If it is not checked, then POP3S or SMTPDS will return a failure message like "No mailbox" or similar if appropriate.
It is checked by default.

Mail Spool Directory

This is the root of a directory tree which is used as a "staging post" for messages in transit through the system.
Default: %SystemRoot%\SYSTEM32\EMWAC\MAIL.

The mail address of the postmaster for the system. The default is administrator.

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