Installation
Mail Server Install Instructions
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Support
If you cannot find help by searching the knowledge base you are welcome to email customer support directly: surgemail-support@netwinsite.com Or...
Migration
Migration using POP / IMAP intercept mode This is a simple zero downtime method for migrating all active accounts from...
Global settings g_mirror
g_mirror_config – Mirror surgemail.ini Syntax: g_mirror_config “true/false” You put this on both machines and it will attempt to mirror the...
DNS Entries for your Mail Server
Lets assume your domain name is ‘myname.com’ and your ip address of your server is 1.2.3.4, then you will need...
Post Installation Steps
1. Creating a user To create users, select Accounts/Lookup from the admin interface (https://yourserver:7025) Enter a username and password and...
Enable Virus scanning on Windows
SurgeMail has a variety of mechanisms for integrating with commercial and free products as well as built in mechanisms to...
Enable Virus scanning on Linux
For most linux systems (not Mac/OSX) we recommend CLAMAV as the primary scanner, it’s easy to install on most unix...
Enable Spam handling
Upgrade to the latest stable release Press the ‘config checker’ button in the web admin interface and turn on the...
Monitor your server
The server will monitor itself and restart on failure. Most critical reports will be sent to the g_manager email address,...