Solution Concepts

Hax - Email - 
Servers - 
Mdaemon

"Making IT happen on the
Information Superhighway"

Domains/ISP

Domain IP

• Domain Name: flinstone.dns2go.com
• HELO Domain: flinstone.dns2go.com
• Domain IP: 127.0.0.1
• Bind Listening Sockets to this IP only (not checked)

• ISP or Smart Host Properties
• ISP's Domain Name: isp.net
• Send every outbound message through this host (checked)
• Send only undeliverable messages through this host (not checked)
• Attempt to send all mail direct (not checked)

ISP or Smart Host Properties

• ISP or Smart Host Properties
  Setup > Primary Domain
  ISP's Domain Name: flinstone.net

(Sending) Properties

• (Sending) Properties
  Setup > Primary Domain
• Send Every Outbound Message to this Host
  My ISP Requires Me To Login
  Use ESMTP AUTH when sending mail to ISP Gateway

• Send Only Undeliverable Outbound Mail to this Host
  My ISP Requires Me To Login
  Use ESMTP AUTH when sending mail to ISP Gateway
• Attempt to Send All Mail Direct Without Using an Intermediate Host
  Retry Queue Settings

Ports

• Ports: SMTP/ODMR
  Setup > Primary Domain > Ports
  Listen for Inbound SMTP: 25
  Create Outbound SMTP: 25
  Listen for Inbound ODMR: 366
• Ports: POP/IMAP
  Setup > Primary Domain > Ports
  Listen for Inbound POP TCP: 110
  Create Outbound POP TCP: 110
  Listen for Inbound POP TCP: 143

• Ports: DNS/LDAP
  Setup > Primary Domain > Ports
  Query DNS: 53
  LDAP for database & address book: 389
• Ports: Remote Configuration
  Setup > Primary Domain > Ports
  Listen for MDConfig: 3002
  Listen for WebAdmin: 1000

DNS

• DNS Server Settings
  Setup > Primary Domain > DNS
  Try to use DNS servers defined in Windows TCP/IP settings
  Primary: 24.29.1.218
  Backup: 24.29.1.220
  Retry Attempts: 3

• MX Record Processing
  Setup > Primary Domain > DNS
  Query DNS Servers (checked)
  Use "A" record IP addresses (checked)
  Send message to next MX host (checked)
  Immediately return mail (not checked)
• Local Lookup Tables
  Setup > Primary Domain > DNS
  HOSTS File: C:\WINNT\system32\drivers\etc\hosts

Timers

• Timers
  Setup > Primary Domain > Timers
• Wait to connect before giving up: 30 seconds
• Wait for protocol dialogue before giving up: 30 seconds
• Wait for MX DNS responses: 10 seconds
• Wait for "A" Record DNS responses: 10 seconds

• SMTP & POP Session Timeouts: 10 minutes
• IMAP Sessions Timeout: 10 minutes
• IMAP NOOP and IDLE timeout after one minute (not checked)
• Loop Detection and Control
• Maximum Message Hop Count: 20
• Latency Delay Between POP/IMAP/SMTP Commands: 125 seconds

Sessions

• Sessions
  Setup > Primary Domain > Sessions
• Maximum Concurrent SMTP Outbound Sessions: 10
• Max SMTP Outbound Messages Spooled Per Session: 0
• Max SMTP Inbound Messages Spooled Per Session: 30

• Maximum Concurrent POP Outbound Sessions: 5
• Maximum Concurrent POP Inbound Sessions: 100
• Maximum Concurrent IMAP Sessions: 100

Queue

• Dequeue Engine
  Setup > Primary Domain > Queue

• Signal ISP to dequeue waiting mail (not checked)

Archival

• Archival
  Setup > Primary Domain > Archival
  Archive a copy of all inbound/outbound mail (not checked)

Pruning

• Domain Name
  Setup > Primary Domain > Pruning
• Automatically Delete Account if inactive: 0 days (0=never)
• Delete messages older than: 0 days (0=never)

• Purge deleted IMAP messages older than: 0 days (0=never)
• Delete old messages from IMAP folders as well (not checked)

Pre-processing

• Domain Name
  Setup > Primary Domain > Pre-processing
• Local queue pre-processing
• Just before processing the remote mail queue run this program (empty)
• While this process is executing, the server should suspend all operations for: -1 seconds
• Don't execute when queue is empty (not checked)
• Force process to terminate (not checked)
• Run process in a hidden window (not checked)

• Remote queue pre-processing
• Just before processing the remote mail queue run this program (empty)
• While this process is executing, the server should suspend all operations for: -1 seconds
• Don't execute when queue is empty (not checked)
• Force process to terminate (not checked)
• Run process in a hidden window (not checked)

Directories

• Domain Name
  Setup > Primary Domain > Directories
• RAW Formatted Mail is picked up from:
  C:\MDAEMO~1.0\MDAEMON\RawFiles\
• Bad messages are placed here:
  C:\MDAEMO~1.0\MDAEMON\Badmsgs\
• While collecting inbound mail, work files are placed here:
  C:\MDAEMO~1.0\MDAEMON\SmtpIn\
• RFC-822 compliant remote message queue (non-local mail only):
  C:\MDAEMO~1.0\MDAEMON\Remoteq\

• RFC-822 compliant remote message queue (local mail only):
  C:\MDAEMO~1.0\MDAEMON\Localq\
• Mailing list digests are stored here while waiting to be queued:
  C:\MDAEMO~1.0\MDAEMON\Digests\
• Mailing list digests are archived here:
  C:\MDAEMO~1.0\MDAEMON\Archives\
• Log transcript files are stored here:
  C:\MDAEMO~1.0\MDaemon\Logs\

POP Check

• POP Before SMTP
  Setup > Primary Domain > POP Check
• In order to combat spam, some ISPs are requiring their customers to log on to a POP mailbox before they can send any mail. If your ISP is requiring you to do this, you can configure Mdaemon to perform this POP check for you

• Perform a POP check before sending waiting mail (not checked)

Unknown Mail

• Unknown Mail
  Setup > Primary Domain > Unknown Mail
• What to do with mail for unknown local users
  Route message back to sender (checked)
  Send message to the "Postmaster" user (not checked)
  Place message in bad message directory (checked)

• Advanced Options
• Enable Advanced Options (checked)
• Send the message to this host (empty)
• Use this address in the SMTP envelope (blank)
• Use this TCP Port (25)