SMTPBeamer is a complete Internet and Intranet e-mail server featuring the SMTP, POP3 and HTTP protocol.

System Requirements

• Windows® 2000/2003/2008, Windows® XP, Windows® Vista, Windows® 7

Quick Start if you have a leased-line

If you have a leased-line or a direct connection to the Internet than you should receive messages using SMTP which is fast and reliable.

For a quick start please read:

• Installation
• Receiving SMTP messages
• More about MX Records

Quick Start if you have a Dial-up Connection

For a quick start please read:

• Installation
• Receiving SMTP messages
• Inbound POP3 support (Inbound POP3 Routing)
• More about MX Records

Installation

• Postmaster's address

The address of the person who is responsible for maintaining SMTPBeamer.
SMTPBeamer will send all error messages and undeliverable messages to this address.

If you have a leased-line to the Internet you can leave all other settings on their defaults, but if you are using a dial-up connection to the Internet, switch to the dial-up tab and check dial-up network.

Note: The dial-up network schedule is only for SMTP connections; not for POP3 connections.

Now you are ready to start MBServer.exe. Take a look at the screen to see if SMTPBeamer works and that no error messages are displayed. Start your e-mail client and change the settings so that they point to SMTPBeamer and send a test message. SMTPBeamer should pick up the message and if everything is ok, the message will be sent.

Receiving SMTP messages

If you are unsure what a MX record is, you can either read More about MX Records below or ask your ISP to do it for you.

To verify that your MX record is valid, type

NSLookup -type=mx domain.com

at the command prompt, where domain.com should be replaced by your domain name.

Note: An MX record shouldn't point to a CNAME. It will most likely cause you a lot of trouble!!!

Note: You should add a reverse lookup for the IP address in your DNS which points to the machine where SMTPBeamer is running, because some SMTP mailers refuse to send messages if the Reverse Lookup is not available or not correct.

If you bind SMTPBeamer to a second IP address, you need to add a reverse lookup for the IP addresses, because SMTPBeamer uses it to get its own name.

To verify that your Reverse Lookup is valid, type

NSLookup 111.111.111.111

where 111.111.111.111 should be replaced by the IP address of the machine where SMTPBeamer is running.

Outbound POP3 support

Outbound POP3 is the way a POP3 client can read their e-mail from SMTPBeamer.

To enable it, start SMTPBeamer Admin, select 
View -> Options -> Connections -> POP3 Transfer Mode -> Outbound only

To test the POP3 configuration start any POP3 client like Netscape Mail, Microsoft Windows Messaging, Microsoft Internet Mail, Outlook Express, Exchange client with INet, Outlook with INet or Eudora and configure it to receive messages from SMTPBeamer.

Usually your POP3 client wants to know the following:

• SMTP server: The machine name or IP address of the machine SMTPBeamer is running
• POP3 server: The machine name or IP address of the machine SMTPBeamer is running
• POP3 Name: The name of the mailbox
• POP3 Password: The password for the mailbox

Inbound POP3 Support (Inbound POP3 Routing)

To enable it, start SMTPBeamer Admin, select View -> Options -> Connections -> POP3 Transfer Mode -> Inbound only.

For every POP3 mailbox that SMTPBeamer should scan, you need to create a routing in View -> Inbound POP3 Routing.

SMTPBeamer needs to know the mailbox, the password and the server (host) where the mailbox resides. SMTPBeamer also needs the to know to which e-mail address the message(es) 
should be forwarded. By default SMTPBeamer scans POP3 mailbox every 15 minutes for new messages unless you change the schedule.

Run SMTPBeamer as a service

Once you run SMTPBeamer as a service, errors will only be visible in the logfile. Consequently, before running it as a service you must first ensure that SMTPBeamer is running properly with no errors by launching it in Console Mode (i.e. starting it from an icon).

In general, installing SMTPBeamer as a service should be your last task and not your first.

• Installing SMTPBeamer as a service

Start MBServer.exe with the argument of install, by typing MBServer install at the command prompt and SMTPBeamer will create the service.

By default it is an AutoStart service and any time your computer is started, SMTPBeamer will start.
You can start and stop SMTPBeamer at any time via Control Panel.

Note: After you have started SMTPBeamer as a service, verify that SMTPBeamer has no errors. You need to take a look into the logfile to do this.

• Removing SMTPBeamer as a service

Start MBServer.exe with the argument of remove, by typing MBServer remove at the command prompt and SMTPBeamer will delete the service.

How to stop SMTPBeamer

• SMTPBeamer runs as a console application:

• Press ESCAPE
• Select Close from the system menu (works only on Windows NT®)
• Press Alt-F4 (works only on Windows NT®)

• SMTPBeamer runs as a service on Windows NT®:

• Open Control Panel, select Services, locate SMTPBeamer and press the button labeled Stop
• type Net Stop SMTPBeamer at the command prompt

Upgrade to the latest Version

setup_smtpbeamer_??.exe searches for a previously installed SMTPBeamer and updates only the executable files. The settings, which are stored in smtpbeam.ini and *.dat, are not touched.

If the SMTPBeamer service is running, it is stopped and restarted after the update. In the unlikely event that a executable is locked, the setup program asks for a reboot to change the file. If you refuse the reboot, you need to manually reboot later to bring the new executable into affect.

Note: If you are upgrading from a very old version then you must reapply your registration number.

More about MX Records

The MX resource record provides the ability to publish mail routing information using DNS.

This is useful for several reasons:

MX records allows multiple hosts to accept mail on behalf of a single host. If the destination mail server is down or otherwise off-line, then one of the other mail servers can accept mail on that system's behalf. When the destination system is brought back on-line, the secondary mail servers will forward the mail to it. MX records allow multiple hosts to accept mail on behalf of a domain.

Rather than address mail to user@host.domain.com, you can simply send mail to user@domain.com. The MX records tells external mail servers which internal mail servers to use for mail that is addressed to @domain.com.

The format of the MX record differs slightly from the format of an A record. Rather than use IP addresses, the MX record uses the host names instead. Also, an additional field provides an ability to set preferences for which hosts are the end-targets.

For example, the following MX resource record indicates that all mail addressed to user@domain.com should be sent to SMTPBeamerMachine, and then to AnotherHost if SMTPBeamerMachine is unreachable:

domain.com IN MX 10 SMTPBeamerMachine IN MX 20 AnotherHost 

Note: Under no circumstances should you use MX records in conjunction with CNAME alias records.
This will confuse many mail servers on the market, preventing you from receiving mail from those systems and it also violates RFC974.

Helper Programs

• Signal


Signal is a command line program that allows you to perform the same commands as from the Signal menu of MBAdmin. You can force the download of POP3 messages by simply clicking on a link rather than starting MBAdmin.

• LogView


LogView allows you to view the logfile in real time from any machine on your network.
This is especially useful if MBServer runs as a service.
 
• TestMX
  
  TestMX is a command line program to resolve the MX record for a give domain and then connect to the mail server. The main purpose is to troubleshoot MX related problems or to check if a domain can accept messages.

Licensing Agreement

This product and its documentation may not, in whole or in part, be copied, rent, leased, loaned, resold, assigned, sublicensed, modified, reproduced, transmitted, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system, or translated into any other natural or computer language, in any form or by any means whatsoever, be it electronic, mechanical, magnetic, optical, manual or otherwise, without the prior written consent of DataEnter.

DataEnter makes no warranty or representation, either expressed or implied, with respect to the product SMTPBeamer and its documentation, their quality, performance, merchantability, or fitness for a particular purpose. DataEnter reserves the right to revise the user's guide and make changes to the content without obligation to notify any person or organization of such change. In no event will DataEnter be liable for any direct, indirect, special, incidental or consequential damages, real or imagined, resulting from the use or purchase of this software. Under no circumstances shall DataEnter's liability for damages exceed the price paid for the software license. Should any remedy hereunder be determined to have failed, all limitations of liability and exclusion of damages set forth above shall remain in full force and effect. The extent of the DataEnter's warranty for the software and its documentation is limited to physical defects of the distribution media containing the software. Contact DataEnter to obtain return authorization for the replacement diskette within 30 days of the original date of purchase. Any further statement made by agents, employees, distributors or dealers of DataEnter do not constitute warranties and are not binding. No employee of DataEnter has the authority to modify any portion of this warranty.

All brand and product names we refer to in the documentation are used solely for identification purposes and may be trademarks of other companies.

DataEnter, (the licensor) grants the buyer (the licensee) the right to use this copy of SMTPBeamer (the program) on a single computer at a single location as long as the licensee complies with the terms of this license. The licensor reserves the right to terminate this license if the licensee violates any part of the agreement. The licensee agrees to make copies of the program only for backup purposes. The licensee agrees not to copy the documentation and to take all necessary precautions to ensure that the backup copies of the software are not distributed to or acquired by other parties.

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History

• v3.45 2009-03-18
  Chg: Plain text part is added to a web based HTML message
  Fix: out-of-office message initiated from the web interface as HTML message had no body
  Fix: Malformed DNS packet causes a crash in rare situations
   
• v3.46 2010-01-20
  New: non-delivery report shows the announced ESMTP SIZE
  New: Support for RFC 2319 - Ukrainian Character Set KOI8-U
  New: Disable TLS/SSL weak cipher ( TLSServOmitWeakCipher=True, TLSClientOmitWeakCipher=True )
  Fix: parenthesis in Received: header line
  Fix: MSG-OUT and MSG-IN directory are created even when ChkDsk changed them to a file
  Fix: SSLv2 security flaw ( SSLv2 is still in place or else SSLv3/SSLv2 clients can't auto-negotiate )
  Chg: Default codepage from UTF-7 to UTF-8 because some free mailer don't support UTF-7
  Chg: DNS queries use udp rather then tcp
  Chg: Timeout for DATA set to the values of RFC 5321
  Chg: Using Microsoft VCC rather then Watcom for 32bit application
  Chg: In 64bit SMTPBeamer, MBAdmin is now a native 64bit application

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