Installation is relatively straightforward and is GUI driven. Following the given steps will ensure a trouble free and easy installation:
- Logon as root. "Rainmail
Server" modifies your system configuration files
and needs root permission to do them.
- Start X GUI (if not already started).
This can be done by typing
"startx"
at command prompt. If it fails or locks up the screen for some reason, your GUI is configured incorrectly. Please contact your Hardware/OS vendor for correcting this problem.
- Open up a new terminal.
In "KDE" and "GNOME", this can be done by clicking on the Start menu (on bottom left hand side of the screen) and selecting "Utilities" and then "Terminal".
- Place your "Rainmail Server"
CD in the CD-ROM drive.
Mount the CD by typing in the opened xterm
"mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom"
Please note that the CD must be mounted in /mnt/cdrom for the setup program to function properly.
From the terminal, change directory to "/mnt/cdrom/rainmails" by typing
"cd /mnt/cdrom/rainmails"
- Ensure that modem link is up. Set the
link for modem as follows:
ln -sf /dev/ttyS0 /dev/modem" (in RedHat 9.0).
- Start the setup program by typing
"bash setup".
One word of comfort before starting with the setup program: All the parameters you enter in the setup program (with the exception of email domain name in the second screen) can be changed even after installing the software. Therefore, there is no need to be afraid of entering invalid values during the setup phase. The values can always be corrected after the software is installed. However, entering the correct value during the setup phase is recommended.
The setup program is Java based. The
program will check if you have Java installed on your machine
and if not, will install it from the CD. After installing
Java, setup program will begin to execute. The Rainmail
Package Selector Interface appears.
2.7.2 Installation
-Catch All
- The Package Selector Interface
"Rainmail Server Package Selector" is a
series of screens which allows the Administrator to
select and install the software packages. The first
screen displayed is the main installation screen,
which shows a welcome message. When it starts up, you
will see the following screen:
- Package Selection
When the user clicks "Next" the second screen appears which lists all the 12 packages allowing the user to choose the program to install. Check the "Email" checkbox. This will list the Email services. Select the radio button corresponding to the "Catchall" email service you have purchased .Checking the checkbox beside the package name marks it for installation.
- Similarly select the packages you have
purchased by marking the corresponding checkbbox .
Scroll down the window to view and
select the packages.
- Scroll down to view and select the
remaining packages. The individual packages with a
checkmark beside them are currently selected for
installation. After selecting the packages press the
"Next>>" button.
Pressing the "<< Back" button will take you to the previous screen. Pressing the "Next >>" button will take you to the next screen.
- Email Domain Information
If your email address is of the form "user.emaildomain@domain.com" then in this screen enter the email domain assigned to your organization. This will be present in the letter that came with the software.
- If you have an email domain, make sure
that the check box "Use Email Domain" is
checked. In this example, the name of the email
domain is "icsoft.net". If your email
address is of the form "user@domain.com",
then you have to uncheck the "Use Email
Domain" checkbox. When you do that, the email
domain field becomes disabled. After entering a value
for the email domain (or not - depending on your
configuration), Press the "Next >>"
button.
- Global Domain
In this screen you will need to enter the name of your actual Internet domain. You need to change it only if your letter specified a different domain. To validate your license, enter the 32 character License Key supplied in your letter in the Package Selector program. Press "Next >>" after entering the correct value for this field that have been provided in the letter.
- Type of authentication
In this screen, you will require to enter information about how your ISP authenticates. You can get this information from your ISP. Most ISP's support PAP and therefore the default should work fine. If you encounter any problems connecting to your ISP, you can try changing to "Login" later. Choose the default (PAP), unless you are sure that your ISP uses Login mechanism. You can also enter text to expect before sending user name, password and the "ppp" command if your ISP uses login authentication. Press "Next >>" after you enter the correct information. That will take you to the next screen.
- ISP details
In this screen, you will need to enter information that will help the computer connect to your ISP. You can also specify whether you want to allow Internet access to your clients (this can be changed later too) and if your telephone needs to dial using Pulse or Tone dialing. Information about ISP User ID and Password can be obtained from your system administrator or ISP. The default for other fields give the values used by VSNL Chennai. If you use a different ISP, you will need to fill in the values from your ISP (This information can also be obtained from your ISP). Please note that you have to enter your ISP password twice. This is necessary because the password does not appear on the screen when you type it in and it is easy to make mistakes if you type it in only once.By default, your modem is configured to dial in the Pulse mode by "Rainmail Server". Selecting the "Tone" radio button can change this setting. After entering the value for all the fields, you can proceed to the next screen by pressing the "Next >>" buttonYou need to change it only if your letter specified a different domain. Press "Next >>" after entering the correct value for this field. That will take you to the following screen: ISP details
- Mail Server Details
In this screen, you will need to enter information about your incoming POP mail server. All the information required in this screen will be supplied in the letter you received with the software. You will need to change the fields only when they do not match the ones in the letter.
- SMTP Server details
In this screen, you will need to enter yout ISP's SMTP server address.This will be present in the letter that came with the software. "Rainmail" gets installed with a default address of "203.199.212.2". You can also enable or disable SMTP relay authentication. Enter the new number in the "SMTP Mail Server" field. If your mail server has smtp relay authentication, Check "Enable SMTP Auth" field. Enter the username and password twice for relay authentication in the corresponding fields. If you want to disable smtp relay authentication, uncheck "Enable SMTP Auth" field .
This is the final input screen in the setup program. If necessary, you can review your inputs by going back using the "<< Back" button. The setup program will start installing all the required software.
- A progress bar on the screen will
indicate the progress of installation. At end of
installation, a message box will be displayed and on
pressing "OK", the "Finish"
button will be enabled.
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- Click "OK".
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- Pressing the "Finish" button
completes the installation.
- It is recommended that you reboot the
machine after this installation. When a message box
appears asking whether to reboot, save all your
existing documents and press "Yes". That
will automatically reboot the machine .
