Purpose of This Document

This document is designed to give you a quick introduction for setting up a mail server using Guardian Digital Secure Mail Suite. This document covers basic configuration of Secure Mail Suite, along with providing step by step instructions for setting up a mail server. By the time you complete reading this guide, you should be able to

• Create local user accounts
• Set a host name for your machine
• Set up a relay host.    Relay hosts are machines that will relay mail out to the Internet. Setting up a relay host for your mail server will cause it to send outgoing mail through the relay host.
• Set client restrictions     Set up restrictions on senders for accepting mail.
• Set up Virtual Domains and addresses    Set up the server as a mail store for a domain.
• Create Mail Routes    Forward mail for specified domains to particular machines.
• Set up Mail Filters    Setting up Spam and Virus Filtering on your mail server. Spam and Virus filtering components of Secure Mail Suite should be installed.

For more detailed instructions for configuring Secure Mail Suite, refer to the Guardian Digital Secure Mail Suite User Guide. You must refer to the corresponding manuals for configuring the WebShare Manager and Mail List Manager components of Secure Mail Suite.