iManager & MailPoll

© 1998 Digital Integration (NZ) Ltd

About iManager & MailPoll

iManager and MailPoll are utilities that provide remote control of your i-Mail server.

iManager is your easy access utility for monitoring i-Mail and performing routine tasks such as forcing mail collects and send. Up to 10 management stations may be connected to i-Mail at any one time.

MailPoll provides simple double click access to force i-Mail to process and waiting internet mail, inbound and outbound.

Requirements

Installation

iManager and MailPoll do not require any special setup, simply run iManager.exe or MailPoll.exe. The first time iManager is run, you will be informed that the workstation has not been configured. You may configure iManager once it has started by pressing the '>>>' button.

Using iManager

Step 1: Set up the i-Mail directory and iManager defaults

iManager will mostly work while you are disconnected from the network, however the outbox and requeue files are monitored via a direct drive mapping to the server. To tell iManager where the i-Mail base directory resides press the '>>>' button and fill in the appropriate information. You may also add default values for connecting to the i-Mail server to save time.

Step 2: Connect to the server

Press the top right button to establish a connection to the i-Mail server. You will be prompted for access details for the server which should match those entered in the General Tab of i-Mail administrator. After a successful connection the status window will display a line indicating a successful connection and shortly after, all of the status panels will receive current i-Mail information.

Step 3: Use iManager, what the control buttons do

Starting from the top left and working clockwise:

View Lock: Each time a new entry is sent from the i-Mail server the status window will be updated and scrolled to the new information. If you wish to browse uninterrupted through the log window, press this button to lock the view. To free the view, press the button again.

Connect: Use this button to establish a connection with the server and to disconnect from the server.

Clear Page: Clears all items in the status window.

Local Processing: Process all files in the spool directory for known domains, same as pressing 'L' at the server console.

Requeue Files: Press this button to release files which have been requeued due to delivery failure. Same as pressing 'CTRL-Q' at the server console.

Collect Mail: This initiates POP collection from your ISP. Same as pressing 'I' at the server console.

Send Mail: This forces all waiting internet mail to be sent immediately. Same as pressing 'O' at the server console.

Export Log: Copies the current i-Mail log file to EXPORT.LOG in the same directory. Use this if your log viewer cannot access the log file directly. Same as pressing 'E' at the server console.

Housekeeping: Clears up the safe directory and performs other daily tidy up routines. Same as pressing 'H' at the server console.

>>>: Invokes the iManager configuration window.

Close: Shuts down iManager:

What the status panels show:

POP Workers: This is the number of mailboxes that i-Mail is currently collecting messages from.

POP Clients: The number of clients currently actively downloading messages from i-Mail.

SMTP Workers: This is the number of active processes within i-Mail sending messages to the internet or to another mail system.

SMTP Clients: The number of clients currently sending messages to i-Mail.

Local Update: The next time that i-Mail will process messages waiting in the spool directory.

Remote Update: The next scheduled time for i-Mail to process inbound and/or outbound messages that are running of the scheduler.

Up Time: The amout of time that has passed since i-Mail was started.

Status: Your current connection status to the i-Mail server.

Outbox Files: The number of messages awaiting delivery in the i-Mail outbox.

Requeue Files: The number of messages in the outbox directory that have previously failed to be sent and are awaiting timeout before being retries (configured in the POP/SMTP Tab)

Active Managers: The number of iManager clients currently connected to the i-Mail server.

Using MailPoll

To activate MailPoll simply double click the MailPoll icon in the system tray. This will create a control file as specified in the command line or the default file 'F:\IMAIL\MAILPOLL\~POLL.TMP'.

It is recommended that MailPoll be used with the default control file. If the i-Mail server resides in a different directory or volume, use the override switch to specify an i-Mail subdirectory. During housekeeping i-Mail will purge any .tmp files created during the day, keeping your volume free of unnecessary clutter.

If the control file cannot be created because of an invalid path or rights problem, a red X will flash on the system tray icon.

MailPoll switches. Add either of these switches to control MailPoll.

© 1998 Digital Integration (NZ) Ltd