Here is what a the Server Configuration Page looks like. The annotation numbers point to the notes below.
(1) DNS Server
(required) The TCP/IP address of your domain name server. Lyris will have to be shutdown and restarted in order for any change to this setting to take effect.
Note that if your DNS server is not working, or you give an invalid DNS TCP/IP address in this setting, that Lyris will no longer be able to send email out. In most cases, the Lyris installer will
have placed an appropriate value here.
(2) LCP Hosts
(required) The LCP hosts setting defines the TCP/IP address of the computers which are allowed to access the Lyris Command Protocol on your Lyris Server. Since
the Lyris Web Interface uses the Lyris Command Protocol to access your Lyris Server, you will need to have the TCP/IP addresses of the machines that you want to allow to run the Lyris Web Interface.
Note that if you remove the TCP/IP address of the computer you are using to run the Lyris Web Interface, that you will be locked and no longer able to access the Lyris Web Interface.
Also, if you copy the Lyris Web Interface programs to another Web Server, the Lyris Server will not allow that Web Server to access it until that machine is added to the list of LCP Hosts. You will receive an error from the Lyris Web Interface on that computer.
If you do this, you will need to shutdown your Lyris server, and run the command: lyris lcp tcp/ip-address. This will add the specified tcp/ip-address to the list of LCP hosts. For
example:
lyris lcp 207.105.6.2
When first installing Lyris, the TCP/IP address of the machine running the Lyris Server is added to the list of LCP hosts. If you are running the Lyris Web Interface on another computer, you can remove this setting.
(3) LCP Password
(required) The password that you want the Lyris Command Protocol to use. The Lyris Server uses port 2020 to communicate with the Lyris Web Interface, and with
other programs. Access to the Lyris Command Protocol is password protected, so that outsiders cannot affect your Lyris Server. The default password is "LCPPasswd". You may want to change this
password to give you a greater level of security.
However, if you do change this password, immediately after changing it the Lyris Web Interface will no longer work. This is because the Lyris Web Interface configuration file lyris.plc will still have the old password, and will no longer be able to access the Lyris Control Protocol of your Lyris Server. So, immediately after making a change to the LCP Password, and saving the change, you will need to edit the lyris.plc file, which is found in your Web Server's CGI directory. You will want to change the line password=LCPPasswd to reflect the new password that you have set.
Note, that if you do not change your LCP Password, you are still well protected by the LCP Hosts setting, which is the next option on this screen.
(4) Serial
(optional) The Serial number defines the capabilities of your server. With no Serial Number, your Lyris server is capable of running up to 2 mailing lists, with up
to 50 members in each mailing list. Other Serial Numbers offer different capabilities. Once the limitations of your current serial number (or lack of one) are reached, no more mailing lists can be
created, and no more members will be able to join your mailing lists.