Mail Configuration WWW Server

Feature List

MAILCONF is a robot for NTMail that enables WWW users to setup features of their mail account or system administrators to setup NTMail itself. It acts as its own WWW HTTP server and is not dependent upon any other proprietary WWW server running on the system.

There are three levels of access to the WWW Configuration utility.

Normal users can setup account features, like a forwarding address, holiday or plan message. They can also change their password. The status of their POP account can be checked, giving them the number of unread messages, and a list of mail messages retained in their POP account. Clicking on the list will display the message or instruct the web browser to mail the sender. The POP account can also be cleared.

User Administrators are given the rights to administer users in their own domain. This includes the rights to change existing user accounts - resetting passwords, changing aliases; disabling or deleting accounts. New users can also be added to their domain.

PostMasters are given additional features. These include rights to amend users in all domains, maintain logging and alert events, and to set system level NT Mail options. Logging can be done at the user level or at the action level. Every user action is able to be logged. In addition a single line email can be sent to a designated account for each event.

Download

The following versions are available:

• INMC102e.ZIP for intel NT3.51 & NT4.0 (v1.02.05) (699583 bytes)

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INSTALL

MailConf is installed as part of the core NTMail installation. To perform a manual installation, copy the run-time .DLLs into your Windows NT System32 directory. Next copy MAILCONF.EXE to a directory of your choice and type:

	MailConf -i

Goto the control panel and you will see a new service in the Service Icon called "NTMail WWW Configuration". Start the service and then point your WWW browser to:

	http://localhost:8000

UNINSTALL

Stop the Service and then type:

	mailconf -u

You may also remove the .DLLs you have added, but beware that other programs you have installed sine the MAILCONF program may then fail to work.

REGISTRY SETUP

Optional Registry Entries:

...\MailApps\WWWConfigure

    \Port                : REG_DWORD = 8000

                   number of TCP/IP port to use

    \LogLevel            : REG_DWORD = 0

                   logging level

    \AlertLevel          : REG_DWORD = 0

                   alert reporting level

    \ExpireTime          : REG_DWORD = 5 minutes

                   expiry time of idle users

    \NoNTPasswordChange       : REG_DWORD = 0

                   non zero to prevent NT password changes

    \AdminAddress        : REG_LPSTR = "PostMaster@root.domain"

                   address to send mail in each page footer

    \AlertAddress        : REG_LPSTR = AdminAddress

                   address to mail alerts

    \CustomHeader        : REG_LPSTR = ""

                   HTML string to use for each page header

    \CustomFooter        : REG_LPSTR = ""

                   HTML string to use for each page footer - defaults to the standard footer

    \AllowSubDomainPostMasters        : REG_DWORD = 0

                   Allow sub-domain postmasters to have full PostMaster privileges
                   otherwise they only have user administrator privileges

    \AllowGuestUsers        : REG_DWORD = 0

                   Allow NT User database Guest users as normal users

    \AllowDebugScreen        : REG_DWORD = 0

                   Allow debug screen to be displayed

Frequently Asked Questions

• Q: How do I administer (add/delete/disable) users?
  A: You need to determine your postmaster account name, usually called root. If you already have the root account, then change the password from the default for security reasons. If root is not the account name, then it will be the name that is shown as the postmaster account in the NT Mail Control Panel. Once you login as PostMaster, a PostMaster Menu button is displayed. Pressing this button takes you to the PostMaster menu, and the top option on this is account administration. For sites using the NT user database, login as any user that has Administrator privileges.

• Q: What about multiple domains?
  A: If the NT user database is used on a multiple mail domain site, the standard way to identify the user's mail domain is to make the user a member of a local NT group with a group name like "company.co.uk". This will be picked up correctly by MailConf if the group's comment description has either of the words "mail" or "domain" in it. It is suggested that the comment is something like "NT Mail domain group".

• Q: What about domain admin? I don't want the root password broadcast everywhere?
  A: A User Administrator account may be setup by adding a new NT group with a name "NTMail User Administrators", and making a trusted user a member of that group. The user becomes an administrator of his mail domain. For sites not using the NT user database, the administrator is able to grant domain administrator privileges to users on a domain. Use the Promote to User Administrator option on the Modify Account screen. This works for both NT users and regular POP accounts. Whether using the NT database or POP accounts, a domain administrator is only allowed to administer their own domain.

• Q: How do I stop users changing their NT passwords?
  A: Add the REG_DWORD entry NoNTPasswordChange=1 or use the setting in the NT Options screen.

• Q: How do I use the NT database?
  A: Get the key from Net-Shopper, then the feature is enabled. Then you can use the NT Mail Options screen to set the registry.

• Q: I can't get a login screen
  A: Are you using the correct URL - it should be http://myserver.com:8000. Check that your browser proxing is enabled/disabled to access this URL. If this still does not work, check the NT Event log to see if the service started correctly. If the message "Socket Port 8000 could not be opened" is displayed, there is already some other server software that is using the default port 8000. Use the Port registry entry to change the port number to a free one on your system (try 8080, 8888, 9000 etc).

Fixes and Enhancements

• -> 1.02.05 (20th March 1997)
  Memory exception in strlen when socket closed prematurely
  allow NT guest users to be like normal users
  fix some inconsistencies with NT and POP users
  removed call to gethostbyaddr() to speed up response times
  fixed problem where NT password changing was re-enabled
  services not being updated on all user actions
  fixed aliases on forward accounts
• ->1.02.04 (27th February 1997)
  Setup custom header/footer screen
  fixed long standing socket short read bug causing GPF/service hangs
  fixed memory leaks in network code
  fixed max registry entry from 1024 bytes to no limit
  spelling cosmetics
• ->1.02.03 (15th January 1997)
  Added NT Mail registry screen
  fixed custom footer handling
  fixed POP account registry bug
  check for invalid POP account characters
• ->1.02.02 (29th November 1996)
  Add logging for adding or deleting users
  added custom header and footer
  added user promotion demotion in account admin screen
  fixed NT Network domain lookup code
  added extra file logging
• ->1.02.01 (19th October 1996)
  Allow mixed case domain names
  fixed user admin screen
  attempt at fixing socket problems
• ->1.02.00 (14th October 1996)
  Added description of what can be done by each category of user
  removed the admin menu for user administrators
  allows PostMaster privileges to PostMaster in the root domain.
  To permit sub domain PostMasters to be PostMasters instead of User Administrators, set the registry value:

        ...\MailApps\WWWConfigure\AllowSubDomainPostMasters=1
  

  added NT users to user admin screen user list
• ->1.01.02 (5th October 1996)
  NT user database code now works
  doesn't do a message box on -i (install) or -u (uninstall) event log is updated when (un)install fails
  correctly checks full alias name against login username
  sub domain PostMasters only have Domain Admin privileges
  new registry key: REG_DWORD "AllowSubDomainPostMasters" - default is 0 - disabled, 1 gives them full PostMaster privileges
  puts "<no subject>" in messages with no subject so you can click on it
  Fixed bug when setting holiday message - the filename was removed from the POP record when the value already existed - also caused the user to get locked out and stopped them logging back in
  fixed problem with very long holiday or plan messages.
  increased the size of the text box to make it easier to enter.
  removed all the Registry Cache code
• -> 1.01.00(1st October 1996)
  Converted to WWW Server without support from any outside web server.
  other small enhancements.
• 1.00.11 -> 1.00.13 (19th September 1996)
  Fixed problem with NT Mail for Domains appending the root domain name after the PostMaster name in the registry
  Added extra code to allow Postmaster alias to be used to specify the WWWConfig administrator.
• 1.00.10 -> 1.00.11 (16th September 1996)
  Fixed problem with missing Content Type
• 1.00.08 -> 1.00.10 (9th September 1996)
  Added POP server update
  Fixed looping bug when POP account did not exist
  Fixed correct handling of account passwords when not using NT database
  Prevent any control characters in holiday/plan messages
  Display Dialup Gateway log file if in the NT Mail Log directory
  Fixed MAILCONF.EXE GPF due to MFC passing a null data pointer
  Removed hard coded "root" admin account - uses Parameters/PostMaster registry entry
  Added Parameters/Administrators registry entry under standard domain registry entry for domain administrators
• 1.00.07 -> 1.00.08 (6th September 1996)
  Display AutoDial log file
  Fixed page colour for error pages
  Fixed bug in MFC to do with ISAPI Contexts giving 2 <Body> tags
  Fixed POP account names being same in multiple domains
• 1.0.0.0 to 1.00.07 (3rd September 1996)
  Changed version numbering
  NT User database domain administrators
  POP account domain administrators
  Fixed GPF when using MAILCONF.EXE, and re-logging in
  Added support for Administrators editing user aliases and holiday and plan messages and forward addresses
  Fixed usage of NTDomain registry parameter
• From version 1.0.0.0
  Sends email alerts
  logs most user and admin events
  added user admin screen
  added MFC sockets