IMail User Utility

The IMail User Utility (IMUTIL) is designed to be used only with the IMail Server. Any valid licensee of IMail Server is authorized to make an unlimited number of copies of IMUTIL for use with IMail Server.

The IMail User Utility lets you change inbound mail processing rules, set up vacation processing, and set up mail forwarding. The IMUTIL (imutil.exe) program is designed to be distributed to any users, regardless of client.

NOTE: Please disregard any references to Finger and LDAP servers -- these services are not enabled on the Norloff Internet Services server.

IMUTIL is a 16-bit Windows application and can be used on any Winsock 1.1 compliant network stack. (Including Windows 3.1, 95, & NT and OS/2.)

IMail User Utility - Logging On

To start the IMail User Utility, run the imutil.exe program.

The Login dialog box appears.

When you enter your profile/userid name and press TAB, the remainder of the dialog box will fill in from the last use. Multiple profile/userids may exist on a system. The information used to maintain this is found in the imail.ini file in the Windows directory.

The password is saved in the .ini file provided that, in the User section of the .ini file, the parameter OPT_SAVEPWD is set equal to 1. Note that the password is saved in plain text if this option is set!

IMail User Utility - Main Screen

The main screen of the IMail User Utility has a menu bar, a button bar, and a conversation window. You can access functions by either selecting from the menu or by clicking the buttons. The conversation window, below the button bar, displays a record of the "conversation," or communications, with the server. This provides feedback to the user on the success of a function. (Note that a special mailbox called IMUTIL is used to access the remote functions of IMail Server.)

IMail User Utility - Changing Your Password

Remote password changes are not enabled on the Norloff Internet Services IMail Server.

IMail User Utility - Forwarding Mail

You can cause IMail Server to automatically forward your mail to another account or system by selecting Forwarding from the File menu, or by clicking the Forward button.

The address that you enter in the Forwarding field must be a complete mail address that is valid from the IMail Server host system. If you want to send your mail to a different user on the same host, you only have to enter the simple userid. If you want to send your mail to a different system, you must enter a complete mail address including the userid and the full domain name (userid@host.domain). You can also access the same mail forwarding function through the vacation feature. To turn mail forwarding off, ensure the edit box is empty and click OK.

IMail User Utility - Delivery Rules

You can create a RULES.IMA file in your home directory on the IMail Server host system to perform rules-based processing on incoming mail. This file is read top down until a match is found when the destination mailbox is MAIN. You can use this file to direct mail to different mailboxes based on the contents of the From, Subject, Sender, and To headers. This file is created in your home directory on the server by the IMUTIL program.

You can use the following rules for processing mail:

F=string:mailbox (Case sensitive match in From: header)
F~string:mailbox (Case insensitive match in From: header)
S=string:mailbox (Case sensitive match in Subject: header)
S~string:mailbox (Case insensitive match in Subject: header)
N=string:mailbox (Case sensitive match in Sender: header)
N~string:mailbox (Case insensitive match in Sender: header)

Example RULES.IMA:

F=ipswitch:internal (send mail from ipswitch to mailbox "internal")
N~53list:53list (send mail from 53listserver to mailbox "53list")
S~ftp:ftp (send mail with ftp in subject to "ftp" mailbox)
S~mail:mail (send mail with mail in subject to "mail" mailbox)

Alternate mailboxes may be accessed by any POP3 client by appending the mailbox name at the end of the userid, following a hyphen: (userid-mailbox)

You can have incoming mail sent directly to an alternate mailbox by addressing mail to userid-mailbox@toward.com. When subscribing to a mailing list, you can use the userid-mailbox as your userid so that mail from the list will be sent to the mailbox. The default mailbox for a user is userid-main@toward.com.

IMail User Utility - Vacation Processing

You can create a VACATION.IMA file in your home directory on the IMail Server host system that will be mailed once to each user that sends mail to the user.

When the vacation message is sent, IMail Server lists the email address of the recipient in the VACATION.SNT file. The presence of the address in this file is what stops the sender from receiving a second message.

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