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            <h1>Install and Setup hMailServer E-Mail Server</h1>
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          <p>This video tutorial will cover the basic installation and setup for hMailServer in it&#39;s simplest form. In future videos we will create and apply SSL certificates, enable Active Directory authentication for email accounts and setup the mail server for use with PHP.</p>

<h2>Install and Basic Inbox Setup</h2>

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	<li>If installing to a newer Windows OS, run the following commands as an administrator to enable .NET 2
	<div class="codeBlock">dism /online /enable-feature /featurename:NetFx3ServerFeatures /Source:D:\sources\sxs<br />
	dism /online /enable-feature /featurename:NetFx3 /Source:D:\sources\sxs</div>
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	<li>Download hMailServer <a href="https://www.hmailserver.com/download" target="_blank">Download</a></li>
	<li>Setup DNS entries for smtp. and imap.
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		<li>For Windows DNS, go to Start &gt; Windows Administrative Tools &gt; DNS</li>
		<li>Expand the DNS server and domain name</li>
		<li>Right Click &gt; New Host (A or AAAA)</li>
		<li>Type the dns name and target IP address &gt; Click OK</li>
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	<li>Run the hMailServer installer, accepting the default values</li>
	<li>Set the administrative password, re-type to confirm</li>
	<li>Click Install</li>
	<li>After the installation completes, Open the Start Menu &gt; hMailServer &gt; hMailServer Administrator</li>
	<li>Select localhost &gt; Click Connect</li>
	<li>Login with the password set during the installation</li>
	<li>Click Add domain...</li>
	<li>Enter the domain name to be used for the e-mail addresses &gt; Click Save</li>
	<li>Click on the Accounts folder</li>
	<li>Click the Add... button</li>
	<li>Enter an e-mail address and a password for the inbox</li>
	<li>Click the Save button</li>
	<li>Expand Settings &gt; Advanced &gt; IP Ranges
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		<li>NOTE: To disable the ability to send e-mail outside the local network, delete the Internet IP Range by Right Clicking on it and selecting Remove</li>
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	<li>Click the Add... button</li>
	<li>Enter the name LAN and fill in the appropriate lower and upper IP for your subnet</li>
	<li>Review the available options, to make this a LAN only e-mail server only allow local to local e-mail addresses</li>
	<li>Click Save</li>
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<h2>Setting Up An E-Mail Client</h2>

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	<li>Download Mozilla Thunderbird Portable <a href="https://portableapps.com/apps/internet/thunderbird_portable" target="_blank">Download</a></li>
	<li>Run the downloaded paf.exe file and extract it to any location</li>
	<li>Check the Run box and click Finish</li>
	<li>Fill out Your name, Email address and Password for the account created earlier</li>
	<li>Click Manual config</li>
	<li>For Incoming, enter imap.<youremaildomain></youremaildomain></li>
	<li>For Outgoing, enter smtp.<youremaildomain></youremaildomain></li>
	<li>Click the Re-test button, Thunderbird should set some additional values</li>
	<li>Click Done</li>
	<li>Select I understand the risks &gt; Done</li>
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<h2>Testing Your New E-Mail Server</h2>

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	<li>In hMailServer Administrator, Expand Utilities &gt; Server sendout</li>
	<li>Select Specific domain and select the domain created earlier from the dropdown</li>
	<li>Fill out the form to send a test e-mail &gt; Click Send</li>
	<li>Back in Thunderbird, click the Get Messages button</li>
	<li>You should receive the test e-mail</li>
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