PaperClip em 4 11/19/2007 Serial Deployment Quick Start Guide This checklist should be completed before installing the em4 Relay. Your answers with the associated screens will enable you to install and document the configuration This process is focused on the Serial deployment of the em4 Relay. This means that all email will pass through the em4 Relay. What is your email platform (Exchange, Domino, GroupWise, etc.)? Does your Email Server provide built in Smart Host features? If so, this feature will have to be disabled and the MS IIS SMTP Virtual Server deployed. Important to understand is the em4 Relay is a CLOSED relay, it does not access the internet and can be configured in the DMZ or Internal network. Recommend internal network. Firewall, DMZ & NAT infrastructure? In a Serial deployment the em4 Relay should talk to your email server and to your Smart host or Gateway. Placement of internal Antivirus and Spam filters should process from the em4 Relay to the Antivirus or Spam filter on their way to the mail server. They would receive decoded email and attachments. Internal SPAM Filter product? Internal Antivirus product? Internal Smarthost or Gateway? Outside service performing Antivirus checking will be seeing encrypted email attachments. Antivirus services may hold the mail, delete them and or broadcast a suspect email with a virus warning. The Antivirus service provider should change their configuration to allow emails with an em4 Header. This may require the installation of an internal Antivirus product. External Antivirus service? Outside service performing Spam checking will be seeing encrypted email attachments. Spam services may hold the mail for a period of time and then delete them. The Spam service provider should change their configuration to allow emails with an em4 Header. Assumption is that em4 encoded massages are not Spam. External SPAM Filter Service? em4 requires a Smart host or Gateway. em4 has no queuing features required to send and deliver emails across the internet. Microsoft IIS provides a Smart host or Virtual SMTP Service. The following configuration checklist and visual guide includes IIS Virtual SMTP Service option. Adjust the values accordingly to fit other Smart host or Gateways as necessary. External Smarthost or Gateway?
PaperClip em 4 11/19/2007 Serial Deployment Quick Start Guide System Connection Info Value ID Your Values Examples MailServer Configurations Mail Server Internal IP M1 192.168.2.10168 2 10 Inbound Port M2 25 Dedicated outbound IP to em4 Relay M3 192.168.3.20 Outbound Port M4 25 Connections Supported M5 20 Windows Full Computer Name M6 Merrimack Domain Name M7 merrimack.net MX Record IP M8 192.168.3.30 em 4 Relay em4 Relay Internal IP E1 192.168.3.20 em4 Relay Port E2 25 Connections Supported (Mail Server plus Smart host) E3 40 Send to Mail Server(s) IP E4 192.168.3.10 Mail Server Listening Port E5 25 Connections Supported E6 20 Receive IP to-from Smart host E7 192.168.3.30 Smart Host Listening Port E8 25 Connections Supported E9 20 Windows Full Computer Name E10 Merrimack Microsoft IIS SMTP Virtual Server Internal Smart host IP, same IP MX Record points to S1 192.168.3.30 Connections Supported S2 20 Accepts inbound IP from the em4 Relay S3 192.168.3.20 Inbound Port S4 25 Delivery Domain S5 merrimack.net em4 Relay IP for Remote Domain S6 192.168.3.20 Port S7 25 Windows Full Computer Name S8 Merrimack
MS IIS SMTP Virtual Server General Tab The Smart Host will received all incoming email traffic from the Internet and deliver all outbound email. This is the Internet IP address provided by your ISP and defined in your MX Record. (S1) Port should be 25 for Internet mail unless your ISP assigned a different one. (S4) Accept all other defaults as displayed here.
MS IIS SMTP Virtual Server Access Tab Granting access from two sources, Internet and the em4 Relay. The Smart Host will relay (forward) all incoming Internet email traffic to the em4 Relay Server. (S1) The Smart Host will relay (forward) all outgoing em4 Relay email traffic to the Internet addressed email server(s). (E1)
MS IIS SMTP Virtual Server Delivery Tab The Smart Host will send all email traffic over the Internet. t Outbound timing for retries when the target server cannot accept your email. Enter your Domain in both the Masquerade and Fully qualified domain name fields. (M7)
MS IIS SMTP Virtual Server Domains The Smart Host will relay all incoming email traffic over to the em4 Relay. (E1)
em4 Relay Configuration General Tab Import em4 Connection File from the em4 Central Office. Polling Interval default 15 minutes. Email address to send em4 errors. Mail Server supporting above email account. (M1)
em4 Relay Configuration Sending Tab Compounding time between attempts to send email to the Smart Host. Retry for 24 hours before returning the email to the email server. Maximum email per connection then drop the connection.
em4 Relay Configuration Receiving Tab The em4 Relay Server IP address. (E1) The port the em4 Relay is listening on. (E2) Maximum connections the em4 Relay will allow. (M5 plus S2) Should be equal to the combination of the Smart Host & Mail Server s. Email server domain. (M7)
em4 Relay Configuration Internet Tab The Outgoing Server or Smart Host in this example. Smart Host IP. (S1) Smart Host Port it is listening on. (S4) Maximum connections the Mail Server is configured for. (M5) Accept Mail From is the Windows full Computer Name. (M6)
em4 Relay Configuration Email Server Tab The Mail Server or other server (SPAM, Virus, etc.) where the em4 Relay will interface with. Mail Server in this example: Mail Server IP. (M1) Mail Server Port it is listening on. (M2) Maximum connections the Mail Server is configured for. (M5) Accept Mail From is the Windows full Computer Name of the Mail Server. (M6)
em4 Relay Configuration Routing Tab Sending to Non Subscribers routing rules. Email Handling Secure All email sent to nonsubscribers. Recommended for Parallel deployment. Pass through non subscribers with no encryption. Secure email for ALL recipients if one addressee is a subscriber. Secure email for ALL recipients if the Flag is an addressee. Security method for Non-Subscriber. All non-subscriber email goes to Web Mail OR; Return to Sender with delivery failure if any addressee in a non subscriber OR; Strip any non-subscribers from email and send email to subscribers.