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CapeSoft Email ServerFast, simple, unlimited users, great price.CapeSoft Email Server is a compact SMTP & POP3 Server for small or medium businesses and home environments. This Email Server is easy to use and provides you with full control over email domains, mailboxes and aliases. Upgrading the Email Server is free so you don't have to pay for future upgrades. The number of mailboxes are unlimited so you don't have to spend more as your company grows or your needs increase. Version 
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| Introduction& Features | Installation Instructions | |||||
| Screen Shots | Email Server Configuration | |||||
| What People Are Saying... | Email Client Configuration | |||||
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| Pricing, Buying & Downloads | Support | |||||
| Try now - demo version | Frequently Asked Questions FAQ | |||||
| Pricing | How to get Support | |||||
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| Refund Policies | Version History | |||||
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If you are looking for the Source Code or Developer Edition it can be found in the Developer Documentation |
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CapeSoft Email Server Introduction
CapeSoft Email Server presents your with the following functionality:
- A fully working Email Server including SMTP server (email sending) and POP3 server (email collecting).
- Free 60 day shareware trial (Download Email Server)
- Direct MX SMTPand/or SMTP Relay Sending. Ideal for permanent connections (Broadband / ADSL / DSL) and Dial-Up users. Email Server Home edition only supports relay sending.
- Works with ADSL / Broadband or via modem dial-up schedule.
- An easy to use interface and a configuration wizard which makes setting up this Email Server so easy.
- An incredible attractive pricing scheme (one low price, no mailbox or user limits for Business Edition).
- Free product upgrades(buy this Email Server once, and update as often as you like for free). (see upgrade policy)
- Works with all email clients (e.g. Outlook, Outlook Express, Netscape email client, Eudora etc.).
- Runs on all 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Windows (Windows Server 2008, 2003 and 2000. Windows Vista, XP, 2000, NT4, ME, 98 and Windows 95).
- Business Edition provides a web based admin interface (see the Version Comparison below for which version is right for you)
Software Developers please note that the Source Code to this email server and a Developers Edition are also available.
More details about Email Server Source Code and Developer Edition.
Screen shots
The main CapeSoft Email Server window (scroll down through this document to see more screenshots)
The Tools section of the Main Email Server window.
Email Server provides full logging for all functionality.
What People Are Saying...
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CapeSoft Email Server installs with a free 60 day fully-functional shareware trial license. Please download a copy from the download section. |
CapeSoft Email Server Prices
Buy CapeSoft Email Server - Purchasing Instructions
To register & buy CapeSoft Email
Server please purchase it through our secure
ClarionShop site
(more info below).
A full price list available here.
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Capesoft Email Server is available in two versions - the Home
Edition, and Business Edition.
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(Please note all prices are in US dollars, and are subject to change)
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| For Developers Capesoft Email Server
is available in source code form to allow the application to be
customised and integrated. In addition Email Server is also
available is a royalty free redistributable Developer Edition. See the Developer Documentation for more information
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| Post: | PO Box 511, Plumstead, 7801, Cape Town, South Africa | ||
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This download is for both the registered version and free 60-day trial version. Buy with Confidence: Free Upgrade Policy Refund Policy |
Platforms:
All 32-bit & 64-bit Window OS Windows Vista Windows Server 2003 Windows XP Windows 2000 Server Windows 2000 Professional Windows NT4 Server & WorkStation Windows ME Windows 98 Windows 95 |
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Installing for
the First Time?
Once you have downloaded the file, please run it
and the install program will guide you through the installation.
For further information please consult the Installation or
Program Options sections in
this documentation.
Upgrading Your Current Installation?
Simply download the latest install file, shutdown
the Email Server (File Menu | Exit), then install the new install file,
your current configuration will be
restored.
Pad File
Product Info for Software Sites (Email Server Pad File)
Free Update Policy
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CapeSoft products have always had a free update policy. You pay for
Capesoft Email Server and updates and patches for the current version are free. |
CapeSoft Refund Policy
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CapeSoft believes that if you aren't satisfied with our
products, we
would like them back - and we will refund you the money.
This allows you to purchase our products with confidence. This Email
Server has a 60-day trial license, which should give you some time to
see how it works, and whether it is the correct solution for you.
Should you need an extended trial period or if you are unhappy about
any of our products, please contact salescapesoft.com
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Copyright& License Agreement
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This software is copyright. This means that after the 60 days evaluation you should only use this software if you have paid for it. One license is required for each copy that you run. i.e. If you are running this program on three machines you need to purchase three licenses. If you need more than 60 days to evaluate the
product please contact
CapeSoft Software CC, employees of CapeSoft Software CC, Dealers of CapeSoft Software CC products, Beach Palm Software cc, and employees and associates of Beach Palm Software cc explicitly accept no liability for any loss or damages which may occur from using this package. This package is used entirely at your own risk.  All rights reserved. Warning: This computer program is protected by copyright law and international treaties. Unauthorized reproduction or distribution of this program, or any portion of it, may result in severe civil and criminal penalties, and will be prosecuted to the maximum extent possible under the law. Use of this package constitutes agreement with this license. Please contact CapeSoft Software should you have any queries.. |
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Installation Instructions
Installing CapeSoft Email Server is really easy. Please follow the following steps:
1) Download the product install file. You can do this from the download section.
2) Run the downloaded file. The installation program will ask you a series of question (for instance where you would like to install the application).
The installation program
3) At the end of the installation you will be asked if you would like to run the application now. Allow this to happen. The first time the application is run a Configuration Wizard will be executed. This will help you setup this product. (The configuration wizard can always be run at a later stage). For more information see the Program Options section.
4) Please note that the Email
Server requires that TCP/IP is installed on the computer. TCP/IP is the
Internet Networking protocol.
Without it your computer will be unable to access the Internet, read or
send emails, browse web sites etc.
Most computers have this installed now-a-days.
In fact Windows XP, Windows Server 2003 and Windows Vista always have TCP/IP installed
(i.e. You can't uninstall it).
Should you want to install TCP/IP or check that it is
installed if you
are running Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000 then the following three links are
helpful (from the TNA2000 site):
How to check if TCP/IP is Installed on your computer
How to Install TCP/IP on your computer
What is the IP number of your machine
Email Server Configuration
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In this section we discuss how to setup the Email Server. This section is broken down into two parts: 1) Five setup scenarios |
Five Setup Scenarios
Most people will configure this email server in one of five ways. For this reason we've included these five setup scenarios. Your configuration will probably match one of these five scenarios.
All these options can be easily configured in the Tools-Options or the Configuration Wizard windows.
Please choose a scenario (please read through each scenario carefully - as there are some subtle differences):
(1) Office (or home) email via permanent Internet connection(e.g. ADSL / DSL / Broadband).
You administer a whole email domain.
| Connection | use the Is Permanently Connected to the Internet Option | |
| Connection | you don't need to setup a schedule. As your mail will be sent and received every 10 minutes. (Or you could make it every 1 or 2 minutes). | |
| Sending | You can use either Direct (MX) Sending or Relay Server (if you ISP allows this -
most do). The most effective option is to turn on Direct MX Sending (you will need a DNS server IP address (or use the defaults) - can get this from your ISP), and then turn on both of the "If MX Fails pass on to Relay Server" options. Here's why. MX sending is not available in Home Edition, which only supports Relay sending. |
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| Sending | postmaster would typically be postmaster@YourDomain.com (where YourDomain.com is your full domain name). The postmaster description would typically be something like Postmaster at YourDomain | |
| Collecting | If your ISP stores the email
for your domain you'll need to collect emails from their server. Your
ISP
typically stores all the emails for your domain in
one email
account - the details of this account (or accounts) you can get from
your ISP (this
may be something like YourDomain@YourISP.com). If
want to collect emails from multiple accounts simply add more than one
set of account details. Otherwise specify - Don't collect emails. - If this is the case, then your the MX records for your domain would need to point to this email server (and this email server only), and you need to keep your email server running all the time. |
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| Domains | add your domain(s) to the domain list. Only add domain names for which you administer the whole domain. (If in doubt, leave it out your mailboxes and aliases settings alone will be sufficient). | |
| Mailboxes | add every person who
will collect email from this email server here. Typically add people
as davesmith@example.com, bryanadams@example.com. Tip: Enter the whole email address as the mailbox name e.g. include the @example.com bit too. |
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| Aliases | setup an alias of postmaster to point to your mailbox - this means you'll get all the email for the postmaster. | |
| Aliases | setup aliases like info@example.com, sales@example.com, support@example.com, webmaster@example.com to point to the relevant mailboxes. | |
| Aliases | Alternatively you can add an alias of sales which will receive all emails that have sales on the left hand side of the @ sign and any of your domains on the right. | |
| Aliases | add aliases for any of the mailboxes who may receive emails under different names. e.g. David@YourDomain.com, DaveSmith@YourDomain.com, DavidSmith@YourDomain.com would all point to the dave mailbox. (Alternatively you can add an alias of dav#@YourDomain.com and this will receive all the combinations of emails that start with dav at your domain). | |
| IP Filter | The default IP Filter settings are safe to use
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| IP Filter | add any other IP ranges that you may be using (e.g. Safe Remote Computers) that are not on your network, that would need access to this email server. |
(2) Office (or home) email via permanent Internet connection (e.g. ADSL / DSL / Broadband).
You don't administer a whole domain, you just collect emails from one or more email accounts. In this example we will just collect from 3 accounts.
| Connection | use the Is Permanently Connected to the Internet Option | |
| Connection | your don't need to setup a schedule. As your mail will be sent and received every 10 minutes. (Or you could make it every 1 or 2 minutes). | |
| Sending | You can use either Direct (MX) Sending or Relay Server (if you ISP allows this -
most do). The most effective option is to turn on Direct MX Sending (you will need a DNS server IP address (or use the defaults) - can get this from your ISP), and then turn on both of the "If MX Fails pass on to Relay Server" options. Here's why. MX Sending is not support in the Home Edition of Email Server. |
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| Sending | postmaster would typically be one of your email addresses like bob@someISP.com. The postmaster description would typically be something like Postmaster at YourCompany | |
| Collecting | collect emails from another server. For example you may have three accounts you would like to collect from - you'll need the details from your ISP, but it's likely you'll be using a server like mail.YourISP.com with username bob (or possibly bob@yourisp.com) and some password. Enter the details of all the accounts. (You may just be using one - that's fine, if you use more just keep adding the details). | |
| Domains | leave this domain list blank. | |
| Mailboxes | add every person who
will collect email from this email server here. Typically add people
as davesmith@example.com, bryanadams@example.com. Tip: Enter the whole email address as the mailbox name e.g. include the @example.com bit too. |
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| Aliases | setup an alias of postmaster to point to your mailbox - this means you'll get all the email for the postmaster. | |
| Aliases | add aliases for any of the mailboxes who may receive emails under different names. e.g. David@YourDomain.com, DaveSmith@YourDomain.com, DavidSmith@YourDomain.com would all point to the dave mailbox. (Alternatively you can add an alias of dav#@YourDomain.com and this will receive all the combinations of emails that start with dav at your domain). (Because you aren't administering your own domain - it's important that you supply the full email address in the alias e.g. dave@example.com) | |
| IP Filter | The default IP Filter settings are safe to use
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| IP Filter | add any other IP ranges that you may be using (e.g. Safe Remote Computers) that are not on your network, that would need access to this email server. |
(3) Office (or home) email setup, connecting to the Internet via Dial-Up.
You administer a whole email domain.
| Connection | use the Dial-Up configuration | |
| Connection | schedule for automatically dialing up to the Internet (should you require this) - you can still connect manually whenever you like. | |
| Sending | try Relaying (faster) -
get the SMTP Server details from the
ISP you dial into.
Sometimes this will be mail.YourISP.com (where YourISP.com is the
domain name of your ISP) Alternatively you could also use Direct (MX) sending (will need a DNS server IP address (or use the defaults) - can get this from your ISP). MX sending is not available in Home Edition. If you are using the Direct MX Sending option, then it's recommended to enter the details of your ISP's Relay Server too, and turn on the two "If MX fails pass onto Relay Server" options. |
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| Sending | postmaster would typically be postmaster@YourDomain.com (where YourDomain.com is your full domain name). The postmaster description would typically be something like Postmaster at YourDomain | |
| Collecting | collect emails from another server. Your ISP would need to store all the emails for your domain in one (or more) email account(s). The details of this account (or accounts) you can get from your ISP (this may be something like YourDomain@YourISP.com). If want to collect emails from multiple accounts simply add more than one set of account details. | |
| Domains | add your domain(s) to the domain list | |
| Mailboxes | add every person who
will collect email from this mail server here. Typically add people
as davesmith@example.com, bryanadams@example.com. Tip: Enter the whole email address as the mailbox name e.g. include the @example.com bit too. |
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| Aliases | setup an alias of postmaster to point to your mailbox - this means you'll get all the email for the postmaster. | |
| Aliases | setup aliases like info@example.com, sales@example.com,support@example.com, webmaster@example.com to point to the relevant mailboxes | |
| Aliases | Alternatively you can add an alias of sales which will receive all emails that have sales on the left hand side of the @ sign and any of your domains on the right. | |
| Aliases | add aliases for any of the mailboxes who may receive emails under different names. e.g. David@YourDomain.com, DaveSmith@YourDomain.com, DavidSmith@YourDomain.com would all point to the dave mailbox. (Alternatively you can add an alias of dav#@YourDomain.com and this will receive all the combinations of emails that start with dav at your domain). | |
| IP Filter | The default IP Filter settings are safe to use
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| IP Filter | add any other IP ranges that you may be using (e.g. Safe Remote Computers) that are not on your network, that would need access to this email server. |
(4) Office (or home) email setup, connecting to the Internet via Dial-Up.
You don't administer a whole domain, you just collect emails from one or more email accounts. In this example we will just collect from 3 accounts. (This is a common home dial-up setup).
| Connection | use the Dial-Up configuration | |
| Connection | schedule for automatically dialing up to the Internet (should you require this) - you can still connect manually whenever you like. | |
| Sending | try Relaying (faster) - get the SMTP Server details from the ISP you dial into. Alternatively you could also use Direct (MX) sending (will need a DNS server IP address (or use the defaults) - can get this from your ISP). Direct (MX) sending is not available in the Home Edition of Email Server. | |
| Sending | postmaster would typically be one of your email addresses like bob@someISP.com. The postmaster description would typically be something like Postmaster at YourDomain | |
| Collecting | collect emails from another server. You've got three accounts - you'll need the details from your ISP, but it's likely you'll be using a server like mail.YourISP.com with username bob and some password. Enter the details of all three accounts. (You may just be using one - that's fine, if you use more just keep adding the details). | |
| Domains | leave this domain list blank. | |
| Mailboxes | add every person who
will collect email from this email server here. Typically add people
as davesmith@example.com, bryanadams@example.com. Tip: Enter the whole email address as the mailbox name e.g. include the @example.com bit too. |
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| Aliases | setup an alias of postmaster to point to your mailbox - this means you'll get all the email for the postmaster. | |
| Aliases | add aliases for any of the mailboxes who may receive emails under different names. e.g. David@YourDomain.com, DaveSmith@YourDomain.com, DavidSmith@YourDomain.com would all point to the dave mailbox. (Alternatively you can add an alias of dav#@YourDomain.com and this will receive all the combinations of emails that start with dav at your domain). (Because you aren't administering your own domain - it's important that you supply the full email address in the alias e.g. dave@example.com) | |
| IP Filter | The default IP Filter settings are safe to use
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| IP Filter | add any other IP ranges that you may be using (e.g. Safe Remote Computers) that are not on your network, that would need access to this email server. |
(5) You just want an Internal email system.
Users will be able to send email to people in your office but not to anyone outside your office (i.e. No Internet Email). This setup requires neither Dial-Up or Permanent Connection. Note: This is an uncommon setup option.
| Connection | use the Is Permanently Connected to the Internet Option (It doesn't sound true - but it's how to achieve this scenario - in fact your could equally correctly select Dial-Up - but then make sure no schedule is in use) | |
| Sending | select Don't Send Emails. | |
| Sending | postmaster would typically be postmaster@MyOffice. The postmaster description would typically be something like Postmaster at YourCompany. | |
| Collecting | select Don't Collect Emails | |
| Domains | add MyOffice to the domain list (you could change this to something else, but make sure it's changed in every section) | |
| Mailboxes | add every person who
will collect email from this email server here. Typically add people
as johnwhite@MyOffice, or as davesmith@MyOffice. Tip: Enter the whole email address as the mailbox name e.g. include the @MyOffice bit too. |
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| Mailboxes | you may also want to reject emails for the outbox, since no emails should ever get there, and by rejecting emails, people will see warnings if they try to send emails, that would normally be routed to the Email Server Outbox. To do this, open up the properties for the outbox (Tools | Options | Mailboxes) and tick on the Reject option. | |
| Aliases | setup an alias of postmaster to point to your mailbox - this means you'll get all the email for the postmaster. | |
| Aliases | add aliases for any of the mailboxes who may receive emails under different names. e.g. David@MyOffice, DaveSmith@MyOffice, DavidSmith@MyOffice would all point to the dave mailbox. | |
| IP Filter | The default IP Filter settings are safe to use
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| IP Filter |
add any other IP ranges that you may be using (e.g. Safe Remote Computers) that are not on your network, that would need access to this email server. |
Tools Options Window and the Configuration Wizard
The program options and configuration wizard are where you can change the configuration and setup of this product.
You can access both of the Tools-Options window or the Configuration Wizard from the Tools menu.
Both of these windows contain explanations of the options that you can choose.
Configuration Wizard in action
Tools Options window
Email Client Configuration
To configure the your email client (e.g. Outlook Express, Eudora, Outlook, Netscape Mail etc.) to be able to send and receive emails from the email server, please go to the Email Client Wizard (available in both the Help and Tools menu). This wizard will provide you with the settings to configure your email client. e.g. For user Jono Woodhouse with email address woody@example.com select this email address from the drop down list.
The email client wizard in action.
Web Admin Interface
Email Server Business edition support administration via a web interface. The HTTP (web) server that provides this is built into Email Server itself, and it does not require any additional software (such as a web server). It can be accessed via a standard web browser, such as Firefox, Google Chrome, Safari, Opera or Internet Explorer.
The Web Server window can be viewed by choose Web Admin... from the Tools menu. This window displays the web server access logs.
Important: Closing this window will turn off the web admin server, to hide the window press the Hide button. The server can be started on the Tools tab of the main window, or from the Tools Options window in the Web Admin section.
Setting up the Web Admin (HTTP) Server
To configure the built in web server open the Tools Options window (either from the Tools menu or from the Tools tab on the main window). The settings for the web admin are on the Web Admin tab.
User
A user name for logging in to the Web Admin interface using a web
browser. This is required
Password
A password for logging into the Web Admin server. We recommend
using a strong password that contains letters, number and a mix of upper and
lower case.
Disable Web Admin
Disable Web based administration of the server (if we admin is
running click on the Show button and shut the web admin server down, it will
not be restarted again until this option is turned off).
Only Allow Web Admin from the Local Machine
If this is enabled the the web admin interface will only be accessible from
the local machine. If this is disabled then the web admin interface can be
accessed from any machine that can connect to the machine hosting the email
server (typically any machine on the same LAN).
Use a Secure (SSL) Connection
This secures the connection and connects using HTTPs rather than
standard HTTP. Note that your browser will display a certificate warning
when connecting to the server.
Port
The port for the web server to run on. The default port for HTTP is port 80,
and for HTTPs it is port 443, however we recommend using a custom port for
the Web Admin server.
Logging in to the Web Admin interface
Open a web browser and type HTTP followed by the address of the machine that Email Server is running on, followed by a colon and the port number. For example if you are on the same machine as the actual server is running on use http://localhost:80 or http://127.0.0.1:88. To connect to the web admin from a machine elsewhere on your LAN type the name or IP address of the machine, for example: http://192.168.0.10:88. If you have enabled SSL for a secure connection then type https rather than http, for example: https://127.0.0.1:443.
The Web Admin login will be display, at which point the user name and password that was configured for web admin (see above) should be entered.
The web admin interface provides the same options as the standard Email Server interface. Click on a catagory on the left hand menu to display that option.
The Web Admin provides the ability to manage your mailboxes, aliases and other settings
The Logs section displays the Email Server transaction Logs.
Click on any of the headers to sort the list based on that field (for example the SMTP Server log below is sorted by Date).
The Settings section provides the same functionality as the Tools Options window in Email Server itself
When you press the Save button the settings take effect immediately.
How to get Support
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| Telephone: | +27 21 715 4000 | |||
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How to get support:
1) Various questions that are asked often are answered in this document in the Frequently Asked Questionssection.
2) Please make sure you are running the latest version. Upgrades are for free, so you can download the latest version for free).
3) If you do send us an email (supportcapesoft.com) please supply the following:
a) The full version number (please don't just say the "latest version") of the email server that you are using.
b) The details of the operating system you are running (i.e. Windows XP SP2, Windows 2003 Server SP1 etc.)
c) Please explain clearly what the problem is and try to give an example of how to re-create the problem.
d) (Optional) If you are wanting to generate a log file to send to us, please look at the section in the FAQ called generating a LOG file
