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NOTE
Some imported settings may not be appropriate for the installation of GFI MailEssentials
may need to be re-configured. This is possible for example, DNS settings, domains list
and perimeter servers are different from the server from which settings were exported.
Click Yes to launch the GFI MailEssentials Post-Installation wizard to reconfigure
important settings.
For more information, refer to Post-Installation Wizard (page 36).
It is also recommended to verify the following settings that are not configured during
thePost-Installation wizard.
Directory Harvesting - This must be verified when importing to a server that
connects to a different Active Directory or with an Active Directory which is
located on a different server. For more information, refer to Directory Harvesting
(page 107).
Spam Actions - Some spam actions are only available for Microsoft
®
Exchange
environments. If importing settings to a different environment (for example, on an
IIS Server), actions will not work. For more information, refer to Spam Actions -
What to do with spam emails (page 135).
NOTE
For more information about settings to verify after import refer to:
http://go.gfi.com/?pageid=ME_CheckImportSettings
6. On completion, click Exit.
7. GFI MailEssentials automatically attempts to start the services that were stopped in step 1.
IMPORTANT
There may be other services that are stopped when stopping the IISAdmin service,
such as the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol(SMTP)service. Restart these services
manually from the Services applet.
12.8.3 Export/Import settings via command line
Exporting settings via command line
1. Stop the following GFI MailEssentials services:
GFI MailEssentials ASScan Engine
GFI MailEssentials ASAttendant
2. From command prompt, change directory to the GFI MailEssentials installation root folder.
3. Key in:
meconfigmgr /export:”c:\MailEssentials Settings” /verbose /replace
Where: