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GFI MailEssentials 3 Installation | 34
Screenshot 1: Specifying administrator's email address and license key
6. Key in the administrator’s email address in the Administrator Email and enter License Key.
Click Next.
NOTE
'Evaluation' is no longer accepted as a license key. Access the GFI website customer area
to upgrade your license key before starting the upgrade process.
7. Select the mode that GFI MailEssentials will use to retrieve the list of email users.
Option Description
Yes, all email users are
available on Active Directory.
Rules will be based on Active
Directory users.
Active Directory mode
GFI MailEssentials will retrieve the list of users from Active Directory. Selecting this
option means that GFI MailEssentials is being installed behind your firewall and that it
has access to the Active Directory containing ALL your email users.
No, I do not have
ActiveDirectoryor my
network does not have access
to Active Directory (DMZ)
SMTP mode
Select this mode if you are installing GFI MailEssentials on a machine that does not
have access to the Active Directory containing the complete list of all your email
users. This includes machines on a DMZ or machines that are not part of the Active
Directory domain.
In this mode, GFI MailEssentials automatically populates the list of local users using
the sender’s email address in outbound emails. The list of users can also be managed
from the GFI MailEssentials General Settings node. For more information, refer to
Managing local users (page 222).
Click Next.
Screenshot 2: SMTP server and virtual directory details
8. In the IIS Setup dialog, configure the following options: