GFI MailEssentials

GFI MailEssentials v21.5 Installation.

GFI MailEssentials v21.5 Installation step by step.

NEW:

Support for Microsoft Exchange 2019

Support for Microsoft Windows Server 2019

System requirements

Hardware Requirements

Processor: 2GHz with multiple cores

Memory (RAM): 2GB dedicated for GFI MailEssentials

Disk space: 10GB dedicated for GFI MailEssentials

Software Requirements

Any version of Microsoft Windows Server 64-bit from 2008 R2 onwards.

The Microsoft IIS SMTP service or Microsoft Exchange Server 2010/2013/2016

Microsoft IIS World Wide Web service

Messaging Queuing Service (MSMQ)

.NET Framework 4/4.5

ASP.NET and Windows Authentication role services when installing on Windows Server 2008 R2 onwards

Microsoft SQL Server/Microsoft SQL Server Express (free) is usually recommended for the Reporting engine database for installs with quite 100 mailboxes.

Discontinued

McAfee and VIPRE AVs have been discontinued.

Microsoft Exchange 2007 is no longer supported.

Microsoft Windows 2008 is no longer supported. 

Installing on an email gateway or relay/perimeter server

Microsoft .NET Framework 4/4.5

How to install .Net Framework v4.5 Click here

Enable IIS SMTP Service

How to Enable Microsoft Web server IIS SMTP service in Windows Server 2008 here

GFI MailEssentials Installation

1- Launch the GFI MailEssentials installer.

Open Command Prompt. I saved GFI mailessentials.exe file in documents.

enter cd Documents press Enter

Type cd GFI Mailessentials v.21.5 press Enter

Type mailessentials.exe to run the GFI MailEssentials installation file.

command prompt run GFI setup

2- Select the language you want to use and select I have read and agree to the terms and conditions and then click on Next.

install gfi mailessentials

3- Specifying a GFI account or a license key

Type your username and password click login to retrieve the license keys registered to your account, so I selected manually enter a License Key.

install gfi mailessentials license

4- Enter your license key and then click on ok.

gfi license key

5- After entering the license key, so click on next.

gfi mailessentials license

6- Select Active Directory and then click next.

Note: this feature is merely available when installing GFI MailEssentials on a machine that’s joined to a lively Directory domain. GFI MailEssentials retrieves the list of mail enabled users from Active Directory Domain Controller.

gfi mailessentials user mode

7- GFI mailessentials 20.3, so Specify the administrator email address to use for notifications about product status and then click next.

install gfi mailessentials smtp

8- GFI mailessentials web server configuration

Web server Configuration Path, MailEssentials RSS Path, MailEssentialsRSS, so click next.

install gfi mailessentials web server

9- Select a folder where you want to install GFI MailEssentials and then click next.

gfi mailessentials installation directory

10- GFI mailessentials are ready to Install so, click the Install button to start the installation process.

gfi mailessentials ready to install

11- GFI mailessentials installation, default running process.

installation gfi mailessentials

12- GFI default installing process.

gfi mailessentials installation

13- GFI MailEssentials installed successful, so click Finish.

gfi mailessentials installed

14- Welcome to the GFI MailEssentials port-installation wizard and then click Next.

gfi mailessentials post installation

GFI Configuration.

15- Select use the same DNS server used by this server and then click on Next.

gfi mailessentials post installation dns

16- Select this machine connects directly to the internet and so click next.

gfi mailessentials post installation proxy

17- GFI mailessentials inbound email domains, so click Add button.

gfi inbound email domains

18- Type your domain name and then click ok.

gfi mailessentials enter domain

19- After adding domains, so click next.

gfi mailessentials inbound email domains

20- Select This is the only SMTP server which receives emails directly from the internet and then click next.

gfi mailessentials post smtp server

21- Under select default, anti-spam action select Quarantine and then click next

gfi default anti spam action

22- GFI mailessentials post-installation wizard completed successfully and click on Finish.

gfi post installation wizard

23- GFI MailEssentials v20.3 Dashboard.

gfi mailessentials dashboard

For more details click here

Jamil Parvez

Jamil Pervez works as a Network Administrator, based in Kuwait with a Primary focus on Microsoft technologies. Microsoft Certified MCSE, MCTP, MCITP, CCNP, CCIP, CCVP with 20 years of experience in administering Windows Servers, Exchange, VMWare, Veeam B&R, Veritas BackupExec.

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