Main Dialog and Status
The main dialog offers an informative and easy to use facility which allows you to view the current status of the mail server as well as giving quick access to all areas of the mail server. For more information please view the Main Dialog and Status page.

Setup Wizards
The setup wizards allow you to set up various parts of the mail server quickly and easily, hiding many of the more complex options. To make it even easier, most of the options are explained in detail in the wizards to help understanding. For more information please view the Setup Wizards page.

Explorer Style Settings Access
To help speed up administration of the mail server, all settings are organized into an explorer style tree on the left hand side of the Settings dialog. The tree system is composed of branches and sub-branches, allowing you to expand the areas you are working on and collapse other areas that are not of interest. Most tree items will load up multiple pages of settings to edit. These can be accessed by pressing the appropriate tabs at the top of the pages. All items in the tree will contain an icon which is intended to visually represent what that particular part of the tree contains and does. If an area or item in the tree is disabled (e.g. if you disable the LDAP service), the icon in the tree will show this by being grayed out.

Editing and Saving Changes
Each node (or leaf) in the tree represents a different area of the settings. When you move around the tree from one area to another, if any settings have been changed these are automatically saved to the system. If there are any errors you will be told of these and have to amend the error before continuing to another area. You may also be given some warnings which are to help you configure the settings more securely but are optional and can be ignored. If you want to quickly save your currently edited settings without moving to another area of the tree, you can do this via the 'File->Save All' menu option (or use the shortcut keys Ctrl+S). The settings will also be saved when closing the application.

Editing Services
All the services such as SMTP, POP3, IMAP4, WebMail, etc. can be found in the Services section of the settings. You can expand the Services branch by clicking on the small plus icon. This will list all the available services as sub branches (see the image right). By clicking on an item in the list, you can edit that service's settings.

Managing Domains, Groups and Users
The the accounts settings can be found under the Accounts section of the settings. You can expand the Accounts branch by clicking on the small plus icon. This will list all the accounts areas as sub branches (see the image right). You must create at least one domain before you can create any users or mailing lists as these must be assigned to a particular domain. Users are also part of a group to help administrate groups of similar users more easily. There is a permanent <Default> group which users will be added to if you don't create additional groups and assign the users to those.

Right Click Pop-up Menus
With almost every item in the Settings dialog, you can right click on it and view a list of options. This applies to items in the tree as well as entries in list boxes. This facility enables you to quickly create new items, re-arranged ordered items and delete unwanted items.

Using List Boxes
List boxes allow you to control lists of other items that can be added and deleted (such as a user, mailing list, static route, etc.). These can be manipulated using within the list box by either pressing the buttons below or right clicking on the list box area. However, you can also select multiple items at once, allowing you to quickly delete or move multiple items at once. This can make deleting or moving items much quicker than if you had to do them one at a time.

Navigating the Settings
All the settings in Ocean Mail Server are organized in a logical order to help reduce the need to search for particular settings. There are four distinct areas in the settings interface: general, services, accounts and miscellaneous. General deals with important overall settings such as security, account storage location, NT service control, etc. Services deals with individual services such as SMTP and POP3. Accounts deals with the management of domains, groups, users, mailing lists and shared address books. Miscellaneous deals with all remaining options which do not really fit into the other areas. This includes options for controlling the SSL certificates, logging, messages and license settings. Below is a list of what each tree item represents and what options can found within:-

• General - Provides access to options such as primary domain, admin email, IP binding, overall mail and account size limits, admin login control, NT service control, general security, ODBC, etc.
• Services - This is the branch which contains all the available services. Simply expand this branch and select the appropriate service.
• SMTP - This controls the SMTP service which is responsible for receiving incoming mail, as well as relaying outbound mail. This area provides access to options such as ports, IP binding, SSL, IP Control, relaying access control, security, SPAM filtering, real-time black lists, etc.
• POP3 - This controls the POP3 service which is responsible for allowing mail clients access to mail stored in account Inboxes. This area provides access to options such as ports, IP binding, SSL, IP Control, etc.
• IMAP4 - This controls the IMAP4 service which is responsible for allowing mail clients access to accounts directories and mail. This area provides access to options such as ports, IP binding, SSL, IP Control, etc.
• WebMail - This controls the WebMail service which is responsible for allowing users to access their accounts through a web browser. This area provides access to options such as ports, IP binding, SSL, IP Control, general WebMail behavior, templates, automatic signups, user account options, etc.
• LDAP - This controls the LDAP service which is responsible for allowing mail clients and other mail software to request information from the mail server relating to local accounts. This area provides access to options such as ports, IP binding, SSL, IP Control, LDAP databases, etc.
• Remote Admin - This controls the Remote Admin service which is responsible for allowing remote administration of the mail server through a web browser. This area provides access to options such as ports, IP binding, SSL, IP Control, etc.
• Outgoing Mail - This controls the Outgoing Mail service which is responsible for delivering any outbound mail to external mail servers. This area provides access to options such as delivery method, queue limits, queue resetting, static routes, etc.
• POP3 Retrievals - This controls the POP3 Retrievals service which is responsible for connecting to external mail servers and downloading the contents of external accounts. This area provides access to options such as security, queue limits, pre-configured automatic retrievals, etc.
• Content Filtering - This controls the Content Filtering service which is responsible for filtering all mails coming into the mail server based on rules set up by the administrator. This area provides access to those rules which in turn allow simple or complex conditions to be created which if triggered can perform various actions.
• Antivirus Filtering - This controls the Antivirus Filtering service which is responsible for scanning mail traffic for viruses. This service supports most antivirus products and this area provides access to options which allow to you configure the service to work with your product. If a virus is found, there is various actions that can be performed.
• Domains - This area allows you to create, edit, delete or view domains. Each domain will appear as a sub-branch, which in turn contains two further sub branches. It is in the these lower branches where the users and mailing lists are managed.
• Users - This area inside a domain allows access to all users on that domain. Users are organized by sub-branches into groups, which allow you to visually see what group a particular user is placed in. This area allows you to create, edit, move, delete and view users.
• Mailing Lists - This area inside a domain allows access to all mailing lists on that domain. This area allows you to create, edit, move, delete and view mailing lists.
• Groups - This area allows you to create, edit, delete and view groups. Groups enable you to control certain aspects of the associated accounts, which includes access restrictions, account allocation limits, address book sharing, etc.
• Shared Address Books - This area allows to you create, edit, delete and view shared address books. Shared address books are intended to used by WebMail and LDAP, which allow you to quickly and easily control shared contact information.
• SSL Certificates - This area allows to you create, delete and view SSL certificates. To enable SSL in any service, you need to firstly create or import an SSL certificate using these options.
• Logging - This area allows you to control how much or how little information is logged. Options include individual control of logging levels for each service, auto-deletion, log sizes, etc.
• Messages - This area allows you to modify the default messages used in various parts of the mail server. Messages that are editable include the Outgoing Mails failure mail, account full failure mail, WebMail welcome mail, default auto-response, etc.
• License - This area allows you to modify your installed license keys.