IMail User Utility

The IMail User Utility (IMUTIL) is designed to be used only with the IMail Server for Windows NT. Any valid licensee of IMail Server for Windows NT is authorized to make an unlimited number of copies of IMUTIL for use with IMail Server for Windows NT.

The IMail User Utility lets users change their password, change inbound mail processing rules, set up vacation processing, set up mail forwarding, and update their PLAN file that is distributed by Finger. The IMUTIL (imutil.exe) program is designed to be distributed to any users, regardless of client.

The utilities in the IMail User Utility match those in the IMail User Manager (REGIST32) with a few exceptions. A user cannot change their name, userid or other user properties. They can change their password and enable mail forwarding.

IMUTIL is a 16–bit application and can be used on the Windows NT host, as well as on any Winsock 1.1 compliant network stack.

System administrators who want to limit these functions can elect not to distribute the IMUTIL program.

IMail User Utility – Logging On

To start the IMail User Utility, do one of the following:

In the IMail Server for Windows NT program group, click the IMail User Utility icon.

Run the imutil.exe program.
The Login dialog box appears.

When you enter your profile/userid name and press TAB, the remainder of the dialog box will fill in from the last use. Multiple profile/userids may exist on a system. The information used to maintain this is found in the imail.ini file in the Windows directory.

To use the IMail User Utility on the same system that contains the POP server, you will need to use a host name of 127.0.0.1.

The password is saved in the .ini file provided that, in the User section of the .ini file, the parameter OPT_SAVEPWD is set equal to 1. Note that the password is saved in plain text if this option is set!

IMail User Utility – Main Screen

The main screen of IMail User Utility has a menu bar, a button bar, and a conversation window. You can access functions by either selecting from the menu or by clicking the buttons. The conversation window, below the button bar, displays a record of the "conversation," or communications, with the server. This provides feedback to the user on the success of a function. (Note that a special mailbox called IMUTIL is used to access the remote functions of IMail Server for Windows NT.)

IMail User Utility – Changing Your Password

You can change your password on the remote host (if the administrator allows) by selecting Change Password from the File menu, or by clicking the ChgPass button. You must enter your old password again, and then enter the desired new password twice. Note that a password can be from 4 to 30 characters and cannot contain a space, hyphen, or equal sign.

IMail User Utility – Forwarding Mail

You can cause IMail Server for Windows NT to automatically forward your mail to another account or system by selecting Forwarding from the File menu, or by clicking the Forward button.

The address that you enter in the Forwarding field must be a complete mail address that is valid from the IMail Server for Windows NT host system. If you want to send your mail to a different user on the same host, you only have to enter the simple userid. If you want to send your mail to a different system, you must enter a complete mail address including the userid and the full domain name (user-id@host.domain).

To leave a copy in the user’s mailbox and forward a copy to another user, enter the address using the following format:

.,userid@host.domain

To forward to multiple users, separate each mail address with a comma.

You can also access the same mail forwarding function through the vacation feature. To turn mail forwarding off, ensure the edit box is empty and click OK.

IMail User Utility – Delivery Rules (SPAM/Virus blocking)

If you use Microsoft Outlook or Outlook Express click here to read about blocking SPAM and Viruses in Outlook.
http://www2.essex.ac.uk/cs/services/email/unwanted/

Unfortunatly blocking SPAM and Viruses are not as easy as we would like it to be, however it is possible.  Please carefully read the below instructions and understand how to do this.  Read it over and over if you must.  For your convenience you can download our latest "rules file" but do not expect this to be updated regularly.  It is a good starting point to learn how to create your own rules file and it actually contains some very useful rules already.

Download RULES.IMA
(open it with NOTEPAD or a plain TEXT editor)

You can create a RULES.IMA file in your home directory on the IMail Server for Windows NT host system to perform rules–based processing on incoming mail. This file is read top down until a match is found when the destination mailbox is MAIN. You can use this file to direct mail to different mailboxes based on the contents of the From, Subject, Sender, and To headers.

You can use the following rules for processing mail:

B=string:mailbox (Case sensitive match in the Body/message text)
B~string:mailbox (Case insensitive match in the Body/message text)
H=string:mailbox (Case sensitive match in email Header)
H~string:mailbox (Case insensitive match in email Header)
F=string:mailbox (Case sensitive match in From: header)
F~string:mailbox (Case insensitive match in From: header)
S=string:mailbox (Case sensitive match in Subject: header)
S~string:mailbox (Case insensitive match in Subject: header)
N=string:mailbox (Case sensitive match in Sender: header)
N~string:mailbox (Case insensitive match in Sender: header)

Example RULES.IMA file:

The first line below shows how to block an email.  Repeat this for each "subject" you want to block (it's actually instantly deleting it not blocking it). 

F=ipswitch:internal (send mail from ipswitch to mailbox "internal")
N~53list:53list (send mail from 53listserver to mailbox "53list")
S~ftp:ftp (send mail with ftp in subject to "ftp" mailbox)
S~mail:mail (send mail with mail in subject to "mail" mailbox)
S~{SPAM?}:<delete>
H~{SPAM?}:<delete>
S~Your details:<delete>
S~Re: Your application:<delete>
S~Re: That movie:<delete>
S~Re: Approved:<delete>
S~Re: Wicked screensaver:<delete>
S~Re: Re: My details:<delete>
S~Use this patch immediately !:<delete>
S~HostPromo:<delete>
S~Resolve address:<delete>
S~viagra:<delete>
S~V1agra:<delete>
S~vi@gra:<delete>
B~spam:<delete>

You can COPY (CTRL-C) and PASTE (CTRL-P) the above text from here if you wish to create your own RULES.IMA file:
Select All

Alternate mailboxes may be accessed by any POP3 client by appending the mailbox name at the end of the userid, following a hyphen: (userid–mailbox). The alternate mailboxes can be accessed directly with an IMAP4 client.

You can have incoming mail sent directly to an alternate mailbox by addressing mail to userid–mailbox@host.domain. When subscribing to a mailing list, you can use the userid–mailbox as your userid so that mail from the list will be sent to the mailbox. The default mailbox for a user is userid–main@host.domain.

Create this file and email it to us so we can apply it to your email server.  We will do it once per year for free and $5.00 for each time thereafter.

IMail User Utility – Vacation Processing

You can create a VACATION.IMA file in your home directory on the IMail Server for Windows NT host system that will be mailed once to each user that sends mail to the user.

When the vacation message is sent, IMail Server for Windows NT lists the email address of the recipient in the VACATION.SNT file. The presence of the address in this file is what stops the sender from receiving a second message.

IMail User Utility – Finger Plan

You can create a PLAN.IMA file in the your home directory on the IMail Server for Windows NT host system to provide Finger information. The contents of the file are returned to Finger requests from other hosts, provided the system administrator enables Finger and allows the users plan to be presented.

The system administrator can disable the transmission of any information about any user through the Finger protocol.