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E-MailRelay Windows
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Setup program
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Installing E-MailRelay on Windows should be straightforward if you have the
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setup program `emailrelay-setup.exe` and its associated `payload` files.
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Run `emailrelay-setup.exe` as an administrator if you are going to be installing
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into protected directories like `Program Files`.
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You may need to run `vc_redist.x64.exe` first to install the Microsoft C++
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run-time files.
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The setup GUI will take you through the installation options and then install
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the run-time files into your chosen locations.
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If anything goes wrong with the installation process then you can still just
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run the main E-MailRelay executable straight out of the distribution zip file.
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Follow the `Manual installation` section below for more help.
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Running the program
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After a successful installation you should see E-MailRelay listed in the Windows
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Start Menu, or an E-MailRelay link under `Program Files/E-MailRelay`. This will
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run the `emailrelay-start.bat` batch file to start the E-MailRelay server, and
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you should then see an icon appear in the Windows system tray under the "Show
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hidden icons" button.
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Note that the `emailrelay-start.bat` file lives under `ProgramData`, and
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although this might be a hidden directory you can still navigate there by
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right-clicking on the `E-MailRelay` link under `Program Files` and selecting
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`Open file location`.
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Configuration
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E-MailRelay is configured though command-line options like `--verbose` or
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`--spool-dir=c:/temp` in the `emailrelay-startup.bat` batch file.
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You can edit the batch file directly using Notepad, or run `emailrelay-gui.exe`.
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All command-line options are documented in the E-MailRelay reference document.
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Account information can be configured by editing the E-MailRelay `secrets` file.
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Look for the `--client-auth` or `--server-auth` options in the startup batch
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file to find out where this is.
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Manual installation
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The manual installation process for when you do not have the self-extracting
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setup program, goes something like this:
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* Create a new program directory `c:\Program Files\E-MailRelay`
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* Copy the packaged files into `c:\Program Files\E-MailRelay`
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* Create a new spool directory `c:\ProgramData\E-MailRelay\spool`
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* Create a new text file, eg. `c:\ProgramData\E-MailRelay\auth.txt`, to contain account details
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* Add your account details to `auth.txt` with a line like `client plain myaccount mypassword`
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* Right-drag `emailrelay.exe` onto the desktop to create a shortcut for the server.
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* Add `--as-server --verbose` to the server shortcut properties in the `target` box.
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* Right-drag again to create a shortcut to do the forwarding.
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* Add `--as-client example.com:smtp --client-auth c:\ProgramData\E-MailRelay\auth.txt` to the client shortcut.
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Copy the shortcuts to `Start Menu` and `Startup` folders as necessary.
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Running as a service
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E-MailRelay can be set up as a service so that it starts up automatically at
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boot-time. Do do this manually you must first have a one-line batch file
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called `emailrelay-start.bat` that contains all the command-line options for
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running the E-MailRelay server, and you must have a simple service-wrapper
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configuration file called `emailrelay-service.cfg` that points to it, and this
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must be in the same directory as the service wrapper executable
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(`emailrelay-service.exe`).
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The startup batch file should contain a single line, something like this:
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start "emailrelay" "C:\Program Files\E-MailRelay\emailrelay.exe" --forward-to smtp.example.com:25 ...
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There is no need to use `--no-daemon` and `--hidden`; these are added
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automatically.
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The contents of the service-wrapper configuration file can be a single
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line that points to the directory containing the startup batch file,
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like this:
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dir-config="C:\ProgramData\E-MailRelay"
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Then just run `emailrelay-service --install` from an Administrator command
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prompt to install the service.
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Every time the service starts it reads the service-wrapper configuration file
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and the startup batch file in order to run the E-MailRelay program.
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If you need to run multiple E-MailRelay services then put a unique service
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name and display name on the `emailrelay-service --install <name> <display-name>`
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command-line. The service name you give is used to derive the name of the
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`<name>-start.bat` batch file that contains the E-MailRelay server's
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command-line options, so you will need to create that first.
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Uninstall
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To uninstall:
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* Stop the program and/or the service.
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* Uninstall the service, if installed (`emailrelay-service --remove`).
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* Delete the files from the E-MailRelay `program files` folder (eg. `C:\Program Files\E-MailRelay`).
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* Delete the files from the E-MailRelay `program data` folder (eg. `C:\ProgramData\E-MailRelay`).
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* Delete any desktop shortcuts (eg. `%USERPROFILE%\Desktop\E-MailRelay.lnk`).
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* Delete any start menu shortcuts (eg. `%APPDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\E-MailRelay.lnk`).
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* Delete any auto-start shortcuts (eg. `%APPDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\E-MailRelay.lnk`).
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* Clean up the registry under `HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\EventLog\Application\emailrelay`.
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Diagnostics
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E-MailRelay logging is sent to the Windows Event Log and/or written to a log
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file, and individual failed mail messages will have the failure reason recorded
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inside the `.bad` envelope file.
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The Windows Event Log can be accessed by running `eventvwr.exe` or searching for
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`Event Viewer`; from there look under `Windows Logs` and `Application`.
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You can increase the verbosity of the logging by adding the `--verbose` option
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to the E-MailRelay command-line, typically by editing the `emailrelay-start.bat`
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batch script in `C:\ProgramData\E-MailRelay`.
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Testing with telnet
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The `telnet` program can be used for testing an E-MailRelay server.
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To install the program search for `Windows Features` and enable the "Telnet
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client" checkbox.
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Then run telnet from a command prompt, using `localhost` and the E-MailRelay
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port number as command-line parameters:
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telnet localhost 25
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This should show a greeting from the E-MailRelay server and then you can
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start typing [SMTP][] commands like `EHLO`, `MAIL FROM:<..>`, `RCPT TO:<...>`
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and `DATA`.
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[SMTP]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simple_Mail_Transfer_Protocol
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_____________________________________
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Copyright (C) 2001-2022 Graeme Walker
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