Installing GFI MailEssentials on the Exchange 2000/2003 machine

This is the recommended mode if you have Exchange 2000/2003!

System requirements

Windows 2000/2003 Server or Advanced Server
Microsoft Exchange server 2000/2003
If using the GFI MailEssentials reporter, Microsoft XML core services is required. This is included in the GFI MailEssentials installation and will be installed automatically if your operating system is UK/US English.
IMPORTANT: Disable Anti Virus software from scanning the GFI MailEssentials & IIS directories! AV products are known to both interfere with normal operation as well as slow down any software which requires file access. In fact Microsoft does not recommend running file based anti virus software on the Exchange Server. For more information: http://kbase.gfi.com/showarticle.asp?id=KBID001824
Make sure that backup software is not backing up any of the GFI MailEssentials directories at any point.
For list server only: The list server feature requires the installation of Microsoft Message Queuing Services. This is a scalable event processing system service developed by Microsoft. It is included with every Windows 2000/2003 and XP version, although not always installed by default. For more information on how to install it, please see the chapter `Configuring the list server'. If you do not plan to use the list server feature, you do not need to install Microsoft MSMQ.

NOTE: If you have a cluster please check this KBase article prior to installation: http://kbase.gfi.com/showarticle.asp?id=KBID001639

GFI MailEssentials will need to start & stop the Exchange services during installation.

Running GFI MailEssentials setup

1. On the Exchange machine, Log-on as administrator and run GFI MailEssentials setup by double clicking the file me.exe. A welcome dialog will appear. Close other Windows programs and click Next. GFI MailEssentials will prompt you to check for a later GFI MailEssentials version. Always use the latest version!

2. Read and confirm the License agreement, click Next.

3. Setup will now ask you where you want GFI MailEssentials to be installed. GFI MailEssentials will need approximately 70 MB of free hard disk space. In addition to this, you must reserve approximately 200 MB for temporary files.

4. Now enter your Name, company, and License key. If you are evaluating the product, leave the default `Evaluation'. Click Next.

5. Setup will ask you for the administrator email. This email will be used to send critical notifications.

Screenshot 4 - Selecting SMTP mode or Active Directory mode

6. If you are installing GFI MailEssentials on an Exchange Server configured as a front end server (i.e. in a DMZ in front of another Exchange Server), you can choose whether you want to install GFI MailEssentials in Active Directory mode or in SMTP mode. Active Directory mode allows you to select users present in Active Directory for user based configuration/rules, such as a disclaimer. However, on a front end server not all users are available. In this case it is better to select SMTP mode, which allows you to input the SMTP email address for user based configuration/rules.

Screenshot 5 - Installing Microsoft Message Queuing Service

7. If you do not have Microsoft Message Queuing Services (MSMQ) installed, setup will ask you whether you wish to install it. The list server feature requires this service. Microsoft Message Queuing Service is a scalable event processing system service developed by Microsoft. It is included with every Windows 2000/2003 and XP version, although not always installed by default. If you do not plan to use the list server feature, or if you wish to install it later, you can click No to continue set-up. If you click Yes you will be prompted for the Windows CD and setup will launch the MSMQ set-up.

Screenshot 6 - Configure your local domain

8. Setup will now confirm the local email domains (e.g. mycompany.com) that you have configured. It retrieves the local domains from your IIS/Exchange setup. It is important to ensure that your local domains are listed correctly. GFI MailEssentials will ONLY filter mail destined for your local domain - therefore if you do not configure your local email domain correctly no spam will be detected! You can change these local email domains at a later stage from the GFI MailEssentials configuration.

9. Setup will now copy all program files to the selected destination, and finish the installation by creating a GFI MailEssentials program group. Click Finish to finish setup. After setup has copied all the files, it will ask if it can restart the SMTP service.

10. After installation setup will check if you have the Microsoft XML engine installed. If you don't, and you are running a US/UK version of Microsoft Windows it will install it for you. If you are NOT running a UK/US version of windows, setup will prompt you to download and install the appropriate Microsoft XML engine. The XML engine is used by the reporter application and is only 2 megabytes. It is most likely to be used by other applications too. For more information check

http://kbase.gfi.com/showarticle.asp?id=KBID001584.