Installing GFI MailSecurity in VS API mode

Before you install GFI MailSecurity, please make sure you are logged on as an Administrator.

Step 1: Run GFI MailSecurity set-up by double-clicking the file MailSecurity.exe on the Exchange Server machine. GFI MailSecurity will also prompt you to check for a later GFI MailSecurity version. We recommend you do this and always use the latest version.

Step 2: Confirm the License agreement.

Step 3: Enter your Name, company, and License key. If you are evaluating the product, leave the default `Evaluation'. Click Next.

Step 4: Set-up will now ask you if you wish to install in SMTP Gateway mode or in VS API mode. Choose VS API mode.

Step 5: Set-up will now ask you to specify the administrator email address. Enter the e-mail address of the Administrator.

Specifying the administrator email address

Step 6: Set-up will now ask you where you want GFI MailSecurity to be installed. GFI MailSecurity will need approximately 30 MB of free hard disk space. In addition to this, you must reserve approximately 200 MB for temporary files.

Step 7: Set-up will confirm installation in VS API mode and will now copy all program files to the selected destination, and finish the installation by creating a GFI MailSecurity program group. Click Finish to finish setup.

The GFI MailSecurity services & the GFI MailSecurity VS API engine will now be started.

Step 8: You can check if GFI MailSecurity is running using the GFI MailSecurity monitor. Note that it can take up to a minute before GFI MailSecurity will load, because VS API has to load GFI MailSecurity first.

The GFI MailSecurity remote monitor

To monitor GFI MailSecurity: Click Start > Programs > GFI MailSecurity and select GFI MailSecurity monitor.

Note that the monitor refers to items, not mails. An item is a message part, such as a mail body or an attachment. Therefore a mail can contain multiple items. For example a mail with 2 attachments consists of 3 parts/items: 1 body and 2 attachments.