Setup a Local Only Email Server (Windows Only)

Email Server (Windows Only).md

Setup a Local Only Email Server (Windows Only)

1 - Install hMailServer

Download hMailServer from here: http://www.hmailserver.com/index.php?page=background_download_file&downloadid=207.

• In setup, select internal db engine.
• Now you have a service called hMailServer and an administration program on the Windows start menu (hMailServer Administrator).

2 - Create a domain

• Open hMailServer Administrator program.
• Click on "Domains" and then "add domain".
• At "domain name" put a fake domain to test. Use "localhost.com" (without the quotes): hMailServer requires a fully qualified domain, so, we cannot use @localhost.
• Make sure to add your domain (localhost.com) to hosts file: C:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts

3 - Change server name

• Expand Settings > Protocols > SMTP -> Delivery of e-mail
• At "Host name" put "localhost" (without the quotes).
• Check if TCP Port is 25.

4 - Create an account

• Go to "Domains", click on the created domain, and then click on "accounts", then "add account".
• At "address", create your account name, here I use "rael" (without the quotes), and put a password.
• Change "Administration level" to "Server".

5 - Configure "catch-all" address

• Enabling this, you can use any email address ending with you fake domain. Example: here, my unique account is rael@localhost.com. But while testing systems, I can use any address like joe@localhost.com, foo@localhost.com, etc, because all will be redirected to rael@localhost.com
• Open "Domains", click on your domain, open Advanced tab, fill field "catch-all address" with account created on previous step.

6 - Configure an Email client

• At Windows, you can use Windows Live Email (http://explore.live.com/windows-live-essentials-other-programs?T1=t2).
• Of course, you can use any email client.
• While configuring
  • Incoming Server is POP3, and the username is the full email address (like rael@localhost.com), and the password is raw text (no encrypt).
  • POP3 and SMTP server are "localhost" (without the quotes).
  • Outgoing server do not require authentication.
• Don't use the email client and the hMailServer Administration application at the same time!

Please, what exactly should I write in the hosts file?
Just
localhost.com ? or 127.0.0.01 licalhost.com

Thank you )

What I get in status is "localhost" is currently banned in the ip ranges"...