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 [email protected]. But while testing systems, I can use any address like [email protected], [email protected], etc, because all will be redirected to [email protected]
• 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 [email protected]), 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!

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Really helpful

Thanks!

hello, am hapi for the tutorial, helped me alot. configured local email server and its working but cliet mail works only when openedfrom the computer running hmailserver. when i try to configure outlook in another pc within my LAN, it cant go through. i am on a LAN with computers connected to a router with internet available. i dont want to access my mail server from outside the lan, just within the lan, what should i do sir?

Very helpful, thanks.

Is it applicable if we have static IP in workstation?

@kiumbe try editing the host file of every pc on your lan network

Ran into issues getting the Windows Mail client to work, got an error code 0x8007139f. Turns out it's because the Mail was missing a couple of privacy permissions. I turned on permissions for Email via the Settings app and worked for me after.

More info: https://www.reddit.com/r/Windows10/comments/89geut/mail_calendar_app_not_letting_me_add_an_account/

Thanks man, great Gist!

Can you add example scripts on how to add attachments etc?

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"...