Table of Contents

3. Mail Server Architecture

3.1. Generic Server Configuration

3.1.1. Running Services

3.1.2. Other Generic Server Parameters

3.1.3. DNR Settings

3.2. Services and Modules

3.2.1. SMTP Receiving

3.2.2. Processing

3.2.3. SMTP Sending

3.2.4. POP3

3.2.5. IMAP

3.2.6. Logging

3.2.7. Reporting

3.2.7.1. Reporting Parameters

3.2.8. WebMail

3.2.9. Storage

3.2.10. FTP Backup Service

3.2.11. RPOP Service

3.3. Connectivity and Threading

3.3.1. Listeners

3.3.2. Rules

3.3.3. Threads

3.4. Clustering Support

3.4.1. Cluster Overview

3.4.1.1. LDAP Introduction

3.4.1.1.1. Basic Directory Setup

3.4.1.1.2. LDAP Entry Structure

3.4.1.1.3. LDAP Authentication

3.4.1.2. AXIGEN Mapping System

3.4.1.3. AXIGEN Authentication System

3.4.1.4. AXIGEN Front-End Services Setup

3.4.1.4.1. The SMTP Proxy

3.4.1.4.2. The IMAP and POP3 Proxies

3.4.1.4.3. The WebMail Proxy

3.4.1.4.4. Mapping Setup

3.4.1.5. AXIGEN Back-End Services Setup

3.4.2. LDAP Routing

3.4.2.1. Configuring Mapping Parameters

3.4.2.2. POP3 Proxy Service

3.4.2.3. IMAP Proxy Service

3.4.2.4. Webmail Proxy Service

3.4.3. AXIGEN LDAP Authentication

3.4.4. Integrating Active Directory into a cluster environment

3.4.5. Exotic Cluster Setups

3.5. Groupware and collaboration

3.5.1. Personal Organizer & AXIGEN Outlook Connector

3.5.2. Folders and permissions

3.2.3. SMTP Sending

The SMTP Sending module is responsible for sending messages directly to message recipients. AXIGEN SMTP Sending uses DNR (Domain Name Resolver) for mapping domain names to IP addresses and includes complete rescheduling procedures.

SMTP Outgoing Module Overview

By default, AXIGEN is configured not to allow open relaying. This means that the server does not automatically dispatch mail that is neither for nor from a local user. By using client management, SMTP Sending blocks spammers' attempts to relay large quantities of mail.

Routing Rules

Configuring Routing Rules allows system administrators to customize SMTP Sending actions for all or a part of the transmitted email communication. For further information, see Routing Rules in the Mail Server Security chapter.

If AXIGEN fails to send messages to a specific domain because this domain was down for some time, when the domain is up again, the first message that goes successfully to that domain will also queue the rest of the pending messages from the queue and will force delivery of all messages.

Logging

All AXIGEN main services can log different types of events. The system administrator can specify what events are logged, where and how they are logged.

See Logging service for more details on logging in AXIGEN.

Thread Management

AXIGEN Mail Server is designed to run on different machine configurations and operating systems, on networks with various traffic loads, structures, domain configurations, user rights etc. That is why, depending on all these variables, you can adapt the workload to the server’s processing power to improve its performance or avoid overload by setting the minimum and maximum number of threads that can be opened at a specific moment of time.
 
For more details on how to configure SMTP Sending parameters using WebAdmin see SMTP Sending Tab.