Installation


System Requirements

Before installing EmailArchitect Email Server, ensure your system meets the requirements described in this section. Otherwise EmailArchitect Email Server setup may not run properly after installation. The following are minimum requirements for EmailArchitect Email Server:

Requirements list
Windows 2000/2003/XP Professional/7/VISTA Ultimate/7 Ultimate/2008/2012 (for Windows 2000 user, make sure you have High Encryption Pack (128-bit) and Internet Explorer 6.0 or later version installed.)
Intel Pentium II or compatible 200 MHz or faster processor.
256 MB of RAM
100 MB of available disk space
Current user is a member of Built-in Administrators Group of Windows

Installation

To install EmailArchitect Email Server you require a single installation file named "EAsetup.exe". You must download the latest version of the installation file for the setup. This file can be downloaded at our website:

https://www.emailarchitect.net/emailserver

Double click this file, and read the license agreement carefully. If you agree to the terms, click "I Agree" to proceed the installation. Otherwise click "Cancel" to abort the installation.

EmailArchitect Email Server requires Internet Information Services (IIS) to be installed and enabled. If no IIS component is detected in your operation system, you will be prompted to insert a Windows installation disk into your CD-Rom drive to install IIS component.

After the installation is complete, click "Enterprise Manager" from "Start menu -> All Programs -> EmailArchitect Server -> Enterprise Manger" to set up domain and user account.

Compatibility with other Anti-Virus/Anti-Spy software

If your server has other anti-virus/anti-spy software installed such as Norton AV, Mcafee and etc. Please add the following directories to the excluding directory of those software.

[EmailArchitect Installation Path]\queue
[EmailArchitect Installation Path]\queue1
[EmailArchitect Installation Path]\queue2
[EmailArchitect Installation Path]\queue3
[EmailArchitect Installation Path]\queuel
[EmailArchitect Installation Path]\queuell
[EmailArchitect Installation Path]\queuea
[EmailArchitect Installation Path]\queuea1
[EmailArchitect Installation Path]\q1-q10
[EmailArchitect Installation Path]\report
[EmailArchitect Installation Path]\delay
[EmailArchitect Installation Path]\temp
[EmailArchitect Installation Path]\vtemp
[EmailArchitect Installation Path]\pending
[EmailArchitect Installation Path]\lpending

Moreover, Emailarchitect server creates/invokes the following processes/scripting on the server:

EmailArchitectSvc
EmailArchitectSvr
svrtester.exe

cscript.exe [EmailArchitect Installation Path]\installer\infuncs.vbs
cscript.exe [EmailArchitect Installation Path]\installer\findvd.vbs

If Anti-Virus/Anti-Spy software pop up a dialog box asking if the above processes are allowed to be running on this machine, choose "yes"; otherwise EmailArchitect Email Server will not work properly.

See Also

Set up domain and user  Upgrade & Uninstall   Server Administration

EmailArchitect Server Website
EmailArchitect Server Community