The first thing you will need is a Unique Fully Qualified Hostname such as server001.mydomain.com. Especially with Ensim you do not want to have a hostname that conflicts with any other service, so do not use mail.mydomain.com or www.mydomain.com as this will cause later conflicts that will cause Ensim to break.

- Set the Unique Fully Qualified Hostname in DNS so that it points to the primary IP address of the server, such as:

server001.mydomain.com A 12.34.56.78

- Set the Unique Fully Qualified Hostname in Microsoft Windows.

Right click My Computer - Select Properties - Select the Computer Name tab - Click Change - In Computer Name put the host portion of the hostname of the computer such as mail or server01 - Click More - In Primary DNS suffix of this computer put the domain name portion of the hostname such as mydomain.com. Click OK and the computer will need to reboot for the changes to take effect.

- Set the Unique Fully Qualified Hostname in Ensim

Locate \Program Files\Ensim\WEBppliance\cp\admin\bin\Networkconfiguration.exe and select it to run.

Under ISP Login:

Username - Remains admin
Password - Put the password used for the admin account setup in windows.
Primary IP Address - Remains the primary IP address of the server
Fully Qualified Hostname - Put the Unique Fully Qualified Hostname from above

Select Finnish, it will a bit of time to complete. Once complete reboot the server.

- Set the Unique Fully Qualified Hostname in Mail Enable

In Ensim create a domain for administration porpouses with an e-mail account.

Locate \Program Files\Mail Enable\Bin\MailEnable.msc and select it to run. You might want to create a shortcut on your desktop to allow access to this for future reference.

In the MailEnable.msc locate MailEnable - MailEnable Management - Servers - localhost - Connectors - SMTP - Right click SMTP and select Properties - Find the General tab

Under "Local Domain" Name enter the domain portion of the Unique Fully Qualified Hostname

Under "Default Mail Domain" enter the hostname used in the administration domain MX record.

Under "Specify the mail address when sending notifications" enter the e-mail account for the administration account

Select Apply - and OK

This should become a "sticky". Good job.

Stickied!