Scheduling and Dialup
Using the Event Scheduler and RAS Dialup/Dialdown Engine.
Click the Setup Event scheduling… menu selection (or press F6) to open MDaemon's Event Scheduler. This dialog makes it possible for you to schedule MDaemon's Remote mail processing events as extensively or as simply as you prefer. You can schedule exact times for mail delivery and collection or use a counter to process mail at regular intervals. You can also set conditions that will trigger mail processing at unscheduled times such as when a certain number of messages are waiting to be delivered, or when a message has been waiting a specified amount of time. If you have installed Alt-N's AntiVirus for MDaemon, there will be an additional tab on this dialog called AntiVirus Updates. This tab is used for scheduling how often to check for AntiVirus virus signature updates.
Event Scheduling
Send & Receive Mail
Remote Mail Processing Interval
Deliver/collect remote mail at this interval
Click the check box and slide this bar left or right to specify the time interval between mail processing sessions. It can be configured to count down from a range of 1 to 60 minutes. After that amount of time, MDaemon will process remote mail before beginning the countdown again. When this check box is cleared, Remote Mail processing intervals will be determined by the other scheduling options on the dialog.
Deliver remote mail immediately upon reception
When this option is selected, MDaemon will process and deliver remote mail immediately when it is received rather than waiting for the next processing interval.
…including messages stored for Gateways
Click this check box if you also want messages for Domain Gateways to be delivered immediately. However, this only applies to gateways with the, "Deliver messages at each scheduled remote mail processing interval" option enabled on the Gateway tab of the Gateway Editor.
Simple Scheduling
There are numerous ways a remote mail session can be triggered in MDaemon. The Simple Scheduling feature is handy when you want a remote mail processing session to occur at a regular time interval after the last session occurred, regardless of the trigger that initiated the session. Unlike the rigidly fixed intervals used when setting up specific times or using the slide bar, this option's time interval will reset whenever mail is processed, regardless of what caused the mail session to be initiated.
Scheduling Options
Always send mail if there's xx or more messages waiting in the outbound queue
MDaemon will trigger a mail session whenever the number of messages waiting in the outbound queue meets or exceeds the number that you specify here. These sessions are in addition to any other normally scheduled sessions.
Always send mail if a waiting message is more than xx minutes old
When this control is enabled, MDaemon will trigger a mail session whenever a message has been waiting in the outbound queue for the number of minutes specified. These sessions are in addition to any other normally scheduled sessions.
Scheduled Remote Mail Processing Events
What day?
Select the days that you wish to schedule.
What hour?
Select the hour that you wish to schedule.
What minute?
Select the minute that you wish to schedule.
Add
Once you've selected the day, hour, and minute click this button to add this time to the list of scheduled events.
Remove
Clicking this button will remove an entry that you have selected from the schedule listing.
Clear all
This button removes all entries from the schedule listing.
RAS setup
This button is provided so that you can quickly review or edit your RAS settings.
Simple Scheduling
Wait XX minutes after the last AntiVirus update before conducting another one.
Click this checkbox and specify the number of minutes that you want AntiVirus for MDaemon to wait before checking for new virus signature updates. Note, this is actually the number of minutes that AntiVirus for MDaemon will attempt to wait after the last time you checked for an update, whether the update was triggered by the scheduler or manually. The scheduler and manually triggered updates are given precedence over Simple Scheduling and it will therefore reset this counter if an AntiVirus Update event is triggered by one of those other methods. Thus, for example, if you have this option set to check for updates every 240 minutes and you manually check for an update after 100 minutes have passed then this counter will start over again at 240.
Urgent Updates
Activate urgent updates
Click this checkbox to activate the urgent updates feature. With this feature enabled, AntiVirus for MDaemon will immediately connect to the update location and download the high-priority update whenever MDaemon receives an "Urgent Update" message. To receive these messages you must first subscribe to the "Urgent Updates" mailing list at:
http://www.altn.com/Products/Urgent_Update.asp
See AntiVirus Updater for more information.
Scheduled AntiVirus Updates
What day?
Select the days that you wish to schedule.
What hour?
Select the hour that you wish to schedule.
What minute?
Select the minute that you wish to schedule. Select "Random (60)" if you wish the minute to be random. Selecting a random minute can help to increase the speed of updates because it reduces the number of servers attempting to update at the same time.
Add
Once you've selected the day, hour, and minute click this button to add this time to the list of scheduled events.
Remove
Clicking this button will remove an entry that you have selected from the schedule listing.
Clear all
This button removes all entries from the schedule listing.
Similar to the AntiVirus Updates tab, use this tab for scheduling how often you want to check for new Spam Filter rules. Because spam rules are updated much less frequently than virus definitions, and are much less critical, we recommend only scheduling one update check per week. If you wish to check for updates more frequently, once per day is the maximum that can be scheduled. You can, however, use the "Check for update now" button as often as you wish. Most weeks there will not be an update, but whenever there is one, a message will sent to your designated Content Filter administrators (Security Content Filter… Admins/Attachments) detailing exactly what took place.
Spam Filter Updates
Activate Spam Filter updates
Click this check box if you want the Spam Filter rules to be updated automatically. Similar to AntiVirus for MDaemon's updating feature, the Spam Filter can connect to Alt-N Technologies at scheduled intervals to check for new rules and then download and install them automatically when found.
Check for update now
Click this button to check immediately for a Spam Filter rules update.
Scheduled AntiSpam Updates
What day?
Select the days on which you wish to schedule an update.
What hour?
Select the hour for which you wish to schedule the update on the given days.
What minute?
Choose or type the minutes value that you wish to be coupled with the "What hour?" setting above.
Add
Once you've selected the day, hour, and minute click this button to add the time to the list of scheduled events.
Remove
Select one or more entries from the schedule and click this button to delete them from the list.
Clear all
This button removes all entries from the schedule listing.
