RAS Dialup Settings
Click the Setup RAS Dialup/Dialdown… menu selection (or press F7) to configure your RAS Dialup Settings. This dialog will only be available if you have Remote Access Services installed on your system. It is used by MDaemon when you need to dial up your ISP just prior to a Remote Mail processing event.
Dialup Control
Enable RAS dialup/dialdown engine
Selecting this option will cause MDaemon to use the settings specified here to make a connection to a remote host before sending and/or receiving remote mail.
Dialup only if remote mail is waiting in outbound queue
When this switch is checked, MDaemon will not dial up the ISP unless there is remote mail waiting in the Remote queue. This may be beneficial in some circumstances but be aware that if MDaemon does not dial up then it cannot do any mail collecting either (unless it is delivered across the local LAN).
Notify [address] when dialup attempts fail
When selected, MDaemon will send a message to the specified address when a dialup event fails because of some error.
Dialup Attempts
Make this many attempts to establish a session
MDaemon will attempt to connect to the remote host this many times before giving up.
After dialing, wait this many seconds for a valid connection
This value determines how long MDaemon will wait for the remote computer to answer and complete the RAS connection.
Connection Persistence
Once established, MDaemon will not close the RAS session
By default, MDaemon will shut down a created connection immediately after all mail transactions have been completed, and the session is no longer in use. Selecting this option will cause the connection to remain open even after all transactions have been completed.
Keep sessions alive for at least xx minutes
If enabled, this option will cause an MDaemon created RAS session to remain open for at least the number of minutes specified or until all mail transactions have been completed, whichever is greater.
Dialup Profile
Use any currently active dialup session
Click this checkbox if you want MDaemon to be able to utilize other connection profiles when it detects that one is active. Whenever it is time to dialup, MDaemon will first check to see if there is an active connection that it can use rather than dialing.
Logon name
The value specified here will be passed to the remote host during the authentication process.
Logon Password
The value specified here will be passed to the remote host during the authentication process.
Use this RAS dialup profile
This drop-down list box allows you to select a session profile that has been previously defined through windows Dialup Networking or Remote Access Services Setup.
New profile
Click this button to create a new Dialup Networking or Remote Access Services profile.
Edit profile
Click this button to edit the currently selected Dialup Networking or Remote Access Services profile.
Maximized Use
Maximize use of this connection profile
This switch causes MDaemon to monitor your connections so that if it detects that another program has established a connection it will process remote mail immediately regardless of scheduled times. If the connection remains open it will continue to process remote mail at regular time intervals based on the Use existing connection every XX minutes setting.
Hang-up now
This button will close the connection to the ISP. This button is active only if MDaemon has initiated the RAS session.
Post Connection Process
Once connected, run this process
If a program is specified here, MDaemon will spawn a thread and execute the process. This is extremely useful for those who require Finger or some other program to unlock the ISP's mailbox.
Pause server for xx seconds (-1 = infinite, 0=no waiting)
If the Once Connected, Run This Process control contains a valid entry then the server will pause its operations for the number of minutes specified here while it waits for the executing process to return. Entering "-1" will cause the server to wait indefinitely for the process to return.
Force process to shutdown after pause interval has elapsed
Sometimes the program you need to run may not exit once it has run its course; some programs require user intervention in order to close them down. This is not acceptable when the software must run unattended. If this switch is selected MDaemon will force the process thread to terminate once the number of seconds specified in Pause Server For XX Seconds has elapsed. This function does not work when the server is configured to wait indefinitely for the process to return.
These domains are on my local LAN
The domains listed here are considered by MDaemon to be part of your local LAN. Therefore, no dialup is required in order to deliver a message to one of them.
New local LAN domain
Enter a domain name to add to the Local LAN list and click the Add button to add it.
Relay mail for these domains
If this switch is selected MDaemon will relay mail for these domains. This provides some measure of control over the traffic sent to and from these domains.
Add
Click this button to add an entry to the list of LAN domains.
Remove
Click this button to remove a selected entry from the list of LAN Domains.
Note:This dialog is identical to the dialogs of the same name located in RAS Dialup Settings and Security Settings. Changes made to the settings on any one of these dialogs will appear on all of them.
These IPs are on my local LAN
This tab is used to list IP addresses that reside on your LAN (local area network). These IP addresses therefore do not require RAS to reach them, and they are treated as local traffic for the purposes of bandwidth throttling. Further, there are various other security and spam prevention restrictions that they may be exempt from since they are local addresses.
Remove
Select an IP address from the list and then click this button to remove it. You may also double click an entry to remove it.
New local LAN IP
Enter an IP address to add to the local IP list and click Add. Wildcards like 127.0.*.* are permitted.
Add
After entering an IP Address into the New local LAN IP control, click this button to it to the list.
