WebMail Lite .NET Installation Instructions

  1. Unzip contents of webmaillite_net.zip file into temporary location (for example, C:\Temp). The following directories will be created in that location: web, data.

  2. Move web folder with all their contents to the location where you want to have WebMail installed (for example, C:\Inetpub\wwwroot).

    To the moment, you should have C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\web folder with WebMail's scripts and subfolders inside. If you wish, you can rename web to another name, such as afterlogic, webmail or whatever.

  3. Create a virtual directory in IIS Manager. It can have any name (for example, webmail, and should point to physical location of WebMail's scripts (e.g. C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\web if installed into default location).

    Now you can access this virtual directory as http://your_server_name/webmail.

  4. AdminPanel subfolder (in the WebMail virtual directory) needs to have an application created in IIS configuration. You should choose AdminPanel subfolder in IIS Manager / WebMail virtual directory, right-click it, then select "Properties" option and click "Create" button.

  5. Move the data folder from C:\Temp to location where WebMail will save its settings, store temporary files and folders (for example, C:\WebMail).

    Now you should have C:\WebMail\data folder.

    Please note that data folder MUST have "Full Control" permissions for ASPNET (ASP.NET Machine Account) and NETWORK SERVICE accounts. Otherwise, WebMail will not be able to create and delete temporary files/directories and save its configuration.

  6. Open Web.config file in C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\web (or wherever you placed web folder), and set SettingsPath key to the physical path of data folder. For example:
    <appSettings>
       <add key="dataFolderPath" value="C:\WebMail\data"/>
    </appSettings>


  7. Open http://your_server_name/webmail/AdminPanel page in your browser.

  8. Use "mailadm" as Login name and "12345" as Password. It is strongly recommended to change this password in the future.

  9. Now you can edit the following settings:


  10. Now installation is complete. WebMail is ready to use.

    Start using it from http://your_server_name/webmail/default.aspx.