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Getting Started Guide Introduction  1
1 Introduction
1.1 About this manual
The scope of this „Getting Started Guide‟ is to help you install and run
GFI MailEssentials on your network with minimum configuration effort.
It describes:
1. The various environments and email infrastructures supported by
this product
2. Guides you through the respective installation procedure
3. Walks you through the key steps needed to get the product running
on default settings.
Manual structure
The sections in this manual are „self contained‟ and are designed to
guide you through the sequence of steps needed to:
1. Identify product prerequisites applicable to your network
2. Prepare your environment for product installation
3. Install/upgrade GFI MailEssentials
4. Configure, test and run the product.
Follow the instructions for your type of network using the appropriate
section in this manual. Where applicable each section contains
information related to installing GFI MailEssentials on the same server
as your mail server, on a mail gateway or relay/perimeter server or in
a clustered environment.
Administration and Configuration manual
Detailed administration and configuration guidelines are provided in a
separate manual called GFI MailEssentials Administration and
Configuration manual which is installed with the product or
separately downloadable from the GFI web site:
http://www.gfi.com/mes/manual
This Administration and Configuration manual complements this
Getting Started Guide by providing more detailed information on how
to use and customize the features provided in GFI MailEssentials (e.g.
tweaking of anti spam filters).