Monday, September 1, 2008

Setting up a mailserver in a VMware

Not only valid for OBIEE:

For demo purposes you sometimes need to setup a mailserver within an VMware session. Here is how you do it with ArGoSoft mail server. ( http://www.argosoft.com/)
Step 1: Download and do a NNF install of the ArGoSoft mail server.
Step 2: Goto Tools > Options

On the local domains tab add the name of your VMware server. Leave the rest to default.
Step 3: Goto Tools > Users and add one or more users:

Step 4: Set up an Outlook Express account:

On the General tab:

On the servers tab:

Step 5: Create a test mail to check it:

Till Next Time
This article was original written for the Ciber Knowledge Blog:

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