Server Admin 10.4 Help
Mail Service Maintenance Overview
After setting up your mail service, there are some ongoing tasks to keep your mail service running efficiently and smoothly. The Server Admin application has a number of features that help you with these day-to-day tasks.
Service Maintenance
Mail service requires ongoing maintenance to function efficiently and properly. The following help topics help you maintain mail service, including handling undeliverable mail.
- Starting and Stopping Mail Service
- Holding Outbound Mail Service
- Blocking Inbound Mail Connections
- Reloading Mail Service
- Forwarding Undeliverable Incoming Mail
- Copy Undeliverable Incoming Mail
- Clearing Messages From the Outgoing Mail Queue
- Retrying Undelivered Outgoing Messages
Mail Store and Database Maintenance
Mail messages and databases need occasional maintenance if corruption occurs. The following help topics help you maintain the mail store and database.
- Viewing the Location for the Mail Database and Mail Store
- Repairing the Mail Database
- Repairing the Mail User's Account Database
- Converting the Mail Store and Database From an Earlier Version
- Specifying the Location for the Mail Database and Mail Store
- Creating Additional Mail Store Locations
- Backing Up and Restoring Mail Messages
Monitoring Service and Messages
Keeping track of what the mail service is doing can help in troubleshooting, load balancing, and service fine-tuning. The following help topics help you monitor mail service activity and mail messages.