5 - Windows Launcher

This is the GreySoft NAF Launcher, a native Windows Service used to run Mailismus, and hence it only exists in the Windows version.


5.1 - Operation

As explained in the Installation chapter (see §2.1), after running the Windows MSI you will end up with this Windows service installed in C:\Program Files\Grey Software\Mailismus.
It is configured by editing the naflaunch.exe.config file in that directory, but if you've accepted all the other installation defaults, then the installed version of this file should be fine as is.

Having configured the Windows Service as described below, it can be started and stopped easily from the Microsoft Management Console.
To get to this:

Refer back to §2.1 for tips on running this Service for the first time.

This Service will have been set to manual-start by the Mailismus installer. Once you're happy Mailismus has been set up correctly, you should set this Service to auto-start (right-click on the Service to bring up its settings) so that the mailserver automatically starts whenever the machine reboots.


5.2 - Configuration

This Windows Service is configured by editing the naflaunch.exe.config config file. Its default post-installation contents file are listed below.
If you accepted all defaults during the installation procedure, and haven't modified naf.xml to change any logging paths, there should be no need to change anything in here.

The Windows Service runs in C:\Program Files\Grey Software\Mailismus\MTA, so all relative pathnames are measured from there.

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<configuration>
    <appSettings>
        <NAF>
            <logger>
                <directory>.</directory>
                <maxlevel>TRC</maxlevel>
            </logger>
            <launcher>
                <start>bin\mta.bat | start</start>
                <stop>bin\mta.bat | stop</stop>
            </launcher>
        </NAF>
    </appSettings>
</configuration>

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