How To: Manage MSA Settings

The Message Submission Agent (MSA) works with the Mail Transfer Agent (MTA) to send outgoing mail over port 587 and 465.

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• How To: Manage MSA Settings

  • To Manage Dovecot MSA Settings

To Manage Dovecot MSA Settings

1. Log into NodeWorx from the browser (https://ip.ad.dr.ess:2443/nodeworx)

2. In NodeWorx, navigate to System Services > Mail Server > MSA

   

3. Under Dovecot Submission Server, update the desired fields:

   

   • Protocols: Enables Dovecot submission server. Allows port 465 and 587

   • Custom Submission Port: Allows the ability to define an alternate port to enable SMTP Submission Service on, other than 587 and 465

   • Custom Submission Port SSL: If Yes is selected, the alternate SMTP Submission Service port will require explicit SSL. If No is selected, the alternate port service will utilize STARTTLS for encryption, instead

   • Max SMTP Connections Per User IP: The number of SMTP connections allowed per IP

4. Click Update