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title: Windows hMail
description: "  To configure MailBaby on hmail server, Please follow the instructions below   1 ) Download the hmailserver from the website [https://www.hmailserver.com/](https://www.hmailserver.com/) and double click to run the setup ![](https://www.mail.baby/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/1-6.png)     2) Click “Next” , and choose “I accept…"
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updated: "2021-04-21"
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# Windows hMail

 

To configure MailBaby on hmail server, Please follow the instructions below

 

1 ) Download the hmailserver from the website [https://www.hmailserver.com/](https://www.hmailserver.com/) and double click to run the setup

 ![](https://www.mail.baby/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/1-6.png)

 

 

2) Click “Next” , and choose “I accept the agreement”

 ![](https://www.mail.baby/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/2-300x162.jpg)

 

3) Then , Please click “Next” to continue

 ![](https://www.mail.baby/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/3-3-300x162.jpg)

4) Please choose “Full Installation”

 ![](https://www.mail.baby/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/4-3-300x162.jpg)

5) For database server type, Please chose “Built - in Database Engine”

 ![](https://www.mail.baby/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/5-3-300x162.jpg)

6) Please click “Next” to continue with default folder

 ![](https://www.mail.baby/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/6-3-300x162.jpg)

7 ) On the next screen, Please choose your own password to access the hmail server. You need to enter the password during hmail server initial setup

 ![](https://www.mail.baby/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/7-3-300x162.jpg)

8) On the next screen, Please click “Install”

 ![](https://www.mail.baby/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/8-3-300x162.jpg)

9) Once installed , Please check “Run hmailserver administrator” to start the program and click “Finish”

 

 ![](https://www.mail.baby/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/9-4-300x162.jpg)

10) Then you will be asked to enter the password which was created earlier on installation. Once you have entered the password the following screen will appear. To add a domain name click “Add domain” and click “save”

 ![](https://www.mail.baby/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/10-4-300x162.jpg) ![](https://www.mail.baby/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/11-4-300x162.jpg)

 

11) Once the domain name is added, Navigate to Settings ->Protocols ->SMTP then on the right side of the SMTP settings , Please click “Delivery of Email”

 

 

 ![](https://www.mail.baby/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/12-3-300x162.jpg)

12) Please configure the SMTP Relayer settings with the instructions below

 

1. i) On the Remote Host name field enter **mailbaby.net**and on Remote TCP/IP port field enter **2525**
2. ii) Check mark “Server requires authentication”

iii) On the **Username** and **password** field, Please enter your mail baby login details. The username starts with ‘mb’ followed by a number. You can find your username and password inside my.interserver.net

iv ) Please choose connection security “**STARTLS(Required)**” then click “**Save**” on bottom right.

 ![](https://www.mail.baby/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/13-5-300x162.jpg)

 

Note : On the screenshot above we have used a test account name “mb12345” as an example.

If you would like to set up a mail client like outlook , Thunderbird on a local machine then the SMTP port 25 needs to be allowed on the VPS firewall.

 

To open the port on Windows firewall, Please follow the instructions on the link below **https://www.interserver.net/tips/kb/open-ports-windows-firewall/**