The first time that you launch LetterRip Pro after it is installed (and anytime you install a new version or re-install the software), you must run the "Launch_LetterRip_Server" application. This application will give the "LetterRip_Server" application the proper privileges to run an SMTP server on OS X.
Launch "LetterRip_Admin" by double-clicking it.
Cancel the "Connect to Server" dialog that appears. The first time that you connect with the admin, you must be running the admin on the same computer as the server. Once the server has been configured, you can connect to it from any computer that has TCP/IP access to the server.
Select the "Connect to Local Server" menu item from the File menu. This will establish a connection to the server.
Once the connection is completed, the "Log Window" will appear. You may close that window, it is not needed for configuration.
Configure the default administrator of the server.
With a new LetterRip 4.0 installation, there is a default administrator created for the server. This administrator is given a default name, a blank email address, and a blank password. To secure your LetterRip server, you should fill in the email address and password for the administrator.
This administrator will be used as the default administrator for all new mailing lists that are created. Administrators receive certain log information every day that the list is used indicating how many messages were sent each day, how many people subscribed and unsubscribed as well as details
of messages that could not be delivered properly.
Select "Administrators" from the Server menu. In the dialog that is displayed, double click on the "LetterRip Administrator" choice. The "Edit Administrator" dialog is displayed;
Fill in the name and email address of the person who will be in charge of the server. Also assign them a password. Accept the changes to this dialog, and them close the "Choose Admin" dialog.
Configure the server serttings.
Select "Configuration" from the Server menu.
The "Server Settings" dialog is displayed.
By default, the server is set to receive email as an SMTP server. If you want LetterRip to be
run as an SMTP server, the default mail transfer settings will work for the vast majority of installations.
To retrieve email from a POP server, the incoming mail transfer setting
must be changed.
Enter the server domain.
The server domain is the domain name or IP address of the server.
If the server will receive email directly using SMTP, enter the domain
that subscribers would use when sending email destined for the
LetterRip Pro Server. This is usually the primary domain for the
machine on which the LetterRip Pro Server is running.
If the server will retrieve email from a POP server, enter the domain of
the POP server. Enter the domain to which subscribers send mail. The
domain to which subscribers send mail is not always the same as the
domain that is used to retrieve email. For example, if email is retrieved
from mail.host.com, the domain that people use when sending mail
is often host.com.
Optionally, change the requests account and requests name.
Requests is the name and address that subscribers to lists use to send
request messages such as subscribe and unsubscribe.
Save the settings by clicking the "Save" button.