Readme for Eserv211.exe (file size 888 039 bytes)
Copyright (C) 1997-98 Andrey Cherezov, Etype Co.
Eserv home page: http://eserv.da.ru/

Thank you for your interest in Eserv!

Eserv/2.0 is the complete solution to access Internet from LAN:

- Mail Server (SMTP and POP3, with ability to share one mailbox
  on the ISP, aliases and mail routing support)
- News Server (NNTP)
- Web Server (with CGI, virtual hosts, virtual directory support,
  web-interface for all servers in the package)
- FTP Server (with virtual directory support)
- Proxy Servers
  * FTP proxy and HTTP caching proxy
  * FTP gate
  * HTTPS proxy
  * Socks5 proxy
  * TCP and UDP port mapping
  * DNS proxy
- Finger Server
- Built-in scheduler and dialer (dial on demand,
  dialer server for extern agents, scheduler for any tasks)

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Here is the short instructions for installing Eserv/2.0.

* Just run Eserv200.exe to start the installation procedure, then
  follow the instructions displayed on your screen.

* To install Eserv from the distribution disk, choose Run from the
  Start menu, type a:Eserv200.exe, and press the Enter key.

The Setup program will issue a number of prompts. Unless you have
a reason to override the defaults it is strongly recommended that
you accept the installation default settings (just press OK, Yes,
or Next, as appropriate).

If you are interested in information on installing Eserv site 
licenses in a networked environment, please see the web page 
http://eserv.da.ru/site_lic.html

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Additional instalation options:

*  If you wish to run Eserv as service (automaticaly loaded on system
   startup) - start the program install.bat after setup is completed.
   Under Windows NT you will find service named Eserv.exe in the
   "Services" group of the "Control Panel". You can manualy start
   and stop Eserv service from this group or change startup options.

*  If you don't need Eserv running as service, just run Eserv from
   the menu "Start/Programs/Eserv2/Eserv2 Server" or run 
   "Eserv.exe /ns" from command line.

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Uninstall:

*  To uninstall service run uninstall.bat. This don't removes any
   files. Only deletes service records from the system registry.

*  To uninstall all Eserv files - run Uninstall.exe from Eserv
   folder or run Uninstall from menu "Start/Programs/Eserv2"

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Quick Start:

*  If you don't like read any documentation - you may start Eserv
   without changing any settings. All proxy servers and also HTTP
   and FTP servers will work in the default mode.

*  When you need - you may find complete documentation in the "docs"
   folder of the Eserv directory.

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Web interface:

*  Start Eserv and try to access the Web-interface by typing the
   folowing URL in the browser address bar:
   http://localhost:3128/

   or from others PCs in the LAN:
   http://Eserv_PC_name:3128/

Default passwords (for Web-interface and mailboxes):
user       password

postmaster PostMaster
webmaster  WebMaster

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Support:

*  http://es.da.ru/ - Eserv support forums
*  http://eserv.da.ru/ - Eserv main site

*  mailto:eserv2@cherezov.koenig.su - Support by Email
   (priority for users of the registered Eservs)
