RE: [IMail Forum] Deleting the welcom page

[Ron Harris]

Will deleting the mailwelc.txt file provide me with more protection against hackers?  The IMail Server User Guide suggested that the default Welcome Message could assist hackers by revealing the mail server version, OS, and vendor.   True or False?   Ron   -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Ron Hornbaker Sent: Thursday, September 26, 2002 11:46 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] Deleting the welcom page   Trial version doesn't matter. Make sure mailwelc.txt is gone from c:\imail\web (or wherever else your primary host's web directory is located). Do a global search on the server for "mailwelc.txt" and delete every one of them.   You can see here: http://killerwebmail.com that deleting that file really does make it skip the welcome page.   -Ron -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Waheed Sent: Thursday, September 26, 2002 1:11 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] Deleting the welcom page I'm sure i have deleted the mailwelc.txt but it still goes to the welcome page.i don't know how? sincerely can you try it on your server? by idea i use a trial version if this will make a diffrence.   Thanx in advance Waheed Malek ----- Original Message ----- From: Ron Hornbaker To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 26, 2002 5:43 PM Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] Deleting the welcom page   Did you delete mailwelc.txt, or welcome.html? That error message indicates you deleted welcome.html. Deleting or renaming mailwelc.txt from the /web directory will definitely prevent the welcome page from showing up after login, as Eric said.   -Ron   Sorry Eric, but this does not solve the problem, though i reinstalled the IMail again and found the welcome page in the web directory. But when i tried to delete it i have got a message after login says  "<b>Template "welcome" not present or empty !!</b>" It seems that i need to delete directing the user to the welcome page from the login.cgi, the page that i don't found   Thanks in advance Waheed Malek   > Delete the mailwelc.txt file in the web directory > > Eric S > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Waheed" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, September 26, 2002 10:29 AM > Subject: [IMail Forum] Deleting the welcom page > > > > hi all, > > sorry for this question, but how can i delete the welcome page though it's > > not in the web directory? > > i need the user to login directly to his main page after login without > > passing through the welcome page then pressing Continue. > > > > Thanx in advance > > Waheed Malek