AY Track as a Web Server

AY Mail 2 Corporate Edition lets you install AY Track on a remote Windows or Linux server.

You can configure AY Track to work as a web server. It can act as a simple general purpose web server, but it also can serve subscription and unsubscription forms, and it can register hits from the emails that you have sent with AY Mail.

If you want to use AY Track as a web server the computer where you install AY Track must meet the following criteria:

1. The computer must have Pentum or compatible processor.

2. The computer must run under Microsoft Windows or Linux.

3. It must be constantly connected to the Internet (24 hours a day, 7 days a week).

4. It must have a fixed (static) IP address. Each computer on the Internet is recognized by its IP number or IP address. This number may be either fixed (which means that it never changes) or variable (which means that it may change from time to time). If you do not know whether your IP is fixed, contact your Internet Service Provider. You must also know your IP number.

5. If the computer is behind a firewall, the incoming ports 80 (for HTTP server) and 443 (for HTTPS server) must be cleared through the firewall. You can use other port numbers for a web server.

6. It is highly desirable, but not necessary to have a DNS record for your computer. DNS record links the name of your computer to its IP address. You can use the IP number directly and your web links may look like http://192.168.168.192. The DNS record will give your computer a name, such as www.yourtrackserver.com or yourtrackserver.yourcompany.com. Contact your ISP and ask them to set up a DNS record for you.

The easiest way to set up AY Track web server is by running AY Track Setup Wizard. Select Settings->AY Track Setup Wizard from the AY Mail menu.

For more details on how to configure AY Track as a web server, see AY Mail Help, which you can access by selecting Help->Help from the main menu.