--- title: "Installing Mail & Deploy" slug: "installing-mail-deploy" updated: 2026-02-13T06:42:39Z published: 2026-02-13T06:42:39Z canonical: "help.mail-and-deploy.com/installing-mail-deploy" --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://help.mail-and-deploy.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Installing Mail & Deploy ### General Before you start the installation, make sure the [Requirements](/release36/docs/requirements) are fulfilled. ### Interactive Installation To start the installation of Mail & Deploy, start *Mail & Deploy Setup.exe* as administrator. ### Welcome On the welcome panel you can decide what you want to do; if you already have an version of Mail & Deploy installed, you can update or uninstall it. To perform a new installation, choose *Install Mail & Deploy* and click Next. ### EULA The end-user license agreement (EULA) will be displayed. Please read it carefully. If you do not accept the EULA, you can click *Quit*. ![](https://cdn.document360.io/e3657e0f-d0b6-4032-8271-1f5869a7b807/Images/Documentation/image%282%29.png) **EULA** ### General Configuration On this screen you will have to provide basic installation details. ![](https://cdn.document360.io/e3657e0f-d0b6-4032-8271-1f5869a7b807/Images/Documentation/image%283%29.png) **General Configuration** You can provide the following configuration details: | Setting | Description | | --- | --- | | Path | The file system path to install Mail & Deploy to. | | Language | The default language of the installation; this can later be changed and set for every [User](/release36/docs/users) individually. | | HTTP Port | The port on which Mail & Deploy will be started after the installation. You have to set this to a port that is not used by any other application on the system. | Click *Next* to proceed to the next screen. ### Security Configuration On this screen you can provide the security configuration. ![](https://cdn.document360.io/e3657e0f-d0b6-4032-8271-1f5869a7b807/Images/Documentation/image%284%29.png) **General Configuration** You can provide the following configuration details: | Setting | Description | | --- | --- | | Service Account | The credentials of the [Service Account](/release36/docs/service-account) that will run Mail & Deploy. | | Root Admin Credentials | These are the credentials of the first [User](/release36/docs/users) that will be granted administration rights in Mail & Deploy. You can choose between two [Authentication](/release36/docs/authentication) methods: if you select *Windows Account* you can specify the account name and password of a windows account you want to provide admin access; if you select *Custom Credentials* you can enter a custom username and a custom password that a user can enter when connecting to Mail & Deploy. *If you have trouble logging in after installation and you have used a Windows Account please first check [this page](https://community.mail-and-deploy.com/portal/en/kb/articles/what-steps-should-i-take-if-windows-authentication-is-not-working-in-mail-deploy)*. | ### License On this screen you have to enter the activation code. ![](https://cdn.document360.io/e3657e0f-d0b6-4032-8271-1f5869a7b807/Images/Documentation/image%285%29.png) **License** Click *Install* to start the installation. #### Finished When the installation has finished, you can click *Launch Management* Console to launch the Management Service. ### Silent Installation You can also run *Mail & Deploy Setup.exe* using command-line arguments for a fully automated, silent installation. The syntax for the command-line is: Mail & Deploy Silent Setup "Mail & Deploy Setup.exe" silent mode="install" path="" language="" httpport="<http_port>" saname="<sa_name>" sapassword="<sa_password>" admintype="<admin_type>" adminname="<admin_name>" adminpassword="<admin_password>" activationcode="<activation_code>" erroroutputpath="<error_output_path>" You can specify the following parameters: | Parameter | header | | --- | --- | | path | The full path to the file system directory to install to. | | language | The default language of the installation. This can later be changed in the user interface and set for every User individually: *en*. English *de*. German | | httpport | The HTTP port on which to start Mail & Deploy. This needs to be a port that is not used by any other application on the system. Our recommendation is *14999*. | | saname | The name of the windows account to use as the [Service Account](/release36/docs/service-account). | | sapassword | The password of the windows account to use as the [Service Account](/release36/docs/service-account). | | admintype | *windows*. The root admin (the first [User](/release36/docs/users) that will be administrator in Mail & Deploy) is linked to a windows account. *custom*. The root admin has custom credentials (i.e. custom username and password). | | adminname | The username of the root admin. | | adminpassword | The password of the root admin. | | activationcode | The activation code to use to unlock the license. | | erroroutputpath | The full path to the file that contains an error message if an exception occurs during the installation. | When the installation runs successfully, the process returns exit code 0 (zero), otherwise non-zero.