--- title: "Server Settings" slug: "server-settings" updated: 2026-10-08T11:59:12Z published: 2026-10-08T11:59:12Z canonical: "help.mail-and-deploy.com/server-settings" --- > ## 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. # Server Settings ### General The server settings contain many basic configuration properties of Mail & Deploy server. ### Managing Server Settings To manage server settings you have to connect to the [Management Service](/release36/docs/services) of Mail & Deploy, click the *Settings* item in the main menu, and then click the *Server* tile. WARNING When you change some of the server settings Mail & Deploy Server may have to be restarted; this will lead to all currently running executions to be immediately aborted. It is advised to change the server settings at a time where no executions are running. ### Properties Server settings have the following properties: #### Authentication Properties The following authentication properties can be set: | Name | Description | | --- | --- | | Username | The name of the windows account to use as the [Service Account](/release36/docs/service-account). | | password | The password of the windows account to use as the [Service Account](/release36/docs/service-account). | NOTE These properties are not available in the SaaS version of Mail & Deploy. #### Network Properties The following network properties can be set: | Name | Description | | --- | --- | | FQDN | The fully qualified domain name of the computer on which Mail & Deploy is installed. | | Enable HTTP | When enabled, Mail & Deploy services can be reached using HTTP. | | HTTP Port | The port on which Mail & Deploy services can be reached using HTTP. This property is only applicable when the property *Enable HTTP* is enabled | | Enable HTTPS | When enabled, Mail & Deploy services can be reached using HTTPS. | | HTTPS Port | The port on which Mail & Deploy services can be reached using HTTPS. This property is only applicable when the property *Enable HTTPS* is enabled. | | Thumbprint | The thumbprint of the SSL certificate to be used. This property is only applicable when the property *Enable HTTPS* is enabled. You can click the button to create a self-signed certificate for testing purposes; this certificate will only work on the computer on which Mail & Deploy is installed. NOTE: Please ensure that you have a private key for your certificate and that it is still valid ![image.png](https://cdn.document360.io/e3657e0f-d0b6-4032-8271-1f5869a7b807/Images/Documentation/image%2848%29.png) | NOTE These properties are not available in the SaaS version of Mail & Deploy. #### Debugging Properties The following debugging properties can be set: | Name | Description | | --- | --- | | Enable Debug Mode | When enabled, Mail & Deploy will dump additional debug data into the *Debug\Dumps* directory within the installation directory. | NOTE These properties are not available in the SaaS version of Mail & Deploy. #### Service Endpoint Properties Every [Service](/release36/docs/services) provided by Mail & Deploy can be reached through endpoints. An endpoint is a combination of the following properties: - A protocol (HTTP or HTTPS) used to connect to the endpoint - A port used to connect to the endpoint - A URL folder used to connect to the endpoint - A [Service](/release36/docs/services) provided on that endpoint - An [Authentication](/release36/docs/authentication) method to use when connecting to the endpoint. The syntax for an endpoint URL is: Endpoint Url protocol://host:port/urlfolder **Example:** If you set up and endpoint for the [Management Service](/release36/docs/services) for HTTP with port 14999 using windows authentication with a URL folder *Management/Windows* then you will be able to reach that endpoint using the URL *http://host:14999/Management/Windows*. When you use default ports (80 for HTTP and 443 for HTTPS) then you can omit them from the URL. Every endpoint has the following properties: | Name | Description | | --- | --- | | URL Folder | The URL folder on which the service can be reached. This needs to be unique; no other service endpoint can have the same URL folder. | | Service | The [Service](/release36/docs/services) provided on the endpoint. | | Authentication Method | The [Authentication](/release36/docs/authentication) method to use when connecting to the endpoint. | | User Directory | The [User Directory](/release36/docs/introduction-to-user-directories) to use for authentication. Not all types of user directories support authentication. | #### Additional Settings Properties The following additional settings properties can be set: | Name | Description | | --- | --- | | Session Timeout | The session time-out in minutes; this applies to UI sessions (such as the management service and the hub service). | | Default Culture | The default culture applied when formatting numbers and dates in [Reports](/release36/docs/introduction-to-reports) and [Tasks](/release36/docs/tasks) (unless using the [Format](/release36/docs/format) function in an [Expression](/release36/docs/introduction-to-mail-and-deploy-expressions) with an explicit culture or when using an [Active Culture Action](/release36/docs/activate-culture) to activate a different culture). | | Default E-Mail Server | The default [E-Mail Server](/release36/docs/introduction-to-email-servers) which will be used for sending e-mails (except for [Send E-Mail Actions](/release36/docs/send-e-mail) where you can specify the e-mail server to be used). This property is only applicable if there are at least two configured e-mail severs. | | Repository Clean-Up Hour | The hour of the day at which the [Repository](/release36/docs/repository) will be cleaned up by deleting data that is no longer needed. | | Parallel Executions | The maximum number of executions that may run at any given time. The maximum available number of executions depends on the [License](/release36/docs/license-settings). | | Activate Datasource Object Library Document Expiration | When enabled, report documents created from [Datasource](/release36/docs/introduction-to-datasources) objects will have an expiration date after which they will be deleted from the [Library](/release36/docs/library) of a [User](/release36/docs/users). | | Maximum Age | The maximum age of report documents created from [Datasource](/release36/docs/introduction-to-datasources) objects will have an expiration date after which they will be deleted from the [Library](/release36/docs/library) of a [User](/release36/docs/users). This property is only applicable if the property Activate Datasource Object Library Document Expiration is enabled. |