Knowledge base
The node's main configuration filecriticalFile/etc/pmta/config is a plain UTF-8 text file, read at startup and on a settings reload; it stores passwords and signing keys in plain text.The node's own logFileThe engine’s own log: startup and shutdown, errors, connection traces and warnings; rotation is automatic, the number of kept files is configurable.Where the node writes why it did not startFileA separate file with the startup failure message — the first thing to read when the engine does not come up after installation or a configuration edit.License fileFileThe license key as a plain file — /etc/pmta/license on Linux, license.dat in the installation directory on Windows; on Windows ASCII is mandatory, not Unicode.The defaults fileFileThe second main configuration file: the defaults over which the main one is read.Crash dumpFileAn image of the engine’s memory saved at the moment of the crash.FIPS module configuration fileFileThe cryptographic module configuration file used when FIPS mode is enabled.