IPAD Utilities
The following collection of utilities are helpful for anyone providing technical support for IPAD-OS systems. Some are designed to run directly on the IPAD to get it back online quickly in the event of disaster. Others are designed to run on a workstation connected to the IPAD. Please be aware that some of these utilities can be dangerous if used incorrectly. Read all included documentation before use.
- COLDBOOT
Reboot an IPAD from a command prompt or batch file. This is useful for restarting the IPAD fresh after scheduled maintenace. - GEO2IPAD
A program to convert publicly available geographic IP country code databases to IPAD format for use in blocking mail sources by country codes. The included documentation explains where to get the current free or commercial databases. - IPADCHK
A utility to validate IPAD-OS configuration files starting with the IPAD.CTL and scanning through the secondary server and account files. It is designed to detect and report common errors caused by hand editing. If you use anything other than the IPAD's web manager to create and maintain your control files, this tool will save you time and frustration by quickly locating and reporting anything that could potentially cause problems. Note that long file names are only supported when using the official IPAD-OS Boot Loader. - MINCLUDE
A command line utility to include text files in an IPAD mail authority file, or almost any other control file that supports comment lines. This tool retains compatibility with the IPAD Web Manager and the included file can be edited and re-included without risk of duplication. This is designed to make your life as an IPAD mail server administrator much easier. One of the more common IPAD requests is for the ability to include multiple files into one large mail authority file while still retaining the ability to use the IPAD's web management interface to monitor and keep track of everything. More details about exactly how this tool can make your life easier can be found in the included documentation. - OFF
A program to send the power off signal to ATX motherboards. This is a one-way trip, so be careful using this on a production router or server. The COLDBOOT utility is suggested if a reboot is desired. - OPTIMAIL
A mail directory compacting tool. This tool addresses a problem called Directory Extension. Every subdirectory on a disk volume is actually a special case file exactly the size of one disk cluster (a collection of disk sectors). There are a finite number of file name entries each cluster can hold. When more than that number of file names are put into a subdirectory, the operating system extends the subdirectory by adding one or more clusters to the directory sufficient to hold all of the file names. This problem is more pronounced when smaller cluster sizes are used like FAT32 formatted disk volumes. This tool recovers and compacts these clusters to improve performance on IPAD mail servers after high mail volumes. - OPTIPOP
An IPAD POP3 mail storage maintenance and repair tool. This program is designed to be run directly on the IPAD itself or optionally through any SMB/CIFS connection (if supported by your OS) to repair, maintain and compact POP3 mailboxes stored on the latest IPAD version. It automatically opens locked and multi-state mailboxes. It can optionally age out old POP3 mail taking up your valuable storage space and can even find orphan POP3 mailboxes caused by hand-editing the mail authority file.
These utilities are listed here as a service to all IPAD owners and operators. The actual files are hosted on external web sites. No endorsement is implied.