Server module

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Download the server module package by following the Download instructions.

Extract the downloaded package:

tar zxvf msh-pm-milter-<VERSION>.tgz

Stop the server module services:

sudo systemctl stop msh-pm-settings
sudo systemctl stop msh-pm-milter

Copy the extracted files to the installation directory:

sudo cp -rf msh-pm-milter /opt

Reload the systemd daemon to pick up any updated service definitions:

sudo systemctl daemon-reload

Start the server module services:

sudo systemctl start msh-pm-milter
sudo systemctl start msh-pm-settings

Verify

Check the current status of services to verify they're running correctly (press q to exit).

systemctl status msh-pm-settings.service

systemctl status msh-pm-milter.service

Example of running msh-pm-milter service.

● msh-pm-milter.service - MSH Postfix Milter (milter)
     Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/msh-pm-milter.service; enabled; preset: enabled)
     Active: active (running) since Thu 2025-10-16 13:37:49 CDT; 1min 20s ago
 Invocation: ce2053dc217d4c2b96be25f96ffa2aea
   Main PID: 2604 (msh-pm-milter)
      Tasks: 14 (limit: 9302)
     Memory: 87.2M (peak: 87.5M)
        CPU: 1.845s
     CGroup: /system.slice/msh-pm-milter.service
             ├─2604 /bin/bash /opt/msh-pm-milter/bin/msh-pm-milter
             └─2642 /usr/bin/java -Xms128M -Xmx1024M -Dfile.encoding=UTF8 -jar /opt/msh-pm-milter/bin/jar/msh-pm-milter.jar -installdir=/op>

## Additional resources

- [Troubleshooting starting services](/docs/troubleshooting/services) - Check diagnostic steps to find out why services don't run

Verify​

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