Rainmail Server includes a File Server. The file server provides centralized storage space for public as well as private user documents. Files are stored in units called Shares. System Administrators can create Shares and allow specific users to access them. Once created, users can store and access files from their Shares. 

Rainmail File Server allows three types of Shares:

1. Public Share: This is a share that can be accessed by any authorized user of the system.
2. Private Share:This is a share that can only be accessed by users authorized by the System Administrator.
3. Home Share: This is a share that is exclusively available to the user and not to anyone else. Every user of Rainmail Server has a home share and it is not visible to other users.

The process of implementing a File Server starts by the administrator planning the number and type of shares. Once the shares are created, users can access the shares using any of the following methods:

1. From within the WAN/LAN, users can access shares in File server using Windows Explorer
2. From anywhere in the Internet/LAN/WAN, users can access shares in File Server using Web based IFS

The following sections provide instructions for users to access their files using the above two methods