An installation on your own server needs a licence. We send it as a file licence-<number>.json; the installation's operator uploads it in the interface.
What the licence sets
- Whom it belongs to and until when it is valid.
- How many mailboxes and assistants can be created. A limit may be missing — then it says "no limit".
- Downloading new releases: the updater downloads new versions with the key from the licence. A machine without internet does not need it — it takes bundles copied into
updates/.
Uploading the licence
- Open Installation → Installation, the Licence card at the bottom.
- In the Licence file field, choose the file you received from us.
- draften checks its signature. When it accepts the file, it shows "Licence … is uploaded and valid until …". A new licence replaces the old one and applies at once.
When it does not accept the file, it says why — that the signature does not match, say, or that the licence has already expired. In that case, get in touch with us.
The card then shows the customer, the licence number, until when it is valid (with the label valid, expires in N days or expired), how many mailboxes and assistants are created out of how many allowed, and who uploaded the licence when.
When the licence is missing or expires
- The assistants stop processing mail. The interface and all the data and settings stay.
- No mailbox or assistant can be created.
- Everyone signed in sees a bar across the whole application, "The licence expired on …: the assistants process no mail" (or "The installation has no licence…"). The operator has an Upload a licence link next to it; the others learn that the operator uploads a new licence.
As soon as you upload a valid licence, processing starts again at once — nothing else to set.
Watch the expiry date — an approaching end shows as the label expires in N days in the Licence card.
When a limit runs out
When the limit of mailboxes or assistants is used up, draften creates no more and says why: "The installation’s licence allows no more mailboxes: its limit is used up." Ask us to extend the licence; the existing mailboxes and assistants keep working.