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All settings are stored in [[Cumulus.ini]], so when you stop and restart MX, it can continue  without you entering settings again.
All settings are stored in [[Cumulus.ini]], so when you stop and restart MX, it can continue  without you entering settings again.


Adjusting the majority of them is best done using the MX "admin interface" screens, you will see that '''Settings''' is the penultimate option in the navigation bar, and it has a drop down for the various settings screens that are now described. To make it easy to change settings, each setting screen uses tick boxes, radio buttons, and drop down selection boxes, wherever possible, so the choices available are clearly laid out. For most screens, there is a '''Save''' button and that must be clicked (and an acknowledgement displayed) before the edited settings are accepted.
Adjusting the majority of them is best done using the MX "admin interface" screens, you will see that '''Settings''' is the penultimate option in the navigation bar, and it has a drop down for the various settings screens that are now described. To make it easy to change settings, each setting screen uses tick boxes, radio buttons, and drop down selection boxes, wherever possible, so the choices available are clearly laid out. For most screens a HTML form element is used, there is a '''Save''' button to send the contents of that form for processing, and that must be clicked (and an acknowledgement displayed that the form processing has completed) before the edited settings are accepted. These form based MX settings screens do some validation, and if you make an error the contents change to a red colour (red text and red boxes), that means invalid data is present which must be corrected before the form can be sent by pressing '''Save''' button. One or more items on the page will have an error message added by the form processing in those validation fail states.


If you attempt to set these settings by directly editing the file where they are stored, there is a danger of either making a typo or of choosing an illegal value for a particular attribute.
If you attempt to set these settings by directly editing the file where they are stored, there is a danger of either making a typo or of choosing an illegal value for a particular attribute.
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