On Wed, 24 Jul 2002, Rui Li wrote:
> Thanks for the warmhearted guys to give me suggestions about how to configure xmail >on Redhat 7.1 . In my /etc/xinet.d directory, there is only a file named finger which >is relavant to email service. No pop, smtp or imap. And finger is already disabled. >So I configured xmail following the directions on readme.txt. > Now xmail runs, but I can not access it from windows in another PC with SMTP or >POP3. Here is the symptom: > > I have two PCs. A is running Redhat 7.1. B is running Windows2k. Both have an Xmail >running. Xmail in A has a domain called "proxyserver". Xmail in B has a domain called >"proxyclient". > > 1. XMail runs on A normally. I can see it with pstree and netstat --tcp -n -a -p: > > [root@localhost /root]# netstat -tcp -n-a -p > Active Internet Connections (servers and established) > Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address Foreign Address >State PID/Program name > tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:32768 0.0.0.0:* >LISTEN 608/rpc.statd > tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:6017 0.0.0.0:* >LISTEN 924/XMail > tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:110 0.0.0.0:* >LISTEN 924/XMail > tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:79 0.0.0.0:* >LISTEN 924/XMail > tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:111 0.0.0.0:* >LISTEN 593/portmap > tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:6000 0.0.0.0:* >LISTEN 963/X > tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:22 0.0.0.0:* >LISTEN 796/sshd > tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:25 0.0.0.0:* >LISTEN 924/XMail > > 2. I can ping A from B. And I can use CtrlClnt to configure xmail on A both from A >itself and B. > 3. I can use Pine to send email from rui@proxyserver through xmail running on A(I >set the default smtp gateway to the IP of B) to rui@proxyclient, but I can not send >email in the reversed direction, say, from rui@proxyclient to rui@proxyserver. > 4. I also can not use outlook on B to access the account rui@proxyserver , outlook >shows the server can not be connected. > > Anybody has opinion on it? Is there a possibility that my network configuration is >not propert? how is supposed to know the proxyclient machine where to send mail for the proxyserver one ? - Davide - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe xmail" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For general help: send the line "help" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
