On Jan 26, 2008 6:58 PM, nhtom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi. > > Brand new here. Super basic questions. I've looked but haven't found > this info. Perhaps it's just too basic/obvious - but not to a mail server > novice like me.
just FYI [EMAIL PROTECTED] is the best forum for these kinds of questions > I've set up JAMES on a PC. I finally got it to receive email (I looked in > the folder), I just can't pick it up from Outlook on another machine. > > In ZoneEdit I have my domain, "foo", set up like: > IP Addresses: Domain name: mail.foo IP address: 12.34.56.78 > webmail.foo > 12.34.56.78 > Domain: foo.com Destination: mail.foo.com > > In Outlook it asks for "Incoming mail server(POP3)" Often, this looks like: > Pop3.domain.com. How should this field be filled when connecting to JAMES? that depends :-) if you've configured JAMES to serve standard POP3 then just use the host name for the server that JAMES is running on > Also, what should I enter to specify the SMTP server? This is often > something like smtp1.domain.com. What does JAMES provide/use? again, if you've configured JAMES to serve standard SMTP then just use the host name for the server that JAMES is running on > When I simply enter foo.com for both of them and "Test Account Settings" it > establishes the connections, finds SMTP and POP3 but can't log onto POP3 nor > send a test message. > > I've checked and rechecked the username password. I've checked the username > and reset the password over the telnet connection. most email protocols are text based so i just dig out the RFC and telnet (but then again, i'm a developer) - robert
