I had this problem before, the solution is to use the modified ODBC dll
which you should able to find through IPSwitch website.
At 10:44 PM 03/06/2000 -0500, Steven Plautz wrote:
>Yes, we've got IMail 5.09 to work off SQL 7. It's the same configuration as
>6.5, so if you have that working, 7 is no different. However, be
>forewarned.. IMail officially doesn't support SQL 7, so if you ever have
>ANY kind of problem, they will most likely blame it all on the fact you are
>using 7.
>
>Case in point:
>
>We currently are using v5.09. There's a problem where sometimes users get
>rejected while performing POP3 rejects, but if they immediately try again,
>it accepts them.
>IMail hasn't been able to figure this out and has blamed it on everything
>from using Platypus's odbcuser.dll to us using SQL 7.0. I've flat out
>proven them wrong by moving our IMail back to 6.5 with their original
>odbcuser.dll.
>The problem persisted. Now they are blaming it on some setting in
>performance monitor which is within specifications !
>
>Anyways, after putting POP3 logging in debug mode, I found what is likely
>the real cause of the problem. It only seems to happen when two users try
>to authenticate on POP3 at the same or nearly the same time. It's been
>hard to convinence IPSwitch that thread clashing is the cause of the bug.
>
>Can anyone else verify this existence of this your IMail server? It only
>seems to happen on ODBC authenticated domains and gets worse as more and
>more people POP mail, i.e. during primetime.
>
>Email me at [EMAIL PROTECTED] if you have seen the same problem. Be sure to
>include ODBC sourse (SQL 7, Access, etc), IMail version and also CC support
>at IPSwitch so they will know it's not just me. Thanks.
>
>Steven Plautz
>System Administrator of ISP Operations
>Picus - Sybercom
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Steve Eisenman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2000 11:10 AM
>Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] SQl 7.0
>
>
> > Did that, I can look at the database and see the users in there but when I
> > try to login from the webmaseaging side it keeps saying user not found or
> > invalid pwd. ????
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Steve House [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2000 9:45 AM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] SQl 7.0
> >
> >
> > After setting up the ODBC connection, use the IMail external db setting
>and
> > configure it using the standard dll file. Set the datasource to
> >
> > datasource_name;UID=username;PWD=password
> >
> > Good Luck!
> >
> > Steve
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Steve Eisenman
> > Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2000 9:48 AM
> > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
> > Subject: [IMail Forum] SQl 7.0
> >
> >
> > Has anyone been able to successfully use SQL 7.o with Imail 5.08? If so,
> > how?
> > Thanks
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