What I have seen is that the
provider ( your ISP login ) is not local. You may need to set the SMTP server
to the provider you log into.
EG: if you connect to the internet
via abc.com but the mail server is def.com your mail settings in your mail
program should be
smtp : mail
or smtp.abc.com
pop3: mail or
pop3.def.com
David Barrett
Maine Connect,
Inc.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
" I'd rather be a failure at
something I enjoy than be a success at something I hate "
-- George
Burns
OK, when I do that I get no error
messages on checking mail, but when I try to send I get the
message:
“… rejected by the server. Server
Response: ‘550 not local host list.ipswitch.com, not a
gateway’…”
What next?
Dave
-----Original
Message-----
From:
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Kevin Bilbee
Sent: Saturday, August 04, 2001 11:20
AM
To:
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Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] Relay
problems
I do not
know about v4 but in 6 and 7 you would relay mail for but put no Ip addresses.
then have your users set the SMTP authentication in their mail
client.
Kevin
Bilbee
-----Original
Message-----
From:
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of David A.
Violette
Sent: Friday, August
03, 2001 9:38 PM
To:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [IMail Forum] Relay
problems
I am running IMail
server V4 on a WinNT computer. The computer is co-located at an ISP. This is a
sideline business and I host several domains, mostly for non-profit
organizations, including some with email servers. Spammers have found my
server and are using it heavily. My users are not part of the local network
where the server is running and are scattered around many states and are not
part of any single network. I probably have fewer than 25 actual users, but
they are spread among the domains. Some of the organizations have list
servers, but most posters are not actual users in their
domain.
From what I can
see, IMail does not provide SMTP security for this situation. If I select No
Relay, my users cannot send mail. I can select Relay Mail For but I do not
know from what IP address any user will be sending mail because many use local
dialup access and don’t have fixed IP addresses. If I select Relay Mail For
Anyone I am open to spammers.
I have checked the
documentation for IMail V7 and don’t really see anything that would solve my
problem, but perhaps I am missing something. Perhaps one of you can help
me.
1.
Will IMail provide the
protection I need, and do I have to upgrade to V7 to do so? If so I will
probably have to go out of business, since my operation is very small and I
can’t afford the $995 upgrade price.
2.
Is there another email server
software that will provide the capability I need?
3.
Is there a different approach
I should use to accomplish what I need to do?
Many thanks for
all who read this and consider my plight!
Dave
Violette
