I have one other small issue sending mail from an external mail source eg. Hotmail.com to my James Mail Server. Is it to do ensuring you have an MX record assigned to your mail server's FQDN? I have noticed an extra setting <authoratative>boolean</authoratative> pertinent to DNS servers settings... Presumably this setting is on a per DNS server basis. Am I right? Is this setting relevant for my DNS?
Rgds, Sam. >From: Serge Knystautas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: "James Users List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: James Users List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: Problem with sending a mail message to a remote mail server >Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2002 17:46:41 -0400 > >Glad the DNS setting sorted things out. Yeah, I didn't think about how >you could put a FQDN, but that would make sense thinking about how we >use that setting. > >Yes, we've been recently trying to bulk up the FAQ section... a guide of >some useful configurations (database integration, various >configurations, what have you) certainly seems useful. >-- >Serge Knystautas >Loki Technologies - Unstoppable Websites >http://www.lokitech.com/ > >Samuel Sadek wrote: >>Serge, >> >>You are spot on about not picking up MX records. I have specified >>out-of-date ip addresses of my ISP's old DNS servers. I would like to >>add that in the config.xml, particularly in the DNS server setups, you >>can specify FQDN as opposed as strict IP which helps inmensely. >> >>One curious thing about the RemoteDelivery mailet, particularly the >>delivery threads, by default we're using 1 thread, can you possibly >>recommend how many threads you would apply in a typical production >>environment. I think an FAQ page dedicated towards the setup of James >>Mail Server for various platforms and databases is in order. It's >>definitely worth a think about. >> >>Thanks again. >> >>Sam. >> >> >> >>>From: Serge Knystautas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>Reply-To: "James Users List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>To: James Users List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>Subject: Re: Problem with sending a mail message to a remote mail server >>>Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2002 16:10:45 -0400 >>> >>>I'll make a bet that your DNS settings in JAMES config.xml are not >>>correct... either nothing is set or the DNS servers you've set aren't >>>responding. >>> >>>I say this because your message to hotmail.com is attempting to deliver >>>to the host 'hotmail.com'. JAMES does a lookup for MX records, and it >>>should be finding the following for hotmail... >>>mx07.hotmail.com >>>mx08.hotmail.com >>>... >>>mx12.hotmail.com >>> >>>The fact that JAMES is trying to connect to a host Hotmail.com means it >>>could not find any MX records and is falling back to just sending to an >>>A/CNAME record (which is just the hostname). >>> >>>So double check your DNS entries are correct. I'm trying to think if >>>there's a good way to test and report to the console that DNS servers >>>aren't setup right, but I'm not sure of the best way. >>>-- >>>Serge Knystautas >>>Loki Technologies - Unstoppable Websites >>>http://www.lokitech.com/ >>> >>> >>>Samuel Sadek wrote: >>> >>>>Serge, >>>> >>>>Thanks for your invaluable comments. Indeed, you were right. I have >>>>forgotten to include the following line to James.java: >>>> >>>>attributes.put(Constants.SERVER_NAMES, this.serverNames); >>>> >>>>Which obviously failed to pick the attributes. >>>> >>>>I have however a further question I posted earlier in this thread which >>>>was the second out of two posing questions. I keep getting the following >>>>error whenever I attempt to send an email to my remote mail account at >>>>Hotmail.com: >>>> >>>> >>>>1019159703593 [INFO ] (James.Mailet): ToProcessor: Sending mail >>>>org.apache.james.core.MailImpl@53c6a3 to transport >>>>1019159704828 [INFO ] (James.Mailet): RemoteDelivery: Remotely >>>>delivering mail Mail1019159703390-0-!194855347 >>>>1019159704843 [INFO ] (James.Mailet): RemoteDelivery: sending mail to >>>>[[EMAIL PROTECTED]] on host hotmail.com >>>>1019159704875 [INFO ] (James.Mailet): RemoteDelivery: Remote delivery >>>>thread (0) will process mail >>>>Mail1019159703390-0-!194855347-to-hotmail.com >>>>1019159704890 [INFO ] (James.Mailet): RemoteDelivery: attempting to >>>>deliver Mail1019159703390-0-!194855347-to-hotmail.com >>>>1019159765375 [INFO ] (James.Mailet): RemoteDelivery: attempting >>>>delivery of Mail1019159703390-0-!194855347-to-hotmail.com to host >>>>Hotmail.com to [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >>>>1019159786515 [INFO ] (James.Mailet): RemoteDelivery: Exception >>>>delivering message (Mail1019159703390-0-!194855347-to-hotmail.com) - >>>>Could not connect to SMTP host: Hotmail.com, port: 25; >>>> nested exception is: >>>> java.net.ConnectException: Operation timed out: connect >>>>1019159786515 [INFO ] (James.Mailet): RemoteDelivery: Temporary >>>>exception delivering mail >>>>(Mail1019159703390-0-!194855347-to-hotmail.com: >>>>javax.mail.MessagingException: Could not connect to SMTP host: >>>>Hotmail.com, port: 25; >>>> nested exception is: >>>> java.net.ConnectException: Operation timed out: connect >>>> at >>>>com.sun.mail.smtp.SMTPTransport.openServer(SMTPTransport.java:867) >>>> at >>>>com.sun.mail.smtp.SMTPTransport.protocolConnect(SMTPTransport.java:156) >>>> at javax.mail.Service.connect(Service.java:234) >>>> at javax.mail.Service.connect(Service.java:135) >>>> at javax.mail.Service.connect(Service.java:87) >>>> at com.sun.mail.smtp.SMTPTransport.connect(SMTPTransport.java:93) >>>> at >>>>org.apache.james.transport.mailets.RemoteDelivery.deliver(RemoteDelivery.java:191) >>>> >>>> >>>> at >>>>org.apache.james.transport.mailets.RemoteDelivery.run(RemoteDelivery.java:449) >>>> >>>> >>>> at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:484) >>>> >>>>1019159786515 [INFO ] (James.Mailet): RemoteDelivery: Storing message >>>>Mail1019159703390-0-!194855347-to-hotmail.com into outgoing after 0 >>>>retries >>>> >>>>I have tried to send a further email to my Yahoo.com mail account and >>>>have got the same problem just to ensure it wasn't a matter of >>>>coincidence. I have even downloaded the latest patch of RemoteDelivery >>>>mailet from CVS repository (although I think it has no relation with >>>>this particular problem) and have retried on both mail accounts and >>>>still the problem persisted. >>>> >>>>Can you please shed any light into this annoying problem. >>>> >>>>As always, every feedback from any contributor in this mailing list as >>>>well as yourself is most welcome. >>>> >>>>Thanks in advance. >>>> >>>>Sam. > > >-- >To unsubscribe, e-mail: ><mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >For additional commands, e-mail: ><mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
