Hi my machine has a domain name associated to it wich resolvs just fine i tried sending to username@ip addy of server and i get the same resolts (A big nothing hehe) i am at a loss i really dont know what the problem is with the server could it be bad postfix configarations? Luc ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tim Holmes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Luc Martineau" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, June 18, 2001 5:30 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] mandrake 7.2 pop3 server problem (should be simple for you) > When you respond to that email address in your Hotmail account, what email address is it? > Is the email address [EMAIL PROTECTED]? Does your machine always have the same > IP address? > > For example... I can send an email to my machine directly, since it always has the same IP > address, and it has a name that can be resolved. Does your machine have at least the first > of those? > > It sounds like it would accept email, if only the Internet knows how to get to your > machine. > > So try sending email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] If that doesn't go through then that's not > where your machine is most likely. Mandrake out of the box is set up to accept that > traffic. > tdh > > -- > T. Holmes > ----------------- > UNIXTECHS.org > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ----------------- > "Real Men Us Vi!" > > > | Hi all > | I finaly after a long bad day got mandrake up and running properly on my server > | i installed 7.2 the web server is perfect > | postfix is doing its job (i can send email using an account on my server to another accont say hotmail for example > | but if i say use hotmail to send email to a email address that is on the server i wont get it for some reason > | it dont give any errors when my client looks for email it seems to go threw fine just comes up with no new messages yet i did send a few from diferent address to test out > | > | so in summary > | i made an account now using a seperate windows computer i can send email using OE with postfix (say to a hotmail account) > | i then receive the email in the hotmail account but if i reply i will never get the reply with the account on my server but it does check for new messages cause it dotn give errors > | > | thanks for the help > | > | > | Luc > ------------------------------------------------------------------ >
