Does this filtering have any effect on the servers performance? I guess
the IMail does some sort of scanning of every incoming mail...
At 14:41 12/02/2001 -0500, you wrote:
B~filename=".*\.sXhXs":virusbox
B~filename=".*\.vXbXs":virusbox
H~filename=".*\.sXhXs":virusbox
Does anybody know how to get rid of the "MX connect
fail" and "stack connect fail" messages so I can send
e-mails out of the local newtokr again?
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Did you stop and start the SMTP service?
-Original Message-
From: Lou Zucaro [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, February 12, 2001 4:58 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] Strip .vbs Attachments
I put a rules.ima file into the /imail folder and it doesn't seem to
Is anyone else having problems with garbled mail using web messaging and
going through a MS-Proxy server? I'm getting a lot of complaints that users
can't read their mail in web messaging. Users that don't go through the
proxy seem to be fine. Any fixes?
Jim Cochran
Systems Analyst III
Does anybody know how to get rid of the "MX connect
fail" and "stack connect fail" messages so I can send
e-mails out of the local newtokr again?
You need to fix the problem that is causing them.
Are they just happening with certain domains? If so, it is very likely that the mail
servers for
We have extensive filters and we don't see any appreciable performance loss.
_M
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| From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
| [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Postmaster
| Citynet S.A.
| Sent: Tuesday, February 13, 2001 10:22 AM
| To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
| Subject: RE: [IMail
I've been trying to apply rules to our server in order to remove any
incoming .vbs exensions (after reading previos posts to the group).
We are running Imail, patched to 6.05 on NT4 SP6a.
I can get it to do this successfully by adding the rules to the rules.ima
file in the host direcory, e.g.
I've been trying to apply rules to our server in order to remove any
incoming .vXbXs exensions (after reading previous posts to the group).
We are running Imail, patched to 6.05 on NT4 SP6a.
I can get it to do this successfully by adding the rules to the rules.ima
file in the host direcory,
Make sure your DNS server is set in the SMTP tab of the IMAIL control panel.
If there is no DNS server listed, no mail will be delivered. If there is
one listed, make sure it is functioning properly.
Kevin
- Original Message -
From: "David Palmer" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL
I fixed another "subscript out of range error" and posted the new code at
www.osten.net/prog/imail.asp.
I have received alot of good feedback so thanks to everyone to tried this out.
On my todo list are sorting the output and supporting the LOG log file format. Feel
free to send me other
David,
Do you have several IP addresses on the network card on which iMail Server
is running? If so, and if one of them is an internal/private IP address
(10.0.0.1; 192.168.0.1; etc.), this might be causing the problem. When I
first set up iMail I ran into the same trouble. I found that iMail
Has anyone connected the list server to Goldmine
contact database? I am running a database that keeps track ofour
contact with members (donations, etc.) and integration into the list server
would be better then manually updating the txt file. Is this
possible? It will be a closed list so
David,
In follow up to my message of just a moment ago, check this KB article:
http://support.ipswitch.com/kb/IM-19981110-DD02.htm
If I recall correctly, I think that most of that KB article was taken from
an email I sent to Ipswitch when I was struggling with the problem myself
and found the
The rules.ima needs to be in the host folder. just above the users folders.
-Original Message-
From: Lou Zucaro [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, February 12, 2001 4:58 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] Strip .vbs Attachments
I put a rules.ima file into
"Scott Perry" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
When I use WEB Messaging to read a message in Sent, the iMail WEB
server takes a LONG time to respond but finally displays the message
contents.
Have you sent a bunch of E-mails through web messaging with large attachments? If
so, the
sent.mbx
This is my 2nd posting of this message. Has this happened to anyone? Can
anyone offer some suggestions?
Each time I post to my list it will email the recipients 2 OR more times.
Below is the Imail environment for my list:
*Private list
*Posting by Moderator only
*List members ~ 43,000
*SMTP
We're looking at setting up a db driven iMail host that will allow users to
set up their own free email account via a web page. We've currently got a
site with about 17,000 registered users and we'll seed the iMail host db
with those users to start the thing.
We will be running an av scanner on
Heythere, what needs to be configured in this ASP script to make it
funsction properly.?
Stephen
- Original Message -
From: "Darren Osten" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, February 13, 2001 9:08 AM
Subject: [IMail Forum] ASP Log Analyzer - new version
I fixed
could someone please check my DNS settings?
chartway.com
what do I need to ask my ISP for?
I want both mail servers to be active
POP3 mail server 216.54.53.130 @chartway.com
IMail (web based access only) server 216.54.53.68 @email.chartway.com
MANY THANKS in advance
I am lost
My problem is I can't get the filtering to work consistently. If I send mail
from Outlook or Outlook Express, for instance, the filter works. If I send
from IMail's web interface, the message gets through.
Any idea why that might be ahppening?
I'm running IMail 6.04 on Win2K SP1.
Lou
I've
Regards,
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
-- Original Message --
From: "Kevin Forte" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2001 10:39:57 -0500
Make sure your DNS server is set in the SMTP tab of the IMAIL
control panel.
If there is no DNS
This is my 2nd posting
of this message. Has this happened to anyone? Can anyone offer some
suggestions?Each time I
post to my list it will email the recipients 2 OR more times.
Below is the Imail
environment for my list:
*Private
list
*Posting by
Moderator only
*List members ~
My problem is I can't get the filtering to work consistently. If
I send mail from Outlook or Outlook Express, for instance, the
filter works. If I send from IMail's web interface, the message
gets through.
IMail web messaging doesn't use the "Content-Disposition" MIME header, which is the
This is my 2nd posting of this message. Has this happened to
anyone? Can anyone offer some suggestions?
The log file should help explain the problem. It will show you how many times the
original E-mail was received, and it should show you an entry for each time it was
sent. Find someone
Does anyone else find this ironic that Mike posted
this email and it came through to the list twice? Maybe something is wrong
wtih his mail server and it is sending everything out twice...
Kevin
- Original Message -
From:
Mark
D'Onofrio
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
is the list a member of itself?
- Original Message -
From:
Mark
D'Onofrio
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, February 13, 2001 11:20
AM
Subject: [IMail Forum] List Server
Question/Problem - 2nd posting
This is my 2nd posting
of this message. Has
At 09:16 AM 2/13/01 -0800, Mark D'Onofrio wrote:
This is my 2nd posting of this message. Has this happened to anyone? Can
anyone offer some suggestions?
Each time I post to my list it will email the recipients 2 OR more times.
I do this to mine now and again too if I use the "reply to all" and
For me, absolutely nothing! It worked great!
At the bottom, you may want to change the default path for the current log
if your imail is not in the standard location.
Other than that, Thank you so much, Darin!
Dave
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.tulsa.com/
At 10:36 AM 2/13/01 -0700, you wrote:
I've noticed that if I cut and paste the script using FrontPage 2000, it
surrounds everything with an XMP/XMP tag. I had to delete those tags
before it would work. Took me a while to figure it, but it works great now.
I really like this script. Thanks to Darren!
Rocky
- Original Message
Had the same problem myself and have stopped using
the list facility.
It seems that when it cannot deliver a message ie.
unknown mailbox it tries to redeliver all the messages again.
cheers
Phil
- Original Message -
From:
Matthew Lohr
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent:
Thanks...that did it. Much appreciated...
Lou
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Scott Perry
Sent: Tuesday, February 13, 2001 12:35 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] Strip .vbs Attachments
My problem is I can't
Your iway.chartway.com is your only MX entry. All email to @chartway.com
will go to it.
The imail web access does not need an MX entry at all. However there should
be an A record entry for email.chartway.com. It does not have one. The name
email.chartway.com does not resolve at all.
An A record
Chris,
Here is what I find for the domain:
chartway.com.
nameserver = ns2.chartway.com.
nameserver = ns1.chartway.com.
10, iway.chartway.com.
216.54.53.66
iway.chartway.com.
216.54.53.130
I did not find an A record for email.chartway.com.
I did find this PTR (reverse)
Judging from your post I'm thinking your customers have 2 email addresses on
two fifferent servers. One @chartway.com that is pop3 and one
@email.chartway.com that is strictly web access. If that is what you intend
your dns is ok on the pop3 server but you need an A record for
email.chartway.com
my rules have the ':virus' at the end of them instructing to forward to my
virus mailbox but it doesn't seem to forward any emails that meet the
criteria. It does however delete them and prevent them from being
delivered, any ideas?
Cheers in advance
Barry
- Original Message -
I am also getting erratic results trying to implement this filter. I just joined the
list today and wonder if I missed more detailed instructions?
My ultimate goal is the same as Roland's earlier. I would like to forward those
messages so I can delete them or deal with them as needed. I
Would I be right in assuming that the
email.chartway.com 216.54.53.68 machine
with just an A record will be able to receive email in?
thanks
Chris
- Original Message -
From: "Mailadmin" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, February 13, 2001 2:54 PM
Subject: Re:
Bones,
could someone please check my DNS settings?
chartway.com
you have delegation errors:
ns1.coxfiber.net is only list in delegation data (in the roots but
not in NS RR's)
look at this junk:
# dig @a.root-servers.net chartway.com ns
; DiG 8.2 @a.root-servers.net chartway.com ns
; (1
I am also getting erratic results trying to implement this filter...
I think there are a bunch of who are frustrated right now.
IMail filters can be tricky to figure out initially, and you do have to be careful how
you set them up, not being too strict (for example, you have to make sure to use
thanks Len Conrad for spotting that I am an open relay
Is there a FAQ or documentation for us newbies to secure ourselves against
being relays?
thanks in advance!
Chris Bone
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we are experiencing heavy problem here :
each time we try to send e-mail to an @skynet.be, @belgacom.net or @swing.be
the e-mail bounce back via the postmaster has undeliverable !!! and so it is
for each of our customer ! :-(
I tought first that this was just some couple of wrong adresses but
Hi,
I am using IMAP access with 'Copy to Sent' and recently have had trouble
with the Sent folder which I think is corrupt. When I try to read a
message in Sent, Netscape responds "The current command did not
succeed. The mail server responded: SELECT No such mailbox." When I
try to
Hey Michel,
I had the same thing happen to me a few weeks ago. It turned out that our
server was listed on RSS's list of spammable servers from an event that took
place in Aug.2000. we had since resolved the open relay but we were still
listed. Once our name was removed from the list our emails
Phil,
Not what I have seen! If the user or domain is unknown, the remote indicates
this when IMail tries to send, and that address is removed from the
addresses yet to be processes and a postmaster message is sent to the list
owner.
Marc,
This is not normal. Scott's suggestion about the Log
Michel,
All these servers are SendMail, which can be (and often is!) configured to
perform Reverse lookups before it will accept incoming email. Your domain,
does not have PTR records (and the name IMail uses has no A record, either).
When you have returned messages, it helps if you include the
Would I be right in assuming that the
email.chartway.com 216.54.53.68 machine
with just an A record will be able to receive email in?
no, you need an MX to assure reliable delivery:
email MX 10 iway.chartway.com.
email A ip.ad.re.ss
iwayMX 10 iway.chartway.com.
@ MX 10
I suffering from a huge Dictionary attack on a domain I host (a SPAMER
is going through every word and variation of words in the dictionary
trying to find addresses at that domain) and my logs have become useless
and huge (10,000 + pages and 100 megs per day!). Does any one know of a
way to
Find his IP address and block that IP range from sending mail. You should
be able to find the IP address he/she is sending the mail from.
- Original Message -
From: "Tom Krowas" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, February 13, 2001 3:08 PM
Subject: [IMail Forum]
I suffering from a huge Dictionary attack on a domain I host (a SPAMER
is going through every word and variation of words in the dictionary
trying to find addresses at that domain) and my logs have become useless
and huge (10,000 + pages and 100 megs per day!). Does any one know of a
way to
Is there any way to make Imail send out a verification notice when it
receives a subscribe command? I'm setting up some web forms so my users can
sign up for my mailing lists right from my web site, but in the past I've
had problems with folks signing their friends up as a joke.
Ideally, I'd
Hi!
Is it possible to copy/replicate LDAP database periodically to another mail
server like Exchange or to just some other program, so that remote users
could start using our Imail LDAP database locally?
thanks
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Am I correct that IMail user's rules cannot "strip" an attachment from an
incoming message, but rather forward the entire message, (text et al), to a
pre-defined or nul mailbox?
Am I also correct that there is no convenient method in IMail (ver 4.02 on
NT4SP6a) or my email client (Eudora
Hi Michel and Daniel,
I'm having the same problem, I think, but I know where Michel is coming
from. The NDR is very, to say the least, ambiguous. My message says
exactly:
This Message was undeliverable due to the following reason:
Please reply to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
if you feel this message
each time we try to send e-mail to an @skynet.be, @belgacom.net or @swing.be
the e-mail bounce back via the postmaster has undeliverable !!! and so it is
for each of our customer ! :-(
What, if any, is the error msg in the Imail logs?
I tought first that this was just some couple of wrong
Bones
on which IP am I an open relay?
I checked the MX of chartway.com.
I'll leave up to you with your screwey delegation to figure out what
ip that is. :)))
Len
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I've asked several times that something like this be added. It seems
(this may be the point where I leave reality) that with the basic code
in place for forwarding based on a rule, that with not much effort it
could check for a full address (such as the administrator's
virus-holding account) and
you can check dns config..
www.declude.com
- Original Message -
From: Len Conrad [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, February 13, 2001 2:41 PM
Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] Please check my DNS
Bones
on which IP am I an open relay?
I checked the MX of
I am trying to use imail's built in listserver for a small list of
500 subscribers.
I realize i should use a real list server, but i thought that
imail cound handle a very small list.
the start I am having problems. (yes, len i know that anyone
who is using imail as a list server deserves
Check it out. You may need to check ORBS as well as others that
blacklist servers. Unfortunately, I don't know the names of all
of them. Maybe someone else can help with that.
Sure can. You can go to http://www.declude.com/junkmail/support/ip4r.htm to see a
list of 20 or so spam DNS
Is there a FAQ or documentation for us newbies to secure ourselves against
being relays?
Unfortunately, not enough of you newbies are very good FAQers.
If you FAQ with me, man, I'll FAQ you back:
1. "relay for addresses" ONLY
2. UNcheck "Disable SMTP AUTH reporting"
3. Require all users to
Am I correct that IMail user's rules cannot "strip" an attachment
from an incoming message, but rather forward the entire message,
(text et al), to a pre-defined or nul mailbox?
That's correct.
Am I also correct that there is no convenient method in IMail (ver
4.02 on NT4SP6a) or my email
Len,
on which IP am I an open relay?
thanks!
Chris
- Original Message -
From: "Len Conrad" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, February 13, 2001 3:22 PM
Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] Please check my DNS
Bones,
could someone please check my DNS settings?
The problem was that the Delimiter was set to "#". Changing it to "-"
fixed the problem. What is the point of the delimiter? Does it only
apply to WEB Messaging and specify the User and Mailbox that a message
should be copied to?
Dan
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My own stupidity here. These commands fail to work if one
improperly gives the list owner the same name as the list name.
Once this is corrected (and all relevant aliases corrected) it
does work.
-- Original Message --
From: "Jeff Vitale" [EMAIL
Hey everyone,
Before I go make these babies from scratch, I thought I would see if anyone
else has created some Cold Fusion subscribe and unsubscribe forms to work in
conjunction with an Imail mail list.
I figure why reinvent the wheel if something is already out there, so I
thought I would
One of my subsidiaries has problem opening port 389 on a firewall for LDAP
so they can't use our LDAP Ipswitch server. They are runnig Exchange server
in SMTP only mode at their location. They asked me if LDAP database can be
replicated on a weekly basis and sent to them so they can use it
Hi
I have been asked to put together a response to the never ending Mail Virus
bogey !! Specifically the proposal is to run 2 IMGATE servers for SMTP MX
redundancy etc, and then Install Declude Antivirus on our Imail machine.
This seems like a cost effective solution with the added bonus of SMTP
Before I go make these babies from scratch, I thought I would see
if anyone
else has created some Cold Fusion subscribe and unsubscribe forms
to work in
conjunction with an Imail mail list.
I figure why reinvent the wheel if something is already out there, so I
thought I would take a
Find his IP address and block that IP range from sending mail. You should
be able to find the IP address he/she is sending the mail from.
Unfortunately we suffer from same problem. We tried the above but to no
avail. They will dial in from another ip that won't be blocked.
We finally
I have been asked to put together a response to the never ending
Mail Virus bogey !!
Good idea!
Specifically the proposal is to run 2 IMGATE servers for SMTP
MX redundancy etc, and then Install Declude Antivirus on our
Imail machine.
FYI, I believe that IMGate does offer virus scanning.
Declude says they will have something as well.
We are working on something (not sure if it will be part of Declude or separate) that
will deal with dictionary attacks. It will answer port 25, passing information
to/from IMail on a separate port. This seems to be the only way to intercept
I am running IMAIL 6.0.x on an NT4 system. Over the last week, the
security log has been filling up with the system logon message, event 528
and then the logout message event 538. These messages, signifying a
successful logon and logout are occurring constantly,ie. logon and logout
at the same
Phil
your comment certainly is supported by log files and undeliverables returned to
postmaster account.
Once
an email + recipient is processed shouldn't it be removed from the "list" for
that smtp process?
Any
work arounds? How about a program that will validate users and/or hosts
Chris,
Yes. But it might be better to have an MX record (mail servers look for that
first) that points to the same name and have the A record, too. You will
also want to have a PTR record or some servers will not accept your email.
Daniel Donnelly
I'm getting off topic here, please forgive me, but when I tried to go to
www.complex.is all I get is a white page with black text saying:
"
Your IP address (208.170.56.139) could not be resolved to a valid hostname.
Please ask your sysadmin to fix this in the DNS and try again.
"
208.170.56.139
A user of mine is having problem subscribing to a list from ONE machine. The
machine is running Outlook 2000. She's sending email to
"[EMAIL PROTECTED]" All other machines are able to subscribe.
However, this machine cannot it gets "Illegal Imail List Server command".
However, the user can get a
I must be an idiot, but i get this silly error when i run it ...
Microsoft VBScript runtime error '800a000d'
Type mismatch: 'CLng'
/signup/imaillog.asp, line 82
Stephen
"still trying"
- Original Message -
From: "Rocky Rapson" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday,
Old issue, hoping newcomer to list can help:
I now have 7 IE5.5 users whose Web Messaging activity generates these iMail
error logs:
ADMN CHNG "admin" Attempt to add user to domain "" from "" failed because
username is empty
or
ADMN CHNG "admin" Attempt to change password for user "" of domain
Hello All,
Does anyone have any recommendations for anti-virus
software and IMail? Were running 6.04 and we need to get virus protection up and
running. Any thoughts are welcome.
Thanks for your time!
Troy D. HiltonSofWerks LLC.[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Here is what I'm trying to accomplish fleshed out
I have a UNIX server, 216.54.53.130 that runs corporate email
receiving and sending on @chartway.comwe use POP3 clients to access
this box
The new box, 216.54.53.68 will run Windows 2000 and IMail for our clients
to use as free email
It
No, this is a common bug. There is a different log file format I didn't account for.
I am currently working on a fix.
-- Original Message --
From: "Stephen LaBuda" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2001 15:17:35 -0700
I
we are experiencing heavy problem here :
each time we try to send e-mail to an @skynet.be, @belgacom.net
or @swing.be the e-mail bounce back via the postmaster has
undeliverable !!! and so it is for each of our customer ! :-(
What does the bounce message say? If they don't give you enough
Right now all I see is one MX record .. going to a different location ..
chartway.com MX (Mail Exchanger) Priority: 10 iway.chartway.com
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Christopher
Bone
Sent: Tuesday, February 13, 2001 1:23 PM
To:
I don't know if it will help in this case but microsoft does have an update
for vbscript. You might try that.
Dave
At 03:17 PM 2/13/01 -0700, you wrote:
I must be an idiot, but i get this silly error when i run it ...
Microsoft VBScript runtime error '800a000d'
Type mismatch: 'CLng'
Hi
Stupid question but i can not seem to figure out how to add a user fro a
virual domain. I come from a NTMail background and with that mail server i
can create users for virual domains, such as [EMAIL PROTECTED] and
[EMAIL PROTECTED] can this be done in Imail6 ?
Thanks
Scott
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I'm getting off topic here, please forgive me, but when I tried to go to
www.complex.is all I get is a white page with black text saying:
"
Your IP address (208.170.56.139) could not be resolved to a valid hostname.
Please ask your sysadmin to fix this in the DNS and try again.
"
Stupid question but i can not seem to figure out how to add a user fro a
virual domain. I come from a NTMail background and with that mail server i
can create users for virual domains, such as [EMAIL PROTECTED] and
[EMAIL PROTECTED] can this be done in Imail6 ?
of course.
What would be the
Right now all I see is one MX record .. going to a different location ..
chartway.com MX (Mail Exchanger) Priority: 10 iway.chartway.com
you must have fixed something, because now there is also, correctly:
# dig email.chartway.com mx
; DiG 8.2 email.chartway.com mx
;; res options: init
I have been asked to put together a response to the never ending Mail Virus
bogey !! Specifically the proposal is to run 2 IMGATE servers for SMTP MX
redundancy etc, and then Install Declude Antivirus on our Imail machine.
I just had somebody else ask this privately and I think it's a good
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