The incoming and outgoing mail servers are simply the machine name. If
JAMES is running on the same box as outlook, just enter "localhost". If
JAMES
is on another machine, and the machine has a dns entry, then just enter
the machine name. Otherwise, use the ip address. e.g. 192.168.1.202.
If you have one instance of JAMES and it is serving both pop and smtp,
then both outbound and inbound will be the same. Roadrunner and huge
mail service providers run their pop on one machine (or cluster) and
smtp on another machine (or cluster) for load balancing purposes.
that's the reason outlook makes you specify both. But for a single
instantiation of JAMES, just use the machine name or IP address that
JAMES is running on. There's really no reason to have a dns entry for
mail.foo.com, etc. unless you just want to have a separate ip address
for your mail server.
Is james configured to require smtp authentication? I assume you have
some id's and pw's set up.
If you're having problems, it's best to get the logs on high throttle.
Go to /james.../apps/james/SAR-INF and edit environment.xml. Change all
of the entries to DEBUG, and restart JAMES.
After outlook has tried a couple of more times, go to the SMTP log and
POP log and see if you can see anything that may indicate the problem.
Jerry
nhtom wrote:
Hi.
I got some help from Robert, but I'm still confused. Judging from other
entries here an "Idiot's Guide to JAMES" would be useful.
I'm brand new here. Super basic questions. I've looked but haven't found
this info. Perhaps it's just too basic/obvious - but not to a mail server
novice like me.
I've set up JAMES on a PC. I finally got it to receive email (I looked in
the folder), I just can't pick it up from Outlook on another machine.
In ZoneEdit I have my domain, "foo", set up like:
IP Addresses: Domain name: mail.foo IP address: 12.34.56.78
webmail.foo
12.34.56.78
Domain: foo.com Destination: mail.foo.com
In Outlook it asks for "Incoming mail server(POP3)" Often, this looks like:
Pop3.domain.com. How should this field be filled when connecting to JAMES?
Also, what should I enter to specify the SMTP server? This is often
something like smtp1.domain.com. What does JAMES provide/use?
When I simply enter foo.com for both of them and "Test Account Settings" it
establishes the connections, finds SMTP and POP3 but can't log onto POP3 nor
send a test message.
I've checked and rechecked the username password. I've checked the username
and reset the password over the telnet connection.
I've been spinning on this for far too long. I really like Apache and would
rather not use another mail server. Thank-you for any help.
NH-Tom
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