Jeff Folk at 2001-07-06 11:48 from [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>What do the SIMS logs say when trying to receive mail? What error is
>occurring? Could we have a domain name so we could test DNS configs, etc?
>
>I'm sure we could help if we knew a little more about the problem...
>
>on 7/2/01 12:00 PM, Mark Anderson wisely articulated:
>
>> After lurking for a couple of weeks trying to get SIMS configured properly
>> I've given up and am posting a question. I can send mail out through SMTP
>> but I can't receive mail back. I have telneted into the server and
>> determined that both SMTP and POP are configured properly and are running. I
>> have a LAN that sits behind a router and a static IP address. The web/mail
>> server is behind the router and I have the router forwarding HTTP, POP,
>> STMP, FTP, etc to their respective ports.
I would say the problem is that the email is never reaching SIMS. Did
you try the telnet from inside (i.e. behind your router/firewall) or from
the outside? To properly verify that all is fine you should telnet from
outside and verify the DNS (as suggested by Jeff Folk) especially the MX
records.
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