List Info

Thread: Need help receiving mail




Need help receiving mail
user name
2006-10-25 19:07:26
Never mind. I figured it out.

Randy

Randy Zumwalde wrote:
> Well, everything IS okay with the POP server but when I
use
> the webmail for some reason it is displaying the email
address
> as usermail.mydomain.com instead of userdomain.com.
> And now it's back to being able to send and not able to
receive again 
> only
> when using webmail.
>
> Is there a setting I can modify to fix this. I've
looked everywhere. I 
> know
> it's getting this setting from the original
installation since a full 
> surgemail install
> automatically configures your webmail.  I don't see
anything in
> the surgemail.ini file that would pertain to this.
>
> Thanks,
> Randy
>
> Randy Zumwalde wrote:
>> Thanks for the tip. I'll check it out
>> Everything seems to be working now. SurgeMail seems
to be one powerful
>> mailserver. I can't wait to get my head around it.
>> Thanks for the help everyone.
>>
>> Kind regards,
>> Randy Zumwalde
>>
>>
>> Dale wrote:
>>> Randy,
>>>
>>> Also, if you are remote, I would strongly
suggest installing Webmin 
>>> on the machine to help you manage it remotely -
http://www.webmin.com/
>>>
>>> It is a great tool!
>>>
>>> Dale
>>>
>>> Randy Zumwalde wrote:
>>>> Got it! learning more every minute.
>>>> Thanks Jody
>>>>
>>>> Jody McAlister wrote:
>>>>> If you are remote, login via the root
account as your main user 
>>>>> account will not have directory access.
 You will need to have 
>>>>> enabled the root user and remote login
for this computer.
>>>>>
>>>>> login via terminal with this command...
>>>>>
>>>>> sftp root(your
computername.domain.com or it's exact ip address)
>>>>>
>>>>> then after you are logged in, type...
>>>>>
>>>>> cd /etc
>>>>>
>>>>> then type...
>>>>>
>>>>> get surgemail.ini
>>>>>
>>>>> You will now find that surgemail.ini
file in your user folder in 
>>>>> your workstation that you typed this
from.
>>>>>
>>>>> IF YOU ARE ON THE MACHINE ITSELF....
>>>>>
>>>>> In finder, go to the to the GO menu
option, choose go to folder 
>>>>> and then type /etc.  You should be able
to drag that to your 
>>>>> desktop and send it from there.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Oct 19, 2006, at 4:57 PM, Randy
Zumwalde wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I'm not sure how to get this file.
I can't access via the OSX 
>>>>>> interface.
>>>>>> Do I need to enter some command in
the terminal?
>>>>>> Sorry, I'm very new to this and the
terminal. I haven't used a 
>>>>>> unix command line
>>>>>> since 1992 on a vax/vms mainframe
system.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> SurgeMail Support wrote:
>>>>>>> Hi ,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Randy Zumwalde wrote on
Thursday, October 19, 2006 at 2:07 p.m. 
>>>>>>> (-0400):
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Hello,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I'm new to the list as well
as SurgeMail.
>>>>>>>> I'm coming over from a 4D
Webstar Server and must say
>>>>>>>> this is quite a different
animal than I'm used to.
>>>>>>>> I have Surgemail set up on
a G5 Mac with OSX 10.3.9
>>>>>>>> I can send mail to others
just fine but I cannot receive mail.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Please send me surgemail.ini
from the /etc directory.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> If you are getting that error
it means that Surgemail does not 
>>>>>>> think it is a local domain (you
have typo'ed the domain or 
>>>>>>> listed it slightly different in
surgemail)
>>>>>>> Anyway if you send your
surgemail.ini to 
>>>>>>> surgemail-supportnetwinsite.com we can quickly check it and let 
>>>>>>> you know what is wrong.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>>> Stuart
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> The people that try to send
mail to me get this reply back:
>>>>>>>> ------
>>>>>>>> This Message was
undeliverable due to the following reason:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Each of the following
recipients was rejected by a remote mail 
>>>>>>>> server.
>>>>>>>> The reasons given by the
server are included to help you 
>>>>>>>> determine why
>>>>>>>> each recipient was
rejected.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>    Recipient:
<work.pcehowe.com>
>>>>>>>>    Reason:    relaying
blocked, read new mail, add 216.68.8.174 
>>>>>>>> to forwarding
>>>>>>>> or enable smtp
authentication in yo
>>>>>>>> ------
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I've searched the archives
and it seems that I need to enter 
>>>>>>>> their IP into the
>>>>>>>> g_relay_allow_ip.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Do I have to do this for
every email that comes to my server 
>>>>>>>> that is addressed
>>>>>>>> to a legitimate email
account on my server.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> How am I to know that my
server is rejecting them and I need to 
>>>>>>>> add their IP?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I have a simple setup of a
single company/domain with 20 
>>>>>>>> employees/email addresses.
>>>>>>>> What settings do I need
need to set to allow them to send and 
>>>>>>>> receive email without
>>>>>>>> creating an open relay?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I'm having a hard time
putting two and two together with 
>>>>>>>> regards to the manual and
the web
>>>>>>>> interface used to configure
the server.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>>> Randy Zumwalde
>>>>>>>> IT Manager
>>>>>>>> The John K. Howe Co. Inc.
>>>>>>>> ph: 513-651-1888
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>> Jody McAlister
>>>>> In-Site Communications
>>>>> 707-765-9993/800-998-1711
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>

[1]

about | contact  Other archives ( Real Estate discussion Medical topics )