Re: POP3 Is not working
From: John (John_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 11/03/04
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Date: Wed, 3 Nov 2004 04:04:06 -0800
I've already paid Henry, I bought Microsoft software.
You are aware that this is mindless to setup under Linux?
Man.....
"Henry Craven" wrote:
> Sorry John;. you're -way....- beyond my experience with this.
>
> I can only suggest that you pay the man and call PSS. If they can't make
> it work for you no-one can, and that's cheap at twice the price....
>
> --
> Henry Craven {SBS-MVP}
> Melbourne Australia
> ( *PSS = Microsoft Product Support Services )
>
>
> "John" <John@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:56583D8F-21C9-4A23-89EB-FFBAA230E226@microsoft.com...
> > Hi Henry:
> >
> > Ok, I guess I wasn't clear.
> >
> > I am not running Microsoft exchange. I have installed the SMTP service
> and
> > the POP3 service for email. I have controls applications that need
> access to
> > SMTP services so that when errors occur, they can send emails. This is
> > working fine.
> >
> > The only people that will be collecting emails form the POP3 server
> are
> > BEHIND the firewall, so port 110 remains closed to/from the internet.
> >
> > My problem is that POP3 is not fetching the email from the SMTP
> server's
> > drop directory. I can see the email arriving when I send test messages
> so the
> > issue has nothing to do with DNS, addressing or port forwarding. If I
> click
> > on the *.eml files, the emails are there...its just that POP3 is not
> picking
> > them up.
> >
> > This could have something to do with the fact that I did NOT use the
> default
> > SMTP virtual server as I made some mistakes in setting it up and there
> > appears no way to fix those mistakes. So I have turned that virtual
> server
> > off, its stopped, and setup another virtual server using the same drop
> box as
> > the default and turned it on. Its working fine, sending and receiving
> mail.
> >
> > The POP3 service is configured to pick mail up from the same domain as
> the
> > SMTP server's. My direcotry structure is:
> > C:\>tree Inetpub
> > Folder PATH listing
> > Volume serial number is 0006EE50 6031:5FDE
> > C:\INETPUB
> > +---AdminScripts
> > +---mailroot
> > +---Badmail
> > +---Drop
> > +---Drop2
> > +---Mailbox
> > ¦ +---rtknet.gov.my
> > ¦ +---P3_admin.mbx
> > +---Pickup
> > +---Queue
> > +---Route
> > +---SortTemp
> >
> > My drop box for the SMTP server is the drop directory. This is
> working,
> > emails can be sent out of the system from any client(outlook express
> in this
> > case) behind the firewall, and emails are received and show up in this
> > direcotry.
> >
> > POP3's mailbox directory is 'mailbox' with a single mailbox setup
> under
> > rtknet.gov.my. I am using local accounts to do this with a single
> account
> > 'admin' setup. The domain on the SMTP server and the POP3 server is
> > rtknet.gov.my. Here is the DNS listing:
> > F:\>nslookup
> > Default Server: sps-ap-dc-01.ap.trimblecorp.net
> > Address: 10.3.36.10
> >
> > > set type=MX
> > > rtknet.gov.my
> > Server: sps-ap-dc-01.ap.trimblecorp.net
> > Address: 10.3.36.10
> >
> > Non-authoritative answer:
> > rtknet.gov.my MX preference = 10, mail exchanger =
> mail.rtknet.gov.my
> >
> > mail.rtknet.gov.my internet address = 202.75.44.154
> > >
> >
> > This looks ok to me and like I have already mentioned, SMTP appears to
> be
> > working fine.
> > I have also setup an alias in the SMTP server for mail.rtknet.gov.my
> incase
> > this was causing the problem....it wasn't cause I still have the
> problem.
> >
> > POP3 simply does not pick the email up form the drop directory and
> place it
> > in admin's mailbox.
> >
> > How do I trouble shoot this?
> > How do I fix this?
> >
> > Cheers,
> > john
> >
> >
> > "Henry Craven" wrote:
> >
> > > Don't understand.
> > >
> > > Internally you should be configuring outlook to uses Exchange as the
> > > Mail Server and provider.
> > > You should only need the POP3 service running if you have external
> > > clients using pop clients, in which case you need to open port 110
> in
> > > all firewalls, but I'd recommend you use Outlook Web Access instead.
> > >
> > > If your e'Mail is hosted at your ISP as POP3 e'Mail then you don'
> use
> > > the POP3 Service, but Configure the POP3 Connector to download the
> POP3
> > > mail and route it to the relevant Exchange Mailbox. This is best
> > > configured by re-running the Connect to the internet wizard, but you
> can
> > > do it using the POP3 Connector in the Exchange Management Snapin.
> > >
> > > P.S. Configure the Newsreader in Outlook Express to connect to the
> > > server and newsgroup below rather than use the Web Interface...
> > >
> > > --
> > > Henry Craven. {SBS-MVP}
>
>
>
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