<p>Hello Rolf:</p><p> the Problem is not soleved. Stll the same more the relay option corses a lot 550 errors for legal user send out and filter generated copies to secondary external email accounts. </p><p>BUT--- For the Moment it is too much trouble on other problems to work on this one.</p><p>Thats not what i want but i use TB as a workaround an Filter by "feet".</p><p>I will send a new answere when their is time to work on.</p><p>Thx</p><p>Gregor </p>

<p>I try to install Mercury 4.73 on a new Windows Server 2008 (3 User). Only when i leave offline modus the mailclients (pegasus/ Thunderbird) are able to fetch and send mail for a few minutes.</p><p>Otherwise the clients get a timeout error trying to connect mercury.</p><p>I try to disable firewall and set rules to let everything pass. Their is no effect.</p><p>Second error: Some (only some) Mail send from one account where send to the administrator account defined by mercury.</p><p>In case to set a a lot of rules for different accounts and different senders to separate to the client accounts it is not possible to connect the clients direkt  to the host-mailservers.</p><p>The rules are already working. </p><p>Any Idea for a Mercury newbee ?</p><p> Thx</p><p>Gregor </p>

<p>We will need some more information. Is there some process on the server that might intercept disk or network access (like an antivirus program)? Could you please post your mercury.ini file?</p><p>/Rolf  </p>

<p>Hello Rolf ,</p><p>hope this is enough information!</p><p> no antivirus for the moment (any problems known for avira ?) </p><p>apache server 2.2  and Mysql 5 are running for tutos </p><p>sybase sqlanywhere9 with leware 11.61 (a smal ERP software)           (when i stop this services the problem still occour)        they are using silverlight and .net 4 for their application </p><p>OPEN VPN and CVS Server are not installed yet</p><p> </p><p>this is my Mercury.ini   </p><p>#  MERCURY.INI generated by Mercury Setup   </p><p>[General] myname:          localhost    # Canonical name for this server timezone:        +0000    # Time Zone to add to date fields file_api:        1    # Use the file api instead of queues mailqueue:       D:\ERP-DATA\MERCURY\QUEUE    # Where mail should be put for delivery smtpqueue:       D:\ERP-DATA\MERCURY\QUEUE    # Where the SMTP client should look for mail newmail_path:    D:\ERP-DATA\MERCURY\MAIL\~N    # Where to find the users' WinPMail mailboxes. [Protocols] MERCURYS.DLL MERCURYP.DLL # MERCURYE.DLL MERCURYC.DLL MERCURYD.DLL MERCURYH.DLL # MERCURYF.DLL MERCURYW.DLL MERCURYX.DLL # MERCURYI.DLL # MERCURYB.DLL [Mercury] failfile:      D:\ERP-DATA\MERCURY\MercuryMail\FAILURE.MER    # Delivery failure notification template confirmfile:   D:\ERP-DATA\MERCURY\MercuryMail\CONFIRM.MER    # Delivery confirmation template aliasfile:     D:\ERP-DATA\MERCURY\MercuryMail\ALIAS.MER    # System-wide alias file synfile:       D:\ERP-DATA\MERCURY\MercuryMail\synonym.mer    # User synonym database listfile:      D:\ERP-DATA\MERCURY\MercuryMail\LISTSX.MER    # List of lists logwidth:      30    # Width of address fields in logfile retpath:       1    # Do/Don't use 'return-path' for errors maxhops:       30    # Used to detect mailing loops gullible:      0    # If NZ, don't validate 'From' fields bitnethost:    cunyvm.cuny.edu    # Relay host for '.bitnet' rewrites poll:          10   # Seconds between queue polling cycles scratch:       D:\ERP-DATA\MERCURY\MercuryMail\Scratch    # Where we can write temp files returnlines:   15    # How many lines of failed messages to return postmaster:    Admin    # NetWare UIC of postmaster broadcast:     1    # Yes, we want broadcast notifications, but receipts:      0    # ... no broadcasts for receipt confirmations PM_notify:     1    # Do/Don't send errors to the postmaster change_owner:  1    # Change message ownership to recipient auto_tzone:    1    # If NZ, obtain timezone information from OS LogLevel:      25    # System message reporting level LogMax:        100    # Maximum number of system messages to store RetryPeriod:   30    # Period between job retries (minutes) MaxRetries:    16    # Maximum number of times a job can fail TwoPasses:     1    # If NZ, process submission queue in 2 passes Autoaddress:   7    # If NZ, auto-generate user addresses based on name Daily_exit:    0    # If NZ, auto-restart each day after maintenance No_Areply:     1    # If NZ, disable automatic replies system-wide Alt_Forward:   0    # If NZ, allow alternate forwarding specification Maint_hour:    2    # Hour for daily maintenance (24-hour clock) Maint_min:     0    # Minute for daily maintenance Retry_Mode:    0    # If NZ, use progressive backoff for queue retries Local_DSNs:    1    # If NZ generate Delivery Status for local users only DSN_time1:     10800    # Seconds deferred before first DSN is sent DSN_time2:     86400    # Seconds deferred before second DSN is sent DSN_time3:     259200    # Seconds deferred before third DSN is sent Host_in_title: 0    # If NZ, show hostname in system tray and taskbar Lingering:     0    # Enable or disable 'lingering mailboxes' Linger_Timeout: 60   # Seconds before a lingering mailbox is shut down Alert_Host:    notify.pmail.com    # Host to check for licensee advisories Alert_Interval: 720   # Frequency in minutes (min 240) for checks Alert_Flags:   3    # Flags controlling advisory checks [MercuryC] Host : mailout.strahl.de Failfile : D:\ERP-DATA\MERCURY\MercuryMail\FAILURE.MER Poll : 30 Scratch : D:\ERP-DATA\MERCURY\MercuryMail ReturnLines : 15 Timeout : 30000 ESMTP : 1 SMTP_Username: wp1114992-igs_webmaster SMTP_Password: $IGS_main1} POP3_Auth : 0 Logfile : smtp-log Log_Verbose : 0 [MercuryE] Poll : 15 Timeout : 60 # Session_logging : o:\mail\mercury\melogs # Session_logmode : 1 # Nameservers : 139.80.64.1 [MercuryD] Scratch : D:\ERP-DATA\MERCURY\Mail\ Timeout : 60 Poll : 300 [MercuryS] Debug : 1 Logfile : D:\ERP-DATA\MERCURY\MercuryMail\Logs\MERCURYS.LOG Timeout : 60 Relay : 0 Strict_Relay : 0 Allow_Illegals : 0 SMTP_Authentication : 0 Compliance_Settings : 0 Maximum_Failed_Rcpts : 4 Max_Relay_Attempts : 4 SSL_Mode : 0 ST_Blacklisting : 288 No_VRFY : 0 SMTP_ConnFlags : 0 [MercuryP] Scratch : D:\ERP-DATA\MERCURY\MercuryMail\MercuryMail Logfile : pop3-Log Stack : 32768 Mark_Read : 1 SSL_Mode : 0 Login_Disabled : 0 UIDL_nul_list : 1 New_UIDs : 0 No_NUL_passwords : 1 Session_logging : pop3-session-log Session_logmode : 1 Timeout : 200 [MercuryX] Cmd_Wait: 1 IE4_Dialling: 0 Use_ETRN: 0 Clients_only: 0 Drain_queues: 1 Sunday: 0000,2400,10,30,10,30 Monday: 0000,2400,5,30,5,30 Tuesday: 0000,2400,5,30,5,30 Wednesday: 0000,2400,5,30,5,30 Thursday: 0000,2400,5,30,5,30 Friday: 0000,2400,5,30,5,30 Saturday: 0000,2400,5,30,5,30 [Domains] strahl: strahl strahl: strahl.de 192.168.146.155: 192.168.146.155 [Maiser] Maiser:          Maiser   # 'Username' of mail server account Helpfile:        D:\ERP-DATA\MERCURY\MercuryMail\MAISER.HLP   # Help sent on failed maiser requests Lookupfile:      D:\ERP-DATA\MERCURY\MercuryMail\MAISER.LKP   # Format file for the 'lookup' command Send_dir:        D:\ERP-DATA\MERCURY\MercuryMail\SENDABLE   # Directory for the 'send' command Logfile:         D:\ERP-DATA\MERCURY\MercuryMail\MAISER.LOG   # Mail server log file Notify:          D:\ERP-DATA\MERCURY\MercuryMail\TMP   # Dir. for pending 'notify' commands NoList:          N   # If 'Y', disable the 'list' command Local_only:      Y   # If 'Y', local 'notify' commands only [MercuryH] Logfile              :     D:\ERP-DATA\MERCURY\MercuryMail\Logs\MERCURYH.LOG # Addressbook : \\CLIO\SYS\SYSTEM\MERCURY\PH.PMR # MOTD : \\CLIO\SYS\SYSTEM\MERCURY\PH-MOTD.TXT # Administrator : postmaster@clio.pmail.gen.nz Timeout : 30 [MercuryI] Scratch : D:\ERP-DATA\MERCURY\MercuryMail\SCRATCH # Logfile : o:\mail\tmp\mercuryi.log Timeout : 120 Server_Port : 143 # Session_logging : o:\mail\mercury\milogs # Session_logmode : 0 Idle_Timeout : 1800 [MercuryB] Scratch : D:\ERP-DATA\MERCURY\MercuryMail\SCRATCH # Logfile : o:\mail\tmp\mercuryb.log Timeout : 120 Server_Port : 80 # Session_logging : o:\mail\mercury\mblogs # Session_logmode : 0 Idle_Timeout : 1800 # URL_Base : enter_your_domain_here [Groups] [Rewrite] [Statistics] StatFlags:    16  # Statistical reporting settings STF_Hours:    24  # How often to write stat log files STM_Hours:    24  # How often to e-mail stat log files </p>

<blockquote><p><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica; background-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); ">no antivirus for the moment (any problems known for avira ?)</span></i></p></blockquote><p>Mercury directories should be excluded from real-time scanning if you install some AV software.</p><blockquote><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica; background-color: rgb(221, 221, 221);">[General]</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica; background-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); "></span></i><p><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica; background-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); ">myname:          localhost    # Canonical name for this server</span></i> </p></blockquote><p>Not critical but please consider using a sensible name here.</p><blockquote><p><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica; background-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); ">[MercuryC] Logfile : smtp-log</span></i></p></blockquote><p>Again not critical but please add full path for this file.</p><blockquote><p><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica; background-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); ">[MercuryS] Relay : 0 Strict_Relay : 0</span></i></p></blockquote><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica; background-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">If port 25 is open to the Internet you should at least switch on strict relay.</span></span></p><blockquote><p><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica; background-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); ">[MercuryP]</span></i></p></blockquote><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica; background-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); "></span>Missing paths to log files. You should probably switch off session logging unless you are tracking some specific problem.</p><blockquote><p><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica; background-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); ">[Domains] strahl: strahl strahl: strahl.de 192.168.146.155: 192.168.146.155</span></i></p></blockquote><p>This needs attention. Please check Mercury help for details, it's important to get it right. Do you own the domain strahl.de? If not it should not be used here. Numerical hosts should be in the form Server: [IP address]. Brackets are mandatory.</p><p>After making changes please restart Mercury and let us know if there are any improvements!</p><p>/Rolf </p><p> </p><p> </p>