nevermind I got it working :)

thanks for your help I appreciate it

hey guys im using the mail server locally only so i can test something out with PHP. I have a username created and I sent mail and it said the mailing server recieved it. But how do I check the mail as a client? do i use outlook express or something? if so how do I set that up to read my localhost mail. couldnt find anything in the manual on that. manual isnt very user friendly in looking around in it

thanks I really appreicate any help

On my local PC I use 127.0.0.1 as the pop3 server and assuming mercury has been installed correctly any email client (Outlook Express etc) should fetch the mail fine.

thanks for the reply Leizure

 so I do use outlook express then?

how do I set it up to recieve mail locally

what do I put for the settings on the account?

or can you direct me to some reading on it

really appreciate the help

on outlook express

I have connection set to local LAN

email address shadowing@localhost.com

for incoming and outgoing server i have 127.0.0.1

then my username and password

all that doesnt make it work. My server did recieve the mail it says it did in the mercury smtp server window.

Trying to set up it up for local use only. The server appears to be working correctly it recieved the mail. The problems seems to be outlook express trying to connect to mercury

I follow this online set up tutor

http://system66.blogspot.com/2010/01/how-to-send-mail-from-localhost-with.html

Server settings
MercuryS SMTP server 127.0.0.1 port 25
MercuryP POP3 server 127.0.0.1 port 110
MercuryE 127.0.0.1
then created a account on MercuryD Host 127.0.0:110
on core module configuration I have 127.0.0.1 for interent name for this system
then i created a user account for shadowing

Outlook express
127.0.0.1 for account name
user information shadowing
shadowing@loalhost.com

SMTP 127.0.0.1 25
Pop3 127.0.0.1 port 110

account name shadowing

Mercury's default settings are fine for most standard use. Whenever you add more settings there is a risk it will unnecessarily complicate things. You should pay careful attention to those areas that the installer prompts you to configure, though, like local domains and hostname. There is additional information about that in Mercury help and in the manual.

Any email client can be used to connect to Mercury (as long as it supports POP3 or IMAP of course), so you can use Pegasus, Thunderbird, Outlook Express, Outlook or whatever you are used to. You can have a look in the manual for your client program for how to set it up properly.

I'm not sure why you would need MercuryE if you only use the program locally. MercuryD should be used if you want to collect mail from an external POP3 host.

/Rolf 

I created a 2nd mail account and sent mail to the other address using outlook express and it showed it was recieved by the server. so at least now i know the problem isnt the client.

sigh.