The answer to the problem is quite straightforward: I should have used the smtp address belonging to the mobile carrier, not my ISP![:$]

I don't have any really good solution to that I'm afraid. Noticeboards are not part of any standard, it's a proprietary feature that only works if you use Pegasus as your email client. The IMAP protocol won't allow you to have several users with different access rights connecting to the same mailbox. One idea would be to create several distribution lists, one for each folder you want to create, and have the email clients move the messages to the appropriate local folders. But in that scenario each user would have its own copies of all messages, of course, and would be able to delete them if they wanted to.

/Rolf 

Thanks for your tipps.

I have found the error and it was in the MercuryS setup where I had the localhost IP 127.0.0.1 instead of ASUS desktop IP 192.168.178.28 as IP interface to use!

Now I can receive the test message and hopefully also the status messages from my Linkstation without any additional changes on port settings or opening ports in the windows firewall.

A bit of healthy paranoia never goes amiss [:P]

Okay, don't know what I changed but it works now. The purpose of my 'copy' was that postmaster also gets a copy of the mail next to Sandya, for now seems to work. No MercuryS present of course ;-)

 Tnx for all,

 

<Erik>

 

> When I attempt to check my e-mail on the host PC (the pc that mercury is installed to) I get the following error in Windows Mail (Pegasus
> mail doesn't give an error but still doesn't recieve e-mail): Unable to send or receive messages for the Graficka (admin) account. The e-mail
> server returned an error.
>
> Server Error: 0x800CCC90
> Server Response: -ERR
> Server: 'mail.graficka.net'

This server responds as a good POP3 server.

+OK <32232848.11318@mail.graficka.net>, POP3 server ready.
user thomas
+OK thomas is known here.
pass none
-ERR Username or password is invalid or incorrect.

> Windows Live Mail Error ID: 0x800CCC90
> Protocol: POP3
> Port: 110
> Secure(SSL): No
>  
> Mercury shows the following when looking at the logs:
>
>  Connection from xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx, Sat Feb 20 01:33:45 2010
> 0 sec. elapsed, connection closed Sat Feb 20 01:33:45 2010

We really need to see a copy of the MercuryP session log to determine what is happening between MercuryP and Live Mail.

No, it won't be your router, unless you have your NAT backwards.

Try the second method. Has been documented before, maybe on the Merc list.

> Great, a scenario to add to the helpfiles. Indeed I did need MercuryP too...
>
> Remaining problem, less urgent than receiving as sending could be done directly even from the 2nd PC: why does SMTP relay not reach MercuryC?

It should be connecting to MercuryS.  MercuryC is the outbound SMTP client, MercuryS is the inbound SMTP server.

>
> No sessionlog filled... Tnx,

Possible causes

1.    Mercury not running on port 25.

2.    Port 25 being blocked.

3.    Another SMTP application is on port 25.

In any case setup an alternative port of 587 on MercuryS and then try to telnet into port 587.   You should see a reply from MercuryS that looks like

220 novell-tstephenson.com ESMTP server ready.

when you telnet into port 587 or port 25.  If you see something different it's quite possible you have another SMTP host running.
 

[quote user="erikdr"]

Okay, it WAS Vista. The Ini file which was correctly personalised was done so during the install, and then due to Vista''s defaults the Mercury installer uses elevated rights. Normal Mercury config util can not get these rights [:P]

Tnx a lot to all, more questions to come for next stepz,

 

<Erik>

[/quote]

Can you please describe how you personalized .ini file and what changes you did? I have the same problem on Vista and want to solve it without reinstalling. Thanks for help! 

Yes.

Stealth is overrated IMHO. Closed is fine if you are wanting to keep others out.

I went to the mxtoolbox site and, indeed, the system is now blacklisted

at 11 sites. I didn't see any way to get off the blacklists now that

the system is properly configured. Is there a way to do this? Ie, how

do I remove it from those lists?

These have to be done one at a time.  Go to each blacklist and it should tell you how this is done.  In some cases a blacklist has no method of being removed, it's either done automatically after X period of no spam or manually when the operator finally decides you are no longer spamming.

 

You're right - it only accepts mail if it arrives to

something@tugraz.at, not if it is addressed to

something@mail.tugraz.at. I guess that means I cannot enter a fixed IP

in Mercury for this domain, right?

Yes, however you might talk to the people running the mail.tugraz.at server about accepting literal addresses.   It's generally not that big a change to the system setup and they can still put these into the MX queue for the tugraz.at server.

The server is up again since a few days. I'm currently in Australia therefore it took me a while to get it fixed.Sorry for the inconvenience!

Best regards,

Nico

I tried using IMAP but the client I use is Windows Live Mail.  I keep getting an error message 80070057 using IMAP w/ Merc. and have narrowed it down to the the windows option of "Use the deleted folder for IMAP accounts".  If it is unchecked IMAP works great but you can't retrieve any deleted messages.  But, if checked an error message keeps popping up when clicking on any IMAP folder.

 

How do I use an alias to run a rule when I don't want to change the actual email address?  I've tried using the actual address x.xxx@domain.org as the alias and pointing it to the general rule but I get an error telling me that "the address x.xxx@domain.org is not known at this site".  I've also used a local user name and that seems to work.  I receive the email on the client and see that the message was sent to my blackberry but the message never makes to the hand held device.

Turn on session logging for MercD and capture a log of an attempt.

Turn off session logging again as it can eat up disk space.

Examine the log for clues as to what the problem is.

[quote user="Davife"]

They would send messages from the PHP script.  The recipient would then be able to reply to the 'alias' address.  In reading the alias documentation, I think that will work however, I have 3 more questions.

1) Can I add a new user through a PHP script?

[/quote]

 By aliasing the @yourdomain address to their real (own external) address you could avoid having to create local users.

[quote]

2) If so, can I create an alias at that time or do I have to use MALIAS?

3) Are the messages forwarded via the alias mechanism available so that I can show a record of all messages between 2 users on the website?

[/quote]

Yes. You would create a global filter rule that 'Always' triggers and 'Copy' each mail to a local user (called say "ARCHIVE") that you can access via your own mail client, via IMAP might be a good choice.

It's a known bug and it will be fixed in version 4.73 that is now being prepared.

/Rolf

Update: I tried connecting via secure connection with my Windows Mobile device while I was watching the SMTP server window.  It shows 2 failed login attempts each time I attempted to send a message:

Connection from xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx

(High ASCII characters)

 

Connection from xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx

EHLO Inbox

QUIT

 

 

There are lots of links around about file access problems in Windows 7. Have a look at this one, for instance, or try to google for it:

http://www.addictivetips.com/windows-tips/windows-7-access-denied-permission-ownership/

/Rolf