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adding multiple users to mercury has corrupted? the software

Its out of my hands, the schools uses numbers for usernames (with leading 0)in active directory, ive linked the emails to the numbers..

itll take me another couple of sessions at the school to get it all up and running... once i do, ill get the money to you guys for the license

regards

 

 

[quote user="Thomas R. Stephenson"][quote user="d.johnson"]

i restarted the server 2003 and it worked upon restart

and yes im using accounts with leading zeros, gulp, is this going to cause problems with pegasus?

usernames are 0401-0440, 0501-0540, 0601-0640, 0701 - 0740

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I really do not know, all I know is in the past on Windows workstations this was a problem.  Also had a problem with older Linux systems.  I've just quit using directories with leading zeros.

 

 

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Hi

I am in the process of setting up mercury for a school im doing a works placement at through university.  It will be used in the schools domain only (so no email access in/out to internet and i have the money from the school to buy the required license- when i get it working)

There are to be 160 users of the system, so i added 10 users (0001 - 0010) using the gui in mercury.  I tested these accounts and everything was fine...

The problems started when i tried to automate adding the other 150 users to the system...

Here is what i did...

I made a simple batch file to add user folders (0011 through 0160) to E:\MERCURY\MAIL\

Using another batchfile I copied the PASSWD.PM file from a working account (0001 made using the gui) to everyone of these new user folders.

I edited the PMAIL.USR file from E:\MERCURY\MAIL\ in the correct format to show these new usernames...

I started off mercury, the GUI tool - manage local users - lists all the new accounts i made.. however, none of the new users (0011 - 0160) can send emails to the server, the previous users i made with the GUI (0001 - 0010) can still send and receive emails...

Also any new users i now make with the GUI cannot send emails to the server, i am getting a

 "550 address <test1@domain.gov.uk> not known here, port 25, secure (SSL): No, server error 550 error number 0x800CCC79"   error message

 

I have done something wrong and for the life of me i can't figure out what.  I am going to reboot the server03 at lunch time, maybe that will fix it... if it doesn't i see no option but to uninstall mercury.

Please does anyone have an opinion on whats going on?

I thank anyone who replies in advance for their time.

Regards

 

&lt;P&gt;Hi&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P&gt;I am in the process of setting up mercury for a school im doing a works placement at through university.&amp;nbsp; It will be used in the schools domain only (so no email access in/out to internet and i have the money from the school to buy the required license- when i get it working)&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P&gt;There are to be 160 users of the system, so i added 10 users (0001 - 0010) using the gui in mercury.&amp;nbsp; I tested these accounts and everything was fine...&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P&gt;The problems started when i tried to automate adding the other 150 users to the system...&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P&gt;Here is what i did...&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P&gt;I made a simple batch file to add user folders (0011 through 0160) to E:\MERCURY\MAIL\&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P&gt;Using another batchfile I copied the PASSWD.PM file from a working account (0001 made using the gui) to everyone of these new user folders.&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P&gt;I edited the PMAIL.USR file from E:\MERCURY\MAIL\ in the correct format to show these new usernames...&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P&gt;I started off mercury, the GUI tool - manage local users - lists all the new accounts i made.. however, none of the new users (0011 - 0160) can send emails to the server, the previous users i made with the GUI (0001 - 0010) can still send and receive emails...&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P&gt;Also any new users i now make with the GUI cannot send emails to the server, i am getting a&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&quot;550 address &amp;lt;&lt;A href=&quot;mailto:test1@domain.gov.uk&quot;&gt;test1@domain.gov.uk&lt;/A&gt;&amp;gt; not known here, port 25, secure (SSL): No, server error 550 error number 0x800CCC79&quot;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; error message&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P mce_keep=&quot;true&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P&gt;I have done something wrong and for the life of me i can&#039;t figure out what.&amp;nbsp; I am going to reboot the server03 at lunch time, maybe that will fix it... if it doesn&#039;t i see no option but to uninstall mercury.&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P&gt;Please does anyone have an opinion on whats going on?&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P&gt;I thank anyone who replies in advance for their time.&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P&gt;Regards&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P mce_keep=&quot;true&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;

If you do not want to access the internet, why use Mercury/32..? You can use Pegasus Mail... Another wonderful product by Mr Harris.

 

I'm not an expert, but I would suggest that error 550 is an SMTP error... Are you running any protocol modules..? Is Mercury/32 trying to relay the messages..?

 

SS. 

&lt;p&gt;If you do not want to access the internet, why use Mercury/32..? You can use Pegasus Mail... Another wonderful product by Mr Harris.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I&#039;m not an expert, but I would suggest that error 550 is an SMTP error... Are you running any protocol modules..? Is Mercury/32 trying to relay the messages..?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;SS.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

Sounds like there is something wrong with the pmail.usr file. I would expect this to be some type problem right after the 10th user.  FWIW, I assume that you are not using a 0001-0160 for the actual user names.  Leading zeros can cause problems with MSDOS type directories.you should use 10001-10160 if using actuar numbers for the usernames.

 

 

 

&lt;p&gt;Sounds like there is something wrong with the pmail.usr file. I would expect this to be some type problem right after the 10th user.&amp;nbsp; FWIW, I assume that you are not using a 0001-0160 for the actual user names.&amp;nbsp; Leading zeros can cause problems with MSDOS type directories.you should use 10001-10160 if using actuar numbers for the usernames.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

i restarted the server 2003 and it worked upon restart

and yes im using accounts with leading zeros, gulp, is this going to cause problems with pegasus?

usernames are 0401-0440, 0501-0540, 0601-0640, 0701 - 0740

 

&lt;P&gt;i restarted the server 2003 and it worked upon restart&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P&gt;and yes im using accounts with leading zeros, gulp, is this going to cause problems with pegasus?&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P&gt;usernames are 0401-0440, 0501-0540, 0601-0640, 0701 - 0740&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P mce_keep=&quot;true&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;

[quote user="d.johnson"]

i restarted the server 2003 and it worked upon restart

and yes im using accounts with leading zeros, gulp, is this going to cause problems with pegasus?

usernames are 0401-0440, 0501-0540, 0601-0640, 0701 - 0740

[/quote]

 

I really do not know, all I know is in the past on Windows workstations this was a problem.  Also had a problem with older Linux systems.  I've just quit using directories with leading zeros.

 

 

[quote user=&quot;d.johnson&quot;]&lt;p&gt;i restarted the server 2003 and it worked upon restart&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;and yes im using accounts with leading zeros, gulp, is this going to cause problems with pegasus?&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;usernames are 0401-0440, 0501-0540, 0601-0640, 0701 - 0740&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; [/quote]&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I really do not know, all I know is in the past on Windows workstations this was a problem.&amp;nbsp; Also had a problem with older Linux systems.&amp;nbsp; I&#039;ve just quit using directories with leading zeros.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
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