GOLD STAR TO THAT MAN!!!
Did that, works fine. I just need to recover from the late night last night trying to get it to work myself.
Thankyou!!!!!
Right then, this is confusing.
I previously had Mercury 4.62 running perfectly on my WHS. I had a problem that was unrelated so reinstalled the server last night then threw on Mercury.
I configured it to use one email address and it worked fine. Then, using an application called 'Any Service Installer' from the WeGotServed site to install Mercury as a service, which is what I did previously.
Now, when I run it as a service it will receive mail fine but will fail SMTP authorisation. Outlook Express asks for the username and password for the SMTP server, and the entry is correct.
I have attached a copy of the Mercury.INI file, the password file for the SMTP server only has one entry at present., 'user password' , to keep it simple. Any help greatly appreciated.
# MERCURY.INI generated by Mercury Setup
#
#
# Sample Bindery Mode / Standalone Mode MERCURY.INI file.
# This sample file implements most of the possible switches for each
# module, but you can edit it to do less if you wish.
#
# Anything after a '#' to the end of the line is a comment and
# is stripped out before parsing. Trailing and leading whitespace
# is also stripped before parsing. Many sample commands have been
# left in this file commented out for reference purposes.
#
# Note that in general, manual modification of this file is NOT
# RECOMMENDED - use the Mercury "Configuration" menu to change the
# program's settings wherever possible.
#
[General]
myname: wxy.mine.nu # 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: C:\MERCURY\QUEUE # Where mail should be put for delivery
smtpqueue: C:\MERCURY\QUEUE # Where the SMTP client should look for mail
newmail_path: C:\MERCURY\MAIL\~N
[Protocols]
C:\MERCURY\mercurys.dll
C:\MERCURY\mercuryc.dll
C:\MERCURY\mercuryp.dll
C:\MERCURY\mercuryd.dll
[Mercury]
failfile: C:\MERCURY\Mercury\FAILURE.MER # Delivery failure notification template
confirmfile: C:\MERCURY\Mercury\CONFIRM.MER # Delivery confirmation template
aliasfile: C:\MERCURY\Mercury\ALIAS.MER # System-wide alias file
synfile: C:\MERCURY\Mercury\SYNONYM.MER # User synonym database
listfile: C:\MERCURY\Mercury\LISTS.MER # List of lists
logfile: C:\MERCURY\Logs\Core\~y-~m-~d.log # Traffic logging file
# bitnethost: cunyvm.cuny.edu # Relay host for ".bitnet" rewrites
poll: 10 # Seconds between queue polling cycles
scratch: C:\MERCURY\Scratch # Where we can write temp files
returnlines: 15 # How many lines of failed messages to return
postmaster: peter # Local user who acts as 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
# noticeboards: SYS:PUBLIC/NB # Where to find Pegasus Mail noticeboards
auto_tzone: 1 # If NZ, obtain timezone information from OS
[MercuryC]
logfile : C:\MERCURY\Logs\MercuryC\~y-~m-~d.log # Traffic logging file
Session_logging : C:\MERCURY\Sessions\MercuryC\ # Directory for session log files
Session_logmode : 0
host: smtp.ntlworld.com # mail mail host which relays for us
scratch: C:\MERCURY\scratch # Where we can write temp files
poll: 30 # Seconds between queue polling cycles
returnlines: 15 # How many lines of failed messages to return
failfile: C:\MERCURY\Mercury\FAILURE.MER # Delivery failure template
esmtp: 1 # Yes, we want to use ESMTP extensions
[MercuryE]
Poll : 15
Timeout : 60
logfile : C:\MERCURY\Logs\MercuryE\~y-~m-~d.log # Traffic logging file
Session_logging : C:\MERCURY\Sessions\MercuryE\ # Directory for session log files
Session_logmode : 0
# Nameservers : 139.80.64.1
[MercuryD]
Scratch : C:\MERCURY\Scratch\MercuryD
Timeout : 30
Poll : 30
Session_logging : C:\MERCURY\Sessions\MercuryD
Session_logmode : 0
[MercuryS]
Debug : 1
Logfile : C:\MERCURY\Logs\MercuryS\~y-~m-~d.log
Timeout : 30
Relay : 1
Strict_Relay : 0
Allow_Illegals : 0
SMTP_Authentication : 1
Auth_File : passwords
Session_logging : C:\MERCURY\Sessions\MercuryS
Session_logmode : 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 : C:\MERCURY\Scratch\MercuryP
Logfile : C:\MERCURY\Logs\MercuryP\~y-~m-~d.log
Stack : 32768
Mark_Read : 1
SSL_Mode : 0
Login_Disabled : 0
UIDL_nul_list : 1
New_UIDs : 1
No_NUL_passwords : 1
Session_logging : C:\MERCURY\Sessions\MercuryP
Session_logmode : 0
Timeout : 60
[MercuryX]
Drain_queues: 1
# Cmd_Delay: 10
# Cmd_Wait: 1
# IE4_Dialling: 0
# Use_ETRN: 1
# Clients_only: 1
# Sunday: 0800,1800,3,15,30,60
# Monday: 0830,2100,5,15,60,60
# Tuesday: 0830,2100,5,15,60,60
# Wednesday: 1500,1900,2,30,5,30
# Thursday: 0900,1900,2,30,0,0
# Friday: 0830,2100,5,15,60,60
# Saturday: 1031,1035,2,45,-1,0
# [Groups]
# testgroup : TESTGRP
[Domains]
# NetWare Server Domain name
wxy : wxy
wxy : wxy.mine.nu
# [Rewrite]
# * : pmail.gen.nz
[Maiser]
Maiser : Maiser
Helpfile : C:\MERCURY\Mercury\MAISER.HLP
Lookupfile : C:\MERCURY\Mercury\MAISER.LKP
Send_dir : C:\MERCURY\Mercury\SENDABLE
Logfile : C:\MERCURY\Logs\Maiser\~y-~m-~d.LOG
Notify : C:\MERCURY\Mercury\TMP
Local_only : Y
[MercuryH]
logfile : C:\MERCURY\Logs\MercuryH\~y-~m-~d.log # Traffic logging file
# 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 : C:\MERCURY\Scratch\MercuryI
logfile : C:\MERCURY\Logs\MercuryI\~y-~m-~d.log # Traffic logging file
Session_logging : C:\MERCURY\Sessions\MercuryI\ # Directory for session log files
Session_logmode : 0
Timeout : 120
Server_Port : 143
Idle_Timeout : 1800
[MercuryB]
Scratch : C:\MERCURY\Scratch\MercuryB
logfile : C:\MERCURY\Logs\MercuryB\~y-~m-~d.log # Traffic logging file
Session_logging : C:\MERCURY\Sessions\MercuryB\ # Directory for session log files
Session_logmode : 0
Timeout : 120
Server_Port : 80
Idle_Timeout : 1800
# URL_Base : enter_your_domain_here
Additionally, I have got a log of the process here, the first having Mercury run as a normal application, the second as a service. it is saying bad username/password, but i know they are right
11:41:25.406: Connection from 192.168.2.103, Thu May 28 11:41:25 2009<lf>
11:41:25.406: << 220 wxy.mine.nu ESMTP server ready.<cr><lf>
11:41:25.406: >> EHLO server<cr><lf>
11:41:25.421: << 250-wxy.mine.nu Hello server; ESMTPs are:<cr><lf>250-TIME<cr><lf>
11:41:25.421: << 250-SIZE 0<cr><lf>
11:41:25.421: << 250 HELP<cr><lf>
11:41:25.421: >> MAIL FROM: <peter.j.elliott@mindless.com><cr><lf>
11:41:25.437: << 250 Sender OK - send RCPTs.<cr><lf>
11:41:25.437: >> RCPT TO: <peter.j.elliott@mindless.com><cr><lf>
11:41:25.437: << 250 Recipient OK - send RCPT or DATA.<cr><lf>
11:41:25.437: >> DATA<cr><lf>
11:41:25.437: << 354 OK, send data, end with CRLF.CRLF<cr><lf>
11:41:25.453: >> Message-ID: <F8F25B81888848FA877C43FE5A71C0B9@server><cr><lf>
11:41:25.453: >> From: "Peter Elliott" <peter.j.elliott@mindless.com><cr><lf>
11:41:25.453: >> To: "peter elliott" <peter.j.elliott@mindless.com><cr><lf>
11:41:25.453: >> Subject: <cr><lf>
11:41:25.453: >> Date: Thu, 28 May 2009 11:38:21 +0100<cr><lf>
11:41:25.468: >> MIME-Version: 1.0<cr><lf>
11:41:25.468: >> Content-Type: text/plain;<cr><lf>
11:41:25.468: >> format=flowed;<cr><lf>
11:41:25.468: >> charset="iso-8859-1";<cr><lf>
11:41:25.468: >> reply-type=original<cr><lf>
11:41:25.468: >> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit<cr><lf>
11:41:25.468: >> X-Priority: 3<cr><lf>
11:41:25.484: >> X-MSMail-Priority: Normal<cr><lf>
11:41:25.484: >> X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.3790.3959<cr><lf>
11:41:25.484: >> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.3790.4325<cr><lf>
11:41:25.484: >> <cr><lf>
11:41:25.484: >> test t<cr><lf>
11:41:25.484: >> .<cr><lf>
11:41:25.500: << 250 Data received OK.<cr><lf>
11:41:25.500: >> QUIT<cr><lf>
11:41:25.500: << 221 wxy.mine.nu Service closing channel.<cr><lf>
11:41:25.515: --- Connection closed normally at Thu May 28 11:41:25 2009. ---
11:41:25.515:
11:48:02.187: Connection from 192.168.2.1, Thu May 28 11:48:02 2009<lf>
11:48:02.203: << 220 wxy.mine.nu ESMTP server ready.<cr><lf>
11:48:02.250: >> EHLO server<cr><lf>
11:48:02.250: << 250-wxy.mine.nu Hello server; ESMTPs are:<cr><lf>250-TIME<cr><lf>
11:48:02.250: << 250-SIZE 0<cr><lf>
11:48:02.250: << 250-AUTH CRAM-MD5 LOGIN<cr><lf>
11:48:02.250: << 250-AUTH=LOGIN<cr><lf>
11:48:02.265: << 250 HELP<cr><lf>
11:48:02.531: >> AUTH LOGIN<cr><lf>
11:48:02.531: << 334 VXNlcm5hbWU6<cr><lf>
11:48:02.593: >> cGV0ZXI=<cr><lf>
11:48:02.593: << 334 UGFzc3dvcmQ6<cr><lf>
11:48:02.656: >> bGl2ZXJwb29sMDg=<cr><lf>
11:48:02.656: << 501 Authentication failed - bad user or password.<cr><lf>
11:48:03.718: --- Connection closed normally at Thu May 28 11:48:03 2009. ---
11:48:03.718:
In the first log the server is not advertising it supports the AUTH command the answe is only:
250-wxy.mine.nu Hello server; ESMTPs are
250-TIME
250-SIZE 0
250 HELP
Thus the client is not authinticating - it never sends the AUTH command. In the second log it does:
250-wxy.mine.nu Hello server; ESMTPs are:
250-TIME
250-SIZE 0
250-AUTH CRAM-MD5 LOGIN
250-AUTH=LOGIN
250 HELP
And the server tries to authenticate. BEWARE: LOGIN data are simply base64 encode, it's trivial to read your user/password here: pet***/liv*********
Could the server be using different INI files when run in a way or the other? If you launch it as a service it will run with the service user credentials, when you run it interactively it will run with the interactive user credentials, unless you use RunAs to start it.
SMTP_Authentication : 1
Auth_File : passwords
When running as a service it could be that the start directory is undefined, so you will need a full path for the auth file. Make sure there isn't a second installation of Mercury somewhere on the server that might confuse the service handler.
/Rolf
