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I did as you said Rolf and now, I can use PHP applications to send mail.

Thank you very much everyone. You were a great help.

<p>Everything Works!</p><p>I did as you said Rolf and now, I can use PHP applications to send mail.</p><p>Thank you very much everyone. You were a great help. </p>

I am having a tiny issue receiving mail with Mercury. I have the latest version.

Here is what I am trying to do.

I am trying to receive mail through my domain name plinc.info (i know, .info is not a popular domain, but it has all the features of .com so it should work.)

When I send mail to plinc.info, Nothing happens. No "failed to deliver" messages, no activity in Mercury.

My ISP is blocking port 25, so I am using Mercury C relay though Gmail. I have to activate my email (webmaster@plinc.info) in the gmail accounts section by entering a code sent to webmaster@plinc.info.

The DNS settings are the following for the domain:

NS Records
@    3600    IN    NS    ns25.domaincontrol.com   
@    3600    IN    NS    ns26.domaincontrol.com   

; A Records
@    3600    IN    A    99.149.168.124
www    3600    IN    A    99.149.168.124

CNAME Records
mail    3600    IN    CNAME    @

;MX Records
@    3600    IN    MX    10    mail.plinc.info

 

I assume those are correct.

The rest of the settings are on default.

My computer is in DMzplus mode (all ports are open)

 

I thank you in advance.

/Pierce

<p>I am having a tiny issue receiving mail with Mercury. I have the latest version.</p><p>Here is what I am trying to do.</p><p>I am trying to receive mail through my domain name plinc.info (i know, .info is not a popular domain, but it has all the features of .com so it should work.)</p><p>When I send mail to plinc.info, Nothing happens. No "failed to deliver" messages, no activity in Mercury. </p><p>My ISP is blocking port 25, so I am using Mercury C relay though Gmail. I have to activate my email (webmaster@plinc.info) in the gmail accounts section by entering a code sent to webmaster@plinc.info. </p><p>The DNS settings are the following for the domain:</p><p>NS Records @    3600    IN    NS    ns25.domaincontrol.com    @    3600    IN    NS    ns26.domaincontrol.com    ; A Records @    3600    IN    A    99.149.168.124 www    3600    IN    A    99.149.168.124 CNAME Records mail    3600    IN    CNAME    @ ;MX Records @    3600    IN    MX    10    mail.plinc.info</p><p> </p><p>I assume those are correct.</p><p>The rest of the settings are on default.</p><p>My computer is in DMzplus mode (all ports are open) </p><p> </p><p>I thank you in advance.</p><p>/Pierce </p>

> My ISP is blocking port 25, so I am using Mercury C relay though Gmail. I have to activate my email (webmaster@plinc.info) in the gmail
> accounts section by entering a code sent to webmaster@plinc.info.
>

Why are you not just using the ISP's server as a relay host?

> The DNS settings are the following for the domain:
> NS Records
> @    3600    IN    NS    ns25.domaincontrol.com   
> @    3600    IN    NS    ns26.domaincontrol.com   
>
> ; A Records
> @    3600    IN    A    99.149.168.124
> www    3600    IN    A    99.149.168.124

I cannot connect to port 25 of the IP address.  There is always the possibility that the ISP is blocking port 25 inbound as well..

>
> CNAME Records
> mail    3600    IN    CNAME    @
>
> ;MX Records
> @    3600    IN    MX    10    mail.plinc.info

Since "mail" is just a CNAME I would set the MX record to plinc.info.  In any case I would also set an A record pointing at mail instead of a CNAME record.  

Answer Section:
    plinc.info, A, 99.149.168.124
    plinc.info, MX, 10, mail.plinc.info
    plinc.info, NS, ns25.domaincontrol.com
    plinc.info, NS, ns26.domaincontrol.com

>  
> I assume those are correct. The rest of the settings are on default.
>  

<p>> My ISP is blocking port 25, so I am using Mercury C relay though Gmail. I have to activate my email (webmaster@plinc.info) in the gmail > accounts section by entering a code sent to webmaster@plinc.info. > Why are you not just using the ISP's server as a relay host? > The DNS settings are the following for the domain: > NS Records > @    3600    IN    NS    ns25.domaincontrol.com    > @    3600    IN    NS    ns26.domaincontrol.com    > > ; A Records > @    3600    IN    A    99.149.168.124 > www    3600    IN    A    99.149.168.124</p><p>I cannot connect to port 25 of the IP address.  There is always the possibility that the ISP is blocking port 25 inbound as well..</p><p>> > CNAME Records > mail    3600    IN    CNAME    @ > > ;MX Records > @    3600    IN    MX    10    mail.plinc.info Since "mail" is just a CNAME I would set the MX record to plinc.info.  In any case I would also set an A record pointing at mail instead of a CNAME record.   Answer Section:     plinc.info, A, 99.149.168.124     plinc.info, MX, 10, mail.plinc.info     plinc.info, NS, ns25.domaincontrol.com     plinc.info, NS, ns26.domaincontrol.com >   > I assume those are correct. The rest of the settings are on default. >   </p>

[quote]

> Why are you not just using the ISP's server as a relay host?

[/quote]

I could not verify with them that I owned webmaster@plinc.info because I cannot receive mail.

 [quote]

 I cannot connect to port 25 of the IP address.  There is always the

possibility that the ISP is blocking port 25 inbound as well..

[/quote]

I set the SMTP port to 500 because my ISP (SBC GLOBAL) block 25 inbound and outbound.

 I can send mail. That part is fine. I just cant receive mail so i can verify with my SMTP hosts that I own the email.

As soon as I can receive mail, ill switch back to my ISP's SMTP host.

[quote] <p>> Why are you not just using the ISP's server as a relay host? </p><p>[/quote]</p><p>I could not verify with them that I owned webmaster@plinc.info because I cannot receive mail. </p><p> [quote]</p><p> I cannot connect to port 25 of the IP address.  There is always the possibility that the ISP is blocking port 25 inbound as well..</p><p>[/quote]</p><p>I set the SMTP port to 500 because my ISP (SBC GLOBAL) block 25 inbound and outbound. </p><p> I can send mail. That part is fine. I just cant receive mail so i can verify with my SMTP hosts that I own the email. </p><p>As soon as I can receive mail, ill switch back to my ISP's SMTP host. </p>

I set the SMTP port to 500 because my ISP (SBC GLOBAL) block 25 inbound and outbound.

If set to 500 rather that the required port 25 you can never receive mail from another SMTP server.   I do not know where you got your domain name but many of these people will provide an MX host that will forward the mail using other ports.  For example here is a link to DynDNS.com that does this sort of port forwarding for $50/year.

https://www.dyndns.com/services/mailhop/relay.html
<blockquote><p>I set the SMTP port to 500 because my ISP (SBC GLOBAL) block 25 inbound and outbound. </p></blockquote><p>If set to 500 rather that the required port 25 you can never receive mail from another SMTP server.   I do not know where you got your domain name but many of these people will provide an MX host that will forward the mail using other ports.  For example here is a link to DynDNS.com that does this sort of port forwarding for $50/year. </p><blockquote><a href="https://www.dyndns.com/services/mailhop/relay.html" title="https://www.dyndns.com/services/mailhop/relay.html" mce_href="https://www.dyndns.com/services/mailhop/relay.html">https://www.dyndns.com/services/mailhop/relay.html</a></blockquote>

I set the SMTP port back to 25.

Amazingly, I can receive mail now. 

I know it was something small that was screwed up.

Now, for my next and small question.

In my php.ini file, what do i put? Here it is right now.

[mail function]
; For Win32 only.
; http://php.net/smtp
SMTP = smtp.gmail.com
; http://php.net/smtp-port
smtp_port = 465

; For Win32 only.
; http://php.net/sendmail-from
sendmail_from = webmaster@plinc.info

How do I make the mail_function send mail from mercury?

<p>I set the SMTP port back to 25. </p><p>Amazingly, I can receive mail now. </p><p>I know it was something small that was screwed up.</p><p>Now, for my next and small question.</p><p>In my php.ini file, what do i put? Here it is right now.</p><p>[mail function] ; For Win32 only. ; http://php.net/smtp SMTP = smtp.gmail.com ; http://php.net/smtp-port smtp_port = 465 ; For Win32 only. ; http://php.net/sendmail-from sendmail_from = webmaster@plinc.info </p><p>How do I make the mail_function send mail from mercury? </p>

Simply enter the values (address and port) for the SMTP server you want to use, in this case your Mercury installation. If php runs on the same server as Mercury the address should be 127.0.0.1.

/Rolf 

<p>Simply enter the values (address and port) for the SMTP server you want to use, in this case your Mercury installation. If php runs on the same server as Mercury the address should be 127.0.0.1.</p><p>/Rolf </p>
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