I have removed the Interface.  I don't have a local domain as such as I am using this to pull down several POP3 accounts for myself and my wife.  After reading the section in Help it did not make any sense to configure those settings.

<P>I am wanting to configure Mercury for Win32 to grab my email from several providers using POP3 and then download to one email client.  </P> <P> I have installed the MercuryP and MercuryD components only.  I have successfully configured MercuryD to get the external mail from multiple external POP3 accounts.  I have not been able to connect to MercuryP to get the mail into my email client (Outlook).  I have also attempted to Telnet to port 110 on the server and there is no connection.  Is there another component that I need to install ?</P> <P> Thanks WDW</P>

<blockquote>I have also attempted to Telnet to port 110 on the server and there is no connection.  Is there another component that I need to install ?</blockquote><p>That all that is required.  If you have loaded the MercuryX protocol that would keep MercuryP  in the offline mode to verify that it is online.</p><p> </p>

<P>I did not have MercuryX loaded.  I have loaded it but I don't see how it indicates how MercuryP is online or Offline ?  The MercuryP window shows "Current connections and status" as "Ready"</P> <P>Thanks</P> <P>WDW</P>

<P>[quote user="wdw"]I have also attempted to Telnet to port 110 on the server and there is no connection.[/quote]</P> <P>Are Mercury and Outlook on the same network?  Can you ping the server?  (You may need to use the lan ip and not your external ip to access it.)</P> <P>What is the message you get in telnet or does it timeout?  Turn on session logging in MercuryP to see what is happening - there may be a firewall in the server preventing access.</P> <P mce_keep="true"> </P>

<blockquote>I did not have MercuryX loaded.  I have loaded it but I don't see how it indicates how MercuryP is online or Offline ?  The MercuryP window shows "Current connections and status" as "Ready"</blockquote><p>You do not want to have MercuryX loaded unless you really need it.  Unload it.   The "Ready" indicates it is not in the offline mode.</p><p> </p>

<P>I have found that I can get a telnet connection if I use the localhost address of 127.0.0.1 .  </P> <P> I am beginning to think that I have missed a key configuration or something during the setup of the server.  My home network is using the 10.1.1.0 network.  Telnet would not respond to the IP number on that network. </P> <P>I have setup two local users.  When Outlook tries to connect I am getting the username/password challenge box up indicating either one is wrong.  They are the correct name and password.</P> <P> What is the minimum information I need to configure for the setup I am trying ?</P> <P>Many thanks Warren</P>

<p>Either you have put an incorrect value in the "IP interface to use:" box in MercP config (probably should be blank) or you have a firewall blocking connections to your 10.1.1.* interface.</p><p>It would seem to be a network problem rather than a Mercury problem.</p><p>Confirm by telling Outlook to connect to the server on 127.0.0.1 </p>

<P>Hi</P> <P>I am using the 127.0.0.1 address for the email client and this is getting me to the name/password challenge.  I have tried with my firewall off (uninstalled, Windows also off) and it made no difference. I had no entry in the  "IP interface to use:"  box but did add the IP number to see if it made a difference.</P> <P> The main issue now is the name/password authentication is not working.  I am still wondering if it is a misconfiguration I made during the original setup process.  I did not setup any domains, local or external as an example, given the task that I wanted the server to complete.</P> <P mce_keep="true"> </P> <P>Many thanks Warren</P>

Turn on 'session logging' temporarily for MercP to capture a log of the complete transaction.

<P>I have turned on the log and there is nothing being captured.  I am creating the new POP3 account in Outlook and using the test button.  All the tasks complete except the last one to connect to the POP3 server to download the test message.  It prompts for the username/password, as if one or the other is wrong.</P> <P>I have used the Manage Local Users option from the Configuration menu in Mercury32.  I have created a user called warren with a simple password.  I take it this is all that is required to create a user ?  A folder called warren exists in the Mail directory and has files (messages) in it.</P> <P>Many thanks</P>

Please post your Mercury.ini file

[quote user="wdw"]<p>I have turned on the log and there is nothing being captured.[/quote]That means you are not even connecting to the server. You have said your firewall is off, how about an AV acting as a POP proxy?[quote] I am creating the new POP3 account in Outlook and using the test button.  All the tasks complete except the last one to connect to the POP3 server to download the test message.  It prompts for the username/password, as if one or the other is wrong.[/quote] I would expect a connection error rather than a password prompt, this also suggests an AV issue.[quote] </p> <p>I have used the Manage Local Users option from the Configuration menu in Mercury32.  I have created a user called warren with a simple password.  I take it this is all that is required to create a user ? [/quote]Yes.</p>

<P>I turned my Trend Micro off.  I guess this is no absolute guarantee.  I may have to try with it completely uninstalled.</P> <P> Here is my Mercury.ini</P> <P>#  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. #</P> <P>[General] myname:              # 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    # Where to find the users' WinPMail mailboxes.</P> <P>[Protocols] # MERCURYS.DLL MERCURYP.DLL # MERCURYE.DLL # MERCURYC.DLL MERCURYD.DLL # MERCURYH.DLL # MERCURYF.DLL # MERCURYW.DLL # MERCURYX.DLL # MERCURYI.DLL # MERCURYB.DLL</P> <P>[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 logwidth:      30    # Width of address fields in logfile retpath:       1    # Do/Don't use 'return-path' for errors maxhops:       30    # Used to detect mailing loops gullible:      0    # If NZ, don't validate 'From' fields 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:    Admin    # NetWare UIC of 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 auto_tzone:    1    # If NZ, obtain timezone information from OS LogLevel:      15    # System message reporting level LogMax:        100    # Maximum number of system messages to store RetryPeriod:   30    # Period between job retries (minutes) MaxRetries:    16    # Maximum number of times a job can fail TwoPasses:     1    # If NZ, process submission queue in 2 passes Autoaddress:   0    # If NZ, auto-generate user addresses based on name Daily_exit:    0    # If NZ, auto-restart each day after maintenance No_Areply:     0    # If NZ, disable automatic replies system-wide Alt_Forward:   0    # If NZ, allow alternate forwarding specification Maint_hour:    2    # Hour for daily maintenance (24-hour clock) Maint_min:     0    # Minute for daily maintenance Retry_Mode:    0    # If NZ, use progressive backoff for queue retries Local_DSNs:    1    # If NZ generate Delivery Status for local users only DSN_time1:     10800    # Seconds deferred before first DSN is sent DSN_time2:     86400    # Seconds deferred before second DSN is sent DSN_time3:     259200    # Seconds deferred before third DSN is sent Host_in_title: 0    # If NZ, show hostname in system tray and taskbar Lingering:     0    # Enable or disable 'lingering mailboxes' Linger_Timeout: 60   # Seconds before a lingering mailbox is shut down Alert_Host:    notify.pmail.com    # Host to check for licensee advisories Alert_Interval: 720   # Frequency in minutes (min 240) for checks Alert_Flags:   3    # Flags controlling advisory checks</P> <P>[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:             # 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</P> <P>[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</P> <P>[MercuryD] Scratch : C:\MERCURY\Scratch\MercuryD Timeout : 30 Poll : 300 Session_logging : C:\MERCURY\Sessions\MercuryD Session_logmode : 1</P> <P>[MercuryS] logfile : C:\MERCURY\Logs\MercuryS\~y-~m-~d.log   # Traffic logging file Session_logging : C:\MERCURY\Sessions\MercuryS\    # Directory for session log files Session_logmode : 0 debug:       1                    # Whether or not to show session progress # allow:       192.156.225.2        # A machine we WILL permit to connect # refuse:      192.156.225.0        # A group of machines we WON'T permit. # size:        1500000 Relay : 0         # Control non-local relaying</P> <P> [MercuryP] Scratch : C:\MERCURY\Scratch\MercuryP Logfile : C:\MERCURY\Logs\MercuryP\~y-~m-~d.log Stack : 32768 Interface : 10.1.1.185 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 : 1 Timeout : 60</P> <P>[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</P> <P># [Groups] # testgroup            :     TESTGRP</P> <P>[Domains] : : </P> <P>[Maiser] Maiser:          Maiser   # 'Username' of mail server account Helpfile:        C:\MERCURY\Mercury\MAISER.HLP   # Help sent on failed maiser requests Lookupfile:      C:\MERCURY\Mercury\MAISER.LKP   # Format file for the 'lookup' command Send_dir:        C:\MERCURY\Mercury\SENDABLE   # Directory for the 'send' command Logfile:         C:\MERCURY\Logs\Maiser\~y-~m-~d.LOG   # Mail server log file Notify:          C:\MERCURY\Mercury\TMP   # Dir. for pending 'notify' commands NoList:          N   # If 'Y', disable the 'list' command Local_only:      Y   # If 'Y', local 'notify' commands only</P> <P>[MercuryH] logfile : C:\MERCURY\Logs\MercuryH\~y-~m-~d.log   # Traffic logging file # Addressbook : <A href="file://clio/SYS/SYSTEM/MERCURY/PH.PMR">\\CLIO\SYS\SYSTEM\MERCURY\PH.PMR</A> # MOTD : <A href="file://clio/SYS/SYSTEM/MERCURY/PH-MOTD.TXT">\\CLIO\SYS\SYSTEM\MERCURY\PH-MOTD.TXT</A> # Administrator : <A href="mailto:postmaster@clio.pmail.gen.nz">postmaster@clio.pmail.gen.nz</A> Timeout : 30</P> <P>[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</P> <P>[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</P> <P>[Groups]</P> <P>[Rewrite]</P> <P>[Statistics] StatFlags:    0  # Statistical reporting settings STF_Hours:    24  # How often to write stat log files STM_Hours:    24  # How often to e-mail stat log files</P>

<P>I have installed the latest Pegasus Mail client and have tried using it to grab the mail from Mercury.</P> <P> I configured it to use POP3.  It had the following error:</P> <P>[*] Connection established to 127.0.0.1 >> 0063 +OK POP3 server on Warren-PC ready <<A href="mailto:1292.717883664@Warren-PC">1292.717883664@Warren-PC</A>> << 0013 USER warren >> 0038 -ERR Unsupported authentication type</P> <P>I have looked the athentication options but I don't see anything obvious.</P>

<p>In MercuryP configuration / SSL there is an option to disable plaintext logins for non-SSL connections. If this is checked you should uncheck it to be able to make unencrypted logins.</p><p>/Rolf </p>

All check boxes in that tab were blank.  I have not changed it from the default install configuration.

<p>OK. Has a password been set for this user? Mercury will by default not accept POP3 logins to accounts with no password.</p><p>/Rolf </p>

Yes.  For testing I setup a basic two character password.

<p>Going back to your mercury.ini file you should probably remove the Interface line under MercuryP if you haven't already done so. Mercury won't even answer on 127.0.0.1 with a specific interface specified - is there some other mail server software running?</p><p>Please fill in Internet name for this system and Local domains in core configuration as well (see Mercury help for more information about this).</p><p>Note that these changes require a restart of Mercury.</p><p>/Rolf </p>