Ability Mail Server

howdy69 · - Joined: 20 May 2004 Posts: 16

I am using the PRO version of Ability Mail Server (v1.17). I have a few different email accounts located at various places (yahoo, local ISP, hotmail, etc)

Most all accounts seem to be getting the emails that are sent, but there are a couple of accounts that are NOT getting the emails.

Does someone know what might be causing this? I suspect a block of some-sort on the receiving server, but what kind? It could be with the way the Ability mail is sending...?? Maybe something else??

Thanks for your input.

iNaNimAtE · Posted: Sat May 22, 2004 4:01 am Post subject:

(I've used Ability before--quite a nice piece of software).

Anyway, which domains specifically reject your email? I know that some domains will not accept email from unknown domains, and more specifically IPs (such as AOL) to help cut down on spam. You can send a letter to their postmaster asking them to add your domain/IP to the whitelist, and it may solve problems.
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howdy69 · - Joined: 20 May 2004 Posts: 16

What do you use now for a mail server?

I noticed on your site that you offer email addresses. How do you do that? Is that hosted on your local PC as well??

iNaNimAtE · Posted: Sat May 22, 2004 6:49 pm Post subject:

Yes, I host the mail server on the same PC that I host my web server (Abyss).

I now use Merak Mail Server as my server, and it allows remote signups for email accounts (although I tweaked it a bit for my liking). I believe Ability offers remote signups also, doesn't it?
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howdy69 · - Joined: 20 May 2004 Posts: 16

Yes, it does allow for remote setups. However, I am not familure AT ALL with a mail server. I added a new email account but since I am using an IP address for my hostname, I am not quiet sure how to setup the email accounts (example: name@212.343.343.33 ) I do not think that is correct :)

So, I am still learning... The main reason I got the mail server was to have the ability for PHP scripts to send mail.

Hopefully I will learn how the mail server portion works though.

iNaNimAtE · Posted: Sat May 22, 2004 10:56 pm Post subject:

The email address you gave as an example is the correct way to set up an email account when you don't have a domain. Until you get a domain, that's what you can use.
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howdy69 · - Joined: 20 May 2004 Posts: 16

When I add a new account and try to send an email to that address I only get bounce messages. I am sure it has something to do with a misconfiguration somewhere... I just dont know where.

I opened port 25-26 for email and forwarded that to the PC the mailserver is on but still get bounce messages and Outlook Express "Can not find server".

howdy69 · - Joined: 20 May 2004 Posts: 16

OK... I think I found the final problem. My ISP blocks port 25. Ability Mail Server wont (cant) use any other port than port 25.

I guess I am S.O.L. for using a mail server.

Anonymoose · - Joined: 09 Sep 2003 Posts: 2192

http://www.code-crafters.com/abilitymailserver/smtp.html

... but changing the SMTP port will break stuff unless you have a forwarding service for inbound mail and use your ISPs servers for outbound.