How to install hMailServer

AbyssUnderground · - Joined: 31 Dec 2004 Posts: 3855

Hello all,

I have finally got round to making the hMailServer tutorial everyone has been asking for, for so long.

http://www.abyssunderground.co.uk/installing-hmailserver.php

I hope it is accurate and that it helps you set up your own mail server.
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pkSML · - Joined: 29 May 2006 Posts: 955 Location: Michigan, USA

Very nice! I'm messing around with the server a little myself right now.

One bit of advice: Maybe you could explain the tweaking of the setup. (ex: Why the changes are helpful/necessary)
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bprsk8r4272 · - Joined: 07 Mar 2006 Posts: 124 Location: Rochester, NY

i used tour tutorial to install hmailserver but for some reason i can send email but not receive i know i must be missing something i had it setup correctly be4 i reformatted. i did setup a mx record @ no-ip i set it as
gotskillslounge.no-ip.org and priority 5 is this setting correct?

any ideas?
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bprsk8r4272 · - Joined: 07 Mar 2006 Posts: 124 Location: Rochester, NY

nope i port forwarded port 25 in the router but i forgot to allow port 25 in windows firewall its working now

pkSML · - Joined: 29 May 2006 Posts: 955 Location: Michigan, USA

Does that Windows firewall actually have any effect when you're utilizing a router? Does this software firewall do anything the hardware firewall doesn't?

I mention that because I checked my server (WinXP Home) a few days ago and it said the database of exceptions for the firewall was corrupted.
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chewzzqq · - Joined: 28 Sep 2005 Posts: 198

i add here,thanks AbyssUnderground,
now i can sent message with fast to other mail server(set relayer)(broadband)(dynamic ip address)

and i also can receive all 100% email from other with (set relayer)(broadband)(dynamic ip address)

i use no-ip host for free,and i set mx record(at www.no-ip.com) to my address

example:
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myname.no-ip.org 5(MX Priority)
myname.no-ip.org 10(MX Priority)
myname.no-ip.org 15(MX Priority)
myname.no-ip.org 20(MX Priority)
myname.no-ip.org 25(MX Priority)

after this i can receive all mail from other server (100%)
hope this can help other member to solve the mail receiving problem.

thanks AbyssUnderground!!
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x33ty · - Joined: 06 Apr 2008 Posts: 1

Very good, needed this.

Axis · - Joined: 29 Sep 2003 Posts: 336

I recently had hmail quit receiving mail after a long period of it working fine. I was getting bounce backs from my ISP. I can't remember the exact error ( 550...551?) but it also contained a "something" message about OBDR (or ORDB?)....I deleted the mail so I can't remember the exact message. I did a google on it and found right away that the ORDB (or whatever) had quit...or had quit with hmail. The solution was to delete the anti-spam look-ups from hmail.

Suddenly, all works well again. I just thought I would throw this into the conversation because it may well affect others as well.

Regards,
Axis

AbyssUnderground · - Joined: 31 Dec 2004 Posts: 3855

Can't say I've had or heard of that issue. One issue I did have though was caused by grey-listing. I had to turn it off because it was either delaying mail by 4 hours or more, or not getting it at all.
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ChrisM2 · - Joined: 27 Apr 2006 Posts: 85 Location: Oklahoma City

I'll try to put as much info as I can...

Well, I have set it (hMailServer) up twice. Once here at work (dynamic ip), and once at home (static ip) I followed your instructions to a T. (unless the "no-ip" thing is something you have to do regardless if you have a domain name or not.) Both are business-end cable connections with all ports open. I went to the applications/gaming section of my Linksys router and opened (both) all ports necessary. I went to my domain name provider www.domainrightnow.com and messed with the MX records. I changed every record I saw that said "www.secureserver.net" to my "www.domainname.com" and set my IP addresses.

At home with static, I can send mail to certain email accounts, (yahoo won't accept for some reason), however, I can’t receive email from any account. I have win-XP pro on that machine

At work with dynamic, I can not send or receive. I have Win-Server2003 on that server machine.

Both have the latest Abyss-X2 running and both are set up to handle multiple domain names.

www.trcok.com at work and www.zanesign.com at home both have FileZilla Server running (which by the way, the one at work works perfectly, the one at home doesn't :< )

Am I missing something here? Maybe just need to allow time for MX records to change? I did this almost 48 hours ago. I can post a screenshot of my MX-Records if necessary. Also, I set Outlook Express up with "pop.mydomainnames.com" and "smtp.mydomainnames.com". Is this correct?

ChrisM2 · - Joined: 27 Apr 2006 Posts: 85 Location: Oklahoma City

Ok, I contacted my domain-name provider, and they confirmed my MX records are all set and good. However, they did say that on MY end, I need to enter mx0.secureserver.net and mx10mailstore1.secureserver.net into my mail server? ehhh, "what'chu talkin bout Willis?" :) I'm lost here, where on the mail server do I put this?

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ChrisM2 · - Joined: 27 Apr 2006 Posts: 85 Location: Oklahoma City

jkluio · - Joined: 29 Aug 2008 Posts: 1

hmm, does not work for me.

Is it possible that the two (hMailServer and Abyss) can not be on the same computer?

Axis · - Joined: 29 Sep 2003 Posts: 336

Hello jkluio--

At least on my box, Abyss and HmaiServerl work fine together. Windows 7.

The trick for many is to have the sendmail option to use your local ISP, assuming your ISP allows it. Under SMTP I have SMTP Mail Relayer set to my ISP sendmail. My computer has a unique "name" so I put that name in the Hostname.

All depends on your ISP. I have a static IP and my ISP is well aware of my server and allows it (though they wanted me to pay them $5.00 more a month for the static IP.)

edit: I would make one comment in response to the AbyssUnderground otherwise excellent tutorial. I would *not* select the option to for External to external in the IP ranges setting. I believe this might be a security issue. Correct me if I'm wrong, Andy.

Hope that helps some.

Regards,
Axis