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Installation help?
Hi all, James (and mailserver) noob, need a little help getting it running.
So far I've followed, to the best of my knowledge, the steps in the James
docs installation and configuration guide, as well as everything in the IBM
Developer Works article on working with James
(http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/java/library/j-james1.html) up to but
excluding using Javamail and JAF to test the installation. I'm using it
with Vignette Messenger (an email marketing tool), and test emails from
Messenger don't make it to the recipient, but I'm not sure how to
troubleshoot. First, the list of what I've done to install:
1. Installed JDK 1.4.2_09 (Win Server 2003 Std)
2. Unzipped James 2.3.0, installed service, started it, verified I could
telnet and login w/ root/root, killed it, and opened config.xml to modify.
3. Changed admin pwd
4. Explicitly specified DNS server IPs, changed DNS autodiscover to false
5. Confirmed that DNS MX entry for this server had propagated.
6. Disabled NNTP, set threadCount to 0 (tried deleting the whole section as
the comments seemed to suggest for less resource use, but James would't
start after that)
7. Restarted service, telnetted back in, created two new user accounts,
bounce and reply.
I pointed Messenger at James with the following config settings:
SMTP Hosts: 127.0.0.1
SMTP Interval: 3600 (s)
Bounce Hosts: 127.0.0.1
Bounce Address: bounce@my.mail.domain
Bounce User: bounce
Bounce Pwd: *****
Bounce Interval: 60
Reply Handler: 127.0.0.1
Reply Server: my.mail.domain
Reply User: reply
Reply Pwd: *****
Reply Interval: 60
I'm not sure I'm specifying the email domain correctly or not. One possible
clue is that the only error msg I can find in the James logs is from
apps\james\logs\james-datetime.log file:
10/01/07 20:35:06 INFO James: JAMES init...
10/01/07 20:35:06 INFO James: Local host is: 106537-MESSENGER
10/01/07 20:35:06 INFO James: Handling mail for: 106537-messenger
10/01/07 20:35:06 WARN James: The specified postmaster address (
postmaster@my.domain.com ) is not a local address. This is not necessarily
a problem, but it does mean that emails addressed to the postmaster will be
routed to another server. For some configurations this may cause problems.
10/01/07 20:35:06 INFO James: Local users repository opened
10/01/07 20:35:06 INFO James: Private Repository LocalInbox opened
10/01/07 20:35:06 INFO James: JAMES ...init end
106537-MESSENGER is the Windows network name for this server. my.domain.com
is the DNS MX entry that I intend to use for my outgoing mail domain.
Any suggestions for troubleshooting this? Thanks!
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Re: Installation help?
Posted by fbg111 <fb...@gmail.com>.
I'm using 2.3.0, it's just that most of the articles on the web are for
previous versions.
Stefano Bagnara-2 wrote:
>
> James 2.1.3 is *really* old, and I don't remember anything about it.
> Can you upgrade to 2.3.0? This would help us and you.
>
> Stefano
>
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Re: Installation help?
Posted by Stefano Bagnara <ap...@bago.org>.
fbg111 wrote:
>
> Stefano Bagnara-2 wrote:
>> At the start of your config.xml uncomment the servernames and put this:
>> <servernames autodetect="false" autodetectIP="false">
>> <servername>localhost</servername>
>> <servername>my.domain.com</servername>
>> </servernames>
>>
>
> Thanks, tried that but no luck. Also, I just found this guide to setting up
> James, which says to leave both autodetects set to true:
> http://java.sys-con.com/read/38667.htm
>
> <servernames autodetect="true" autodetectIP="true">
> <!-- CONFIRM? -->
> <servername>localhost</servername>
> <servername>somedomain.com</servername>
> </servernames>
>
> That is for James 2.1.3 though. What happens when you leave them set to
> true, yet still explicitly specify the servernames?
James 2.1.3 is *really* old, and I don't remember anything about it.
Can you upgrade to 2.3.0? This would help us and you.
Stefano
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Re: Installation help?
Posted by fbg111 <fb...@gmail.com>.
Stefano Bagnara-2 wrote:
>
> At the start of your config.xml uncomment the servernames and put this:
> <servernames autodetect="false" autodetectIP="false">
> <servername>localhost</servername>
> <servername>my.domain.com</servername>
> </servernames>
>
Thanks, tried that but no luck. Also, I just found this guide to setting up
James, which says to leave both autodetects set to true:
http://java.sys-con.com/read/38667.htm
<servernames autodetect="true" autodetectIP="true">
<!-- CONFIRM? -->
<servername>localhost</servername>
<servername>somedomain.com</servername>
</servernames>
That is for James 2.1.3 though. What happens when you leave them set to
true, yet still explicitly specify the servernames?
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Re: Installation help?
Posted by fbg111 <fb...@gmail.com>.
Stefano Bagnara-2 wrote:
>
> At the start of your config.xml uncomment the servernames and put this:
> <servernames autodetect="false" autodetectIP="false">
> <servername>localhost</servername>
> <servername>my.domain.com</servername>
> </servernames>
>
Thanks! I did that, but no luck. Just so I'm clear, James is a standalone
mail server, right? All it needs to send mail is itself, a dns server, and
a client?
Also, is there any command that can output the current config settings, like
ifconfig/ipconfig for os's? I would just like some way to verify that it's
communicating correctly with the DNS server. (There was a little confusion
with the network admins earlier in setting up the MX record for this mail
server).
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Update: tested it with Mozilla Thunderbird, works fine. Problem
with Messenger MUA.
Posted by fbg111 <fb...@gmail.com>.
Stefano Bagnara-2 wrote:
>
> At the start of your config.xml uncomment the servernames and put this:
> <servernames autodetect="false" autodetectIP="false">
> <servername>localhost</servername>
> <servername>my.domain.com</servername>
> </servernames>
>
> Stefano
>
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Re: Installation help?
Posted by Stefano Bagnara <ap...@bago.org>.
fbg111 wrote:
> 10/01/07 20:35:06 INFO James: JAMES init...
> 10/01/07 20:35:06 INFO James: Local host is: 106537-MESSENGER
> 10/01/07 20:35:06 INFO James: Handling mail for: 106537-messenger
> 10/01/07 20:35:06 WARN James: The specified postmaster address (
> postmaster@my.domain.com ) is not a local address. This is not necessarily
> a problem, but it does mean that emails addressed to the postmaster will be
> routed to another server. For some configurations this may cause problems.
> [...]
> 106537-MESSENGER is the Windows network name for this server. my.domain.com
> is the DNS MX entry that I intend to use for my outgoing mail domain.
>
> Any suggestions for troubleshooting this? Thanks!
At the start of your config.xml uncomment the servernames and put this:
<servernames autodetect="false" autodetectIP="false">
<servername>localhost</servername>
<servername>my.domain.com</servername>
</servernames>
Stefano
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