You are viewing a plain text version of this content. The canonical link for it is here.
Posted to server-user@james.apache.org by Glen <gl...@model3.net> on 2004/06/10 03:30:14 UTC
using James to queue outgoing mail and forward to another smtp server
Hello James User List,
I am managing 300 kiosks that has quite a robust notification system
that uses email. The only hole in it is their must be a good internet
connection to the central smtp server for the "robust" emails to go out.
What I want to do is setup james on each of these kiosks to act as a
local smtp server forwarding all mail to the "central" smtp server.
This way it will queue when the network is down.
I have looked into the docs and played with an installation but cannot
find where to start. Can someone push/nudge me in the right direction?
regards,
Glen
PS I also want to make sure that outgoing smtp services are "locked"
down so the kiosks down become spam distribution points ;-) Please
share ideas on how best to do this as well...
---------------------------------------------------------------------
To unsubscribe, e-mail: server-user-unsubscribe@james.apache.org
For additional commands, e-mail: server-user-help@james.apache.org
Re: using James to queue outgoing mail and forward to another smtp
server
Posted by "Brian J. Sayatovic" <tr...@one.net>.
Worked! Thanks!
Regards,
Brian.
Glen wrote:
> One good turn deserves another... Having taken Noel's suggestions
> there are these lines in the vanilla config.xml that you need to
> uncomment the <gateway> and <gatewayPort> entries and put in the
> correct entries for your ISP. Of course if you have drastically
> modfied your setup from teh vanilla configs you will know how to
> appropriately apply this ;-)
>
>
> <!-- Attempt remote delivery using the specified repository
> for the spool, -->
> <!-- using delay time to retry delivery and the maximum number
> of retries -->
> <mailet match="All" class="RemoteDelivery">
> <outgoing> file://var/mail/outgoing/ </outgoing>
> <!-- alternative database repository example below -->
> . . .
> <!-- A single mail server to deliver all outgoing messages.
> -->
> <!-- This is useful if this server is a backup or failover
> machine, -->
> <!-- or if you want all messages to be routed through a
> particular mail server, -->
> <!-- regardless of the email addresses specified in the
> message -->
> <!-- -->
> <!-- The gateway element specifies the gateway SMTP server
> name. -->
> <!-- If your gateway mail server is listening on a port
> other than 25, -->
> <!-- you can set James to connect to it on that port using
> the gatewayPort -->
> <!-- element. -->
> <!--
> <gateway> otherserver.mydomain.com </gateway>
> <gatewayPort>25</gatewayPort>
> -->
> </mailet>
>
> </processor>
>
>
>
> Brian J. Sayatovic wrote:
>
>> Glen wrote:
>>
>>> Hello James User List,
>>> I am managing 300 kiosks that has quite a robust notification system
>>> that uses email. The only hole in it is their must be a good
>>> internet connection to the central smtp server for the "robust"
>>> emails to go out.
>>> What I want to do is setup james on each of these kiosks to act as a
>>> local smtp server forwarding all mail to the "central" smtp server.
>>> This way it will queue when the network is down.
>>> I have looked into the docs and played with an installation but
>>> cannot find where to start. Can someone push/nudge me in the right
>>> direction?
>>>
>>> regards,
>>> Glen
>>>
>>> PS I also want to make sure that outgoing smtp services are "locked"
>>> down so the kiosks down become spam distribution points ;-)
>>> Please share ideas on how best to do this as well...
>>>
>>>
>>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
>>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: server-user-unsubscribe@james.apache.org
>>> For additional commands, e-mail: server-user-help@james.apache.org
>>>
>>>
>> Don't kow why it took the parent message to inspire this in me, but
>> places like RoadRunner block my James server because its coming from
>> my DSL line. Can I configure James to act as a local SMTP gateway
>> but deliver everythign through my DSL provider's SMTP server (the one
>> I'd normally point to in my mail client if I weren't a geek runnign
>> my own Java mail server)?
>>
>> Regards,
>> Brian.
>>
>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: server-user-unsubscribe@james.apache.org
>> For additional commands, e-mail: server-user-help@james.apache.org
>>
>
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> To unsubscribe, e-mail: server-user-unsubscribe@james.apache.org
> For additional commands, e-mail: server-user-help@james.apache.org
>
---------------------------------------------------------------------
To unsubscribe, e-mail: server-user-unsubscribe@james.apache.org
For additional commands, e-mail: server-user-help@james.apache.org
Re: using James to queue outgoing mail and forward to another smtp
server
Posted by Glen <gl...@model3.net>.
One good turn deserves another... Having taken Noel's suggestions there
are these lines in the vanilla config.xml that you need to uncomment the
<gateway> and <gatewayPort> entries and put in the correct entries for
your ISP. Of course if you have drastically modfied your setup from teh
vanilla configs you will know how to appropriately apply this ;-)
<!-- Attempt remote delivery using the specified repository for
the spool, -->
<!-- using delay time to retry delivery and the maximum number
of retries -->
<mailet match="All" class="RemoteDelivery">
<outgoing> file://var/mail/outgoing/ </outgoing>
<!-- alternative database repository example below -->
. . .
<!-- A single mail server to deliver all outgoing messages. -->
<!-- This is useful if this server is a backup or failover
machine, -->
<!-- or if you want all messages to be routed through a
particular mail server, -->
<!-- regardless of the email addresses specified in the
message -->
<!-- -->
<!-- The gateway element specifies the gateway SMTP server
name. -->
<!-- If your gateway mail server is listening on a port
other than 25, -->
<!-- you can set James to connect to it on that port using
the gatewayPort -->
<!-- element. -->
<!--
<gateway> otherserver.mydomain.com </gateway>
<gatewayPort>25</gatewayPort>
-->
</mailet>
</processor>
Brian J. Sayatovic wrote:
> Glen wrote:
>
>> Hello James User List,
>> I am managing 300 kiosks that has quite a robust notification system
>> that uses email. The only hole in it is their must be a good
>> internet connection to the central smtp server for the "robust"
>> emails to go out.
>> What I want to do is setup james on each of these kiosks to act as a
>> local smtp server forwarding all mail to the "central" smtp server.
>> This way it will queue when the network is down.
>> I have looked into the docs and played with an installation but
>> cannot find where to start. Can someone push/nudge me in the right
>> direction?
>>
>> regards,
>> Glen
>>
>> PS I also want to make sure that outgoing smtp services are "locked"
>> down so the kiosks down become spam distribution points ;-)
>> Please share ideas on how best to do this as well...
>>
>>
>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: server-user-unsubscribe@james.apache.org
>> For additional commands, e-mail: server-user-help@james.apache.org
>>
>>
> Don't kow why it took the parent message to inspire this in me, but
> places like RoadRunner block my James server because its coming from
> my DSL line. Can I configure James to act as a local SMTP gateway but
> deliver everythign through my DSL provider's SMTP server (the one I'd
> normally point to in my mail client if I weren't a geek runnign my own
> Java mail server)?
>
> Regards,
> Brian.
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> To unsubscribe, e-mail: server-user-unsubscribe@james.apache.org
> For additional commands, e-mail: server-user-help@james.apache.org
>
---------------------------------------------------------------------
To unsubscribe, e-mail: server-user-unsubscribe@james.apache.org
For additional commands, e-mail: server-user-help@james.apache.org
Re: using James to queue outgoing mail and forward to another smtp
server
Posted by "Brian J. Sayatovic" <tr...@one.net>.
Glen wrote:
> Hello James User List,
> I am managing 300 kiosks that has quite a robust notification system
> that uses email. The only hole in it is their must be a good internet
> connection to the central smtp server for the "robust" emails to go out.
> What I want to do is setup james on each of these kiosks to act as a
> local smtp server forwarding all mail to the "central" smtp server.
> This way it will queue when the network is down.
> I have looked into the docs and played with an installation but cannot
> find where to start. Can someone push/nudge me in the right direction?
>
> regards,
> Glen
>
> PS I also want to make sure that outgoing smtp services are "locked"
> down so the kiosks down become spam distribution points ;-) Please
> share ideas on how best to do this as well...
>
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> To unsubscribe, e-mail: server-user-unsubscribe@james.apache.org
> For additional commands, e-mail: server-user-help@james.apache.org
>
>
Don't kow why it took the parent message to inspire this in me, but
places like RoadRunner block my James server because its coming from my
DSL line. Can I configure James to act as a local SMTP gateway but
deliver everythign through my DSL provider's SMTP server (the one I'd
normally point to in my mail client if I weren't a geek runnign my own
Java mail server)?
Regards,
Brian.
---------------------------------------------------------------------
To unsubscribe, e-mail: server-user-unsubscribe@james.apache.org
For additional commands, e-mail: server-user-help@james.apache.org
RE: using James to queue outgoing mail and forward to another smtp server
Posted by "Noel J. Bergman" <no...@devtech.com>.
> I am managing 300 kiosks that has quite a robust notification system
> that uses email. The only hole in it is their must be a good internet
> connection to the central smtp server for the "robust" emails to go out.
This is very simple. Setup RemoteDelivery to use your central SMTP server
as a gateway.
> PS I also want to make sure that outgoing smtp services are "locked"
> down so the kiosks [don't] become spam distribution points
Defined "locked down". If you mean that you only want the kiosks to send
e-mail that is written on them, that is likewise trivial.
--- Noel
---------------------------------------------------------------------
To unsubscribe, e-mail: server-user-unsubscribe@james.apache.org
For additional commands, e-mail: server-user-help@james.apache.org