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Posted to server-user@james.apache.org by Mag Gam <ma...@myfastmail.com> on 2004/09/17 06:37:27 UTC
Mail Relay Problems
I am trying to relay email I been looking at the docs and mailing lists
but no luck. I have a domain name called "foo.com", and we can set up a
MX record for it "mail.foo.com". I am not sure where I add this to relay
email. I can sent mail from James, but no one else can send mail to
user@foo.com or even user@mail.foo.com
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RE: Mail Relay Problems
Posted by Mag Gam <ma...@myfastmail.com>.
That did the trick!
Thanks, Dan!
On Fri, 17 Sep 2004 12:50:27 +0100, "Daniel Perry"
<d....@netcase.co.uk> said:
> The message you get is because james doesnt think that the domain the
> email
> is destined for is local, so if it were to accept the email,it would be
> relaying. And open relaying is bad!
>
> Have you set up servernames in your config.xml?
>
> Ie, in the <servernames> block, do you have:
>
> <servername>foo.com</servername>
>
> Because that's how james determines if an address is local. Without it,
> james will assume blah@foo.com is a remote address, and will refuse to
> relay
> to the 'remote' address.
>
> Daniel.
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Mag Gam [mailto:mag0007@myfastmail.com]
> > Sent: 17 September 2004 12:28
> > To: James Users List
> > Subject: Re: Mail Relay Problems
> >
> >
> > When I send an email to user@domain.com I get this message.
> >
> > <us...@domain.com>: host mail01.domain.com[domain.ip.address] said:
> > 550 - Requested action not taken: relaying denied (in reply to RCPT
> > TO
> > command)
> >
> > Now, if I do ping domain.com I get a good response, I can even do a
> > "host domain.com". I do have the MX server specified in our DNS service
> > (netsolutions.com). I don't know how to test that, but I specified it.
> >
> > As for the changes, in the config.xml file I DID edit the dnsserver
> > section to DNS server of what the mail server is using. Should I use
> > other DNS server? I don't think I have changed anything else. Any more
> > questions please let me know
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> >
> > On Fri, 17 Sep 2004 08:10:11 +0200, "Simon Klaiber" <li...@klaiber.com>
> > said:
> > > Mag Gam wrote:
> > >
> > > >I am trying to relay email I been looking at the docs and mailing lists
> > > >but no luck. I have a domain name called "foo.com", and we can set up a
> > > >MX record for it "mail.foo.com". I am not sure where I add
> > this to relay
> > > >email. I can sent mail from James, but no one else can send mail to
> > > >user@foo.com or even user@mail.foo.com
> > > >
> > > >---------------------------------------------------------------------
> > > >To unsubscribe, e-mail: server-user-unsubscribe@james.apache.org
> > > >For additional commands, e-mail: server-user-help@james.apache.org
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > What do you mean exactly by "can't send" is the connection
> > refused or is
> > > the mail recieved by the server but not delivered to the user?
> > > If it is the second possibility check if the mail is in the
> > error or the
> > > spam repository.
> > > Also interesting would be what you changed on the default configuration
> > > file.
> > >
> > > Simon
> > >
> > >
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RE: Mail Relay Problems
Posted by Daniel Perry <d....@netcase.co.uk>.
The message you get is because james doesnt think that the domain the email
is destined for is local, so if it were to accept the email,it would be
relaying. And open relaying is bad!
Have you set up servernames in your config.xml?
Ie, in the <servernames> block, do you have:
<servername>foo.com</servername>
Because that's how james determines if an address is local. Without it,
james will assume blah@foo.com is a remote address, and will refuse to relay
to the 'remote' address.
Daniel.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mag Gam [mailto:mag0007@myfastmail.com]
> Sent: 17 September 2004 12:28
> To: James Users List
> Subject: Re: Mail Relay Problems
>
>
> When I send an email to user@domain.com I get this message.
>
> <us...@domain.com>: host mail01.domain.com[domain.ip.address] said:
> 550 - Requested action not taken: relaying denied (in reply to RCPT
> TO
> command)
>
> Now, if I do ping domain.com I get a good response, I can even do a
> "host domain.com". I do have the MX server specified in our DNS service
> (netsolutions.com). I don't know how to test that, but I specified it.
>
> As for the changes, in the config.xml file I DID edit the dnsserver
> section to DNS server of what the mail server is using. Should I use
> other DNS server? I don't think I have changed anything else. Any more
> questions please let me know
>
> Thanks!
>
>
> On Fri, 17 Sep 2004 08:10:11 +0200, "Simon Klaiber" <li...@klaiber.com>
> said:
> > Mag Gam wrote:
> >
> > >I am trying to relay email I been looking at the docs and mailing lists
> > >but no luck. I have a domain name called "foo.com", and we can set up a
> > >MX record for it "mail.foo.com". I am not sure where I add
> this to relay
> > >email. I can sent mail from James, but no one else can send mail to
> > >user@foo.com or even user@mail.foo.com
> > >
> > >---------------------------------------------------------------------
> > >To unsubscribe, e-mail: server-user-unsubscribe@james.apache.org
> > >For additional commands, e-mail: server-user-help@james.apache.org
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > What do you mean exactly by "can't send" is the connection
> refused or is
> > the mail recieved by the server but not delivered to the user?
> > If it is the second possibility check if the mail is in the
> error or the
> > spam repository.
> > Also interesting would be what you changed on the default configuration
> > file.
> >
> > Simon
> >
> >
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> >
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Re: Mail Relay Problems
Posted by Mag Gam <ma...@myfastmail.com>.
When I send an email to user@domain.com I get this message.
<us...@domain.com>: host mail01.domain.com[domain.ip.address] said:
550 - Requested action not taken: relaying denied (in reply to RCPT
TO
command)
Now, if I do ping domain.com I get a good response, I can even do a
"host domain.com". I do have the MX server specified in our DNS service
(netsolutions.com). I don't know how to test that, but I specified it.
As for the changes, in the config.xml file I DID edit the dnsserver
section to DNS server of what the mail server is using. Should I use
other DNS server? I don't think I have changed anything else. Any more
questions please let me know
Thanks!
On Fri, 17 Sep 2004 08:10:11 +0200, "Simon Klaiber" <li...@klaiber.com>
said:
> Mag Gam wrote:
>
> >I am trying to relay email I been looking at the docs and mailing lists
> >but no luck. I have a domain name called "foo.com", and we can set up a
> >MX record for it "mail.foo.com". I am not sure where I add this to relay
> >email. I can sent mail from James, but no one else can send mail to
> >user@foo.com or even user@mail.foo.com
> >
> >---------------------------------------------------------------------
> >To unsubscribe, e-mail: server-user-unsubscribe@james.apache.org
> >For additional commands, e-mail: server-user-help@james.apache.org
> >
> >
> >
> >
> What do you mean exactly by "can't send" is the connection refused or is
> the mail recieved by the server but not delivered to the user?
> If it is the second possibility check if the mail is in the error or the
> spam repository.
> Also interesting would be what you changed on the default configuration
> file.
>
> Simon
>
>
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Re: Mail Relay Problems
Posted by Simon Klaiber <li...@klaiber.com>.
Mag Gam wrote:
>I am trying to relay email I been looking at the docs and mailing lists
>but no luck. I have a domain name called "foo.com", and we can set up a
>MX record for it "mail.foo.com". I am not sure where I add this to relay
>email. I can sent mail from James, but no one else can send mail to
>user@foo.com or even user@mail.foo.com
>
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>
>
>
What do you mean exactly by "can't send" is the connection refused or is
the mail recieved by the server but not delivered to the user?
If it is the second possibility check if the mail is in the error or the
spam repository.
Also interesting would be what you changed on the default configuration
file.
Simon
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