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In addition to what Matt suggested, you might check your SMTP logs (which should always be enabled for reasons like this) to see if any of the messages FROM someone@somedomain.com followed an AUTH command (indicating an abused account). Also, you can reduce the problem indirectly by publishing an SP...

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This is getting off-topic, but for the sake dialog with a respected fellow member... 8) I don't have this SPAM feature turned on. I have heard that doing this increases 'false positives' (ie incorrect rejections) as many mailservers aren't set up properly. True enough. For my part I only tag and del...

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How hard is it to get my outlook or thunderbird client to say that it's self identified name is 'trusted.dynamic.hostname'? If we're getting picky, then it's usually the OS or SMTP daemon that determines the hostname (not the mail client) but that's splitting hairs, of course. That part is easy. We...

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I have disabled all spam and virus to eliminate any variables. Ahh, but there are more variables than that. ;) For starters: - What version of hMS? - Is this server the direct MX and sender for the domain, or are other servers involved? - Are you using any Rules at the server or mailbox level? - Ar...

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I think what thecutter is envisioning is an IP Range or whitelisting based on a (verified) hostname, e.g.: - SMTPD receives "EHLO/HELO trusted.dynamic.hostname" from IP address a.b.c.d - If IP Range or whitelist contains "trusted.dynamic.hostname", then perform DNS lookup - If "trusted.dynamic.hostn...

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Exactly my setup too, except I also use SSL. Naturally... even enforced over the LAN w/ STunnel for apps that don't support it, just in case someone breaks WPA (not that any of my neighbors are that clever)... ;) I cannot see anything odd with cookies in Fire Fox, so I'm not going to worry about it...

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You don't say what version you're using. I'm guessing 4.4.x... Even if you're tagging and delivering spam instead of deleting it, you'll see higher numbers in the server status then you'll see in your mailboxes. This is because other activities can trigger a spam count before a message is accepted a...

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Just guessing here, but I'd say FF settings are preventing the PHP session from being saved in a cookie. Check your FF cookie/security settings. (Off-chance: You're using IIS; URL does not allow anonymous access; Windows authentication is enabled; IE is silently passing Windows credentials where FF ...

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i got the impression hmail is stable You don't say what version you're running. 4.4.1-B273 (and I'd include 4.4.2-B277) is very stable. For some reason i have a lot of messages in the mysql database who do not have a eml msg. This is almost always caused by 3rd party software like AV/malware scanne...

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If you're a "long time reader" then you're probably expecting this:
http://www.hmailserver.com/documentation/?page=overview

Your answers are there.

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I agree with Martin that well behaved mail servers should conform to RFC's (and therefore must report when a message is not delivered). However, it's not uncommon for modern servers to silently delete invalid mail to avoid backscatter from spam. This is completely untested, but it might do what you ...

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Second that... RE: SquirrelMail - As one guy put it (and it still makes me LOL), "If my dog looked like that I'd shave its ass and walk it backward", but it's more flexible and functional than anything else I've seen if you're willing to muddle through the setup and put up with the plain looks.

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Holy S***!

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How many of you have spf records actually set up for your domains?

I do, and so do ~20 other domains I've set up. I know it's still debated by some, but for the < 5 minutes it takes to configure (in most cases) it seems silly not to when it can easily help identify a forged FROM domain.

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Can probably do this w/ MS Log Parser... Haven't used it personally yet, but there was QUITE a discussion about it here: http://www.hmailserver.com/forum/viewto ... =7&t=11792

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What do you mean, like a "description" or "notes" field on the account General tab?

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Maybe this is a silly question, but are you even using the database delivery log? If not then just disable it. Like the AWstats log hMS never purges it because it's forexternal use, and the 3rd party app is responsible for purging the log once it's read. If it grew to 4GB then I'm guessing it's not ...

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Didn't see any references to the 4GB delivery log before my last post. Maybe I jumped to hardware/driver suspicions too soon. I think DooM nailed it. Not sure how hMS handles a MySQL "full-table" error...

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Although not quite as useful as CIDR masks (which would be really great for pulling from SPF records) you can at least reduce the number of entries by adding whole /24 networks at once with wildcards (a.b.c.*), but maybe you already knew this...

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Well, sure enough, both logs find the message... "RECEIVED: 8 uid SEARCH UNDELETED HEADER Message-ID 480DB2C4.4030900@thope.co.uk" "SENT: * SEARCH 7861" "SENT: 8 OK UID completed" "RECEIVED: 8 uid SEARCH UNDELETED HEADER Message-ID 480C61F3.2080603@kingsuk1.com" "SENT: * SEARCH 7854" "SENT: 8 OK UID...

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Martin said this works in hMailServer, you are changing the config in the client. Maybe we just have a communication gap, but I think Martin and I are talking about the same thing (correct me if I'm wrong). In exchange this setup works perfect to me, also in exchange you don't need to change someth...

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http://www.openspf.org/

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Additionally, i could also send email out to people in our domain with no problem. The problem occurs only if i try to send to other domain or external email address. This alone sounds like a problem with your IP Ranges. Have you modified them recently? It's been working well until yesterday i went...

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FWIW - I've been running it since it came out w/ no issues.

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I hate to make your bad day worse, but... DEP errors, data corruption, repeated installation failures... You've got a lower level problem with your server than hMS/MySQL, so it's going to keep crashing until you identify and fix it. This sounds like a hardware or driver problem (including filter dri...

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Smarthost = SMTP Relayer

In Documentation > Installation > Scenarios:
http://www.hmailserver.com/documentatio ... rence_smtp

In Documentation Configuration > Reference Guide:
http://www.hmailserver.com/documentatio ... dynamic_ip

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Probably not, so dig into your Windows event logs for other possibly related events and check your firewall/router logs and/or updates to see if it might be the problem. Also, since you're spending the $ on a T1 I'm guessing you're running Windows Server. If so, enabling the built-in DNS server (def...

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Maybe a little TOO well... Hmm? Hmm?

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I'm assuming this is the "bad" account since I don't see any delete or expunge commands. Can you post a comparable "good" account log for comparison?

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Nope, don't think so, at least not by any "normal" means.

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Martin already answered your question. To elaborate: Configure an account in your e-mail client using the hMailServer username (address) and password, but put the address you want to send "from" as the e-mail address. I think the bigger issue is forging a GMail address. Exchange can't do this any be...

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Dominic, Good point - now that you mention it SourceForge (and other) mailing lists I'm on do the same thing. The user contributed scripts section contains scripting examples of how to send messages with custom headers, if you don't already know how to do that. I think you should go for it! (and let...

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It sounds like all you want is a basic SMTP service for send-only purposes. hMailServer could certainly do that, but it seems kind of excessive for your needs. You could just install the IIS SMTP service and configure it similar to: - Access > Connection/Relay > Only the list below > Add > 127.0.0.1...

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Probably a permissions issue, but start by doing what the error message suggests: Access the web site from the server itself using the "localhost" address so it will give you a more detailed error message.

Also, additional information is likely to be in the Windows event and/or IIS log.

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Since there are no expert opinions so far, I guess I'll throw in my 2c... take it with a grain of salt. It sounds like you've considered the options, and I'd agree that using another domain's FROM address out of your own server is likely to get junked by SPF-enabled servers. It seems like the simple...

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You'll probably get more responses at a SA forum since this isn't an hMailServer issue.

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So, does this mean you fixed the problem?

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Google is your friend

- http://www.postfix.org/

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Okay, so it's "consistent" perhaps, but "intended"? Isn't "View new posts" intended to show all topics with posts added since the last visit? That feature doesn't seem like much use if I have to look at the forum from several angles each visit to make sure I'm really seeing everything that's new. It...

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PHP will look for the PHP.ini in the Windows directory by default. You can specify the location of PHP.ini with the PHPRC environment variable (e.g. PHPRC=C:\PHP).

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This is the log of your client submitting a message to your server. You should post the log of your server attempting to deliver the message to the remote server. This is a very common problem. If you haven't already, read the documentation (specifically installation tutorials and troubleshooting se...

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Right, simply having a dynamic IP doesn't mean you're sending spam. But since most spam comes from dynamic IP's (or at least the spam that's hardest to track down), more and more servers are refusing to accept mail from dynamic IP's. This is especially true when your IP address has multiple issues a...

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REQUIRE AUTHENTICATION for deliveries TO REMOTE ACCOUNTS on your Internet range or you will be used as a spam relay! Even better, if you have no clients in your Internet range (all mail FROM your domain comes from other IP ranges), then allow deliveries ONLY from external to local accounts (disable ...

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I'd say registry:
http://www.hmailserver.com/forum/viewto ... f=6&t=8787

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I don't believe hMailServer has UIDPLUS support, but this still sounds like a Thunderbird issue. You're actually using 2 or more separate server accounts (not aliases), right? I suppose you could enable IMAP logging long enough to reproduce the issue then post the log sections that relate to moving ...

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Why can't I send emails directly from my server to other? Why I need to use ISP server? Because your setup is insufficient for a proper mail server. I need the info. Thanks. Your answers are: 1. In the documentation http://www.hmailserver.com/documentation/?page=overview 2. In researching the probl...

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I've been noticing, since phpBB3 I believe, that various views don't show everything they're supposed to show. For example: - "View new posts" might show 10 updated topics since last visit > I read all of them - "View active topics" might show 4 more topics in color (updated) > I read all of them - ...

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Just tried to create a new imap folder with a period in it's name and it wouldn't work. Just wondering why this isn't possible? The "." character, like "\" and "/" is reserved as a folder delimiter in IMAP, e.g. "Inbox.Subfolder" = "Inbox\Subfolder" = "Inbox/Subfolder". I'm pretty sure it's part of...

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So, let's see:
- Dynamic IP
- No rDNS at all for IP address
- SMTP connections refused by current IP
- Entire netblock listed on UCEprotect and SpamHaus for policy reasons

You're going to have to use your ISP's server for SMTP relay.

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The log you included is the client submitting the message to the server. What we need to see is the log of the server attempting to relay the message to the destination. Please post that log section. Also, are you using your ISP's server for outbound delivery? What do you have in Settings > Protocol...

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GMT-9/8, depending on the time of year (freaking silly DST - it's WAY more hassle for IT folks than Y2K ever was). It's drinkin' time here!

Yeah, opposite ends of the world but same schedule, apparently! You actually posted first (nice warning feature in phpBB3 BTW) but I posted anyway.

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They can send out email but the only way that I can get non local email to be received is by setting an IP Range of 0.0.0.0 - 255.255.255.255 (for the internet) and check SMTP and POP3 under allow connections or have external to local accounts checked. If you mean IP Ranges > Internet > Allow conne...

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8080 is usually an http service (or proxy) port. Is the MySQL service really running on 8080? In that case you need to put "localhost" in Database Server Address and "8080" in TCP Port.

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Never heard of that one... Are you using the FULL e-mail address as the username (not just the part before @)? This is required unless you have the default domain option set and are using an account in that domain. If you still have the issue then enable logging, reproduce the problem, and post the ...

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I'm assuming that you're using aliases or catch-all for the secondary addresses. Most e-mail clients allow you to configure multiple accounts/addresses. Configure an account for each address you want to send FROM (same server settings, just different display names and e-mail addresses). Configure th...

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Sounds like a personal problem.

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http://www.hmailserver.com/documentation/?page=reference_error_messages hMailServer is just reporting the failure that Windows gives it. I'd start by seeing if it's Windows' DNS Client service (service restart or host reboot) or a network problem (firewall/router issue interfering with DNS, slow DNS...

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I guess this is my laziness. I imagine if I removed *@fred.com from the white list, and added in the specific individual addresses @fred.com that I use, then these spam messages would be checked more carefully. Is this right? Yup. I'm assuming that you left the IP fields blank in the whitelist entr...

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Add the IMAP server account to the laptop Outlook profile then use the Outlook Import/Export function to import from the PST file to the IMAP folders. That should do it.

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Does hMail greylist local domains? I didn't think it did but could be wrong. Greylisting applies to any host connecting from an IP range that has spam protection enabled unless the host is whitelisted or a forwarding relay. See hMailServer 4.4 Flowchart v0.1: http://www.hmailserver.com/forum/viewto...

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