Search found 5282 matches

by percepts
2016-07-29 12:39
Forum: General discussions
Topic: The read operation failed, Code:2
Replies: 5
Views: 9603

Re: The read operation failed, Code:2

note that if you are using spamassassin it also does blacklist tests which are most likely duplicating the dnsbl and surbl checks you have set in hmail itself.
by percepts
2016-07-28 22:30
Forum: General discussions
Topic: HOWTO: Automatically backup MySQL (On Windows)
Replies: 21
Views: 29028

Re: HOWTO: Automatically backup MySQL (On Windows)

my setup Resumes automatically after the backup completes. So it backup actually runs with the system paused which isn't what I thought.
Why yours doesn't auto restart I have no idea. You can fix the code since you have it.
by percepts
2016-07-28 20:44
Forum: General discussions
Topic: HOWTO: Automatically backup MySQL (On Windows)
Replies: 21
Views: 29028

Re: HOWTO: Automatically backup MySQL (On Windows)

your system must be screwed then. Did it actually do the backup
by percepts
2016-07-28 20:17
Forum: General discussions
Topic: HOWTO: Automatically backup MySQL (On Windows)
Replies: 21
Views: 29028

Re: HOWTO: Automatically backup MySQL (On Windows)

The internal backup utility will resume hmail if it was stopped and then do its stuff. If you PAUSE hms (in the 'Server' tab) first, then run the INTERNAL BACKUP, it all works fine and the server remains on PAUSE. A manual RESUME is required. (Of course, if the windows SERVICE is stopped then nothi...
by percepts
2016-07-28 20:04
Forum: General discussions
Topic: HOWTO: Automatically backup MySQL (On Windows)
Replies: 21
Views: 29028

Re: HOWTO: Automatically backup MySQL (On Windows)

Also it should be noted that the builtin backup works on much larger data sets now. It is at least 16 GB and may well be unlimited (I've not checked in a while). I don't believe that the builtin backup stops or pauses the server I think the server needs to be running for it to work. I was thinking ...
by percepts
2016-07-28 15:29
Forum: General discussions
Topic: Use intermediate email server between internet and hMailserver ?
Replies: 7
Views: 7381

Re: Use intermediate email server between internet and hMailserver ?

yes you can.

in your hmail email account settings you have a tab for "external accounts". That allows you to download from your external smtp host to your local hmailserver account.
by percepts
2016-07-28 15:26
Forum: Off-topic discussions
Topic: "BREXIT" - for those of you not familiar......
Replies: 33
Views: 22744

Re: "BREXIT" - for those of you not familiar......

anyone with an ounce of inteligence should be aware that all countries have import and export tarrifs. They all operate protectionist policies for their economies. Only in free trade zones do they not. Since the UK imports far more product from the EU than it exports to the EU it should be obvious t...
by percepts
2016-07-28 14:44
Forum: General discussions
Topic: Use intermediate email server between internet and hMailserver ?
Replies: 7
Views: 7381

Re: Use intermediate email server between internet and hMailserver ?

Best solution is to get a static IP if you possibly can so you don't need a third party solution. dynamic IP numbers are a pain. You will need to use a third party provider who can handle them. A couple of inexpensive ones are: http://www.noip.com/managed-mail#self-hosted OR http://www.dnsmadeeasy.c...
by percepts
2016-07-28 05:55
Forum: General discussions
Topic: Hmailserver in windows 8.1?
Replies: 6
Views: 7034

Re: Hmailserver in windows 8.1?

if its only pop3 users then it should be fine. And if its only pop3 then disk space should not be an issue.
by percepts
2016-07-27 17:07
Forum: General discussions
Topic: HOWTO: Automatically backup MySQL (On Windows)
Replies: 21
Views: 29028

Re: HOWTO: Automatically backup MySQL (On Windows)

In the com api you will find the "Application" Class this class has two methods that you can use, Start and Stop. Start and Stop use slightly misleading naming as they are really Pause and Resume. They provide the functionality for the Pause/Resume button in the admin settings gui Status panel. They...
by percepts
2016-07-27 12:05
Forum: General discussions
Topic: Hmailserver in windows 8.1?
Replies: 6
Views: 7034

Re: Hmailserver in windows 8.1?

if you have 700 users all using IMAP then I would suggest minimum of 16GB ram. Ram is so cheap in the greater scheme of things that 32GB or even 64GB should be a non issue for a 700 user system. For optimum performance I would also use Postgre DB and put your spam/anitivirus checking on another serv...
by percepts
2016-07-27 02:21
Forum: General discussions
Topic: Out Of Office
Replies: 14
Views: 12064

Re: Out Of Office

I think ASP will run on Windows Apache but I could be wrong. After all, all these web scripting languages are just callable from the webserver, process the html file with its embedded asp or php or whatever scripting language and pass the output back to the webserver to serve up with http. There is ...
by percepts
2016-07-26 20:40
Forum: General discussions
Topic: Move to new Database >> Question
Replies: 2
Views: 4631

Re: Move to new Database >> Question

you use hmailservers own backup procedure in utilities/backup and tick all options including compress. That produces a zipped file with everything in it including the full database contents in xml format so it isn't database server dependant. It also includes a full copy of your data folder. It does...
by percepts
2016-07-26 20:09
Forum: General discussions
Topic: The read operation failed, Code:2
Replies: 5
Views: 9603

Re: The read operation failed, Code:2

mxtoolbox times out after 15 seconds when trying to do a diagnostic on 193.239.149.113 aramis.iszt.hu I think they have problems which are casuing you problems Connecting to 193.239.149.113 7/26/2016 1:07:06 PM Connection attempt #1 - Unable to connect after 15 seconds. [15.00 sec] PWS3v2 15002ms Se...
by percepts
2016-07-26 16:58
Forum: Feature requests
Topic: create a POLL when posting a new feature request
Replies: 0
Views: 4875

create a POLL when posting a new feature request

The point of the Feature Request forum is to collect ideas and support for those ideas. The best way to collect support for your feature request is if people can vote on it. So create a POLL with a "Yes I would like this feature" and a "Not fussed" option and that way you can get support for your id...
by percepts
2016-07-26 16:33
Forum: General discussions
Topic: mailer-daemon
Replies: 5
Views: 8241

Re: mailer-daemon

Percepts, that is a great idea. I've never seen that before Well yes but it is very dependant on exactly what you want to do and if the rule actions can do it without a script function. And possible conflicts between rules. I also have several rule actions which run functions but always try to avoi...
by percepts
2016-07-26 16:10
Forum: General discussions
Topic: An error occured while executing 'IOCPQueueWorkerTask'
Replies: 14
Views: 12038

Re: An error occured while executing 'IOCPQueueWorkerTask'

you should email the minidump direct to martin at hmailserver dot com that way you'll get a faster more direct response with action for this sort of problem. That is what minidumps are for. Having said that, it looks highly likely that your java api has either got a bug or is not being used correctl...
by percepts
2016-07-26 14:58
Forum: General discussions
Topic: mailer-daemon
Replies: 5
Views: 8241

Re: mailer-daemon

+1 except for a very simple action such as only changing the From address you can do it all in the rule without the need for a script function. You just use the "Set header Value" action and specify "From" and in value put the full email address of what you want it to be. So you have criteria: From ...
by percepts
2016-07-25 17:50
Forum: General discussions
Topic: Rules not processing
Replies: 6
Views: 7458

Re: Rules not processing

Also which folder are you trying to move to, a Public folder or an Account folder? You should check both your account folders and public folders. Sometimes, it may have created a new account folder which is not one that your email client knows the name of. You can see account folders in your account...
by percepts
2016-07-25 16:55
Forum: General discussions
Topic: Rules not processing
Replies: 6
Views: 7458

Re: Rules not processing

https://www.hmailserver.com/documentati ... rence_rule
Rule Actions:
•Move to IMAP folder - Move the message to a specific IMAP folder. This only applies when the delivery is local. If the folder does not already exist, it is created.
by percepts
2016-07-25 15:52
Forum: General discussions
Topic: An error occured while executing 'IOCPQueueWorkerTask'
Replies: 14
Views: 12038

Re: An error occured while executing 'IOCPQueueWorkerTask'

Lamprecht wrote:
percepts wrote:OP posted a minidump. He must have a recent version methinks.
minidump is in attach
I think that's what I said!
by percepts
2016-07-25 15:48
Forum: General discussions
Topic: Rules not processing
Replies: 6
Views: 7458

Re: Rules not processing

Ahem....

your test for X-hMailServer-LoopCount is wrong. It should be:


X-hMailServer-LoopCount / Less than / 1

and NOT

X-hMailServer-LoopCount / Equals / <1

it would never match as it is now.
by percepts
2016-07-25 02:12
Forum: General discussions
Topic: An error occured while executing 'IOCPQueueWorkerTask'
Replies: 14
Views: 12038

Re: An error occured while executing 'IOCPQueueWorkerTask'

OP posted a minidump. He must have a recent version methinks.
by percepts
2016-07-23 18:45
Forum: Scripting
Topic: Add Rules using VBS
Replies: 18
Views: 27781

Re: Add Rules using VBS

Blimey, I thought you were long gone. You have my sympathy, I know how it is when its clear the questioner knows exactly what they want and could probably do it themselves but aren't prepared to do the donky work themselves.
by percepts
2016-07-22 18:11
Forum: General discussions
Topic: myssl use .pFX
Replies: 3
Views: 4613

Re: myssl use .pFX

you provide the location of your certificates in settings/advanced/ssl certificates read the following: https://www.hmailserver.com/documentation/latest/?page=reference_sslcertificates and https://www.hmailserver.com/documentation/latest/?page=reference_ssltls I'm not sure that you can use a pfx for...
by percepts
2016-07-22 18:02
Forum: Scripting
Topic: specific mailbox rule is incorrectly applying to all mailboxes
Replies: 9
Views: 10112

Re: specific mailbox rule is incorrectly applying to all mailboxes

this slight humour has a very serious side. I am reminded of someone I know who is an ofsted schools inspector in the UK. They also inspect private creche/kindergartens for toddlers. She did an inspection at a large american computer software company (Computer Associates) who ran a creche for employ...
by percepts
2016-07-22 08:21
Forum: Scripting
Topic: specific mailbox rule is incorrectly applying to all mailboxes
Replies: 9
Views: 10112

Re: specific mailbox rule is incorrectly applying to all mailboxes

OMG a geek at 8 years old, where will it end. :lol: :lol: :lol:
by percepts
2016-07-22 03:01
Forum: Scripting
Topic: specific mailbox rule is incorrectly applying to all mailboxes
Replies: 9
Views: 10112

Re: specific mailbox rule is incorrectly applying to all mailboxes

you wait until the little darlings find out they can set up email accounts direct with other mail providers and bypass your hmailserver spying completely :lol:
by percepts
2016-07-21 18:23
Forum: General discussions
Topic: rules don't work
Replies: 29
Views: 20593

Re: rules don't work

does it work?
by percepts
2016-07-21 17:53
Forum: Scripting
Topic: specific mailbox rule is incorrectly applying to all mailboxes
Replies: 9
Views: 10112

Re: specific mailbox rule is incorrectly applying to all mailboxes

just setup a global rule which says To contains kid1@domain.com OR To contains kid2@domain.com or from contains kid1@domain.com or from contains kid2@domain.com action forward email me@domain.com your script will add you as recipient to every mail incoming and outgoing that passes through your serve...
by percepts
2016-07-21 16:22
Forum: General discussions
Topic: rules don't work
Replies: 29
Views: 20593

Re: rules don't work

you should be able to do that with a rule and not need to use script for it.

use a global rule if you want it to apply to all of your email addresses. If its just one email address which is the problem then use an account level rule.
by percepts
2016-07-21 15:14
Forum: General discussions
Topic: no auto-reply in distributionlists
Replies: 16
Views: 17189

Re: no auto-reply in distributionlists

there may be a much simpler and more logical way of hnadling this depending on which type of distribution list/list you are running. If they are all notification lists where there is only one email address which is allowed to post to the list/lists then its easy to handle. If anyone can post to the ...
by percepts
2016-07-20 21:12
Forum: General discussions
Topic: rules don't work
Replies: 29
Views: 20593

Re: rules don't work

unsubscribing from the group would seem to be the most logical and sensible thing to do. Doesn't answer your question of why rules don't seem to work though. There are numerous headers in that mail which could be used in your rule to delete posts from that listgroup. Try another one and see if that ...
by percepts
2016-07-20 10:33
Forum: General discussions
Topic: rules don't work
Replies: 29
Views: 20593

Re: rules don't work

Doesn't really matter what anyone else has in Return-Path. Its what MrGadget has in Return-Path of the message that he says the rule is failing on that counts. So I would like to see the full headers of the mail in question posted here and then we can make a sensible assessment of what might be happ...
by percepts
2016-07-19 22:16
Forum: General discussions
Topic: no auto-reply in distributionlists
Replies: 16
Views: 17189

Re: no auto-reply in distributionlists

You would need to check every account that was part of the group individually to see if the message was addresses to the distribution list, and if so stop the autoreply.... That sounds good, but how can I stop the autoreply? Simply deactivate it in the account object on onAcceptMessage event? But h...
by percepts
2016-07-19 17:12
Forum: Development & alpha discussions
Topic: 5.6.5-B2367 Spam Check Failures
Replies: 38
Views: 31296

Re: 5.6.5-B2367 Spam Check Failures

better clean up my ini file then !!!

good job I wasn't trying to use it.
by percepts
2016-07-19 15:19
Forum: Development & alpha discussions
Topic: 5.6.5-B2367 Spam Check Failures
Replies: 38
Views: 31296

Re: 5.6.5-B2367 Spam Check Failures

scrub that idea then.
by percepts
2016-07-19 15:11
Forum: Development & alpha discussions
Topic: 5.6.5-B2367 Spam Check Failures
Replies: 38
Views: 31296

Re: 5.6.5-B2367 Spam Check Failures

or you could just put following in your hmailserver.ini (restart hmailserver for it to take effect) SPFPolicyOverride=v=spf1 A -all or set to it to whichever domains,ips,MXs you want to. It will overide all mail from all sources with whatever you set so be careful with its use. Check hmailserver.in...
by percepts
2016-07-19 12:41
Forum: Development & alpha discussions
Topic: 5.6.5-B2367 Spam Check Failures
Replies: 38
Views: 31296

Re: 5.6.5-B2367 Spam Check Failures

or you could just put following in your hmailserver.ini (restart hmailserver for it to take effect) SPFPolicyOverride=v=spf1 A -all or set to it to whichever domains,ips,MXs you want to. It will overide all mail from all sources with whatever you set so be careful with its use. Check hmailserver.ini...
by percepts
2016-07-18 16:48
Forum: General discussions
Topic: no auto-reply in distributionlists
Replies: 16
Views: 17189

Re: no auto-reply in distributionlists

I use a script which was intended to keep members email address private. As an unintended byproduct, it stops any auto replies from any accounts in the distribution list when a mail is sent to/from the list. just put it in onAcceptMessage and edit to your distlist email address (that's if you are ha...
by percepts
2016-07-17 14:03
Forum: General discussions
Topic: Cannot connect with any Outlook client anymore
Replies: 7
Views: 6865

Re: Cannot connect with any Outlook client anymore

if you have an hmail backup from before you did the deletes, you should be able to unzip it (if it was zipped) and look in the xml file to see exactly what the setting were before you did the delete. You can then just recreate manually that user account using the info in the xml file. And you could ...
by percepts
2016-07-16 14:00
Forum: General discussions
Topic: PHPWebAdmin does not work after update.
Replies: 4
Views: 5454

Re: PHPWebAdmin does not work after update.

your verson of PHP was released in Nov 2006. It is 10 Years old which is an eternity in web terms!!!. The htmlspecialchars function had its 4th parameter(double encode) added in PHP version 5.2.3 Released: 31 May 2007 (9 years ago). I have no idea what changes have been made in the PHPWebAdmin code ...
by percepts
2016-07-14 19:05
Forum: Scripting
Topic: How to make account list organize/systimatic
Replies: 7
Views: 18226

Re: How to make account list organize/systimatic

I have added a new feature request so please vote on it. The idea being that it is actual referential data orientated rather than pure comments which are rarely maintained accurately. This will more simply allow you to categorise accounts and would help. But there's no telling if or when it would ge...
by percepts
2016-07-14 18:39
Forum: General discussions
Topic: Have a problem with 11 meg messages
Replies: 9
Views: 8128

Re: Have a problem with 11 meg messages

the first error message being output to log each time this happens is an out of memory message generated from your IMAP access. Have you got message indexing enabled in the advanced/performance/message indexing settings ? This may help if you have not got it enabled but I don't know why. Normally yo...
by percepts
2016-07-14 18:16
Forum: Feature requests
Topic: group and disibution list selections in user account panel
Replies: 0
Views: 5228

group and disibution list selections in user account panel

It would be useful if hmail had a couple of extra selection inputs in the accounts setup panel where you could select a group or groups to be included in and also select a distribution list or lists for the domain to be added to so that it is all handled at account setup time or could be manually al...
by percepts
2016-07-14 17:59
Forum: Scripting
Topic: How to make account list organize/systimatic
Replies: 7
Views: 18226

Re: How to make account list organize/systimatic

As Matt suggests, you could setup a distribution for each department which may be useful in the long term but addition to the distribution list for a dept is not automatic as there is nowhere to input dept or category for an email account. You can also setup groups in your IMAP settings but again th...
by percepts
2016-07-14 10:55
Forum: General discussions
Topic: Rule for empty Sender needed
Replies: 5
Views: 5946

Re: Rule for empty Sender needed

fix the problem at source which is exchange. It should be adding the from address correctly in the auto reply and not leaving it empty. I'm presuming its actually Return-Path: which is empty and not From:

take a look at the email and confirm this please.
by percepts
2016-07-14 10:39
Forum: Scripting
Topic: How to make account list organize/systimatic
Replies: 7
Views: 18226

Re: How to make account list organize/systimatic

I'm guessing that most setups use a user naming convention of firstname.surname and if you know the surname but not the firstname, then find as you type is not a lot of use to you since a.smith will be near start of list whereas z.smith would be near to end of list which could be several hundred or ...
by percepts
2016-07-14 09:47
Forum: Scripting
Topic: How to make account list organize/systimatic
Replies: 7
Views: 18226

Re: How to make account list organize/systimatic

I kind of understand what you are asking but how can you find a user name if you don't know what it is the first place. And if you know what it is in first place, then just clicking in list window anywhere and typing first letter of username will position cursor on first username beginning with that...
by percepts
2016-07-13 21:15
Forum: General discussions
Topic: 530 SMTP authentication required for 1 external seneder
Replies: 36
Views: 21162

Re: 530 SMTP authentication required for 1 external seneder

I must slowing up :roll: The obvious solution to this problem is to tell your web developers NOT to use their own relaying service and connect to your mailserver direct which bypasses all these other mail servers. If they are using PHP they can use PHPMailer class which is free at https://github.com...
by percepts
2016-07-13 19:34
Forum: General discussions
Topic: 530 SMTP authentication required for 1 external seneder
Replies: 36
Views: 21162

Re: 530 SMTP authentication required for 1 external seneder

well find the bounced email and see what it contains.
by percepts
2016-07-13 18:08
Forum: General discussions
Topic: Sending automatic email with php
Replies: 6
Views: 10515

Re: Sending automatic email with php

I should have asked before but are you running PHP on a unix or windows webserver. If its a unix webserver then php mail() function could well be using sendmail which does allow you to authenticate using the php mail() function. Its usually only windows webservers that you can't authenticate using p...
by percepts
2016-07-13 18:05
Forum: General discussions
Topic: 530 SMTP authentication required for 1 external seneder
Replies: 36
Views: 21162

Re: 530 SMTP authentication required for 1 external seneder

I have a suspicion that the webserver software that is sending the mail may be doing its own connection to hmailserver and trying to authenticate incorrectly, possibly even sending a password. But we have no idea what that software or how its actually trying to send the email. It may be unix based o...
by percepts
2016-07-13 12:25
Forum: General discussions
Topic: HOWTO: Automatically backup MySQL (On Windows)
Replies: 21
Views: 29028

Re: HOWTO: Automatically backup MySQL (On Windows)

it amazes me that since windows has been around for several decades that people always resort to third party solution instead of writing a very simple bat file which can either execute the mysqldbexport utility or simply just copy the mysql hmail data folder to another location and trigger it with w...
by percepts
2016-07-13 12:14
Forum: General discussions
Topic: Setting up internal user and external user
Replies: 29
Views: 19540

Re: Setting up internal user and external user

No that is wrong. hmail may apply the conditions of any of the three ranges which have priority 10. It is undefined which one will take effect when the priorities are the same. So by your reckoning, HMS looks up PRIORITIES first and if there is more than one, it it simply takes 'a record' from one ...
by percepts
2016-07-13 12:01
Forum: General discussions
Topic: Setting up internal user and external user
Replies: 29
Views: 19540

Re: Setting up internal user and external user

For me to avoid complication on my setup, is there anyone know who can tell me the exact behavior of my setup with regards to the "local user 1" ? (please refer to picture attached) ( i've already enable SMTP authentication for local to local for both Internet and internet1 range. ) gnoppix either ...
by percepts
2016-07-13 11:55
Forum: General discussions
Topic: Setting up internal user and external user
Replies: 29
Views: 19540

Re: Setting up internal user and external user

I already told you. It is undefined. See following and look at what it says for "Priority" https://www.hmailserver.com/documentation/latest/?page=reference_iprange This is not the case, it is incorrect. As he has already written and pointed out earlier in the thread his ip range is priority 10 and ...
by percepts
2016-07-13 11:45
Forum: General discussions
Topic: Have a problem with 11 meg messages
Replies: 9
Views: 8128

Re: Have a problem with 11 meg messages

No, there is no Antivirus there, and the max size for domain and users set to 0 (unlimited), no problem with disk space as well. What about SMTP max message size. You can overide that in domain max message size. Using 0 in domain max message size DOES NOT mean unlimited. It means you have not overi...
by percepts
2016-07-13 11:34
Forum: General discussions
Topic: Setting up internal user and external user
Replies: 29
Views: 19540

Re: Setting up internal user and external user

For me to avoid complication on my setup, is there anyone know who can tell me the exact behavior of my setup with regards to the "local user 1" ? (please refer to picture attached) ( i've already enable SMTP authentication for local to local for both Internet and internet1 range. ) gnoppix I alrea...