[Xitami] Also in need of help

[Marc Doigny]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Gibbons" <MGibbons at UxbridgeCollege.ac.uk>
To: <xitami at lists.xitami.org>
Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2007 2:17 PM
Subject: Re: [Xitami] Also in need of help


> Thanks marc
>
> Most of that went over my head, things i do know:
>
> "pop before smtp is the most widely use: pop your mailbox and the mail
> server will allow that IP to relay during a limited time frame"
>
> I know the language your using is english, but i have no idea what your
> saying, i thought pop (outgoing mail) and smtp (incomming) were set up
> automatic when you cheate the mail server.
pop is INCOMING (post office protocol), the mail is waiting to be popped
(downloaded) by the recipient

smtp is OUTGOING (simple mail transfer protocol), mail from your computer to
the internet

> "the smtp protocol allows identification, but the mail client that want
> to
> send mail must connect directly to the server, not via the ISP relay
> (the
> isp relay will not pass the authentification)."
>
> The domain name is on the server and can send mail to any address.
> So i know i am not using my isp relay, its my server that is refusing
> the connection.

Thats normal behaviour for a mail server.
It will not relay if the user is not authenticated.
If you are sending mail to a local user (no auth. required) and the server
is refusing the mail, then the mailserver is not correctly configured
(doesn't know the domain is local)

I'm quite sure you are not understanding the intricacies of mail delivery.


marc