Topic: newbie - recieving mail problem

[matheson]

I have got the domain www.havsnogen.dk

Set up at SME 7.0 with all updates.

It works fine as DHCP-server and gateway

Using Outlook Express

Set mailserver to : mail.havsnogen.dk, pop3 and smtp

Added user and password

Í can send and recieve within my local network, send out in the world, but i dosn't recieve any mails from "outside"

Any help would be appreciated

[brianr]

I get:

mail.havsnogen.dk - 83.91.23.110  [Could not connect: Could not receive data: Operation timed out.]

Have you got port 25 forwarded to the server from the modem/router?

[matheson]

I don't know - i assume that the SME-server does by it self

If not - how opern/forward port 25 ?

[brianr]

what sort of connection to the internet do you have?

[matheson]

ADSL 4000/256

[brianr]

and are you on a modem or a NATing router? - What is the Ip address of the WAN side NIC on the server

[matheson]

The SME are the first thing that meets the internet, and it runs all the traffic to the local network with 2 netcards installed.

External is the same adress always: 83.91.23.110

Internal it goes with 192.168.1.x (SME is running always as DHCP-server)

[brianr]

If you have ADSL, then the SMEServer must be plugged into a modem or modem/router, which is then plugged into the telephone socket.   I suspect that the modem/router has not been set-up to forward port 25 to the server.  Perhaps it was supplied by your phone company or ISP.

[matheson]

I have a adsl-modem, but there is nothing to configure on that

But I think I have solved the problem. On gratisdns.dk I have pointet the mx-record to havsnogen.dk, but now I have added my adsl/telphone suppliers server there as well, and this morning I recieved 3 emails. So it looks as it works fine, I will wait a few days and see.

Thanks for input and help

Ian

[brianr]

Then I suspect what is now happening is that your 1st preference Mx record is failing, thus it is delivering the mail to the ISP mailbox (the "backup" MX).  and you are then "polling" the mailbox using fetchmail (setup under "email" in server-manager).

This means you have not "solved" the problem at all, just avoided it!!