Topic: Mail Redirector

[Harry]

What is the difference in the mail settings between the "Delegate Mail Server" and the "Internet Provider SMTP Server" ?

I am looking to setup a Mail redirector. I want users to authenticate to the SMTP server. The SMTP server will then forward email to my ISP.
This is needed so that I can use my ISP's SMTP server remotely, since it does not accept connections from outside networks. I basically want a mail redirector but with the added feature of authentication in order to prevent it being abused and used for spam.

Thanks for any help and pointers in configuring the SME server for this operation.

-Harry

[Kelvin]

Harry,

Internet Provider SMTP Server
You enter your ISP's SMTP server here. All mails sent out of SME will be passed on to your ISP's SMTP server for delivery.

Delegate Mail Server
If you specify an entry here, SME will pass all incoming mail to the specified server for processing.

Kelvin

[Harry]

Thanks for the reply. I input my ISP's mail server on both fields. I am trying to send a message from outside, using my home server as a relay to the ISP's mail server. Below is the error I got.

The message could not be sent because one of the recipients was rejected by the server. The rejected e-mail address was 'abc@asd.com'. Subject 'test 2', Account: 'networkincs', Server: 'abc.def.com', Protocol: SMTP, Server Response: '551 Sorry xxx.yyy.www.zzz, I don't allow unauthorized relaying. Please use another SMTP host to mail from to ', Port: 25, Secure(SSL): No, Server Error: 551, Error Number: 0x800CCC79


Is it possible to configure e-smith to be just a mail relay????

BTW, regular email using IMP works fine.


Thanks,

-Harry

[Harry]

Thanks for the reply. I input my ISP's mail server on both fields. I am trying to send a message from outside, using my home server as a relay to the ISP's mail server. Below is the error I got.

The message could not be sent because one of the recipients was rejected by the server. The rejected e-mail address was 'abc@asd.com'. Subject 'test 2', Account: 'networkincs', Server: 'abc.def.com', Protocol: SMTP, Server Response: '551 Sorry xxx.yyy.www.zzz, I don't allow unauthorized relaying. Please use another SMTP host to mail from to ', Port: 25, Secure(SSL): No, Server Error: 551, Error Number: 0x800CCC79


Is it possible to configure e-smith to be just a mail relay????

BTW, regular email using IMP works fine.


Thanks,

-Harry

[Kelvin]

Hi Harry,

You should not put your ISP's mail server into Delegate Mail Server. What happens is when mail gets to your domain at your ISP end, it waits there till your SME server picks them up. Then SME finds that you have asked it send all mails to your ISP for processing. Your ISP's mail server will think you are trying to relay mail through them and reject those mails. In your case, Delegate Mail server should be blank.

If you want your SME server to send mail for you when you are away from the LAN, search the forums for an add on 'SMTP after POP' which briefly opens the SMTP port on your external interface after a POP request then closes it again after 10 minutes.

Kelvin