[thelist] sending mail with xmail server

[John McRaven]

Hey,
  Yeah, I know it is a bit broad.  The problem is I don't have a whole lot
of info.  Basically, I want my computer to be a fully independent mail
server.  I have it set up to recieve mail, but I also want it to be able to
send mail without having to use any other servers, like another SMTP server.
The problem I was having, I could send mail through it if i sent it to an
address xmail was set up to recieve.  So, xmail is set up to recieve mail
for mydomain.com.  If I sent an email message to john at mydomain.com through
xmail server, the message was picked up by xmail server and put in the
appropriate mailbox.  If, however, I tried to send it to a different
address, such as this one, theraven at san.rr.com, the mail would end up in a
loop, and an error message would be sent back to the
postmaster at mydomain.com.  Now, I can use the smtpgw.tab file and route all
mail through an external smtp server, such as smtp-server.san.rr.com, but I
don't want to have to do that.  As I said, I want my computer to be fully
functional without the help of any other servers.  I would tell you more
about my xmail configuration, but I really have no idea what would be
relavent to tell you about.  So basically I need to know what elements are
involved in sending mail, and how to properly configure them to send mail
from xmail server.  I hope that helps clarify what I need.  I will point out
that I have been able to send mail from my server, just not through xmail.
I can use the IIS smtp server and a CDONTS object to send mail.  I
understand that that smtp server is really not the best, and I think it
would be better if I am going to have a lot of email traffic to use xmail to
handle this.  Correct me if I am wrong though...  Thanks for the help.

John

-----Original Message-----
From: thelist-admin at lists.evolt.org
[mailto:thelist-admin at lists.evolt.org]On Behalf Of John Handelaar
Sent: Monday, July 23, 2001 9:37 AM
To: thelist at lists.evolt.org
Subject: RE: [thelist] sending mail with xmail server


> -----Original Message-----
> From: thelist-admin at lists.evolt.org
> [mailto:thelist-admin at lists.evolt.org]On Behalf Of John McRaven
> Sent: 22 July 2001 22:32
> To: thelist at lists.evolt.org
> Subject: [thelist] sending mail with xmail server
>
>
> Hey,
> I am trying to set up xmail server to send mail.  Basically
> though, I have
> no idea where to start.  I have looked, but found no good resources on the
> subject.  So, if anyone has some time, and knows xmail pretty
> well, I would
> appreciate any help.

You're not being very clear about what exactly you want to
do with XMail.  If you've got more details I'd love to hear
them - this query's just way too broad to get a useful
response...

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