Exim, can send mail but not receive

[Gordon Chapman]

Just installed Exim 3.35, I can send mail from the server and from a machine
on the LAN. The machine has the domain MX record pointing to it. The
/var/mail/$user user files receive the mail but clients seem incapable of
collecting this mail. Using outlook express, get the following

Your server has unexpectedly terminated the connection. Possible causes for
this include server problems, network problems, or a long period of
inactivity. Account: 'LANMAIL', Server: 'mailserver_name', Protocol: POP3,
Port: 110, Secure(SSL): No, Error Number: 0x800CCC0F

What do I need to do to allow mail to be collected

Many Thanks

Gordon Chapman

[Shyamal Prasad]

"Gordon" == Gordon Chapman <gordon.chapman@freeuk.com> writes:

Gordon> Just installed Exim 3.35, I can send mail from the server
Gordon> and from a machine on the LAN. The machine has the domain
Gordon> MX record pointing to it. The /var/mail/$user user files
Gordon> receive the mail but clients seem incapable of collecting
Gordon> this mail. Using outlook express, get the following Your
Gordon> server has unexpectedly terminated the
Gordon> connection.

Exim is only a Mail Transfer Agent, it is not a POP or IMAP server
that allows email clients to fetch mail. You need to install and
configure a POP or IMAP server for Outlook Express to be able to fetch
mail. ("apt-cache search pop" and "apt-cache search imap" will help in
looking at your options).

Most Unix style mail clients do not need such servers if they are
running on a machine that can read /var/mail/${user} files. POP is
what Outlook Express is expecting when fetching mail. Exim provides
the SMTP interface that Outlook Express can use to send mail, and SMTP
is also used when mail is exchanged between systems.

Cheers!
Shyamal


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[Andreas Janssen]

Hello

Gordon Chapman wrote:

> Just installed Exim 3.35, I can send mail from the server and from a
> machine on the LAN. The machine has the domain MX record pointing to it.
> The /var/mail/$user user files receive the mail but clients seem
> incapable of collecting this mail. Using outlook express, get the
> following
>
> Your server has unexpectedly terminated the connection. Possible causes
> for this include server problems, network problems, or a long period of
> inactivity. Account: 'LANMAIL', Server: 'mailserver_name', Protocol:
> POP3, Port: 110, Secure(SSL): No, Error Number: 0x800CCC0F
>
> What do I need to do to allow mail to be collected

If the email is delivered to the files in /var/mail/, it looks like you
have a problem with your POP3 server rather than a problem with exim. You
do have one installed, right?

best regards
Andreas Janssen

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