MAIL SERVER

[Hexren]

W> How do i go about setting up a mail server on my gateway machine to collect
W> and store all email locally from the outside world etc ?

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Have a look at fetchmail.

[Jorn Argelo]

On Wed, 16 Feb 2005 00:12:21 +1000, Warren wrote

> How do i go about setting up a mail server on my gateway machine to
> collect and store all email locally from the outside world etc ?

FreeBSD comes with sendmail, or you can install Postfix. Documentation can be
found on the respective websites. Google is your friend :-)

Cheers,

Jorn.

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[reddy]

Hi ,
Is there any way to find out whether the mail server IP is valid and working , before executing the CFMAIL tag.
i am using macromedia MX.

regards,
reddy

[Abinidi]

Try opening a telnet connection to port 25 at that Ip, it should return the hostname of the mail server. This will tell you that it is listening for connections.

[PaulH]

you might try this for a programming solution.

<cfset mailHost="yourMailHostGoesHere">
<cfset mailPort=25>
<cfset isOK=true>
<cftry>
<cfset
socket=createObject("java","java.net.Socket").init (mailHost,javacast("int",mailP
ort))>
<cfset printStreamObj=createObject("java","java.io.PrintS tream")>
<cfset inputStreamObj=createObject("java","java.io.DataIn putStream")>
<cfset connected=socket.isConnected()>
<cfset host=socket.getInetAddress().getHostName()>
<cfset IP=socket.getInetAddress().getHostAddress()>
<cfset printStream=printStreamObj.init(socket.getOutputSt ream())>
<cfset inputStream=inputStreamObj.init(socket.getInputStr eam())>
<cfset printStream.println("HELO")>
<cfset output=inputStream.readLine()>
<cfset socket.close()>
<cfcatch type="Object">
<cfset isOK=false>
<cfset errorMessage=cfcatch.message>
</cfcatch>
</cftry>

<cfoutput>
<cfif isOK>
<b>host</b>: #host#<br>
<b>IP</b>: #IP#<br>
<b>connected</b>: #connected#<br>
<b>HELO message</b>: #output#
<cfelse>
mail server #mailHost# can't be reached: #errorMessage#
</cfif>
</cfoutput>

[PaulH]

thinking some more (probably a bad thing) this might be simpler:

<cfscript>
function checkSMTPServer(mailHost,mailPort,user,password) {
var isOk=true;
var
urlName=createObject("java","javax.mail.URLName"). init(arguments.mailHost);
var mailProps=createObject("java","java.lang.System"). getProperties(); //null
prop
var
mailSession=createObject("java","javax.mail.Sessio n").getInstance(mailProps);
var
smtpTransport=createObject("java","com.sun.mail.sm tp.SMTPTransport").init(mailSe
ssion,urlName);
try {

smtpTransport.connect(arguments.mailHost,javacast( "int",arguments.mailPort),ar
guments.user,arguments.password);
isOk=smtpTransport.isConnected();
smtpTransport.close();
}
catch (Any e) {
isoK=false;
}
return isOk;
}
</cfscript>

<cfdump var="#checkSMTPServer('yourMailServerGoesHere',25, '','')#">

[jray]

I have a situation at work and I need some big help understanding something so
any information, charts or whatever is welcome. I need to know what really
happens when CFMAIL is used. I need to know the full flow and what it does and
where it goes. This also is important when there is an attachment that is being
used.

Also, is it possible to use Authenication on the file that is being attached?
Meaning, when I attach a file, I know the server goes out the server the file
is on and grab it, but is there a way to authenicate that the server has the
right to grab it.

If you use a virtual directory, anyone can get access to it. I want to be able
to use a VD when using CFMAIL but I don't want the VD to be able to be access
via HTTP.

Thanks for the information and this is a REALLY hot issue right now.

Jim Ray