I just recently bought Imai 6.03 and im running it on NT4 server SP6a, and
like every product I install on the server, I wanted to test it against
Denial of Service attacks.
I used a utility called "port F***" which available right here :
Omar,
unfortunately, IPSWITCH is still working on the fact that the services crash
when you attempt to send mail across the mail server.
Once they have fixed THAT, I'm sure they'll be looking at actual attacks.
Right now their biggest problem is that the services crash when they are
used 'as
Do you have your NT server setup with the latest patch to protect it from
these attacks? Try running the same attack against your server port 80,
assuming it is up and functional as a web server. If it still causes
problems then you can safely assume that is NT specific On the other hand,
if
If you have contributions to make, why not? IMGate is a completely
voluntary effort my my part to fill up some of the holes in Imail.
IMGate works so well for me, from day one, that I thought I'd "offer" (ie,
"give away", "open source", "contribute") it back to all my fellow Imail
co-admins
I do have SP6a installed on my server, I have also followed many MS
recommendation for security. (tips welcome :)
When I use the same program on IIS on port 80, the CPU does go up a little,
but memory usage does not change and IIS does not crash.
Imail seems to be super sensitive to these
What could cause relay denied messages?
An smtp server has "relaying denied" active. An SMTP client tries to send
the SMTP server mail that the SMTP server decides is a relay (ie, the mail
is not a domain not in any of the SMTP server's local domains).
What mail server is logging or
unfortunately, IPSWITCH is still working on the fact that the services crash
when you attempt to send mail across the mail server.
what do you mean "send mail across the mail server" ? relay mail through
Imail?
Len
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Hi..
Can anybody from ipswitch answer this
question...
thanx..
- Original Message -
From: faizal
To: IMail
Sent: Wednesday, April 05, 2000 12:15 PM
Subject: [IMail Forum] Imail Template for Mac
Hi...
In version 6.0 template.I can delete a message
and use a next or
Hi,
We have a recurring problem with our web mail (IMail 5.09) Installed on Port
80.
When a user accesses the web mail service through a proxy server (Tried with
MSProxy 1 2 and Various versions of Squid) they keep getting thrown back
to the login page!
If they then refresh the page in their
Phil:
I am not familiar with those proxies but I have cacheflow and had a similar
problem. In my case the proxy also caches but I was a ble to setup a rule
to "not cache" the email servers. This fixed my problems.
Randy
At 01:07 PM 4/6/00 +0100, you wrote:
Hi,
We have a recurring problem with
Hi,
This occurs when IMail sees the source IP address change during a session.
This can happen if you are using a load balancing device or round robin dns
to load balance your proxy servers. If you are using load balancing then you
should be able to set the stickiness (cisco local director
We are beginning to evaluate iMail. However, After reading messages on this
listserve over the last couple days I have a couple of concerns that I must
resolve before implementing any type of wide range testing. Basic question,
is v5.09 more stable and usable than v6.03 ? If you were starting
IMail - How to use IMail as SMTP Gateway for another e-mail server
Product: Version: Platform:
IMail all Windows NT
Question/Problem: Can I use IMail Server as an SMTP Gateway for my cc:Mail,
Microsoft Exchange,
IMail - Error: 550 Unable to relay for [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Product: Version: Platform:
IMail All NT
Question/Problem: I always receiving the following error:
|- Failed addresses follow:
The below article may or may not be of help for
users who are experiencing problems with sending mail using
Netscape.
Important
Product Alert: Root Certificate Expiration
December 17,
1999 Your
enterprise may be using the SSL
Does anyone have experience running an ETRN or multi-pop account on
iMAIL ? Can you share your experiences please.
Thanks
Steve
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Has anyone actually tried the plain template on IE3?
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From: Dave MacMillan [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Wednesday, April 05, 2000 5:28 PM
Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] Template for IE3.02
The Ipswitch Plain Templates claim to be good for
I would like the auto responder to not use the first line of the message,
but the actual subject of the sent message... Is that possible?
Jim
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The plain template does not work with IE3.x I
still get invalid function when trying to reply.
ETRN has nothing to do with the mail server. It is all done with DNS. The
server that is to dial in to retrieve mail must have a static IP address.
You simply add this to your host file ie... 205.205.205.12domain.com
You will also need the MX record of the domain to point to their machine
Tried to cancel hit send instead... oops.
What
is the full error message that you get?
The plain template does not work with IE3.x I
still get invalid function when trying to
reply.
I am looking for ASP script examples that work with
IMail to send outgoing messages in an ASP form. From
the documentation that comes with this software I did
not find anything to this nature. Please advise.
Regards,
Angie Hammrich
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I subscribed to this list recently and have been monitoring the messages. I
have a problem that I need assistance with and I believe this is the place
to get it. The problem may seem trivial or elementary but we have not been
able to correct it. Please be gentle with this newbie.
Please
Failed Invalid Function.
One thing I did notice is it calles a procedure called
button.cgi, this file does not exist in the template I am guessing that this
could be the reason?
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R. Scott Perry [EMAIL PROTECTED]To:
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I am in process of developing ASP - vbscrip based system that allows to add
new domains and users to iMail working with SQL. This allows remote admin
and possible automation of the signup process.
I have no problems manipulating users. Unfortunately, a new domain registry
updates won't be
I see these DNS records:
nb.esc8.net.
alias = mail.esc8.net.
mail.esc8.net.
208.48.19.32
This appears not to be an IMail server. I bet that the "undeliverable by
the postmaster" messages are from this other mail server.
Dave
In reply to 6 Apr message from [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Hi,
I
Matt,
This sounds more like a network or browser problem, to me. But the symptoms
are strange enough and being intermittant, will mean that finding the
problem will not be easy.
Since you say that only one domain is being effected, I would look for
things that make this domain unique (DNS,
Martin Brys would like to recall the message, "vbscript based system for
adding domains and users to external database iMail".
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Unfortunately, "Failed Invalid Function" doesn't give
enough information to solve the problem effectively. If that's the extent
of the error message (not even a line number or function name), Microsoft is
really to blame (very easy to do!). To find the problem would require
trial and error,
Could anyone who has had success using SQL7 comment on this?
I searched the knowledge-base looking for the most recent info on using
SQL7 which is apparently still 'unsupported'.
-I know there was an issue where the dll would not reconnect to the SQL
database if there was a loss of
We've got several customers using ETRN and others using MultiPOP. Both work
equally well.
The only gripe I have with ETRN is that ANY ETRN trigger will trigger the
COMPLETE queue, not just the messages for that one destination. (This can
clog the line)
Anthony
- Original Message -
I searched the knowledge-base looking for the most recent info on using
SQL7 which is apparently still 'unsupported'.
That is correct
-I know there was an issue where the dll would not reconnect to the SQL
database if there was a loss of connectivity... is there a more recent
version of
Hmmm
The mail.esc8.net IS the IMail server. It is the machine I described in my
initial message, i.e., IMail 5.06 server running on NT4sp4. The 208.48.19.32
is the external IP in the PIX firewall that allows access to the mail
server.
Let me pose a hypothetical situation. nb.esc8.net is the
Are there any variables in autoresponder for subject line ?
As in
Thank You. Your message re : %SUBJECT has been received.
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Some 'attachments' get buried within messages esp when forwarded.
We need to hack out attachments altogether whether as Imail is used as a
gateway to another 'small disk' system.
How can I go about this ?
Or even restrict message sizes by hacking off the tail?
TIA
Ronan
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ONLY this one school district and it's not ALL outside mail. I spoke with
the district's technology coordinator the other day and he had received an
email from his sister who is an AOL user.
Well, then, everything must be working fine, no??
Does anyone have any ideas short of deleting the
Any formulas for success on this are appreciated... I'm willing to Con$ult
on this if need be...
people have reported that Mike Nice's customize ODBC driver for Imail works
better, esp in heavy traffic. Search the list archives for "mike nice", I
guess.
Len
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The only gripe I have with ETRN is that ANY ETRN trigger will trigger the
COMPLETE queue, not just the messages for that one destination. (This can
clog the line)
This 'full queue flush' is identical to the postfix behaviour with ETRN.
Len
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Question #1: Ok, according to IMail's User's Guide it says that files with
the letter "D" within the queue get deleted once the message is processed
which then turns to a letter "Q" for the matching file. I noticed in my
queue that they don't get deleted...they stay in there permanently.
Thanks for the reply. All seems to be fixed now. Our co-lo said they
modified some ACL records in a router to open SMTP and POP3 ports.
To explain things a little more...
1. All external mail servers were reporting "relay denied" - at least
HotMail and my own tiny ISP
2. Exchange has domain1 and
another thought, are you sure your DNS reverse zone is perfect, esp for you
mail server ip addresses?
Len
==
ONLY this one school district and it's not ALL outside mail. I spoke with
the district's technology coordinator the other day and he had received an
email from his
Hey, everyone...have you noticed this? In Outlook 2000, the Sender: value
appears in the From: address in the following form:
From: sender: on behalf of from:
This is only visible in Message Preview and Message View modes, not in the
Inbox itself.
The problem is not present in Netscape
The ODBC link you're looking for is http://home.att.net/~niceman/
The first nine fields in the table must be exactly as Imail specifies. Then
you can add other fields after that. Be sure that the Imail services start
under a user that has permissions to the table.
USERID - varchar(31)
excellent - i'd miss the percentages though, given that allowed space
isn't uniform, but it's great to know about diruse
feels almost as good as when I discovered 'soon'
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Scott Phelps
Sent: 22 March 2000
I have no logical explanation why the files stay in the queue
however I do know that if you run isplcln about once a week
it will clean out any of those pesky files that are not needed
anymore. Including the "Q" files.
I had the access violation error once and found an old message
still in the
It DOES have to do with IMAIL if you want to be able to RELAY mail.
That's what ETRN is used for.
ANthony
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From: "Keith Lewis" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, April 06, 2000 10:34 AM
Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] ETRN or Multi-POP
ETRN has
that is exactly what I was asking about earlier... I hope there is something
like this.
Jim
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From: "imfo" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, April 06, 2000 11:01 AM
Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] autoresponder variables
Are there any variables in
I have my system dialing the internet every hour
to send all qued SMTP email, the problem is that while connected it apears to
disable the DNS for a while. Any idea what causes this. This means that
essentially my server is unavailable during the time that it is sending internet
messages.
I use Microsoft's SMTP service on a non-standard port to send mail from ASP.
That way, it doesn't interfere with IMail. I can send you ASP code to
invoke CDONTS on your server to send the mail off-line, or just search on
the web for ASP+CDONTS and you should find a ton of it.
Rocky
-
Where
are the .fwd files which you can use for forwarding
documented
Please see:
http://support.ipswitch.com/kb/IM-19990611-DM03.htm
IMail - Auto-responder variables
Dave
In reply to 6 Apr message from [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
that is exactly what I was asking about earlier... I hope
there is something like this.
Jim
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From: "imfo"
No Imail does not over run it (my imail and DNS are on the same server) What
happens is when the server is on the net no one can reach the DNS to resolve
the addi.
-Original Message-
From: Len Conrad [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Thursday, April 06, 2000
I have my system dialing the internet every hour to send all qued SMTP
email, the problem is that while connected it apears to disable the DNS
for a while. Any idea what causes this. This means that essentially my
server is unavailable during the time that it is sending internet messages.
Quite honestly I don't know where they are
documented.
I do know how they work.
Example:
Create a rule in rules.ima that says...
S~Joe Bob's Possum Club:joebob
Know put a file named joebob.fwd in the users
folder.
This file will only contain the full e-mail address you
want
to send
You can use the -l switch to specify how long to keep the logs.
And the -n switch for all other files. I move my logs daily to
an archive drive so the spool folder is not cluttered too much.
Dusty
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From: Jonathan [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent:
Hi All,
I'm testing out the evaluation version of IMail 6 on NT 4. I like it and
it works fairly well except for the following anomalies. Every so often
all the mail in my inbox dissappears. I'm sure that there's probably a
setting somewhere that automatically deletes mail after so many days,
Dusty,
That's good to know for cluttering purposes, but what about my questions
about the queue files?
Angel Castillo, MCSE, MCP+IJobs.com
IMail System Administrator www.jobs.com
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Ok, I know that IMail can be used as a backup spooler server for a
customer's server, but can I set it up for myself as a backup to my primary
IMail server?
I currently have my server setup using the NT database and was thinking of
setting up both my servers as Peer servers just to utilize both
I dont know what the max is however I have over 40,000 users so far... But when it
comes down to it the .dll needs to be re worked because with that much traffic it
kicks out sometimes 6 or 7 times a day
Dooz Owings
Sr. Network administrator
---
Angel,
1. D files left in the spool directory are messages that IMail could not
deliver, or return to the sender. I would suggest you open then with notepad
and check some of them out. Could be spam or user with bad return address or
almost anything. Could also be some effect of the 'Refuse Null
Ok here is what I want to do, I want to set up
my IMail server to periodically dial the internet and send all mail qued for the
internet to send. I have this happening, and it works. Problem, everytime I
connect to the internet (dynamic IP) all my intranet (Static IP) clients loose
Is it true that IE3 does not work with the
default templates that come with IMail Web Messaging 6?
==Jason
GrantSystem Administrator at Norlink Communications and Consulting428 E.
Victoria Ave. Thunder Bay, Ont. Canada. P7C
Yes,
nor do any other templates.
I am trying to find a work around for this.
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Jason Grant [EMAIL PROTECTED]To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[EMAIL PROTECTED]Date:
Thursday, April 06, 2000 2:16 PMSubject: Re: [IMail Forum]
Version 3 Browsers and
For the fields:
MAXSIZE - integer
MAXMSGS - integer
FLAGS - integer
TYPE - integer
SQL7 give the option of 'int' which I assume is integer and length=4
precision=10 and allow nulls is checked (as is the default for the other
fields)
Are the
I would upgrade! Most web pages now adays rpobably will not work correctly with
Version 3 borwsers.
Grant
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From: "Jeff Johnston" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Thu, 6 Apr 2000 14:30:35 -0400
Yes,
nor do any other templates. I am trying
Ok, I know that IMail can be used as a backup spooler server for a
customer's server, but can I set it up for myself as a backup to my primary
IMail server?
Sure. If you have two Imail machines, have them be secondary MX for the
other, in the domains hosted on each one.
I currently have my
In
[EMAIL PROTECTED],
on 01/01/00 at 12:00 AM,
"STEVEN MOORE (IFL)" [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
I get really concerned when server side cursors get mentioned in the same
sentence as SQL so I was wondering if anyone has seen marked improvements
to the reliability or performance.
There is
Fire the web designer than You should always ensure cross browser
capability. I cannot force all my clients to use ie4
-Original Message-
From: Grant Griffith [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Thursday, April 06, 2000 2:40 PM
Subject: Re: [IMail Forum]
I know this is an off topic question, but I figure with the amount of
people familiar with DNS on this list, this was the best place to
start.
I've been getting this repeated error message in the Event Viewer:
2/17/00 8:44:27 PM Dns Error None 7062 N/A NS
DNS Server encountered a packet
Can
you still ping the server? If yes, then I don't have a clue. If no,
have a look at the MS KBarticle
below.
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q138/8/78.asp?LNG=ENGSA=ALLKBFR=0
Dan ShadixComputer Network ManagerTerry Reilly Health
Services
-Original
Exactly.
-Original Message-
From: Jeff Johnston [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Thursday, April 06, 2000 3:01 PM
Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] Version 3 Browsers and Web Messaging
Fire the web designer than You should always ensure cross browser
I am worried about my clients.
Novice users who do not have the slightest clue.
-Original Message-
From: Grant Griffith [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Thursday, April 06, 2000 2:55 PM
Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] Version 3 Browsers and Web Messaging
I
Thanks for your answer. I found the problem and
fixed it.
-Original Message-From:
Dan Shadix [EMAIL PROTECTED]To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[EMAIL PROTECTED]Date:
Thursday, April 06, 2000 3:07 PMSubject: RE: [IMail Forum]
What I am trying to do
Can you still ping
You
are using Microsoft dns, one of your secondary zones probably lists its self as
an ip master. Change it to list the primary dns. See the Microsoft TechNet
article Q218814 as there are other causes for this as well.
Thank you, Shay
Stephens Integrity Online Seattle
-Original
Daniel,
1. I did open some of the "D" files and noticed that they according to
IMail processed and sent successfully, but I never got the message. I know
this for a fact because I'm on one of those "D" files that I'm talking about
and the "To:" part of the message says it was sent to an alias
They are documented in one of the Dusty KB articles:
http://support.ipswitch.com/kb/IM-19980116-DD08.htm
;-) Dave
In reply to 6 Apr message from [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Quite honestly I don't know where they are documented. I do
know how they work.
Example:
Create a rule in rules.ima that
Len,
Thanks for your quick response :-) I like the fact that we can create an
account within User Manager and IMail automatically creates the e-mail
account...that's why I really didn't want to do Peer Servers. I also don't
really need it since one of these machines is powerful enough (in
Do all the Imail services have to run as such? Currently the Database is
entered with sa and blank password... do I simply create an account called
sa on the local box to imail? And then later specify whatever user and
password I give to access the db?
Bryan Andrews
Senior Web Administrator
Cox
I'm sorry, I don't have enough information to answer your question. We don't
maintain our own DNS and it has been several years since I have had to work
with those types of issues. I think things are complicated by the fact of
having internal and external IPs, etc.
I have done a little more
BTW the 2 machines are not on a domain... (do they need to be?).
Bryan Andrews
Senior Web Administrator
Cox Communications, Inc.
-Original Message-
From: Andrews, Bryan (CCI-Atlanta)
Sent: Thursday, April 06, 2000 3:35 PM
Item
1) Open DNS Manager, select the server name, select Properties from the
DNS menu. Under the forwarders tab see if you have listed the server's own
IP address. If yes, remove it.
Item
2) 3) Select each zone and view it's properties. If it is
a primary zone look under the Notify tab
I'm going to jump in here on this one. There comes a point where, in order
to provide the improved functionality on a site, you have to force clients
to move up to at least semi-current technology or be left out. Version 3
browsers are very old tech these days, and should have been dropped long
If I might comment, that is the one thing the infamous AOL does well.
When you get mail back they give your the specific reason (mailbox full,
mailbox closed, user is not accepting mail from sender etc.).
Gee, and I never thought I'd have a kind word to say about AOHELL.
Kevin Childers
One more thing... because our dbase machine is not on a domain I have the
SQL server starting and running as a system account (as opposed to a service
account that we normally create in the domain for it to run as).
-Original Message-
From: Andrews,
Hey Rocky,
I agree with you, I had just trashed the response and continued on. I have been on
version 5 of IE for a good year now, I can't even remember ever being on 3! But
anyway, to continue improving websites, people just have to upgrade at some point.
Grant
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Sorry I am going to have to disagree with that one.
Since 95 ships with IE3.x and most people are still using Win95 I would say
that IE3.x is still a very active browser and not old tech at all. Although
there are two versions newer.
but that aside I quote the Imail users guide:
'To access
Angel,
I've not explored the results if an alias contains 1 or more alias that
would cause the total addresses to be above 50. Guess I'd say try without
the other aliases (or make them List Servers) and see if that helps. I kind
of expect that if it does expand to more than 50 addresses, you
Make work for the client and thoughts of switching providers enters their
mind.
-Original Message-
From: Rocky Rapson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Thursday, April 06, 2000 4:07 PM
Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] Version 3 Browsers and Web Messaging
I'm
Ok, someone decided to do a little bit of research
for all those users who blame IMail for Eudora's bugs!!!
1) Look at Eudora's release notes.
Here is a clip:
Complete machine names are now
always sent in the SMTP HELO and EHLOcommands.
Some SMTP servers require this in order to send
I agree on the erroneous documentation. They should change that or provide
templates that work. However, my preferred solution would be to change the
documentation and require version 4 browsers.
But still, with free browser upgrades readily available, I can't think of a
valid reason to NOT
Upgrading to a current browser is nowhere near as much work as switching
providers.
This is an education issue. If you explain why they need it and make it as
easy as clicking a link the vast majority will comply. If they won't,
chances are they're probably the one's costing you most of your
I can.
I have 300+ users, in 32 branches accross Canada on an Intranet, with no
Internet access. I could burn 32 copies of IE4.0 and have them install the
software, but most of my clients are computer illiterate, not to mention
that none of our systems have CDRom's I would have to map a drive to
Kenny,
You say:
In the IMail administrator, there are two IP addresses configured,
10.44.127.7 AND 10.44.0.7. Both are named 'newmail.esc8.net' with the
aliases of 'mail.esc8.net' and 'esc8.net'.
This is NOT good! There should be only 1 domain (ip) that has the Aliases.
It is OK to have 2 IP
Daniel,
1. Ok, I'm going to delete my alias of "sales" and redo it the exact same
way to see if it changes anything. I'll let you know how it turned out.
2. Ok, I'll continue to collect the "D" files for now, but what if they do
have a matching "Q" file? Does that mean they are ok? I've
Might I recommend the IE Administrator's Kit. It's free from MS, and will
allow you to create a downloadable version you can deploy to your intranet,
creating a single-click upgrade (or even a forced upgrade via re-direct upon
detection of version 3 browser.) You can even customize the version
I would like to add that the IE admin kit, is quite good... easy to use and
so on
Can even throw your own logo's in there and so on...
We use it on our intranet, and it works great, even for the people who are
afraid of a computer.
We had a similar issue... all systems, with no CD Roms,
Thanks for the tip (Rocky too),
I am on MS web page as we speak getting set up.
-Original Message-
From: Dustin Krysak [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Thursday, April 06, 2000 5:43 PM
Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] Version 3 Browsers and Web Messaging
I
Angel,
If you have both a Q and D and you get a DR W visit, move them both to the
(or another one, just for these ones!) temp dir or delete both. IMail cannot
send that message. These ones would not likely show the Tries counter
increasing (but may!). Out of the spool, they will not cause more
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