Well, it would appear from the error message that you are still using "names" and that DNS is saying "I don't know who x.x.com is." Try this test: Open up Outlook Express and set the incoming and outgoing servers (pop and smtp) to the IP address of the server in question, as opposed to it's name. Then get on the linux server and make sure you have a user there and login as root. Use Pine (if installed) or any console email client to open and compose a message to your test user. Send it and then login with your Outlook Express and see if you have mail. Once this is done, you'll see if Pop is working. Furthermore, I'd setup sendmail to send all outbound mail to your ISP's SMTP server. This will help places like AOL receive your mail, since they reverse- lookup SMTP servers and that requires a) an SMTP server with a static IP and b) one with an MX record. Your ISP's SMTP server should relay for you fine since your connection is within their domain. Let me know if I can help further.
<<JAV>> ---------- Original Message ----------- From: Alex RENE <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Mon, 16 Dec 2002 21:43:38 +0800 Subject: POP3 configuration & settings > Hi everyone... > > I am setup with dynamic IP provided by my ISP [ one public IP for > my local network ] , using http://www.noip.com/ Dynamic DNS > aservices and I am trying to setup a pop3 server on my machine... I > tried to connect to it from another machine on my network running > WinXP / Outlook XP, but with no success, so far... It seems to find > the different incoming and outgoing servers but fails to log in and > send a test message... > > I have tried to test the pop3 server by telnet port 110 from > theWInXp machine and it works just fine... > > Finally, I tried to send and receive with local addresses (as > opposed to ISP) > > and here is what I got: > > ----- Transcript of session follows ----- > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>... Deferred: Connection refused by mail.tiegbah.net. > > 550 5.1.2 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>... Host unknown (Name server: > > unixbox.tiegbah.net: host not found) > > I am not sure what it is exactly that I need to reconfigure for the > addresses/domains to be recognized... > > Any help would be appreciated > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list ------- End of Original Message ------- -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
