Re: [IMail Forum] mailall syntax

2002-07-01 Thread Guy Isabel
> what is the correct syntax to mail all > domains.. all users.. on our email server? Could it be something like this: > mailall -h ALL -f postmaster -s "This is the Subject" c:\msg\text.txt Looks right to me. > Does the capitalized word ALL mean 'ALL' domains (multiple) and users? The paramet

[IMail Forum] batch add/remove addresses via email for lists

2002-07-01 Thread Matt Temple
I would like to know if there is a way to batch add/remove addresses from lists. I have a WorldMail server which allows my moderators to add/remove subscribers via a single email. For example the body of of a WorldMail message removes each of the defined addresses from the beer list: unsubscribe

Re: [IMail Forum] Vacation Message

2002-07-01 Thread Guy Isabel
> Yes user1 did receive the vacation message. I looked and user2 does not have > a forward setup to "VACATION" Bizarre. Since you said that you had several users set up with vacation messages and that this was the first time that you encountered this problem, I assumed that it was a user configur

Re: [IMail Forum] Proper DNS Configuration

2002-07-01 Thread R. Scott Perry
>What is the proper DNS configuration for a situation where you have many >virtual hosts. Ideally, I would think that CNAME's would be the best >option for ease of configuration if I ever had to change the IP address >of mail.. CNAMEs aren't allowed in MX records. So you can't have "mail.examp

Re: [IMail Forum] Vacation Message

2002-07-01 Thread Kevin Bilbee
Yes user1 did receive the vacation message. I looked and user2 does not have a forward setup to "VACATION" Kevin - Original Message - From: "Guy Isabel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, July 01, 2002 2:40 PM Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] Vacation Message > Kevin,

Re: [IMail Forum] Vacation Message

2002-07-01 Thread Guy Isabel
> My first question would be, "Did user2 ever receive the vacation message?" This should have read: "Did user1 ever receive the vacation message?" Guy Please visit http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html to be removed from this list. An Archive of this list is available at: http

Re: [IMail Forum] Imail Admin ODBC Create Table

2002-07-01 Thread David Sullivan
> I use 6.06/SQL (Platypus Billing System in SQL) and also use views. I got > the odbcuser.dll source from Ipswitch, and basically commented out any > routine that INSERTS or DELETES users and/or tables in the DB. This way, > tables/domains and/or users can only be created and/or deleted from th

[IMail Forum] mailall syntax

2002-07-01 Thread Rick Leske
ok maybe I'm just a little tired but what is the correct syntax to mail all domains.. all users.. on our email server? Could it be something like this: mailall -h ALL -f postmaster -s "This is the Subject" c:\msg\text.txt Does the capitalized word ALL mean 'ALL' domains (multiple) and users? t

Re: [IMail Forum] Vacation Message

2002-07-01 Thread Guy Isabel
Kevin, My first question would be, "Did user2 ever receive the vacation message?" If so, the only way that I was able to exactly replicate the problem as you stated was to set up a vacation message for myself (user2), **forward my messages to a non-existent local address named Vacation**, and sen

Re[2]: [IMail Forum] Help, can't send email to internet

2002-07-01 Thread Sanford Whiteman
> When sending to earthlink.net, my server still tries to connect to > 207.217.121.203. In looking at earthlinks DNS reports, their mail > serversare207.217.120.249207.217.120.31 207.217.120.28 > 207.217.120.29 207.217.120.79 207.217.120.78 Any DNS report other than one using

RE: [IMail Forum] Imail Admin ODBC Create Table

2002-07-01 Thread Tony Gray - Network Administrator
>Ok, please indulge me here with an FYI, a question and a rant. :-) >1. FYI - If you are adding a new ODBC host in Imail 7.1 and you have >manually created a View that your host will be based on and there is an >error in the setup of your view, Imail will create its own table with the >same nam

Re: [IMail Forum] Imail Admin ODBC Create Table

2002-07-01 Thread Smart Business Lists
David, You probably know this already but it took me forever to figure this out so I thought I'd post it anyway in case someone else needs to know. If you want to alias another user as dbo for the database to avoid the user_name issue on the database objects you can do the following: ---

Re[2]: [IMail Forum] How to block this kind of spam ?

2002-07-01 Thread Sanford Whiteman
> But let me say a stupid thing (I'm not expert about SMTP things) Do > you think that Imail should be include a features that can filter > email from Kill list ONLY when the SMTP connection is not a SMTP > AUTH connection ? This way who use Imail with Smtp Auth could be > insert a va

Re: [IMail Forum] Imail Admin ODBC Create Table

2002-07-01 Thread David Sullivan
> > If you create a database object under a sysadmin user, the object's > canonical name is .dbo.. If created by any other > kind of user, the object's name is ... This is what I surmised because it added the username to the end of the table in <> > you reference an unqualified object n

Re: [IMail Forum] Imail Admin ODBC Create Table

2002-07-01 Thread Sanford Whiteman
> Imail will create its own table with the same name as the view > (don't know how because this is not suppose to be allowed in MS SQL) If you create a database object under a sysadmin user, the object's canonical name is .dbo.. If created by any other kind of user, the object's nam

Re[2]: [IMail Forum] Is this my problem or theirs?

2002-07-01 Thread Sanford Whiteman
>>What would happen if I told the people that need to send mail to >>this particular domain to use the address user@IP address of mail >>server that works? > That probably wouldn't work. The problem is that their backup > mailserver probably doesn't accept mail addressed that

[IMail Forum] Imail Admin ODBC Create Table

2002-07-01 Thread David Sullivan
Ok, please indulge me here with an FYI, a question and a rant. 1. FYI - If you are adding a new ODBC host in Imail 7.1 and you have manually created a View that your host will be based on and there is an error in the setup of your view, Imail will create its own table with the same name as the vi

Re[2]: [IMail Forum] Primary Host Name

2002-07-01 Thread Sanford Whiteman
> Imail's apps now impose mail.domain.com as OHN. I wouldn't put it that way. You can use anything you want as OHN, as long as you realize the connection to Web Messaging and Calendaring. I tend to prefer webmail.domain.com, imail.domain.com, or similar as a visual reminder that Imail's non-

[IMail Forum] June Spam Statistics

2002-07-01 Thread R. Scott Perry
In April, we started to go through our spamtraps (E-mail addresses designed to collect spam), to find out which spam tests were most effective at catching spam. The results this month are based on over 7,000 spams that were received, all in June, 2002. In June, our spamtraps received almost

[IMail Forum] MSN difficulties - not Imal specific, sorta OT

2002-07-01 Thread Robert Grosshandler
Folks - Anybody seen the following, have any suggestions beyond contacting [EMAIL PROTECTED] ? I'm not sure if the problem is MSN's (are they blocking a whole range of IP addresses?) or mine (is there something upstream from me inside my ISP's colocation facility causing this?). Can't send mail

RE: [IMail Forum] Primary Host Name

2002-07-01 Thread Ron Hornbaker
> >Ipswitch had responded earlier on this subject since contrary advice > >has been given rather often in the last two years I've been reading > >the forum posts. > > It didn't matter earlier, but since recently it does. The earlier > "contrary" advice was good advice, but Imail's apps now impose

[IMail Forum] Proper DNS Configuration

2002-07-01 Thread Darrell LaRock
What is the proper DNS configuration for a situation where you have many virtual hosts. Ideally, I would think that CNAME's would be the best option for ease of configuration if I ever had to change the IP address of mail.. Let me know if there are any pitfalls with this. Also, assume there wil

[IMail Forum] Vacation Message

2002-07-01 Thread Kevin Bilbee
When a user1 sent a message to user2 she received this message in return what could cause this. We have many web messaging users who setup vacation messages and this is the first time I have seen this. Does anyone know what would cause this or how to fix it.? > Invalid final delivery userid:

Re: [IMail Forum] Help, can't send email to internet

2002-07-01 Thread Jonathan Girma
Thanks to everybody for your replies. I followed your suggestion as best I can and still have the same problem. When sending to earthlink.net, my server still tries to connect to 207.217.121.203. In looking at earthlinks DNS reports, their mail servers are 207.217.120.249 207.217.120.31 207.217.

RE: [IMail Forum] Is this my problem or theirs?

2002-07-01 Thread Sharyn Schmidt
<<>> That's what I wound up doing and it seems to be working. Thanks Scott and Terry, you guys are super :) Sharyn We are the worldwide producer and marketer of the award winning Cruzan Single Barrel Rum, judged "Best in the World" at the an

RE: [IMail Forum] Is this my problem or theirs?

2002-07-01 Thread Sharyn Schmidt
put it in hosts file like - 192.89.123.25scanfrentz.com 192.89.123.25scanmail.scanfrentz.com and any other ways they might try sending (like [EMAIL PROTECTED]) and use the ip address you are pretty certain you can reach Did you make up that IP address or is that a valid scanfrentz IP? I h

Re: [IMail Forum] How to block this kind of spam ?

2002-07-01 Thread PesaroService
goal would be to > >stop connection before the message fully accepted from my mail server. > > > >There are not chances to refuse connections to mail server when Imail see: > >20020701 021130 127.0.0.1 SMTPD (02850142) [195.147.39.50] HELO > >$domain > >? &g

RE: [IMail Forum] Is this my problem or theirs?

2002-07-01 Thread R. Scott Perry
>I have set up a host file on my imail machine, pointing scanfrentz.com >to the mail server that responds to my telnet, the one that is listed as >their primary mail server, 207.127.215.2. > >When I send mail now to them, this is what I am receiving in my logs: > >07:01 10:05 SMTP-(08B8) 550

Re: [IMail Forum] Is this my problem or theirs?

2002-07-01 Thread Smart Business Lists
Eric, Monday, July 1, 2002 you wrote: ES> IMail does what it is supposed to with regards to MX record usage. Like I say it may be doing exactly what it is supposed to do. But from a practical standpoint it is a case where mail will not deliver. It has happened enough to me that I'v

Re: [IMail Forum] LDAP returning 0 result

2002-07-01 Thread Bob McGregor
Steve, did you stop and restart LDAP? have you tried a different ldap client? Also, maybe make a global change in ldap and then optimize the db and try again. Also, maybe try copying your person.dta file from the imail/ldap directory to somewhere else and then do an init on ldap. (Will reset

RE: [IMail Forum] Is this my problem or theirs?

2002-07-01 Thread R. Scott Perry
>http://www.dnsreport.com/tools/dnsreport.ch?domain=scanfrentz.com > >They have DNS problems. > > >When I send to [EMAIL PROTECTED], Imail tries to connect to >146.210.92.21, and then gives me the 421 error. When I telnet to this IP >address, I get the same 421 error. Interesting -- every time I

RE: [IMail Forum] Is this my problem or theirs?

2002-07-01 Thread Sharyn Schmidt
I have set up a host file on my imail machine, pointing scanfrentz.com to the mail server that responds to my telnet, the one that is listed as their primary mail server, 207.127.215.2. When I send mail now to them, this is what I am receiving in my logs: 07:01 10:05 SMTP-(08B8) >MAIL FROM:<

Re: [IMail Forum] Is this my problem or theirs?

2002-07-01 Thread Eric Shanbrom
Terry, IMail does what it is supposed to with regards to MX record usage. What is happening here is the primary MX machine is sending a 421 error which is a transient error and means try again later. Since there is a response (albeit an error condition) IMail will re-queue until there is a correc

RE: [IMail Forum] Primary Host Name

2002-07-01 Thread Darrell LaRock
I would assume then the only method to fix the users reply-to field would be to manually correct it when adding new users to the primary domain. Dl -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Eric Shanbrom Sent: Saturday, June 29, 2002 5:29 PM To:

Re: [IMail Forum] How to block this kind of spam ?

2002-07-01 Thread R. Scott Perry
>I'm using on one mail server the Declude Junk Mail, but my goal would be to >stop connection before the message fully accepted from my mail server. > >There are not chances to refuse connections to mail server when Imail see: >20020701 021130 127.0.0.1 SMTPD (0285

RE: [IMail Forum] Is this my problem or theirs?

2002-07-01 Thread Sharyn Schmidt
http://www.dnsreport.com/tools/dnsreport.ch?domain=scanfrentz.com They have DNS problems. When I send to [EMAIL PROTECTED], Imail tries to connect to 146.210.92.21, and then gives me the 421 error. When I telnet to this IP address, I get the same 421 error. According to the MX record that DNS

Re: [IMail Forum] How to block this kind of spam ?

2002-07-01 Thread PesaroService
Ok, I'm using on one mail server the Declude Junk Mail, but my goal would be to stop connection before the message fully accepted from my mail server. There are not chances to refuse connections to mail server when Imail see: 20020701 021130 127.0.0.1 SMTPD (02850142) [195.147.39.50]

Re: [IMail Forum] Is this my problem or theirs?

2002-07-01 Thread Smart Business Lists
Sharyn, I think Imail gets the real long timeout and instead of going to the secondary like it should it just re-queues. I have done this myself on a number of occasions. I don't know if this is a bug in Imail or not but from a practical standpoint it behaves exactly like one. SS> Would this b

Re: [IMail Forum] Default Mail Host?

2002-07-01 Thread Eric Shanbrom
Either one will work. Leaving "Localhost" will allow local mail addressed to user (not fully qualified) to be delivered to the Primary domain on the localhost. Eric S - Original Message - From: "Darrell LaRock" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, July 01, 2002 8:52

[IMail Forum] Default Mail Host?

2002-07-01 Thread Darrell LaRock
On a single mail server that hosts a few (30+) virtual domains what should the "Default Mail Host" be set too. According to the DOCS it appears as if it should be left empty in my configuration, but after my first iMail installation it was set to "LocalHost". Should I remove the localhost entry

RE: [IMail Forum] Is this my problem or theirs?

2002-07-01 Thread Sharyn Schmidt
http://www.dnsreport.com/tools/dnsreport.ch?domain=scanfrentz.com They have DNS problems. Sheldon Yes, I know, but I am still expected to find a way to be able to get mail delivered to them. One of the other sales people uses aol to send them mail and he is able to get his mail through witho

Re: [IMail Forum] How to block this kind of spam ?

2002-07-01 Thread R. Scott Perry
>I think this is what the symptoms of Klez are. Actually, it is not. Klez uses an HELO of a random string of characters, not $domain. It also uses a return address that is usually different than the recipient (which helps spread the virus more).

RE: [IMail Forum] Is this my problem or theirs?

2002-07-01 Thread R. Scott Perry
><<>>> > >I need to find a way to get mail to them regardless of whether their DNS >is screwed up or not. OK. It is possible, if you must, and sometimes you must. ><<your HOSTS file but that can cause problems later.>> > >Would this be in the hosts file on the imail machine

Re: [IMail Forum] How to block this kind of spam ?

2002-07-01 Thread R. Scott Perry
>I'm receiving a lot of spam which use such as mailfrom the same valid >address which is on my mail server and which spam send mail... We have had many reports of spammers doing this now. A year or so ago, no spammer would even think of doing that (except with batches of 20 or so E-mails, whe

RE: [IMail Forum] Is this my problem or theirs?

2002-07-01 Thread Sharyn Schmidt
Good morning Scott and everyone else, <<>>> I need to find a way to get mail to them regardless of whether their DNS is screwed up or not. <<<> Would this be in the hosts file on the imail machine (as in the system32/drivers/etc folder or a hosts file in Imail somewhere itself? What w

Re: [IMail Forum] Primary Host Name

2002-07-01 Thread Len Conrad
>Ipswitch had responded earlier on this subject since contrary advice >has been given rather often in the last two years I've been reading >the forum posts. It didn't matter earlier, but since recently it does. The earlier "contrary" advice was good advice, but Imail's apps now impose mail.do

Re: [IMail Forum] How to block this kind of spam ?

2002-07-01 Thread PesaroService
Harshal, no, it's not Klez or other virus, I'm use Declude Virus to scan mail and it block well the Klez and others. The message is pure spam (see below for message copy) Thanks. Piero Italy Begin Copy Spam Message We can help find the perfect mortgage fo

Re: [IMail Forum] How to block this kind of spam ?

2002-07-01 Thread Harshal
I think this is what the symptoms of Klez are. Plz chk the system for any infections, i too receive things of the same sort, & my machine was infected with klez. To remove KLEZ disconnect the machine from network & run the fixklez tool on your machine. Harshal Webmaster@Webresource - Origina

[IMail Forum] How to block this kind of spam ?

2002-07-01 Thread PesaroService
Hi, I'm receiving a lot of spam which use such as mailfrom the same valid address which is on my mail server and which spam send mail... (sorry for my bad english...! I try to explain with example:) Received: from $domain [VariableIpAddress!!!] by MyServerMail.MyDomain.com (SMTPD32-7.07) id A6

[IMail Forum] Delete old messages that exceeds a certain size

2002-07-01 Thread Khaled Ashraf
Hi all, I'm looking for a way to delete old messages that only exceeds a certain size, I know that I can delete messages older than # of days but I want to add another criteria which is larger than a certain size, is this possible. Thanx Khaled Ashraf Please visit http://www.ipswitch.com/sup