Re: [IMail Forum] OT: Switch recommendations?

2007-12-17 Thread Bonno Bloksma
Hi, Have a look at the HP Procurve line, The 29xx series does most of what you want, but is not stackable. However, The only "reason" for being stackable is having the switches communicate at backplane speed between them right? If that is realy nessesary you need to look at the coreswitches tha

RE: [IMail Forum] mail delivery testing service?

2007-12-17 Thread Travis Rabe
Download Servers Alive - it's free for up to 10 checks. 1.Do one check to monitor the SMTP service. 2. Do one check to actually test the SMTP connecting (under TCP services tests). 3. Do one check to count the number of files in the Spool folder. 4. Do one check to

RE: [IMail Forum] mail delivery testing service?

2007-12-17 Thread Robert Grosshandler
I believe Alertsite offers this. We don't use that feature, but we do use other features, and we're happy. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Katie LaSalle-Lowery Sent: Monday, December 17, 2007 3:10 PM To: Imail_Forum@list.ipswitch.com Subject: [IMail Forum] mail d

RE: [IMail Forum] mail delivery testing service?

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RE: [IMail Forum] mail delivery testing service?

2007-12-17 Thread Todd Richards
Hi Katie - It sounds like you are looking for a server monitor, correct? I use a utility installed that checks the servers, and sends me a page if it cannot connect. I use the IPCheck Server Monitor from Paessler (http://www.paessler.com/ipcheck). They have a free version (limited features,

RE: [IMail Forum] Reverse DNS Question

2007-12-17 Thread Travis Rabe
In Imail Iadminand make sure DNS forward matches the reverse. TR -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kathy Lees Sent: Monday, December 17, 2007 3:52 PM To: Imail_Forum@list.ipswitch.com Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] Reverse DNS Question Any

Re: [IMail Forum] Reverse DNS Question

2007-12-17 Thread Kathy Lees
Any clues on how to do that? - Original Message - From: "Travis Rabe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Monday, December 17, 2007 4:50 PM Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] Reverse DNS Question Correct - a telnet to your IP on 25 shows: 220 ospweb02 (IMail 9.21 24005-11) NT-ESMTP Server X1 If I

RE: [IMail Forum] Reverse DNS Question

2007-12-17 Thread Travis Rabe
Correct - a telnet to your IP on 25 shows: 220 ospweb02 (IMail 9.21 24005-11) NT-ESMTP Server X1 If I telnet to mail.ltcconnection.com I get: 220 LTCConnection.com (IMail 9.21 24083-17) NT-ESMTP Server X1 You need to setup your main IP'd domain to have a fully qualified domain name in Imail. Tra

Re: [IMail Forum] Reverse DNS Question

2007-12-17 Thread Kathy Lees
Rod maybe an example will help. I don't think I am explaining this right. We have imail set up with the main IP of 64.7.207.173 and the host name is OSPWeb02. Under this, we have numerous email accounts set up with differnt domains as virtual emails. Example, mail.kathyltc.com is on IP 64.7.2

Re: [IMail Forum] Reverse DNS Question

2007-12-17 Thread Rod Dorman
On Monday, December 17, 2007, 16:36:42, Kathy Lees wrote: > Rod Dorman wrote: >> On Monday, December 17, 2007, 16:20:06, Kathy Lees wrote: >>> Rod Dorman wrote: ... What host name do you HELO/EHLO with? >>> >>> Thanks Rod, How do I tell what HELO/EHLO we use? >> >> It should be the Offi

Re: [IMail Forum] Reverse DNS Question

2007-12-17 Thread Kathy Lees
Os since our official host name is OSPWeb02, we would have to change that to get this to right itself? but with all these different domains, there is no way to have it match the domain in question each time. - Original Message - From: "Rod Dorman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Sent: Monday

Re: [IMail Forum] Reverse DNS Question

2007-12-17 Thread Rod Dorman
On Monday, December 17, 2007, 16:20:06, Kathy Lees wrote: > Rod Dorman wrote: >> ... >> What host name do you HELO/EHLO with? > > Thanks Rod, How do I tell what HELO/EHLO we use? It should be the Official Host Name of the IMail Server in question. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] "The avalanche has a

Re: [IMail Forum] Reverse DNS Question

2007-12-17 Thread Kathy Lees
Thanks Rod, How do I tell what HELO/EHLO we use? - Original Message - From: "Rod Dorman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Sent: Monday, December 17, 2007 2:17 PM Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] Reverse DNS Question On Monday, December 17, 2007, 13:33:05, Kathy Lees wrote: We have been told that

Re: [IMail Forum] Reverse DNS Question

2007-12-17 Thread Len Conrad
We have been told that we need to set up a Reverse DNS for our domain names so they aren't rejected by AOL or Yahoo. having a PTR is absolutely required for a business mail server, and good policy to enforce with outright rejection (like aol and yahoo) or heavy negative scoring. The best p

Re: [IMail Forum] Reverse DNS Question

2007-12-17 Thread Rod Dorman
On Monday, December 17, 2007, 13:33:05, Kathy Lees wrote: > We have been told that we need to set up a Reverse DNS for our domain > names so they aren't rejected by AOL or Yahoo. Each of our domains are > set up on a virtual IP and not tied to one IP address for each domain > name. Is it possible t

[IMail Forum] mail delivery testing service?

2007-12-17 Thread Katie LaSalle-Lowery
Hello, Can anyone recommend a mail delivery testing service? What I want is something that sends a test message through our server every 10 minutes and if the message is not received it will page us. Thanks, Katie

RE: [IMail Forum] OT: Switch recommendations?

2007-12-17 Thread Mark LeBlanc
SJ, We are using Cisco 3560s. They have everything you are looking for with the exception of stacking (I don't believe they are stackable). I know 3750s are stackable, but more expensive. I know Cisco equipment is pricey, the 3560s were over $5K each, but for me they are worth it. I agree tha

RE: [IMail Forum] OT: Switch recommendations?

2007-12-17 Thread Travis Rabe
Our VoIP company here actually recommends the newest line of Dells. They actually worked really well out of the box. TR From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of SJ.Stanaitis Sent: Monday, December 17, 2007 12:12 PM To: Imail_Forum@list.ipswitch.com Subject: [IMail Forum] O

[IMail Forum] OT: Switch recommendations?

2007-12-17 Thread SJ.Stanaitis
All, I'm looking for a stackable 48-port managed switch that supports PoE, IP Precedence, CoS, layer 3, and is 10/100/1000. It's for implementing an internal VOIP setup... I've been pointed to a Netgear unit but I can't imagine spending nearly $2k on something from Netgear... Can someone recom

RE: [IMail Forum] User cannot login to email account

2007-12-17 Thread Troy D. Hilton
Thanks, Travis & John T. I knew about deleting the ~ but I couldn't recall if there was anything else. Gracias! Troy D. Hilton Serveon, Inc. 302-529-8640 [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Travis Rabe Sent: M

RE: [IMail Forum] User cannot login to email account

2007-12-17 Thread Travis Rabe
Never had that happen. It is usually a Symantec AV Outlook plugin that hangs the file open..deleting the ~ usually unlocks it. If Imail has locked it, then restarting the service would have unlocked it. In they years I have been running Imail (version 4 was my first) - deleting the ~ never caus

RE: [IMail Forum] User cannot login to email account

2007-12-17 Thread John T (lists)
However, if Imail is doing that, deleting that file can cause emails to go byebye. I have seen it happen. John T From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Travis Rabe Sent: Monday, December 17, 2007 11:15 AM To: Imail_Forum@list.ipswitch.com Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] U

RE: [IMail Forum] User cannot login to email account

2007-12-17 Thread Travis Rabe
Nope - it will just go away. TR From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Travis Rabe Sent: Monday, December 17, 2007 10:58 AM To: Imail_Forum@list.ipswitch.com Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] User cannot login to email account Delete the ~ file. Something is locking it - Av s

RE: [IMail Forum] User cannot login to email account

2007-12-17 Thread Troy D. Hilton
Do I need to stop the services first? Troy D. Hilton Serveon, Inc. 302-529-8640 [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Travis Rabe Sent: Monday, December 17, 2007 1:58 PM To: Imail_Forum@list.ipswitch.com Subject:

RE: [IMail Forum] User cannot login to email account

2007-12-17 Thread Travis Rabe
Delete the ~ file. Something is locking it - Av software, hung Send/Receive...could be a number of things. But if you delete the ~ file, it will pop right open. TR From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Troy D. Hilton Sent: Monday, December 17, 2007 10:53 AM To: Imail

[IMail Forum] User cannot login to email account

2007-12-17 Thread Troy D. Hilton
I've seen this before but can't recall the fix, and my searches in the IMail KB isn't helping. I have a user with a very large main.mbx file and he is unable to login to his email. He was receiving emails this morning then he started getting all of his old emails, well of a thousand. He canceled

[IMail Forum] Reverse DNS Question

2007-12-17 Thread Kathy Lees
We have been told that we need to set up a Reverse DNS for our domain names so they aren't rejected by AOL or Yahoo. Each of our domains are set up on a virtual IP and not tied to one IP address for each domain name. Is it possible to set up a reverse dns or PTR record for Each domain or can we