STMP Server Problem (help me)

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OsHeR Cohen

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Hello,
My name is Osher and I'm DirectAdmin Owner.
I got weird problem.
After I did a format to my server and installed linux, I cannot get email to my ourlook from some reason.
He didn't print anykind of problem after I click on Send / Recive.
That's the things I tried to fix the problem:
- download your file from Outlook Settings control panel - not working.
- check out all the email settings that I tried to connect from outlook.

Please let me know if there is anykind of solution.
Yours,
Osher Choen CRV.co.il Administrator
 
Make sure your firewall is not blocking pop3. Also, I assume that you have set the password correctly for your email account. I would look at the /var/log/mail file to look for login problems.
 
I dont have a firewall on my server and the password is ok.
I check at the log file and as I saw, he post me everythings is fine and made the connection.
what I need to do?
 
Try posting the few lines in the log file, that shows the connection.

Also, I see in this thread, you say getting email into Outlook, but the subject says SMTP which is used for sending email. They are two different protocols used here POP3 and SMTP.

If you are having problems downloading your email, then you need to investigate POP3 (port 110) and /var/log/mail log file.

If you are having problems sending email, then you need to investigate SMTP (port 25) and /var/log/exim/mainlog log file. Another problem with A LOT of ISP's is that they block port 25, which means you will need to configure exim to also accept requests on an alternate port.

Most Linux distros, install a firewall by default, so I would check that, even if you don't think one exists.
 
i explain you that i can send messages but the problem is that i dont recive messages to outlook and in the panel of directadmin i can recive mails, so what do i need to do to get messages on outlook ? it doesnt say any error.
 
Which pop3 server are you using? Are you sure there is email waiting to be downloaded for that account? Postings from you log files would help a lot.
 
i have pop3 in my server.
look log tish is my client ,
[root@server ~]# tail -f /var/log/maillog
\Nov 9 21:11:03 localhost vm-pop3d[3780]: User '[email protected]' logged i n from 88.153.183.102, nmsgs=0
Nov 9 21:11:03 localhost vm-pop3d[3780]: Session ended for user: 'admin@lifepar ty.co.il' from 88.153.183.102, nmsgs=0, ndel=0
Nov 9 21:11:03 localhost vm-pop3d[3961]: User '[email protected]' logged in from 88.153.183.102, nmsgs=0
Nov 9 21:11:03 localhost vm-pop3d[4135]: User '[email protected]' logged in fro m 88.153.183.102, nmsgs=0
Nov 9 21:11:03 localhost vm-pop3d[4135]: Session ended for user: 'email@noyfear .com' from 88.153.183.102, nmsgs=0, ndel=0
Nov 9 21:11:04 localhost vm-pop3d[4230]: User '[email protected]' logged in from 88.153.183.102, nmsgs=0
Nov 9 21:11:04 localhost vm-pop3d[4230]: Session ended for user: 'info@lifepart y.co.il' from 88.153.183.102, nmsgs=0, ndel=0
Nov 9 21:11:04 localhost vm-pop3d[5297]: User '[email protected]' logged in from 88.153.183.102, nmsgs=0

and my mail dont work ([email protected]) and more...
 
Those log files tell me there isn't any email to download for any of those users. Try sending an email to one of those addresses and then try to read the mail. Then the nmsgs= should show something greater than 0.
 
Squirrelmail uses IMAP, which is not how you have Outlook configured.

What was the user you used to login for that Squirrelmail? Was it a system user or a virtual Pop user?

Mail for a system user in your setup, should be located in /var/spool/mail which in a lot of cases /var/mail is linked to. In either case, make sure they both point to the same directory. Make sure the files in that directory are owned by the system user and in the group mail.

For virtual Pop users, the email is stored in /var/spool/virtual/${domain} in files with the Pop username. I would make sure that they are all in group mail and the owner is the domainowners username.

Verify that the message you showed in the image is in the correct file.

I don't know what Outlook calls it, because I don't use Outlook (or Outlook Express), but POP3 clients usually have an option to download all mail, not just unread mail. Try checking that option.
 
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