RE: OT Mail Problems

["Ian Lowe" <ian@xxxxxxx>]

Something to consider when you get your ADSL:

I have found the best trade-off with reliability/speed etc seems to be
to
set your domain's primary MX record to your ADSL line's static IP so,
by
default, email comes in to your SME Server's SMTP Server directly,
however,
for reliability, you should set a Secondary, lower priority MX record
to
point at your exisiting hoster..

So, if your ADSL line is down for a bit/disconnected or your server is
powered off, your email should go to your hoster, and you can pick up
via
POP3 whenever you com back online..

As for now, if outlook can't talk IMAP to your SME box, I'm wondering,
have
you changed Outlook from Internet Email only to Corporate and Workgroup?
I
seem to recall you had to do that to make it fly..

The other thing is, use a specifically internal name for your server,
like
just "mail" rather than the Fully qualified domain name, it
reduces the risk
of confusion, or wacky routing ;)

Ian.

-----Original Message-----
From: Tony Lucas [mailto:tony@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 20 January 2003 11:39
To: 'ukha_d@xxxxxxx'
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] OT Mail Problems


> -----Original Message-----
> From: paul_watkin <paul_watkin@xxxxxxx>
> [mailto:paul_watkin@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 20 January 2003 11:25
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: [ukha_d] OT Mail Problems
>
>
> Hope somebody can help me here.
>
<snip lots of info on the problem>
> Anyone got any ideas what is going wrong?? I have a feeling that
> Outlook is getting confused between the mail server at Xcalibre
> (mail.mydomain.co.uk) and the mail server on the SME box
> (mail.mydomain.co.uk) how do I force outlook to look only within
the
> local network for the server on the SME box
>

Hi Paul,

Not sure exactly what your problem might be, but just to point out,
you're picking mail up from us on pop3.yourdomain.co.uk, not
mail.yourdomain.co.uk, if that makes any difference....

If I can be of assistance let me know though.

Regards,

Tony Lucas
Chief Technical Officer
XCalibre Communications Ltd
<http://www.xcalibre.co.uk>

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