Web Wiz Support and Community Forums : Email stopped working. https://forums.webwiz.net/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Wed, 08 Apr 2026 14:49:03 +0000 Fri, 11 Jun 2004 13:58:11 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.08 360 https://forums.webwiz.net/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=10806 <![CDATA[Web Wiz Support and Community Forums]]> https://forums.webwiz.net/forum_images/web_wiz_forums.png https://forums.webwiz.net/ <![CDATA[Email stopped working. : danicus007 wrote:Well like...]]> https://forums.webwiz.net/email-stopped-working_topic10806_post59405.html#59405 Author: thekiwi
Subject: 10806
Posted: 11 June 2004 at 1:58pm

Originally posted by danicus007 danicus007 wrote:

Well like I said, I have a custom email formon my site that uses jmail to send and it works fine.  My firewallis open for the smtp port but I don't see anywhere in my IISsettings where I even told it that my outgoing server is my localISP.  That is only specified in the forum admin menu.

  • make sure your smarthost allows you to relay unconditionally (some require authentication)
  • make sure your smarthost and FQDN (Fully Qualified Domain Name) are configured correctly
  • make sure your server can resolve the ip of your smarthost name -try using the IP of your smarthost to see if this is the issue. Do a nslookup at your server of the smarthost.
  • make sure you are sending from / to a valid address / domain
  • since you are hehind a firewall, try opening port 53 as well
  • you might also check any 3rd party software
 
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I'm looking in my email directory under inetpub and I don't havean smtp send directory.  All I have is Mailroot with the followingfolders inside; Badmail, Drop, Mailbox, Pickup, Queue, Route,SortTemp.  All of these folders are empty as well.
 

There wont be anything in those folders as your aren't using IIS SMTP Virtual  Server
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Is there a good tutorial that could help me out with this?  Idon't want to setup a mail server or anything on my box, I just want myforum to send emails like my ASP contact me page on my site.
 
 
]]> Fri, 11 Jun 2004 13:58:11 +0000 https://forums.webwiz.net/email-stopped-working_topic10806_post59405.html#59405 <![CDATA[Email stopped working. : try using the IP address of &#034;mail.isp.com:25&#034;...]]> https://forums.webwiz.net/email-stopped-working_topic10806_post59404.html#59404 Author: thekiwi
Subject: 10806
Posted: 11 June 2004 at 1:48pm

try using the IP address of "mail.isp.com:25" instead for 
your SMTP server
... where the name is the ISP you use
]]> Fri, 11 Jun 2004 13:48:40 +0000 https://forums.webwiz.net/email-stopped-working_topic10806_post59404.html#59404 <![CDATA[Email stopped working. : If the forum isn&#039;t showing...]]> https://forums.webwiz.net/email-stopped-working_topic10806_post59397.html#59397 Author: WebWiz-Bruce
Subject: 10806
Posted: 11 June 2004 at 1:25pm

If the forum isn't showing an error message then this suggests theemail is being sent and the problem is with the SMTP server you areusing.

Check with the people who supply your SMTP server as to any security settings they use.

Many companies who supply SMTP servers will not relay on emails unlessthe 'to' or the 'from' email address is from a local domain they supply.

The JMail form on your site may work as it is sending to a local emailaddress they have given or a domain they have given, whereas the forummaybe trying to send 'to' or 'from' an email address that they haveblocked so the email is failing to arrive.
]]> Fri, 11 Jun 2004 13:25:17 +0000 https://forums.webwiz.net/email-stopped-working_topic10806_post59397.html#59397 <![CDATA[Email stopped working. : Well like I said, I have a custom...]]> https://forums.webwiz.net/email-stopped-working_topic10806_post59319.html#59319 Author: danicus007
Subject: 10806
Posted: 10 June 2004 at 6:44pm

Well like I said, I have a custom email form on my site that uses jmail to send and it works fine.  My firewall is open for the smtp port but I don't see anywhere in my IIS settings where I even told it that my outgoing server is my local ISP.  That is only specified in the forum admin menu.
 
I'm looking in my email directory under inetpub and I don't have an smtp send directory.  All I have is Mailroot with the following folders inside; Badmail, Drop, Mailbox, Pickup, Queue, Route, SortTemp.  All of these folders are empty as well.
 
Is there a good tutorial that could help me out with this?  I don't want to setup a mail server or anything on my box, I just want my forum to send emails like my ASP contact me page on my site.
 
 
]]> Thu, 10 Jun 2004 18:44:53 +0000 https://forums.webwiz.net/email-stopped-working_topic10806_post59319.html#59319 <![CDATA[Email stopped working. : Then it is most likely a problem...]]> https://forums.webwiz.net/email-stopped-working_topic10806_post59307.html#59307 Author: michael
Subject: 10806
Posted: 10 June 2004 at 2:40pm

Then it is most likely a problem with your smtp server. For example by default the Windows XP SMTP server may not allow foriegn domains, so if the sender is user@yourdomain.com it is not recognized as the mail server only allows *@localhost another problem maybe a firewall, that the port is not open. Check your smtp send direcory under inetpub, your emails are probably all still in there not having been sent.]]> Thu, 10 Jun 2004 14:40:28 +0000 https://forums.webwiz.net/email-stopped-working_topic10806_post59307.html#59307 <![CDATA[Email stopped working. : There is no error. The forum acts...]]> https://forums.webwiz.net/email-stopped-working_topic10806_post59286.html#59286 Author: danicus007
Subject: 10806
Posted: 10 June 2004 at 10:10am

There is no error.  The forum acts normal and proceeds and says that an email is being sent, but the email never arrives.
 
If I have email verification for new user setup the email doesn't come but the page does not error out or anything.  It gives the normal message that your account has been created and to check your email to activate your account. etc.
]]> Thu, 10 Jun 2004 10:10:11 +0000 https://forums.webwiz.net/email-stopped-working_topic10806_post59286.html#59286 <![CDATA[Email stopped working. : You haven&#039;t posted what the...]]> https://forums.webwiz.net/email-stopped-working_topic10806_post59269.html#59269 Author: WebWiz-Bruce
Subject: 10806
Posted: 10 June 2004 at 4:18am

You haven't posted what the error is so it is hard to tell what the problem is.

Make sure you have friendly HTTP errors turned off in IE so you get anaccurate error message, then check out the JMail web site as to whatthe error message means.
]]> Thu, 10 Jun 2004 04:18:49 +0000 https://forums.webwiz.net/email-stopped-working_topic10806_post59269.html#59269 <![CDATA[Email stopped working. : Hey everyone. I can&#039;t seem...]]> https://forums.webwiz.net/email-stopped-working_topic10806_post59260.html#59260 Author: danicus007
Subject: 10806
Posted: 09 June 2004 at 11:30pm

Hey everyone.  I can't seem to get my email funtion working.  I'm using jmail and it works fine on a custom ASP email form separate of the forums.
 
I got it to work one time with the forums but after a reboot of the pc it doesn't work anymore.  I've tried reinstalling jmail a ton of times but the email function never works.  Is there something simple I'm missing.
 
I'm using WinXP pro to host the forum and I'm using forums version 7.7.  I'm using my ISP as an outgoing mailserver name.  mail.bellsouth.net which works fine for my standard email form on my website.
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