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Dave.
Senior Member
USA
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 Posted - 07 December 2003 : 19:03:45
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I had an idea today (Hey, a first ).
My ISP blocks port 25, So I can't receive mail. However I use ZoneEdit DNS, so I can make use of mail forwarding. I don't like mail forwarding because then your not using the domain and it looks less professional. I'm thinking I could route my E-Mail through my ISP mail server and download it with a mail client onto my server. Then after the files are in Text-Format, I run a VBS script to find the "To:" address and move the file into the users' mail folder. Then the user can login via POP3 and download their mail.
I think this will work, it seems like it all works how I "Think" it does. Only thing I need is a mail client that stores e-mail in .TXT format (Or .EML maybe). I'd like something lightweight that can be run as a system service and will download mail automatically. I must be able to have this run as a service because a user is not always logged into the server desktop. MS OE won't work because it stores everything in .DBX files.
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Doug G
Support Moderator
USA
6493 Posts |
Posted - 07 December 2003 : 21:23:16
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| Port 25 is for SMTP, sending mail and usually has nothing to do with receiving mail. |
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Jeepaholic
Average Member
USA
697 Posts |
Posted - 07 December 2003 : 21:28:35
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| Agreed, I think you meant sending mail. It might be possible for you to set up your mail server to accept mail on BOTH port 25 and another port. That way, you could send via 2500 (or whatever) and the rest of the world could still connect using 25. |
Al Bsharah
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Jeepaholics Anonymous
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Doug G
Support Moderator
USA
6493 Posts |
Posted - 08 December 2003 : 10:38:33
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Blocking port 25 would cause problems receiving mail if you are running your own mailserver behind the block, your smtp server could not be reached to receive incoming mails. If that's the case your best bet is to find another ISP :)
There are programs that will retrieve all pop mail from an external server and redistribute it to an internal server, so if you go that route you should not need to write new code.
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Dave.
Senior Member
USA
1037 Posts |
Posted - 08 December 2003 : 21:55:09
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| I'm not able to find any, I'm not too sure what I should be using as a search query on google. Do you know of any? |
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Doug G
Support Moderator
USA
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Dave.
Senior Member
USA
1037 Posts |
Posted - 10 December 2003 : 21:32:34
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I couldn't really find what I wanted, but I put a script that connects to the POP server and gets/sorts the mail into a VBS file.
Only thing is that Windows2003 doesn't seem to have Windows Scripting Host, so it tries to execute at the command prompt, not like it does on my XP box.....So how do I get this to run properly? |
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Dave.
Senior Member
USA
1037 Posts |
Posted - 11 December 2003 : 18:54:11
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Doug G
Support Moderator
USA
6493 Posts |
Posted - 11 December 2003 : 19:44:16
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I don't have 2003, can't help you there.
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