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| If you have a leased line or a
direct connection to the Internet than you should receive messages using SMTP
which is fast and reliable. For a quick start please read
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| If you have a Dial-Up connection
to the Internet you should receive messages using Inbound POP3 Routing which
requires nearly no changes at your ISP. SMTPBeamer will then act like a normal email
client to your ISP and your don't get struggled with the whole DNS / MX stuff. For a quick start please read . |
| Create a directory on your machine and copy all
the files into this directory. Start MBAdmin.exe to configure SMTPBeamer. On your first start you will prompted for the following information:
Depending if you want to use direct delivery or not you need to fill in the field for the name server and/or the relay host. The rule for the fields are as follows:
SMTPBeamer first try's to send directly and if this fails it forwards it to the relay host
SMTPBeamer try's to send directly and if this fails it will retry it as long as the message timeout expires
SMTPBeamer forwards all to the relay host If you have a leased line to the Internet you can leave all other settings at their defaults, but if you to use a Dial-Up connection to the Internet, switch to the Dial-Up tab and enable Dial-Up Network. Note: The Dial-Up Network schedule is only for SMTP connections, not for POP3 connections. Now you are ready to start MBServer.exe and take a look at the screen to see if SMTPBeamer works and no error messages are displayed. Start your Email Client and change the setting so that it point to SMTPBeamer and send a test message. SMTPBeamer should pick up the message and if everything is ok, the message will be sent. |
| SMTPBeamer will not receive SMTP messages from
the Internet until you create a Mail Exchange ( MX ) record in
your DNS ( Domain Name Server ) which points to the machine where SMTPBeamer is running
on. If you are unsure what a MX record is, you can either read More about MX Records below or ask your ISP to do it for you. To verify that your MX record is valid, type
at the Command Prompt, where domain.com should be replaced by your domain name. Note: An MX record shouldn't point to a CNAME, it will most probably cause you a lot of trouble!!! Note: You should add a reverse lookup for the IP address in your DNS which points to the machine where SMTPBeamer is running on, because some SMTP mailers refuse to send messages if the Reverse Lookup is not available or not correct. If you bind SMTPBeamer to second IP address, you need to add a reverse lookup for the IP addresses, because SMTPBeamer uses it to get it's own name. To verify that your Reverse Lookup is valid, type
where 111.111.111.111 should be replaced by the IP address of the machine where SMTPBeamer is running on. |
| Outbound POP3 is the way a POP3
client can read their Email from SMTPBeamer. To enable it, start SMTPBeamer Admin, select View -> Options -> Connections -> POP3 Transfer Mode -> Outbound Only To test the POP3 configuration start any POP3 client like Netscape Mail, Microsoft Windows Messaging, Microsoft Internet Mail, Outlook Express, Exchange Client with INet, Outlook with INet or Eudora and configure it to receive messages from SMTPBeamer. Usually your POP3 client want's to know the following:
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Inbound POP3 Support ( Inbound POP3 Routing ) |
| With Inbound POP3 enabled,
SMTPBeamer scans any POP3 mailbox and forwards the messages to an Email address of your
choice. To enable it, start SMTPBeamer Admin, select View -> Options -> Connections -> POP3 Transfer Mode -> Inbound Only For every POP3 mailbox that SMTPBeamer should scan, you
need to create a routing in SMTPBeamer needs to know the mailbox, the password and the
server ( host ) where the mailbox resides. By default SMTPBeamer scans POP3 mailbox every 15 minutes for new messages unless you change the schedule. |
| Keep in mind that SMTPBeamer needs to reside on a
local disk or the Service Controller can't start. For the samples below, we assume SMTPBeamer is in C:\SMTPBeam. Be sure that SMTPBeamer is running well in Console Mode and there is no error, because once you run it as a Service, you can't see a screen and a problem will only be visible in the log file.
You can start and stop SMTPBeamer at any time via Control Panel Note: After you started SMTPBeamer as a
Service, verify that SMTPBeamer has no errors. |
Start MBServer.exe one time with an
argument of remove, by typing
at the Command Prompt and SMTPBeamer will delete the service. |
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| You will find the latest version of SMTPBeamer at
http://www.dataenter.co.at/download.htm
To upgrade your current version of SMTPBeamer
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| The following information is intended for the DNS
administrator: The MX resource record provides the ability to publish mail routing information using DNS. This is useful for several reasons: MX records allow multiple hosts to accept mail on behalf of a single host. If the destination mail server is down or otherwise off-line, then one of the other mail servers can accept mail on that system's behalf. When the destination system is brought back on-line, the secondary mail servers will forward the mail to it. MX records allow multiple hosts to accept mail on behalf of a domain. Rather than address mail to user@host.domain.com,
you can simply send mail to user@domain.com. The format of the MX record differs slightly from the format of an A record. Rather than use IP addresses, the MX record uses host names instead. Also, an additional field provides an ability to set preferences for which hosts are the end-targets. For example, the following MX resource record indicates that all mail addressed to user@domain.com should be sent to SMTPBeamerMachine, and then to AnotherHost if SMTPBeamerMachine is unreachable: domain.com IN MX 10 SMTPBeamerMachine
IN MX 20 AnotherHost
Note: Under no circumstances should you
use MX records in conjunction with CNAME alias records. |
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| If you run SMTPBeamer on a Win95 machine, then
it's a good idea to install Service Pack 1. Service Pack 1 fixes the out-of-memory problem of the TCP/IP stack. If you run SMTPBeamer under Win95 and get the error "No machine
name given" at startup, then start |
| SMTPBeamer © is copyrighted 1993-1999 by
DataEnter, Michael Kocum
DataEnter, (the licensor) grants the buyer (the licensee) the right to use this copy of SMTPBeamer (the program) on a single computer at a single location as long as the licensee complies with the terms of this license. The licensor reserves the right to terminate this license if the licensee violates any part of the agreement. The licensee agrees to make copies of the program only for backup purposes. The licensee agrees not to copy the documentation and to take all necessary precautions to ensure that the backup copies of the software are not distributed to or acquired by other parties.
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v3.04 98-05-16
v3.05 98-07-07
v3.06 98-09-03
v3.07 98-10-26
v3.08 98-12-01
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Changed: 1999-03-22 12:06 |
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