email setup

[neelesh]

We are currently looking at transferring to wingate from a different software. However there is a slight problem. Can someone email or tell me the "idoits guide to getting email through wingate"

We have a small network where our domain name and mail box is held at our suppliers sight. eg bigpond, etc. and the emails coming directly to the individual persons. Currently, I have set all the clients up ( we using outlook express) as follows:

1) the mail and smtp server is the address of the external site (this is on all the computers) - this is a pain in the you know where because if there is a change in the mail server, I need to go to the individual computers to fix each computer.

I need the individual computers to point to the computer with wingate acting as a gateway

i dont want to set a wingate smtp server (too difficult)

I need simple sets of instructions

Thanks

[Hector NR]

Hi, Neelesh
Several weeks ago I had the same problem, i'm using oe xp but i hope this info will be useful for you.

Outlook XP with WinGate resolved
Thanks to Tony Elvira and Warren both from Mexico for help me
Thanks to qbik's staff for not help me
(Your documents are not very clear for a me, one piece of info is here,
another piece is there and so on, I was searching a whole picture about
email and outlook configuration)

This is my scenary:
I have Wingate in a pc with win2k server (192.168.0.1)
I have serveral clients running win98 (192.168.0.2 and up)
I use NAT for internet sharing (wingate internet client not installed)
My users are assummed
My network don't have communications problems
I don't want use wingate's email server

If you (the reader) can't receive/send mail from Outlook xp/express check
the following settings, i hope this info will be useful for you.
This info is only when you have external email provider and your are not using wingate's email server or internal email server

Outlook XP (I'm sorry for the translation from spanish to english)
Email configuration (Configuracion de correo electronico de internet (POP3))
-Your name: Hector NR
-Email address: yourmail@yourispprovider.com
-Pop3 server: 192.168.0.1
-Smtp server: 192.168.0.1
-User name: yourmail (probably you must use your email address here)
-Password: yourpassword
More settings
-Outbound server tab (Servidor de salida)
Only if your isp requires authentication
-Check 'My outobund server (smtp) requires authentication' option
-Begin session using
User name: yourmail
Password: yourpassword
-Conection tab
-Check 'Connect using the lan' option
-Advanced tab
-Pop3 server: 8110
-Smtp server: 8025

WinGate
System tab
-System service 'Pop3 server': This service must be disabled and stopped
Over the service 'POP3 server' double click the mouse's right button and click the 'stop' option
Over the service 'POP3 server' double click the mouse's leftt button and ...
In the 'Pop3 server propierties' dialog box
In the 'General' tab
The option 'Service startup' must have it selected 'service is disabled'
Close de dialog box
-System service 'Smtp server': This service must be disabled and stopped
Over the service 'SMTP server' double click the mouse's right button and click the 'stop' option
Over the service 'SMTP server' double click the mouse's leftt button and ...
In the 'Smtp server propierties' dialog box
In the 'General' tab
The option 'Service startup' must have it selected 'service is disabled'
Close de dialog box
-System service 'Email': Delivery not enabled
Over the service 'Email' double click the mouse's leftt button and ...
In the 'mail server' dialog box
In the 'Delivery' tab
Uncheck 'enabled delivery of mail'
Close de dialog box
-System service 'Extended networking': Using nat, adding two holes
Over the service 'Extended networking' double click the mouse's leftt button and ...
In the 'General' tab
Check 'Enabled extended network driver'
Check 'General purpose internet sharing (NAT)'
In the 'Port security' tab
You must add two ports, one for pop proxy and the other for smtp proxy
(the proxies will be created ahead)
Select ADD button and write 25 and 25 in 'from port' and 'to' boxes respectivly
In 'description' box write 'Smtp port' or anything do you want
for this hole in the firewall, don't change the rest of the options
Select ADD button and write 110 and 110 in 'from port' and 'to' boxes respectivly
In 'description' box write 'Pop port' or anything do you want
for this hole in the firewall, don't change the rest of the options
Close de dialog box

Services tab
If you have the service 'Pop3 proxy server' skip the next step
-User service 'Pop3 proxy server': Creating the interfase betweeen outlook and the mail provider
Click the mouse's right button into the 'services' area and select 'new service' option and select
the 'Pop3 proxy service' suboption
-Check the following settings for pop3 proxy server
In the 'general' tab
-Service startup: Service will start automatically
-Service port: 8110
-Delimiter character: #
In the 'bindings' tab
-the 'Specify interfaces connections will be accepted on' option must be selected
-in the upper box you must have two lines
127.0.0.01 Started
192.168.0.1 Started
In the 'interfaces' box
-the 'connections out will be ... interface' option must be selected
In the 'sessions' tab
-Uncheck 'redirect ens and wgic sessions' option
In the 'plug-ins' tab
-check your plug-ins
In the 'non-proxy request' tab
-the 'pipe request through to predetermined server' option must be selected
-server: your.mail.provider.com (ex: mail.att.net.mx)
-port: 110
In the 'connection' tab
-the 'directly' option must be checked
In the 'policies' tab
-right: user can access this service
-is granted to: no one
-default right (system policies): may be used instead
Close the dialog box

If you have the service 'smtp proxy server' skip the next step
-User service 'Smtp proxy server': Creating the interfase betweeen outlook and the mail provider
Click the mouse's right button into the 'services' area and select 'new service' option and select
the 'Smtp mapping' suboption
-Check the following settings for smtp proxy server
In the 'general' tab
-Service startup: Service will start automatically
-Service port: 8025
-Check 'support outbound mail via sip mail server' option
-outbound server: your.mail.provider.com (ex: mail.att.net.mx)
-port: 25
-Uncheck 'support inbound mail via sip mail server' option
In the 'bindings' tab
-the 'Specify interfaces connections will be accepted on' option must be selected
-in the upper box you must have two lines
127.0.0.01 Started
192.168.0.1 Started
In the 'policies' tab
-right: user can access this service
-is granted to: no one
-default right (system policies): may be used instead
Close the dialog box


I'm sorry for my bad english.

My email is: hnrvb@yahoo.com or sistemas@mausoleosdelangel.com

[neelesh]

Hi

Thanks for that

My incoming mail issue has been resolved. However outgoing mail is still a problem.

When sending mail I get a server timeout error. any answers ps I am using outlook express

[Warren]

Hi Neelesh,

Hector did a good job of explaining the configuration and obviously if you are receiving mail, your halfway there.

Only thing I can suggest is to take a look at the setting for the IP server connection in the SMTP Proxy Server, which is in your Wingate machine, where it says "Outbound server". Make sure that the box above is ticked and in the name for the outbound server, you should have your IP (ISP) server's address; the server that you first connect to on the Internet. It could be anything, but should be something like mine: smtp.cableonline.com.mx Check the first term. As you will see in Hector's setup his is mail. Mine is smtp .... and there are probably others. Port will normally be 25. If you are not sure what it is, give them (ISP) a call and ask for it.

Hope this helps. If you still have problems, come back and I am sure someone will have some suggestions.

Hope all is well in Melbourne (Australia?) I spent a very happy few months there many years ago.

Nothing more.

Regards, Warren