Hey,
When I try to set up a smtp server as a proxy to our isp, something really odd occurs. The client, microsoft outlook, when sending a message, will say 'send and recieve successfull'. Wingate will recieve the message and forward it to '$local', right into the client's INBOX! How do i set it to actually send to our isp's smtp server? Thanks a lot.
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by logan » Sep 07 07 10:59 am
If you have configured a domain in your email server, e.g. mydomain.com, any emails sent to the SMTP Server destined for mydomain.com will be directed to the local mailbox, since WinGate thinks that it is the host for that mail anyway.
If you want to just bypass WinGate's SMTP server and proxy all email to your ISP anyway, you might consider using an SMTP Mapping. This is a really basic form of SMTP proxy that can simply forward everything it receives to your ISP's SMTP server.
If you are hosting email accounts with wingate, you will need to configure the mapping on a service port other than 25 so that the SMTP Server can continue to receive or collect emails for your accounts.
You will need to configure all your email clients SMTP settings to point to this new SMTP Mapping for email to be forwarded to your ISP for delivery.
If you want to just bypass WinGate's SMTP server and proxy all email to your ISP anyway, you might consider using an SMTP Mapping. This is a really basic form of SMTP proxy that can simply forward everything it receives to your ISP's SMTP server.
If you are hosting email accounts with wingate, you will need to configure the mapping on a service port other than 25 so that the SMTP Server can continue to receive or collect emails for your accounts.
You will need to configure all your email clients SMTP settings to point to this new SMTP Mapping for email to be forwarded to your ISP for delivery.
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by logan » Sep 07 07 12:36 pm
Yes, it is possible to do this with POP3. There are two ways that you could setup the POP3 Proxy.
The first method is similar to the SMTP Mapping, where you specify the POP3 Server you want your clients to connect to and all connections to the POP3 Proxy will be forwarded there. All you need to do is configure your client computer to connect to the proxy as if the proxy was it's POP3 Server.
The second method allows you to use multiple different internet POP3 Servers through a single POP3 Proxy at the same time by reformatting your POP3 connection details on the client computer. Here's a quick example.
In your email client program on the client workstation, you need to change the setting for your POP3 server to the LAN IP address of the WinGate server and the port of the POP3 Proxy. This will connect you to the POP2 Proxy.
To specify your connection details for the Internet POP3 server, you need to change your POP3 username in the following manner:
POP3 username + delimiter + POP3 server.
The default delimiter is hash (#)
If I was to take a user called "Bob" and connect to a POP3 server on the internet called mail.qbik.com through a POP3 Proxy on 192.168.1.1, I would need to do the following.
- Set the POP3 Server as 192.168.1.1, port 8110 (replace with your POP3 Proxy's IP and Port)
- Set the Username as "bob#mail.qbik.com"
Note:
"bob#mail.qbik.com@wingate" will be used as the default return address unless you specify the correct one.
ENSURE that your return address is your actual email address.
The first method is similar to the SMTP Mapping, where you specify the POP3 Server you want your clients to connect to and all connections to the POP3 Proxy will be forwarded there. All you need to do is configure your client computer to connect to the proxy as if the proxy was it's POP3 Server.
The second method allows you to use multiple different internet POP3 Servers through a single POP3 Proxy at the same time by reformatting your POP3 connection details on the client computer. Here's a quick example.
In your email client program on the client workstation, you need to change the setting for your POP3 server to the LAN IP address of the WinGate server and the port of the POP3 Proxy. This will connect you to the POP2 Proxy.
To specify your connection details for the Internet POP3 server, you need to change your POP3 username in the following manner:
POP3 username + delimiter + POP3 server.
The default delimiter is hash (#)
If I was to take a user called "Bob" and connect to a POP3 server on the internet called mail.qbik.com through a POP3 Proxy on 192.168.1.1, I would need to do the following.
- Set the POP3 Server as 192.168.1.1, port 8110 (replace with your POP3 Proxy's IP and Port)
- Set the Username as "bob#mail.qbik.com"
Note:
"bob#mail.qbik.com@wingate" will be used as the default return address unless you specify the correct one.
ENSURE that your return address is your actual email address.
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