SMTP.BOX in R6
Aleksandar Radic
domain. The problem I have is that when I try to send an e-mail to an
Internet recipient I get an error saying that SMTP.box was not found.
When I create smtp.box the outgoing e-mail just sits in there.
I made sure that use SMTP outside local internet domain is enabled.
Not sure why it's looking for SMTP.box as I was under the impression
that this file was not needed in R5 & R6.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks.
Caliban
I'm not cleat about whether you are referring to the server or client
or maybe a client on the server.
The SMTP.BOX is not used by the server when routing external internet
mail - it all goes via the normal mailX.box(es) and the setting you
mentioned about enabling SMTP outside the local internet domain is a
server setting.
Your description of the symptoms sound more like a client issue as if
you had perhaps tried to send mail direct to the internet from a
client. This only works if you have defined an SMTP account in the
local address book in use by that client and you can trigger it from
the replication page. If you have a server though, you'd really want
to route internet mail that way I'd suggest.
Aleksandar Radic
It is a server issue. The client is set to send mail through Domino
server. The server is looking for smtp.box and once i create it the
mail sits there. I went over the configuration a few times. Not sure
what I am missing.
Thanks
Lysander
> It is a server issue. The client is set to send mail through Domino
> server. The server is looking for smtp.box and once i create it the
> mail sits there. I went over the configuration a few times. Not sure
> what I am missing.
That's weird. The R5 server doesn't use SMTP.BOX - can you post the
error line that shows it asking for it?
In R5 outbound internet mail routing is quite simple - you need to
have enabled SMTP for external mail in your server config doc as you
say you've done and entered a relay host if you use one. I think that
is the bare minimum. I don't think R6 is any different.
One thing to check - do you have any locations in your Domino
Directory? You won't see them via the admin client but if you open it
in the Notes client you will at least see the view.
Aleksandar Radic
Here is where server looks for the file:
11:37:29 AM Router: No message transferred to SMTP.box via Notes: File
does not exist
Here is after I create the file:
11:51:25 AM Router: Transferred 1 messages to SMTP.box via Notes
I looked into location document and it looks fine. The server has
Internet access, can resolve DNS names etc...
This is a new server in a old domino domain, the old server was
upgraded from 4 to 5 to 6 and it still uses SMTP.box, is it possible
the new server picked up something from the old one? Just guessing
now.
Lysander
> > Directory? You won't see them via the admin client but if you open it
> > in the Notes client you will at least see the view.
>
> Here is where server looks for the file:
> 11:37:29 AM Router: No message transferred to SMTP.box via Notes: File
> does not exist
>
> Here is after I create the file:
> 11:51:25 AM Router: Transferred 1 messages to SMTP.box via Notes
>
> I looked into location document and it looks fine. The server has
> Internet access, can resolve DNS names etc...
> This is a new server in a old domino domain, the old server was
> upgraded from 4 to 5 to 6 and it still uses SMTP.box, is it possible
> the new server picked up something from the old one? Just guessing
> now.
I don't know - it sounds as if it might be the case. Try this ....
http://www.csdevelopment.cz/domino/hermes.nsf/0/c1256cc9003ab692c1256c31007e7173?OpenDocument
