Mail problem

[PappaG]

Hi All

Can anyone help i am using windows 2003 server i have configured the pop3 service and smtp but when i try send mails they sit in C:\Inetpub\mailroot\Queue but dont ever leave that folder. If i send from an external client they arrive in the same folder but dont get picked up by my mail client? does this mean anything to anyone ?

 

[kmkeshav]

http://www.windowsnetworking.com/articles_tutorials/Windows_POP3_Service.html

 

[PappaG]

Thanks kmkeshav

I have looked at the link for this article but appears to only be related to the setup of the pop3 service. the service is up and running and for a brief time did pass mails back and forward and i could see the messages for the intended user in the pop3 service. My touble is without any configuration changes now all my mails inbound or outbound only ever appear in the folder C:\Inetpub\mailroot\Queue they never appear in the inbox on the pop3 service. external mails inbound to the service appear in this folder and if i send a mail from a client on my network they appear in here also.

 

[PappaG]

Why do mails sit in here???? is there a process that should move these to the relevant mail box as the folder name suggest these are queuing to be routed somewhere or queuing awaiting some sort of action.

 

[PappaG]

Hi All

Found my problem looks like the issue was caused as i had enabled LDAP ....newbie at this stuff so dont laugh. I know this is lightweight directory access protocall but can anyone tellme why this would cause the failure is this configured incorrectly or is this used for something other possible exchange or something. It appears with this enabled it drops the mails in a queue folder and they never send or arrive in my pop3 service but once disabled my mails route as expected...what actually is the function of LDAP?????

 

[kmkeshav]

The Lightweight Directory Access Protocol, or LDAP, is an application protocol for querying and modifying directory services running over TCP/IP.

A directory is a set of information with similar attributes organized in a logical and hierarchical manner. The most common example is the telephone directory, which consists of a series of names (either of a person or organization) organized alphabetically, with an address and phone number attached.

An LDAP directory tree often reflects various political, geographic, and/or organizational boundaries, depending on the model chosen. LDAP deployments today tend to use Domain Name System (DNS) names for structuring the topmost levels of the hierarchy. Deeper inside the directory might appear entries representing people, organizational units, printers, documents, groups of people or anything else which represents a given tree entry (or multiple entries).

Windows Active Direcory is an example of Directory Services

-Keshav