localhost: trying to send/receive emails

[bmx0r]

I want to send/receive emails locally (localhost)

 

I have configured the following:

 

Router, Firewalls

Openend tcp port 25 and 110 on my router firewall, closed rest of firewalls

 

ArGoSoft Mail Server .NET Freeware

server config:

should my DNS server be: 127.0.0.1?

 

 

user config:

email@localhost

 

Xampp (has MercuryMail ... too many options)

php server for testfile.php

 

Outlook Express

Created 1 account email@localhost for sending and receiving emails

 

Testfile.php

keep getting error 501 "Account does not exist" <_<

 

Does anybody have an idea why this keeps happening?

 

 

testfile.php

 

<?
// send e-mail to ...
$to="email@localhost";
// Your subject
$subject="Test";
// From
$header="from: your name <email@localhost>";
// Your message
$message="Hello \r\n";
$message.="This is a test\r\n";
$message.="Test again ";
// send email
$sentmail = mail($to,$subject,$message,$header);
// if your email succesfully sent
if($sentmail){
echo "Email Has Been Sent .";
}
else {
echo "Cannot Send Email ";
}
?>

 

running testfile.php with mail sever on

 

[SYST XXXXXX 30-09-2009 11:39:41] Starting the smtp service at 0.0.0.0:25
[SYST XXXXXX 30-09-2009 11:39:41] smtp service started
[SYST XXXXXX 30-09-2009 11:39:41] Starting the pop3 service at 0.0.0.0:110
[SYST XXXXXX 30-09-2009 11:39:41] pop3 service started
[SYST XXXXXX 30-09-2009 11:39:41] Starting delivery service
[SYST XXXXXX 30-09-2009 11:39:41] Delivery service started

Warning: mail() [function.mail]: SMTP server response: 501 Account does not exist in C:\Program Files\xampp\htdocs\filename.php on line 14
Cannot Send Email

 

mail server log

 

[SMTP 000000 30-09-2009 11:40:07] Received SMTP connection from 127.0.0.1
[SMTP 000000 30-09-2009 11:40:07] 220 localhost ArGoSoft Mail Server Freeware v.1.0.0.3 at Wed, 30 Sep 2009 09:40:07 GMT
[SMTP 000000 30-09-2009 11:40:07] HELO compute
[SMTP 000000 30-09-2009 11:40:07] 250 Welcome 127.0.0.1, nice to meet you...
[SMTP 000000 30-09-2009 11:40:07] MAIL FROM:<email@localhost>
[SMTP 000000 30-09-2009 11:40:07] 250 Sender "email@localhost" OK...
[SMTP 000000 30-09-2009 11:40:07] RCPT TO:<email@localhost>
[SMTP 000000 30-09-2009 11:40:07] 501 Account does not exist
[SMTP 000000 30-09-2009 11:40:07] QUIT
[SMTP 000000 30-09-2009 11:40:07] 221 Goodbye
[SMTP 000000 30-09-2009 11:40:07] SMTP connection with 127.0.0.1 ended

 

after 9-10 min. I get a response from pop3

 

[POP3 000000 30-09-2009 11:49:19] +OK ArGoSoft Mail Server .NET Freeware v.1.0.0.3 at Wed, 30 Sep 2009 09:49:19 GMT
[POP3 000000 30-09-2009 11:49:19] USER email@localhost
[POP3 000000 30-09-2009 11:49:19] +OK Send password
[POP3 000000 30-09-2009 11:49:19] PASS XXXXXXXX
[POP3 000000 30-09-2009 11:49:19] +OK User email@localhost successfully authenticated.  Mailbox is ready.
[POP3 000000 30-09-2009 11:49:19] STAT
[POP3 000000 30-09-2009 11:49:19] +OK 0 0
[POP3 000000 30-09-2009 11:49:19] QUIT
[POP3 000000 30-09-2009 11:49:19] +OK Goodbye
[POP3 000000 30-09-2009 11:49:19] POP3 connection with 127.0.0.1 ended

 

after 39-40 min. I get another response from pop3

 

[POP3 000001 30-09-2009 12:19:19] +OK ArGoSoft Mail Server .NET Freeware v.1.0.0.3 at Wed, 30 Sep 2009 10:19:19 GMT
[POP3 000001 30-09-2009 12:19:19] USER email@localhost
[POP3 000001 30-09-2009 12:19:19] +OK Send password
[POP3 000001 30-09-2009 12:19:19] PASS XXXXXXXX
[POP3 000001 30-09-2009 12:19:19] +OK User email@localhost successfully authenticated.  Mailbox is ready.
[POP3 000001 30-09-2009 12:19:19] STAT
[POP3 000001 30-09-2009 12:19:19] +OK 0 0
[POP3 000001 30-09-2009 12:19:19] QUIT
[POP3 000001 30-09-2009 12:19:19] +OK Goodbye
[POP3 000001 30-09-2009 12:19:19] POP3 connection with 127.0.0.1 ended

 

 

Any idea why the smtp server cannot send an email (to an existing account)?

[BryceJr]

>>THIS might help.

[bmx0r]

Nope, afaik argosoft mail server does not require php.ini to be configured...

followed this tutorial

I tried configuring php.ini before and it didn´t help

 

Or are you advising me to use MercuryMail?

I´ll look into that later on ...

 

(I know this is the osc forum, but anything involved in the osc process (like an email server) is part of that imo)

 

I was hoping anyone could tell from my log file what is happening / could be the problem

[bmx0r]

-turned on smtp authentication in mail server config and outlook account.

-the .php file now echos `email has been sent` :)

 

-outlook express still doesn´t receive an email ... error 10061 ... port 25 still blocked

-netstat -an: both port 25 and 110 are listening

-telnet 127.0.0.1 25 : ... nothing :blink: it did connect before

 

don´t reply yet, i might figure it out myself ... :P