Probem POP/SMTP to my local mail server

[Feek]

Hello!

I have a problem and I'm not sure why.

I run a box with MDaemon to host all my email on, I want to configure my mobileme account to collect mail from a particular address so I can pick it up when easily when I'm out and about.

However, it fails to connect. In fact, I don't think it's even reaching MDaemon. I tried to set up a connection from my Touch to the mail server a few weeks ago and it failed so I think this may have been an issue for a while.

In my router I have both ports 25 and 110 forwarded, there's no firewall on the MDaemon box but it still appears to be failing to connect. I've tried direct to my IP and via the domain name with no avail.

Can someone try remotely connecting to me, smtp and/or pop to mail.all-one-word.com and/or 78.32.149.35 and see if you can make connections. If not, where should else I be checking?

[Daz]

I can connect to you on both ports. Want to give me some credentials for POP to try?

[Dr. Z]

Negatoid on both ports I'm afraid...

[Daz]

How odd. I just SSH'd to the BD box and that can telnet in on both ports, by name or by IP. Ditto the box dwuk is on.

[Feek]

**removed**

Try those.

[Daz]

USER bd@flangecam.com
+OK bd@flangecam.com... User ok
PASS hairyfart
+OK bd@flangecam.com's mailbox has 0 total messages (0 octets)
Looks fine to me.

[Feek]

Hmm, so you can but DRZ can't. This concerns me, but at least it means that it's sort of working ish.

[Dr. Z]

OK, its working for me now too :)

[Feek]

http://www.ukrm.org/feek/temp/error-20080823-203553.png

http://www.ukrm.org/feek/temp/config-20080823-203730.png

:confused:

[Daz]

Is it trying to use TLS by default? It'll be after different ports if it is - 993 for IMAP and 995 for POP iirc.

[Feek]

Just tried forwarding those two ports over as well, no joy.

[Daz]

Is your POP server running TLS on the inside? Just trying the loose ends, cant see much wrong with your setup :S

[Feek]

Not as far as I know, I've tried it with the "Enable SSL, STARTTLS, STLS support for SMTP, IMAP, POP servers" both ticked and unticked.

[Mark]

Might seem obvious but how are you trying to connect to the server? If it's from inside your network you may have trouble using the external IP.

[Feek]

Not internally Mark, I'm telling my mobileme account to collect mail from my domain here. Or at least, I'm trying to, that's what's failing.

For the time being, I've set my system to forward mail onwards and that's working.