Server 2008 Smtp Server, Ultra Noob....

[tripolitrx]

Hi guys, I came across this site during random searching for answers, and was wondering if some of you guys could offer some assistance. I come from a helpdesk background and never really played with servers at all except for very basic administration.

I have this project to set up a new Domain Controller, and install an SMTP server on there.

 

I have managed to get the server installed, installed ADDS, DNS server, and an SMTP server through IIS 6, which is up and running fine. I can also telnet to the server though port 25.

 

my problem lies here, It is required of me to be able to send a test email, I think via Telnet from a specific address, not related to the domain. (ie my domain is xyz.local, this email has to come from someone@someaddress.com)

 

There lies my problem, im a bit lost as what to do next, its probably simple as I think i have done the hard parts....just not sure which direction to go next

 

I am aware of the commands i need to use in Telnet, EHLO, MAIL FROM, RCPT TO etc, the emails i send just seem to hang in the queue then time out

 

 

Any advise it appreciated, thanks alot guys

 

Trip

[ICTCity]

Are you talking about this?

http://www.yuki-onna.co.uk/email/smtp.html

[tripolitrx]

Yea thats the stuff, I actually used that page as a resource, thing is the mail just times out, actualy says queued for sending in Telnet, and Im not sure why, maybe there is some key settings in IIS6 im missing, I had to use guides from the net to get me this far, as you can probably tell Im out of my depth lol

[ICTCity]

Remember that the sender must be a user knew by your mail server, so if the domain is company.com, your sender must be MyUser@company.com

[tripolitrx]

Ok, I am going about this a little different, just to try and get it working. I now think I have an adress, as in I set it up in AD, user@onlinetest.local, now i want to send it to my gmail account to test it (am running it virtually at the moment) now I get a message of unable to relay that address...sugestions?

[ICTCity]

Wait... I don't think you can send an e-mail OUTSIDE with .local unless .local is not a public name eheheh.

 

You must test by using user@onlinetest.local as sender and user2@onlinetest.local as receiver.

[tripolitrx]

OK, set two users up, still getting that relaying error, from what ive seen your supposed to set the relay to 127.0.0.1 correct?

[ICTCity]

No, because your server is listening on IP (192.168.1.10) on port 25, not 127.0.0.1!

[tripolitrx]

Ok, getting somewhere now, managed to enter both of the new account adresses, however now I am back to the queueing problem....

 

I really appreciate your advice here by the way

[ICTCity]

But do you receive "Queued mail for delivery" message? Then you type quit and nothing happens?