I was trying to understand if the SMTP virtual server in IIS can only relay mails or if it can act as the final SMTP server. All the tutorials I've found on how to configure it always show it acting as a relay.
It can delivery directly mails (SMTP Server) also relay them
I have read numerous articles and done everything recommended to setup a mail server in windows 2008R2
I am simply trying to send messages from my server from certain websites that I host.
I queued mail for delivery then got this back....
4.4.7 Unable to deliver message to the following recipients, due to being unable to connect successfully to the destination mail server.
For reference, I followed the instructions here...
How to setup an SMTP server
Is there something I am missing?
While I am not familiar with Windows mail servers, I have encountered a similar issue. If this only happens with some destinations, the receiving mail server could be simply refusing the connection.
For example, mail servers often refuse connections from IP addresses that ISPs hand out to "regular" (non-business) customers. Another common reason to reject mail is if the reverse DNS entry for your IP doesn't match the hostname in the HELO (or EHLO) command. (However, in that case, you probably wouldn't get "unable to connect" errors.)
You could try online tools like mxtoolbox to help diagnose the problem.
I have a .Net application. I want this application to send an email to me. How do I implement this without installing an SMTP server?
Using an SmtpClient to send a MailMessage does not require you to have a server on your local machine.
Your e-mail service provider is the one with the server (e.g. smtp.gmail.com), and your SmtpClient talks to it.
This article by Peter Bromberg on eggheadcafe.com
C# SMTP Mail without SMTP Service or CDO
explains how to send email without relying on an SMTP client:
Sending email via TCP using the native
SMTP RFC commands "HELO", "MAIL From",
RCPT TO", etc. is no big deal. That's
one of the first tricks we learn with
Telnet. Finding or writing managed
code that will do so reliably is
another story. The code in the class
that follows is not my original code -
I've cobbled it together from three
different sample sources, fixing
namespaces, error handling, and other
minor items, changing console code to
class library code, and providing a
complete Winforms - based test harness
front end that illustrates its correct
usage.
I've also included sample code
to correctly process and add a mail
attachment via an OpenFileDialog here.
This code MIME encodes and transmits
the attachment(s) according to the
specification.
You can't send email without the services of a SMTP server, there is of course no need for you to install one, just point your code at your ISPs SMTP server or your companies Exchange server (or what ever they use).
On Mac, I can send email from command line using the command mail, but definitely I don't have SMTP server installed on my MacBookPro.
So, it is possible to send email with Ruby without an SMTP server? I don't care about the speed, I just want a way to send email without additional software needed.
You could just call the mail command from within your Ruby code. Use system or backticks or something more sophisticated like open3 to interact with system commands... Here is a nice overview over the different methods: http://mentalized.net/journal/2010/03/08/5_ways_to_run_commands_from_ruby/
About mail and sendmail
I don't know much about mail, but results from a quick search on Google seem to indicate that it uses postfix, which is the default SMTP server that is installed on Macs. In other words, you have installed and are running a SMTP server on your Macbook Pro.
About Ruby
So, it is possible to send email with Ruby without an SMTP server?
Yes and No. You don't need to have a SMTP server running on the same machine as your Ruby process. In fact, you don't even need to run your own SMTP server. However, you need a SMTP server somewhere to send your email.
About SMTP
This article on howstuffworks gives a good explanation of what SMTP does. Essentially, you need a SMTP server somewhere that accepts your email, talks to other SMTP servers, and passes your email on for delivery. With Ruby, you can configure Net::SMTP to connect to a SMTP server of your choice.
About What You Are Trying To Do
If you want to write and execute a script that will deliver a small number of email messages, create a fake email account on Gmail/Live and use their SMTP servers for sending email.
If you want to build and launch an app that will deliver emails to your users, use Mandrill, MailGun, or SendGrid. Mandrill has a free tier for you to get started.
I don't recommend running your own SMTP server for most use cases, because your emails will likely be marked as spam. (Comcast might also think that you have malware on your network.) Professional services like Mandrill will help you setup SPF and DKIM records to authenticate your emails and improve sending reputation.
(If you just want to test email in dev mode, use MailCatcher.)
Conclusion
Sign up for a Mandrill account, then use Net::SMTP in Ruby to connect to their SMTP servers. No additional software is required.
If your mail command is working, then you can send mail from within
ruby. And if your mail command is working on your mac already, then
you also already have an SMTP server working on your mac, since by
default it uses postfix which comes installed. The mail command
defaults to using /usr/sbin/sendmail, which is in this case an
interface to postfix. (Try man sendmail from the Terminal.)
Now, that said, you will probably experience something like this when trying to use Net::SMTP locally:
[3] pry(main)> smtp = Net::SMTP.start('localhost',25)
Errno::ECONNREFUSED: Connection refused - connect(2)
This means that you need to do something to tell your mac that it can
accept connections on port 25. Another alternative is to use that
sendmail program as a transport access method, which might actually be the
better option. The port 25 access is turned off so that no one else
can use your mac as a mail relay. Having to go through the sendmail
command means that only programs on your mac can send mail (go
figure).
My suggestion here would be to use the mail gem (or pony if you
prefer) and configure it to use sendmail. From the mail README
file:
Sending via sendmail can be done like so:
mail = Mail.new do
from 'me#test.lindsaar.net'
to 'you#test.lindsaar.net'
subject 'Here is the image you wanted'
body File.read('body.txt')
add_file :filename => 'somefile.png', :content => File.read('/somefile.png')
end
mail.delivery_method :sendmail
mail.deliver
Likewise, if you're using ActionMailer you can configure it to use
sendmail as well.
Have you tried the Pony gem? It provides a really simple interface to sendmail, which should already be installed on your Mac.
Is your goal to write and send email from the CLI?
There's a number of mailer gems, including mail. You could probably also play directly with Ruby's Net::SMTP and get something working, depending on what you are trying to do.
You don't have to have an SMTP server, you just need to know where one is that you can connect to.
See Net::SMTP. It's part of Ruby.
If you used mail or /usr/sbin/sendmail command and your mail delivered successfully, then there was an MTA (Mail/Message transfer Agent eg. postfix, sendmail or whatever) running on your machine.
when you use your mail command to send a mail to guser#gmail.com,your mail command will submit the mail to local SMTP server.
(local) SMTP server will do the following tasks.
SMTP server(MTA) will do MX lookup for gmail.com
Connect to port 25 of MX server and hand over the mail by talking SMTP (HELO, MAIL FROM,RCPT TO,DATA commands)
Mx server will deliver the mail to the corresponding mailbox (guser).
The above answers suggest you to use Net::SMTP where you will connect to some SMTP server and hand over the mail to that SMTP server, which will again do the above tasks (of local SMTP server above) to perform the delivery.
So to send mail, u need an SMTP server. or you will have to code yourself/use some library to perform MX lookup and hand over the mail to the MX server by talking SMTP commands as per RFC 2821.
I am trying to create a simple ruby mail server ( SMTP server) just or fun. I tried the code in the http://snippets.dzone.com/posts/show/3932
I am not able to sendmail from my machine. I also posted comment there but no reply ;(.
Can any you please help me by giving a pointer or a simple ruby smtp server that can send mail to my gmail account without using a SMTP servers or MTA.
Your SMTP server still needs to connect to smtp.gmail.com to forward your mail. The protocol for doing so can be found in RFC821 (http://james.apache.org/server/rfclist/smtp/rfc0821.txt)
It looks like the example above just allows you to connect to the SMTP server on localhost and store mails locally.