I am running james v2.2.0. Am very new to this. I haven't enabled SMTP
authentication. Using file repositories. Test account at localhost works
fine. Problem occurs when I send mail to outside world. Log file shows
16/06/06 01:43:36 INF James.Mailet: RemoteDelivery: Could not connect to
SMTP host: 157.227.246.120, port: 25, response: -1
16/06/06 01:43:36 INF James.Mailet: RemoteDelivery: Temporary exception
delivering mail (Mail1150380219138-0-to-[domain].com:
javax.mail.MessagingException: No mail server(s) available at this time.
at
(RemoteDelivery.java:617)
at
(RemoteDelivery.java:912)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:534)
I edited the domain name when posting. The domain name is being resolved
properly. I dont know if the network admin has configured his DNS/MX (Am not
clear abt these stuff) to allow me to send mail to external machines. These
mails are getting stored in the "UTGING" folder. There is another thing
happening. Log file snippet first.
16/06/06 01:20:03 INF James.Mailet: RemoteDelivery: No mail server found
for: indiatimes.com
16/06/06 01:20:03 INF James.Mailet: RemoteDelivery: Temporary exception
delivering mail (
javax.mail.MessagingException: There are no DNS entries for the hostname
indiatimes.com. I cannot determine where to send this message.
at
(RemoteDelivery.java:398)
at
(RemoteDelivery.java:912)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:534)
This msg is a bit different from the previous one. This says it could not
find the mail server. But that is precisely the server I am mailing from.
Pls clarify. I am ready to learn more and go thru docs. Also can someone
explain smtp authentication to me. At what stage, will i be prompted for
username/password? I have configured outlook express to use James.
Thanks for reading.

I have entered IP address of the DNS servers in my config.xml file and I have
enabled autoDiscover also. Even it is getting the same list of addresses.
Actually here's a piece from my dnsserver log.

15/06/06 19:15:24 INF dnsserver: Couldn't resolve MX records for domain
indiatimes.com.
15/06/06 19:15:34 ERRR dnsserver: Couldn't resolve IP address for host
indiatimes.com.
15/06/06 19:20:34 INF dnsserver: Couldn't resolve MX records for domain
indiatimes.com.
15/06/06 19:20:34 ERRR dnsserver: Couldn't resolve IP address for host
indiatimes.com.

I am running james 2.2.0 on windows2000. nslookup doesn't always return
IP's. For some sites it does, for some it doesnt. I dont understand how it
works. All i know is james will request it for the ip address to
communicate. I dont know what an MX entry means.

What about the other error msg I posted from my log? Can you also tell me
abt SMTP authentication? What parameters should I change in config? Maybe a
guide on tuning config.xml would do a great deal of good to new users. Just
my 2 cents.

Thanks anyway, for the reply.

I do not know nslookup output says DNS request timed out. Timeout was 2
seconds. Does this mean that the firewall is blocking it?

Also there is another server, which I know runs on 172104. That is the
server from which my real mail is fetched to my local system by Lotus Notes.
But when I send mail to my account on that server, DNS is resolved to
17226 as per the mailet log. And finally james gives up trying to send
that mail.

I am making some mistake. What is it? Is there some info I haven't
given you?

Im not 100% understand your question. But yes if you get a timeout its
possible that the firewall block it. Get sure you query the "right"
dnsserver.

bye
Norman

Am Sonntag, den 18.06.2006, 23:31 -0700 schrieb James User:
I do not know nslookup output says DNS request timed out. Timeout was 2
seconds. Does this mean that the firewall is blocking it?

Also there is another server, which I know runs on 172104. That is the
server from which my real mail is fetched to my local system by Lotus Notes.
But when I send mail to my account on that server, DNS is resolved to
17226 as per the mailet log. And finally james gives up trying to send
that mail.

I am making some mistake. What is it? Is there some info I haven't
given you?

I am querying the right DNS server. No doubts in that. But some sites are
blocked. Maybe due to that timeout is happening. DNS query output is like
this. Note that the domain is valid.
DNS request timed out.
timeout was 2 seconds.
Name: [domain].com
Address: 172104

If I give a domain which is "blocked", it says "DNS request timed out.
timeout was 2 seconds.
DNS request timed out.
timeout was 2 seconds." Yes, it is repeated twice.

And about the other thing, I mentioned that instead of sending msgs to
172104, it is sending to 17226. This is actually the routing path.
In this case, this is the error in the log file.

19/06/06 10:01:44 INF James.Mailet: RemoteDelivery: Temporary exception
delivering mail (Mail1150371945914-0-to-[domain].com:
javax.mail.MessagingException: No mail server(s) available at this time.
at
(RemoteDelivery.java:617)
at
(RemoteDelivery.java:912)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:534)

Thanks for the help so far. Could the above exception be caused if the
server requires SMTP authentication and I haven't enabled it in my
config.xml?

More info

I queried the DNS server for MX entries. It has 4 entries. of which is
17226. *.104 does not have an MX entry. Also indiatimes.com or
gmail.com have no MX entries. This is from the DNSserver log.

19/06/06 19:02:00 INF dnsserver: Couldn't resolve MX records for domain
gmail.com.
19/06/06 19:02:00 ERRR dnsserver: Couldn't resolve IP address for host
gmail.com.

Similar lines are found for indiatimes.com. I believe this will be found for
any destination which doesn't have an MX entry in the DNS server. But how do
I overcome this limitation? I am not the DNS server admin. I cannot change
the entries obviously. I know I am asking you to solve a prob totally
unrelated to James. Am very sorry. The corresponding mailet log entries
follow.

19/06/06 19:02:00 INF James.Mailet: RemoteDelivery: Storing message
into outgoing after 2 retries
19/06/06 19:02:00 INF James.Mailet: RemoteDelivery: No mail server found
for: gmail.com
19/06/06 19:02:00 INF James.Mailet: RemoteDelivery: Temporary exception
delivering mail (
javax.mail.MessagingException: There are no DNS entries for the hostname
gmail.com. I cannot determine where to send this message.
at
(RemoteDelivery.java:398)
at
(RemoteDelivery.java:912)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:534)

Thanks guys. I would like to know what it means when an SMTP server returns
a response -1. It also says it could not connect to SMTP host. Does this
tell anything about the destination server?

Can you query an nameserver outside your network ?
In linux this can be tested like:

dig @217.195.0.253 james.apache.org MX

If this work you can add this nameserver or any external you want to use
to james config.
Anyway if and nameserver not have the corresporing entry it should query
the root servers to get information where to get the entry from.
But maybe the used nameserver only server internal zones.

bye
Norman

Am Montag, den 19.06.2006, 21:28 -0700 schrieb James User:
More info

I queried the DNS server for MX entries. It has 4 entries. of which is
17226. *.104 does not have an MX entry. Also indiatimes.com or
gmail.com have no MX entries. This is from the DNSserver log.

19/06/06 19:02:00 INF dnsserver: Couldn't resolve MX records for domain
gmail.com.
19/06/06 19:02:00 ERRR dnsserver: Couldn't resolve IP address for host
gmail.com.

Similar lines are found for indiatimes.com. I believe this will be found for
any destination which doesn't have an MX entry in the DNS server. But how do
I overcome this limitation? I am not the DNS server admin. I cannot change
the entries obviously. I know I am asking you to solve a prob totally
unrelated to James. Am very sorry. The corresponding mailet log entries
follow.

19/06/06 19:02:00 INF James.Mailet: RemoteDelivery: Storing message
into outgoing after 2 retries
19/06/06 19:02:00 INF James.Mailet: RemoteDelivery: No mail server found
for: gmail.com
19/06/06 19:02:00 INF James.Mailet: RemoteDelivery: Temporary exception
delivering mail (
javax.mail.MessagingException: There are no DNS entries for the hostname
gmail.com. I cannot determine where to send this message.
at
(RemoteDelivery.java:398)
at
(RemoteDelivery.java:912)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:534)

Thanks guys. I would like to know what it means when an SMTP server returns
a response -1. It also says it could not connect to SMTP host. Does this
tell anything about the destination server?

No I cannot query other external DNS servers. Seems like I am restricted to
using what's available in the network.