[Koha] [Koha-devel] [koha] mail configuraiton help

[Joe Atzberger]

Email addresses are for the endpoints of the message.  The mailservers in
the middle do not use email addresses to relay messages.  You can see this
by reading the headers in a message, like the one from your post:

Received: from mail-yw0-f44.google.com (mail-yw0-f44.google.com [209.85.213.44])
	by eliot.biblibre.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 51CE646DEB
	for <koha-devel at lists.koha-community.org>;
	Thu, 30 Sep 2010 07:59:37 +0200 (CEST)


The google and biblibre servers do not use accounts.

You are correct to test w/ mailx, since if you cannot send from one server
to your target server, then Koha will not be able to either.  The reply-to
or sender address that Koha builds into the message is arbitrary and does
not necessarily have to relate to means of delivery or server of origin.
 The only restriction would be whether your mailserver would accept the
message to relay.

The remaining problem is not directly related to Koha at all, and is just
mail server administration, so you would have the best chance of getting
help via postfix resources or community members.

--Joe

On Fri, Oct 1, 2010 at 11:44 AM, Nitesh Rijal <rijal.it at gmail.com> wrote:

> thanks...
>
> I have installed postfix in my koha box...
>
> its host name is kohamail.healthnet.org.np
>
> when I use #mailx nitesh at healthnet.org.np
>
> it has errors to send the mail, the log has some error messages,
>
> moreover, how is the email address managed?
>
> I guess it will be like "abc at kohamail.healthnet.org.np", is this kind of
> email address allowed?
>
> can some one please send me the postfix configuration that I need to change
> in order to get mail working in my KOHA box?
>
> that would really be a great help. I cannot find any good resource for
> setting up the koha mail.
>
> regards.
>
>
> On Fri, Oct 1, 2010 at 9:10 PM, Joe Atzberger <ohiocore at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> You still need something to get messages from the Koha server to your
>> other mailserver.  In all cases, the simplest way to accomplish that is w/ a
>> mailserver on the Koha box.  It can be configured such that it doesn't
>> connect to any other systems, but only to your other mailserver.
>>
>> --Joe
>>
>> 2010/10/1 Nitesh Rijal <rijal.it at gmail.com>
>>
>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> I was wondering whether it is possible to use koha server in one server
>>> and use existing mail server from another server. So, if possible, please
>>> guide me through the steps.
>>>
>>>  Regards.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Sep 30, 2010 at 8:05 PM, Mike Hafen <mdhafen at tech.washk12.org>wrote:
>>>
>>>> Koha relies a lot on the mail functions of the server.  For example I
>>>> have my server running postfix and set to send email through another mail
>>>> server.
>>>>
>>>> As far as Koha itself, a lot of the mail functionality runs from cron.
>>>> There are a couple perl scripts, most notably in this case the following:
>>>> overdue_notices.pl, advance_notices.pl, and process_message_queue.pl.
>>>> These are in the crontab.example.
>>>>
>>>> 2010/9/29 Nitesh Rijal <rijal.it at gmail.com>
>>>>
>>>>>  Hello all.
>>>>>
>>>>> I have been running koha in my server for about 10 libraries. Each of
>>>>> them have a different public IP for accesssing.
>>>>>
>>>>> What are the things that I need inorder to use the mail functionality
>>>>> for sending overdue notices and other related functions?
>>>>>
>>>>> Is there some step by step guide for it?
>>>>>
>>>>> We already have a mail server at some other IP address, so is it
>>>>> possible to use that server as mail server for koha as well or is it
>>>>> necessary that the machine that has koha server, should also have mail
>>>>> server configured in it?
>>>>>
>>>>> Please reply.
>>>>>
>>>>> Regards.
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Nitesh Rijal
>>>>> BE IT
>>>>> rijal.it at gmail.com
>>>>> http://niteshrijal.com.np
>>>>> http://facebook.com/openrijal
>>>>> http://twitter.com/openrijal
>>>>> +9779841458173
>>>>>
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>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Nitesh Rijal
>>> BE IT
>>> rijal.it at gmail.com
>>> http://niteshrijal.com.np
>>> http://facebook.com/openrijal
>>> http://twitter.com/openrijal
>>> +9779841458173
>>>
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>>
>>
>
>
> --
> Nitesh Rijal
> BE IT
> rijal.it at gmail.com
> http://niteshrijal.com.np
> http://facebook.com/openrijal
> http://twitter.com/openrijal
> +9779841458173
>
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