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Introduction

Lumi Mail Server is built around the Microsoft .NET technology and its' a native C# implementation of a fully functional SMTP/POP3/IMAP server. It support all basic SMTP/POP3/IMAP features + some advanced features like public/shared folders, SSL, ... . One of the most interesting feature is "Recycle Bin" implementation, all deleted messages go to recycle bin, from where it's later for adminstrator to restore these messages.
Mail server also provides .NET API what developers can use to "anything"(Mail Server UI is based on that API 100%) with mail server (Adding deleteing domains,users, settings , ... ).

Currenly server runs on windows and linux(mono), but UI works on windows only at moment not for long).But that isn't problem, because Mail Server USer API works over TCP, that mean you can run server in one computer, UI on another.

Server is developed as component based. SMTP/POP3/IMAP are written as usable normal .NET components, what can be used separatley from mail server. Mail Server just uses these components to implement full server.
Server aslo separates into two:

Server what implements all except objects(Users,Domains,Messages..) storing,getting, ... .
Server internal API. Server Internal API is defined as interface, so actually anyone candevelope and plug their own server logic in with littel effort and knowing nothing about SMTP/POP3/IMAP.
Currently there are included 3 API by default:
XML(all objects stored to XML,messages to filesystem)
MSSQL
PGSQL

There are much, can't write here, if all this sounds interesting, just get source code and jump in.

All comments,suggestions,help are welcome.
Help is very welcome in writing help and testing server and also making code better.

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http://www.lumisoft.ee/Forum/

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with proxy

kianoosh soorani

2:26 12 Aug '08

my network use proxy server how can i set proxy setting in this mail server or lumisoft net package ? excuse my my bad english best regards
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Re: with proxy

Ivar Lumi

6:38 12 Aug '08

Hi, about what proxy do you talkigg about ? SMTP ??? If so set relay destination as smart host and type proxy IP into it.
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Re: with proxy

kianoosh soorani

6:42 12 Aug '08

yes for SMTP and pop3 ! there is a sample code to use that?
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Re: with proxy

Ivar Lumi

21:12 12 Aug '08

I dont see why pop3 proxy needed ?
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Re: with proxy

kianoosh soorani

22:18 21 Dec '08

Excuse me now I explaining that.
When I wanna connect to internet from internet explorer using this connection setting
Proxy server
"Ticked" Use a proxy server to connect for your LAN(...)
address :10.10.0.1 port:3128
"Ticked" Bypass proxy server for local address
Now I wanna Know how can use this setting to send email with smtp
when I dont use that I take this error "No such host is known "
best ragards Ivar Lumi

22:18 21 Dec '08

22:21 21 Dec '08

Hi, I almost sure that "Use a proxy server to connect for your LAN" allows you to specifiy HTTP,FTP proxies only.
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Re: with proxy

kianoosh soorani

1:25 22 Dec '08

dear lumi
I use this component and with this code I send email
can u add this future to lumisoft.net.smtp that we can send email with proxy

http://www.emailarchitect.net/webapp/download/easendmail.exe

            SmtpServer s = new SmtpServer("smtp.gawab.com",25);
            s.User = "user@gawab.com";
            s.Password = "user";
            //s.AuthType = SmtpAuthType.AuthLogin;
            //s.ConnectType = SmtpConnectType.ConnectSTARTTLS;
            s.ProxyProtocol = EASendMail.SocksProxyProtocol.Http;
            s.SocksProxyServer = "10.10.0.1";
            s.SocksProxyPort = 3128;
            s.SocksProxyUser = "user";
            s.SocksProxyPassword = "password";
            SmtpClient smtpClient = new SmtpClient();
			SmtpMail oMail = new SmtpMail("TryIt");
			oMail.Reset(); 
			oMail.From = "soorani@gawab.com";
			oMail.To = "soorani@gmail.com";
			oMail.Subject = "utf-8 test";
			oMail.Charset = "utf-8";
			oMail.HtmlBody = "hello";
            smtpClient.SendMail(s, oMail);

king regards

Re: with proxy

kianoosh soorani

20:11 28 Dec '08


            SmtpServer s = new SmtpServer("smtp.gawab.com",25);
            s.User = "user@gawab.com";
            s.Password = "user";
            //s.AuthType = SmtpAuthType.AuthLogin;
            //s.ConnectType = SmtpConnectType.ConnectSTARTTLS;
            s.ProxyProtocol = EASendMail.SocksProxyProtocol.Http;
            s.SocksProxyServer = "10.10.0.1";
            s.SocksProxyPort = 3128;
            s.SocksProxyUser = "user";
            s.SocksProxyPassword = "password";
            SmtpClient smtpClient = new SmtpClient();
			SmtpMail oMail = new SmtpMail("TryIt");
			oMail.Reset(); 
			oMail.From = "soorani@gawab.com";
			oMail.To = "soorani@gmail.com";
			oMail.Subject = "utf-8 test";
			oMail.Charset = "utf-8";
			oMail.HtmlBody = "hello";
            smtpClient.SendMail(s, oMail);

king regards

Re: with proxy

Ivar Lumi

21:17 28 Dec '08

I suspect that in case of SMTP such apporach not widely used. Why need to proxy it when SMTP outgoing server used instead. <-----> <-- internet -----> computer1 ----> SMTP outgoing server -------> target SMTP server
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error in sending mail using webmail

dotnethunk

21:29 10 Jun '08

Hello ivar, when i send mail using webmail i got following error 550 Authentication is required for relay How can i provide username and password for connecting to smtp server using smtp client
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Re: error in sending mail using webmail

Ivar Lumi

21:48 10 Jun '08

Currently just give relay access to webmail computer IP.
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Changing the default listen port from 25 to another

Jinxter

3:19 9 May '08

Hi, I was wondering if you could tell where in the code I can change the default listen port of 25 to another one? I want to see if I can use this MailServer to setup multiples instances of it to listen on a number of different ports. Thanks
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Re: Changing the default listen port from 25 to another

Ivar Lumi

3:38 9 May '08

Hi, Yes you can do it. Just add virtual servers, change ports(in binding tab of the specified service) in each services so that they doesnt conflict. Also i suggest you to use latest devel version(0.93), that most feature complete.
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Re: Changing the default listen port from 25 to another

Jinxter

5:00 9 May '08

Hi Ivar, Thanks for the prompt reply. So the same service can run 1 or virtual servers? Are each of these virtual servers running in a seperate thread? If I wanted to have 10 seperate listeners on one server, should I have 10 instances of LumiSoft MailServer service or 1 instance with 10 virtual servers defined? Thanks Jinxter
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Re: Changing the default listen port from 25 to another

Ivar Lumi

5:32 9 May '08

Same service can run X count virtual server. All virtual servers running on their own thread and sessions share thread pool threads. 10 instances .. 1) Running all in 1 virtual server (no physical domain separation), just add all binding in 1 virtual server. 2) Running each domain on its own virtual server, add only specified domain bindings.
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UID SEARCH UID 100:* UNDELETED - Can't make work

JohnGalt17

11:07 26 Feb '08

Hi there, I love your suite of stuff, it's excellent Smile

I see that the search command isn't implimented, so I implimented my own that just accepts an IMAP search command which works well, but I'm having problems with the above search.

My understanding is that the above should return a list of UIDs that are not deleted and have a UID >= 100.

But it returns all uids.

If I change 100 to 0, I get nothing other than search completed successfully.

What am I doing wrong with my search criteria? It's like doing a range search isn't even ever used, I can't find anything on the net on how to do this properly.

Thanks!

Re: UID SEARCH UID 100:* UNDELETED - Can't make work

Ivar Lumi

4:19 27 Feb '08

Hi, IMAP search command is supported... . Just get latest from: http://www.lumisoft.ee/lswww/download/downloads/MailServer/Devel/Current/[^]
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Re: UID SEARCH UID 100:* UNDELETED - Can't make work

JohnGalt17

4:53 27 Feb '08

Thanks! I figured it out that i didn't need the UID part before the sequence. BTW, is there any support for IMAP IDLE command? I'd love to do push email with this. Thanks!
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Re: UID SEARCH UID 100:* UNDELETED - Can't make work

Ivar Lumi

5:14 27 Feb '08

IMAP IDEL, not yet, probably IMAP server needs total rewrite.
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Re: UID SEARCH UID 100:* UNDELETED - Can't make work

JohnGalt17

5:31 27 Feb '08

I need it more on the client side (we will be using the server stuff eventually, but right now it's in our client application only). Any tips on how I could impliment this? Thanks!
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Re: UID SEARCH UID 100:* UNDELETED - Can't make work

Ivar Lumi

5:38 27 Feb '08

Just follow: http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc2177.html[^]
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Re: UID SEARCH UID 100:* UNDELETED - Can't make work

JohnGalt17

8:15 27 Feb '08

Ok, here's a really weird one...

I got the above command to work, however every time I call the command, I get a message back as the UID, I do my thing and fetch it based on the UID.

I increment the last seen message uid that I store (so 100 becomes 101) and then the next time I request a message I request with UID 101:* UNDELETED.

I get THE SAME MESSAGE with a new UID (incremented by one) every time.

The same thing happens with the built in fetch command as well....

What the heck am I doing wrong?

(For reference, this is the RFC I'm trying to follow to do disconnect client sync between our client application and a generic IMAP mail server (in this case Visnetic): http://www.rfc-archive.org/getrfc.php?rfc=4549[^])

Thanks!

Error: "Target Machine Actively refuse it"

Dan'M

22:23 15 Sep '07

Hi, I am getting this error when i tried to connet to the service using mail manager.exe :"No connection could be made because the Target Machine Actively refuse it" What to do now ? Any idea? Thanks, Dan
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Re: Error: "Target Machine Actively refuse it"

Ivar Lumi

22:26 15 Sep '07

Hi, Is server up and running ? (you need to run lsmailserver.exe, to install/run server, after it you can connect to it)
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