hMailserver is a free mail server for windows. Since version 4.5 its published as open source. hMailserver supports POP3, IMAP, SMTP, the management of different email domains, optional active directory integration for email accounts, integration of SpamAssin, blacklisting, greylisting, DKIM etc.
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How to set up TLS on hMailServer?
Complete noob here. Please be gentle :)
I have a Windows 2008 server, running hMailServer. Right now all my communication is unencrypted. I want to start using TLS. So now I've got myself a SSL certificate for my domain. This I did by creating…

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Correct basic mail DNS records
I have some websites on AWS (Windows Server 2012 R2), and I'm trying setup a mail server. I have installed hMailServer, and in the guide say I need configure the DNS records for mail. I never needed setup email server from zero like now, then I'm a…

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hMailserver: Secure SMTP SetUP - Trusted Cert Issue
I'm trying to configure hMailserver with a 3rd party SSL cert. I'v
1) Installed the SSL key & cert
2) Placed the hash named CA and intermediate in to the \externals\cs folder
Now, the connection between the mail client and the server is secure and…

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hMailServer on Azure VM cannot connect to remote port 25
I'm setting up hMailServer on a new Azure Windows VM. I've successfully sent a mail from my email client, and it arrived in the hMailServer outbound queue, but from there it gets stuck.
I ran
telnet mail.hmailserver.com 25
and it replies:…

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Email sent using hMailserver goes to spam
I have configured hMailserver to send and receive email. It is working fine but all the mails sent to any address goes to spam.
Reverse PTR for my domain is ponting to my static IP.
mx-record is pointed to mail.mydomain.com
mail.mydomain.com points…

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Problems using hmailserver as outgoing SMTP server
I have hmailserver set up and accepting email for projectattack.co.uk domain - I can connect to the server through port 110 pop3 using both gmail and mail.app on osx
I have a cname pointing smtp to projectattack.com and have opened port 25 to accept…

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How to read this DMARC report? Why does Yahoo still reject mails from my server?
I've got hMailServer set up on my server, which bulks-mails a newsletter to an opt-in subscriber base. I have set up DKIM signing, a SPF record explicitly giving my server permission to send email on behalf of my domain, and even a reverse DNS…

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Can't get emails into Outlook client
I have moved hMailServer onto a different server. When I use Outlook and log the communication within hMailServer I get the following;
Creating session 737
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SENT: +OK POP3
RECEIVED: CAPA
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SENT: +OK Mailbox locked and ready
RECEIVED:…

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hMailServer and reverse DNS
I have an hMailServer installation on a Windows 2012 server VM and need to properly set up reverse DNS + the mail server in order to avoid getting e-mails bounced back from certain big providers, which started to check this recently.
My server…

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nginx mail module always passing PLAIN method AUTH command to backend
I have implemented a nginx with mail module, and proxy to backend Hmail server. I realized no matter how I disable the auth-methods PLAIN. The nginx is just ignoring it.
How can I force to using smtp_auth login instead? As Hmail server does not…

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hMailServer Email + MX Records Configuration
Trying to make DNS changes to enable email to be sent using hMailServer.
My mail server is on a separate machine with a separate IP Address.
I have already added MyDomain.com and an email account
I have create a MX Record with the mail server being…

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hmailServer quit receiving mail
I'm completely baffled, and I hope this is the right place to come for help.
I"m running my own server, Windows 2016, and running hmailServer - not sure what version. It's running behind a netgear WNDR4500 router and wifi.
About 2 days ago, it…

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Unable to send mail to hMailServer with 554 error
It is unable to send mail to hMailServer with error 554 Your message was received but it could not be saved. Please retry later.

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Mailserver using SMTP Relay
I'm using OVH as SMTP Relay. It was always working great, but now I can't send mails anymore.
If I answer to an E-Mail everything is normal. But if I write a new E-Mail it is never being received.
The logfile says that the Mail is being set…

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hMailServer SMTP error
I have hMailServer installed. I can send emails and everything is ok. I have only one problem. When i try to send an email to gmail.com i recive an "undelivered" email and this link: http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=10336
Does…

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