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mwu.mailbox at gmail

Jul 3, 2006, 4:25 AM

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Microsoft Exchange Server and Mediawiki

Hi all,

I installed Mediawiki in a company intranet behind a proxy server. The
smtp server the company is
using is a Microsoft Exchange Server. My problem is that I don't know
how I can specify this Microsoft Exchange Server to send my mail. I
specified the address of the Exchange server in the php.ini but I got
the error message that the connection failed.

I also tried to use the internal Microsoft smtp server (IIS 5) on the
local machine. But it also did not connect to the destination mail
server.

I would appreciate any help how to configure the smtp server in my case.

Mei
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xaosflux at gmail

Jul 3, 2006, 4:46 PM

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Re: Microsoft Exchange Server and Mediawiki [In reply to]

Where have you received the error message?

>From your wiki box, can you access the smtp server manually? (e.g. telnet
mail.server.local 25)

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mei Wu" <mwu.mailbox [at] gmail>
To: <mediawiki-l [at] wikimedia>
Cc: <wikitech-l [at] wikimedia>
Sent: Monday, July 03, 2006 7:25 AM
Subject: [Wikitech-l] Microsoft Exchange Server and Mediawiki

> Hi all,
>
> I installed Mediawiki in a company intranet behind a proxy server. The
> smtp server the company is
> using is a Microsoft Exchange Server. My problem is that I don't know
> how I can specify this Microsoft Exchange Server to send my mail. I
> specified the address of the Exchange server in the php.ini but I got
> the error message that the connection failed.
>
> I also tried to use the internal Microsoft smtp server (IIS 5) on the
> local machine. But it also did not connect to the destination mail
> server.
>
> I would appreciate any help how to configure the smtp server in my case.
>
> Mei
> _______________________________________________
> Wikitech-l mailing list
> Wikitech-l [at] wikimedia
> http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l

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mwu.mailbox at gmail

Jul 3, 2006, 10:11 PM

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Re: Microsoft Exchange Server and Mediawiki [In reply to]

Hi,

I am running a local Microsoft IIS 5 smtp server on the Windows XP
machine. In the php.ini, I have specified localhost as the smtp
server. When I go to the Wiki logon page, type my username and hit the
"Email password" button, I get the following error message:

Error sending mail: Failed to connect to localhost:25 [.SMTP: Failed to
connect socket: An established connection was aborted by the software
in your host machine. (code: -1, response: )]

I don't know what the problem is. When I try to logon to the smtp
server using "telnet localhost 25", it does not work ("Connect
failed"). Thanks for your help.

Mei

On 7/3/06, xaosflux <xaosflux [at] gmail> wrote:
> Where have you received the error message?
>
> >From your wiki box, can you access the smtp server manually? (e.g. telnet
> mail.server.local 25)
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mei Wu" <mwu.mailbox [at] gmail>
> To: <mediawiki-l [at] wikimedia>
> Cc: <wikitech-l [at] wikimedia>
> Sent: Monday, July 03, 2006 7:25 AM
> Subject: [Wikitech-l] Microsoft Exchange Server and Mediawiki
>
>
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I installed Mediawiki in a company intranet behind a proxy server. The
> > smtp server the company is
> > using is a Microsoft Exchange Server. My problem is that I don't know
> > how I can specify this Microsoft Exchange Server to send my mail. I
> > specified the address of the Exchange server in the php.ini but I got
> > the error message that the connection failed.
> >
> > I also tried to use the internal Microsoft smtp server (IIS 5) on the
> > local machine. But it also did not connect to the destination mail
> > server.
> >
> > I would appreciate any help how to configure the smtp server in my case.
> >
> > Mei
> > _______________________________________________
> > Wikitech-l mailing list
> > Wikitech-l [at] wikimedia
> > http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
>
> _______________________________________________
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>
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stevage at gmail

Jul 4, 2006, 12:24 AM

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Re: Microsoft Exchange Server and Mediawiki [In reply to]

On 7/4/06, Mei Wu <mwu.mailbox [at] gmail> wrote:
> I am running a local Microsoft IIS 5 smtp server on the Windows XP
> machine. In the php.ini, I have specified localhost as the smtp
> server. When I go to the Wiki logon page, type my username and hit the
> "Email password" button, I get the following error message:
>
> Error sending mail: Failed to connect to localhost:25 [.SMTP: Failed to
> connect socket: An established connection was aborted by the software
> in your host machine. (code: -1, response: )]
>
> I don't know what the problem is. When I try to logon to the smtp
> server using "telnet localhost 25", it does not work ("Connect
> failed"). Thanks for your help.

Quite simply the problem is your mail server is not behaving itself -
nothing to do with MediaWiki. I'm a bit confused about what your mail
server is though - is it smtp, exchange, or IIS? I thought those three
things were quite separate, but perhaps not?

Steve
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mwu.mailbox at gmail

Jul 4, 2006, 2:48 AM

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Re: Microsoft Exchange Server and Mediawiki [In reply to]

Right now, the internal Microsoft smtp server, which is included in
the IIS 5, is running. Because the Wiki is running on the same
computer as the smtp server does, I am little bit confused what the
problem might be. I configured the smtp server to allow relay with no
authentication, but it didn't work.
Are there any specific configurations I have to make to get the smtp
server to send out emails in a LAN ?

Thanks for your help.

Mei

On 7/4/06, Steve Bennett <stevage [at] gmail> wrote:
> On 7/4/06, Mei Wu <mwu.mailbox [at] gmail> wrote:
> > I am running a local Microsoft IIS 5 smtp server on the Windows XP
> > machine. In the php.ini, I have specified localhost as the smtp
> > server. When I go to the Wiki logon page, type my username and hit the
> > "Email password" button, I get the following error message:
> >
> > Error sending mail: Failed to connect to localhost:25 [.SMTP: Failed to
> > connect socket: An established connection was aborted by the software
> > in your host machine. (code: -1, response: )]
> >
> > I don't know what the problem is. When I try to logon to the smtp
> > server using "telnet localhost 25", it does not work ("Connect
> > failed"). Thanks for your help.
>
> Quite simply the problem is your mail server is not behaving itself -
> nothing to do with MediaWiki. I'm a bit confused about what your mail
> server is though - is it smtp, exchange, or IIS? I thought those three
> things were quite separate, but perhaps not?
>
> Steve
> _______________________________________________
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> Wikitech-l [at] wikimedia
> http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
>
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stevage at gmail

Jul 4, 2006, 2:53 AM

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Re: Microsoft Exchange Server and Mediawiki [In reply to]

On 7/4/06, Mei Wu <mwu.mailbox [at] gmail> wrote:
> Right now, the internal Microsoft smtp server, which is included in
> the IIS 5, is running. Because the Wiki is running on the same
> computer as the smtp server does, I am little bit confused what the
> problem might be. I configured the smtp server to allow relay with no
> authentication, but it didn't work.
> Are there any specific configurations I have to make to get the smtp
> server to send out emails in a LAN ?

If you can't telnet to the server on port 25, then that's your biggest
problem. Relaying doesn't even come into it. It's possibly listening
on a different port? I suspect that either:
* the server is not actually running
* it's not actually a genuine SMTP server that receives SMTP requests on port 25
* something else like a firewall is blocking you.

Steve
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xaosflux at gmail

Jul 5, 2006, 6:51 PM

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Re: Microsoft Exchange Server and Mediawiki [In reply to]

Many common antivirus products have port blocking of port 25 built in to
them as well. Check your AV logs/disable the service for testing.
xaosflux

----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Bennett" <stevage [at] gmail>
To: "Wikimedia developers" <wikitech-l [at] wikimedia>
Sent: Tuesday, July 04, 2006 5:53 AM
Subject: Re: [Wikitech-l] Microsoft Exchange Server and Mediawiki

> On 7/4/06, Mei Wu <mwu.mailbox [at] gmail> wrote:
>> Right now, the internal Microsoft smtp server, which is included in
>> the IIS 5, is running. Because the Wiki is running on the same
>> computer as the smtp server does, I am little bit confused what the
>> problem might be. I configured the smtp server to allow relay with no
>> authentication, but it didn't work.
>> Are there any specific configurations I have to make to get the smtp
>> server to send out emails in a LAN ?
>
> If you can't telnet to the server on port 25, then that's your biggest
> problem. Relaying doesn't even come into it. It's possibly listening
> on a different port? I suspect that either:
> * the server is not actually running
> * it's not actually a genuine SMTP server that receives SMTP requests on
> port 25
> * something else like a firewall is blocking you.
>
> Steve
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> Wikitech-l [at] wikimedia
> http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l

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