LOCALHOST and SMTP server

hi all,
trying to set up send email process from within the db (9ir2) installed on a wk2 box outside the office network.
I use both "LOCALHOST" and "localhost" as SMTP server name.
The mails are stucked in the mail queue.Although the mails ID provided are valid one.Try as well to call push_queue to flash the queue.... no success either.
Can localhost be a true value for SMTP? Should I set up anything on my machine ?
Thks for advises.

How to configure a system to run a mail server ?This is an Oracle database forum not a Win2K sysadmin site. You don't even tell us what your "box" is. Server? Old PC?
I believe IIS has a native SMTP server so if you've got that enabled on your box you might be able to get something working. However, I think you'd probably be better off installing a proper SMTP product - there are free ones available, trying Googling for them.
Cheers, APC

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2014-09-22T20:09:45.468Z,Exchange-SMTP send connector,08D1A4A14C7EDED5,2,10.219.3.74:24939,10.219.3.73:25,<,220 SMTP.A.local Welcome (MTA version),
2014-09-22T20:09:45.546Z,Exchange-SMTP send connector,08D1A4A14C7EDED5,3,10.219.3.74:24939,10.219.3.73:25,>,EHLO Exchange.A.local,
2014-09-22T20:09:45.624Z,Exchange-SMTP send connector,08D1A4A14C7EDED5,4,10.219.3.74:24939,10.219.3.73:25,<,250-SMTP.A.local Exchange.A.local OK,
2014-09-22T20:09:45.624Z,Exchange-SMTP send connector,08D1A4A14C7EDED5,5,10.219.3.74:24939,10.219.3.73:25,<,250-SIZE,
2014-09-22T20:09:45.624Z,Exchange-SMTP send connector,08D1A4A14C7EDED5,6,10.219.3.74:24939,10.219.3.73:25,<,250-8BITMIME,
2014-09-22T20:09:45.624Z,Exchange-SMTP send connector,08D1A4A14C7EDED5,7,10.219.3.74:24939,10.219.3.73:25,<,250-BINARYMIME,
2014-09-22T20:09:45.624Z,Exchange-SMTP send connector,08D1A4A14C7EDED5,8,10.219.3.74:24939,10.219.3.73:25,<,250-PIPELINING,
2014-09-22T20:09:45.624Z,Exchange-SMTP send connector,08D1A4A14C7EDED5,9,10.219.3.74:24939,10.219.3.73:25,<,250-HELP,
2014-09-22T20:09:45.624Z,Exchange-SMTP send connector,08D1A4A14C7EDED5,10,10.219.3.74:24939,10.219.3.73:25,<,250-DSN,
2014-09-22T20:09:45.624Z,Exchange-SMTP send connector,08D1A4A14C7EDED5,11,10.219.3.74:24939,10.219.3.73:25,<,250-CHUNKING,
2014-09-22T20:09:45.624Z,Exchange-SMTP send connector,08D1A4A14C7EDED5,12,10.219.3.74:24939,10.219.3.73:25,<,250-AUTH SCRAM-SHA-1 GSS-SPNEGO DIGEST-MD5 CRAM-MD5 NTLM,
2014-09-22T20:09:45.624Z,Exchange-SMTP send connector,08D1A4A14C7EDED5,13,10.219.3.74:24939,10.219.3.73:25,<,250-AUTH=SCRAM-SHA-1 GSS-SPNEGO DIGEST-MD5 CRAM-MD5 NTLM,
2014-09-22T20:09:45.624Z,Exchange-SMTP send connector,08D1A4A14C7EDED5,14,10.219.3.74:24939,10.219.3.73:25,<,250-STARTTLS,
2014-09-22T20:09:45.624Z,Exchange-SMTP send connector,08D1A4A14C7EDED5,15,10.219.3.74:24939,10.219.3.73:25,<,250-DELIVERBY,
2014-09-22T20:09:45.624Z,Exchange-SMTP send connector,08D1A4A14C7EDED5,16,10.219.3.74:24939,10.219.3.73:25,<,250-MT-PRIORITY,
2014-09-22T20:09:45.640Z,Exchange-SMTP send connector,08D1A4A14C7EDED5,17,10.219.3.74:24939,10.219.3.73:25,<,250 ENHANCEDSTATUSCODES,
2014-09-22T20:09:45.655Z,Exchange-SMTP send connector,08D1A4A14C7EDED5,18,10.219.3.74:24939,10.219.3.73:25,>,STARTTLS,
2014-09-22T20:09:45.671Z,Exchange-SMTP send connector,08D1A4A14C7EDED5,19,10.219.3.74:24939,10.219.3.73:25,<,220 2.7.0 Ready to start TLS,
2014-09-22T20:09:45.687Z,Exchange-SMTP send connector,08D1A4A14C7EDED5,20,10.219.3.74:24939,10.219.3.73:25,*,,Sending certificate
2014-09-22T20:09:45.687Z,Exchange-SMTP send connector,08D1A4A14C7EDED5,21,10.219.3.74:24939,10.219.3.73:25,*,CN=Exchange.A.local,Certificate subject
2014-09-22T20:09:45.687Z,Exchange-SMTP send connector,08D1A4A14C7EDED5,22,10.219.3.74:24939,10.219.3.73:25,*,"CN=DC-CA, DC=A, DC=local",Certificate issuer name
2014-09-22T20:09:45.687Z,Exchange-SMTP send connector,08D1A4A14C7EDED5,23,10.219.3.74:24939,10.219.3.73:25,*,63E7E70100000000000B,Certificate serial number
2014-09-22T20:09:45.687Z,Exchange-SMTP send connector,08D1A4A14C7EDED5,24,10.219.3.74:24939,10.219.3.73:25,*,CAEB1200CDF49715E5F2E4B8315EFDDC01F8F945,Certificate thumbprint
2014-09-22T20:09:45.780Z,Exchange-SMTP send connector,08D1A4A14C7EDED5,25,10.219.3.74:24939,10.219.3.73:25,*,Exchange.A.local,Certificate alternate names
2014-09-22T20:09:46.654Z,Exchange-SMTP send connector,08D1A4A14C7EDED5,26,10.219.3.74:24939,10.219.3.73:25,-,,Local
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2014-09-22T20:09:46.701Z,Exchange-SMTP send connector,08D1A4A14C7EDED6,2,10.219.3.74:24940,10.219.3.73:25,<,220 SMTP.A.local Welcome (MTA version),
2014-09-22T20:09:46.701Z,Exchange-SMTP send connector,08D1A4A14C7EDED6,3,10.219.3.74:24940,10.219.3.73:25,>,EHLO Exchange.A.local,
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2014-09-22T20:09:46.716Z,Exchange-SMTP send connector,08D1A4A14C7EDED6,8,10.219.3.74:24940,10.219.3.73:25,<,250-PIPELINING,
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2014-09-22T20:09:46.716Z,Exchange-SMTP send connector,08D1A4A14C7EDED6,10,10.219.3.74:24940,10.219.3.73:25,<,250-DSN,
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2014-09-22T20:09:46.716Z,Exchange-SMTP send connector,08D1A4A14C7EDED6,13,10.219.3.74:24940,10.219.3.73:25,<,250-AUTH=SCRAM-SHA-1 GSS-SPNEGO DIGEST-MD5 CRAM-MD5 NTLM,
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I did manage to configure LDAP attribute map to the specific group policy.
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Understand the functionality you are wanting, basically one can use Outlook / Exchange mail server as an example. It just happens.
As I understand in the background the DNS _SRV records point to a machine which serves up an XML file and that is the information which tells the client how to configure itself.
I did some research before posting my first reply and found that, in the Apple client situation, even when someone setup the the SRV records + the XML it didn't work seamlessly.
https://discussions.apple.com/message/12949449#12949449
Here's some other links that give some more background.
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/macenterprise/qIKUMxMae8o/iLnIkMgeOX0J
http://www.virtuworks.com/how-to-setup-outlook-autodiscovery-for-your-domain/
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11 e-mail accounts from different providers are suddenly giving me errors saying they can't connect to IMAP and SMTP server?

I have 11 e-mail accounts that was working fine a minute ago, but now they all say that they can't connect to the IMAP and SMTP servers.
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Nevermind, restarted for the third or fourth time, and now it works...
Perhaps it was a time-issue.

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Felix,
I agree, I think it is a bug. My wife is experiencing the exact same issue on her MacBook after upgrading to Lion.
I submitted Mail feedback tonight to Apple. I hope they get this fixed pronto. My wife prefers Mail to the web interface or using her iPhone for mail. Thanks for explaining the issue.

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I saw a post on this but I have a more specific problem, hopefully someone can tell me what I'm doing wrong. Here's my situation. I use my MacBook Pro at work, and I have to operate sometimes inside a firewall and sometimes out on the Internet. As a result, I have to maintain two different Account setups in Mail for the same actual email account. One setup (call it 'Mail') goes directly to the server address, uses normal SSL transport, and uses that internet SMTP server with SSL authentication. All works fine. However, when I'm inside the firewall, I have to use an SSH tunnelling setup to get to IMAP servers outside, so I use SSHAgent and tunnel my local ports to the server outside. That, also, works after much fiddling.
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And, if you select Mail's Accounts preferences in the Accounts Information tab, then select the Edit servers option from the drop down menu for Outgoing server, is each server associated only with it's respective account? And when observing the Outgoing server drop down menu does the name of the associated server change when you select each account from the sidebar?
If none of this is working still, then you may want to remove the /Home/Library/Preferences/com.apple.mail.plist file to the Desktop. Then reconfigure Mail's preferences to see if that resolves the problem. As it is I cannot replicate what you've described on my system, so it could be a corrupted preference file on yours. You can test this by creating a new user account and logging into that account. Set up new Mail configurations for the new account to see if they function as expected.

Cannot connect to smtp server

hi,
i have been using microsoft entourage for mac 2004 for almost a year now and have been receiving and sending email just fine until a few days ago. i checked with my ISP and they said that the problem is not with my e-mail address and to check with entourage help, which turned out to be very little help.
so, now im trying to set up my email address to use the mac mail program, and i get the same type of error- a problem the smtp server... so i have the same problem i had with entourage: i can recieve email, but not send it.
any ideas?

If you are no longer able to send messages with this account and SMTP server using Entourage (and the settings have not been changed) and the Mail.app is unable to send messages with the same account settings, this indicates there is a problem with the SMTP server settings or there is a temporary problem with the SMTP server.
The connection to the server "smtp.snet.yahoo.com" on port 25 timed out.
This error message indicates there is a problem with the SMTP server settings.
SBC has been known to make changes and not informing their customers beforehand and with both Entourage and the Mail.app not being able to send messages with the same settings, this is a strong indication the problem lies with SBC or the SMTP server settings and not with your Mac.
I would contact SBC technical support again and nicely request to speak with a supervisor or the next level up.

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I just changed isp provider and I am trying to use mail with my yahoo account. Everything seems to work except sending mail. I have talked with Yahoo and Adelphia and they can not figure it out. Adelphia suggested that my server port was blocked but I don't know how that could be because it was working with my last isp verizon. How do I unblock port 25 if that is the case or do you have any other suggestions?

Most, if not all ISPs block the use of SMTP servers that are outside of their network (or not provided by the ISP) on Port 25. Some ISPs allow the use of an authenticated SMTP server only that is outside of their network on Port 25 but some block its use regardless.
These restrictions are in place as part of an overall effort to prevent spam emanating from the ISP's domain.
You cannot unblock using Port 25 with an SMTP server that is outside of your ISPs network. If using an SMTP server that is outside of your ISP's network is blocked by your ISP on Port 25, only your ISP can do so.
Are you also accessing an email account and SMTP server in Mail that is provided by Adelphia and if so, are you able to send mail with your Adelphia email account?
If so, sounds like the person you talked to with Adelphia does not know what they are talking about.
Something to try.
Go to Mail > Preferences > Accounts and under the Account Information tab for your Yahoo account preferences at the SMTP server selection, select the Server Settings button below.
Enter 587 in place of 25 in the Server Port field and when finished, select OK to save the changed setting.
Test if this resolves the problem. If not and you are accessing an email account and SMTP server in Mail provided by Adelphia and you are able to send messages with this account, select/use Adelphia's SMTP server to send mail with your Yahoo email account which is invisible to all recipients.

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I need an accurate port to send mail. I have never been able to use my mac mail (send or receive) and my cox mail (worked for both at one point) on entourage (cox) my outgoing mail does not work, however, it will receive mail? I am using the latest version of Leopard and I disabled my firewall? Cox wouldn't help me they said to just contact apple? I have the correct pop server (pop.east.cox.net) and SMTP server (smtp.east.cox.net). This is really bothering me so if someone could help I would appreciate it. I currently have my mail set on port 110 for both outgoing and incoming.

strawberrydress wrote:
I currently have my mail set on port 110 for both outgoing and incoming.
And you changed the SMTP port from the default of 25 because...?

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