ISPConfig Query

[zimele]

Thank you all

Thanks again for your responses and i finally managed to do the Perfect Installation Tutorial perfectly:) ... i've installed ISPconfig on my test server now my question is how do i get it to do what everybody says it can do...basically

1. I want to create a test client and send an email to my other account... simply user1@test.com to my private account.

2. Right...i know that for my personal account i have an SMTP server and POP3 Account supplied by my current ISP.... now if i wanted to configure this test account to work on a windows platform how would i go by getting the SMTP and POP3 settings

3. For the Moment i am using a DSL line to connect to the internet and the IP address assigned to me is Dynamic so it changes from Day to Day.... now i do have access to getting the IP daily

4. What steps would i have to take to make everything work for me

5. I know that i have to get a STATIC IP from my ISP i have gone through the process of getting that to happen but it will take sometime for now i just wanna run a test to see that everything works

[till]

- Get an domain from a dnamic DNS service like DynDNS.
- Create a website in ISPConfig for this domain with your internal IP.
- Forward the ports for smtp, pop3 and www from your router to your server.
- Create an email account in ISPConfig.
- Create an email account in your mail client like outlook with the username and password you assigned in ISPConfig. SMTP and POP§ server is your internal server IP.

[zimele]

Hi Till THanks for your response!:)

Is ther maybe a config file that has these settings cause i want to change them
Please enter the host name (e.g. www):
Please enter the domain (e.g. xyz.de): 192.169.0.100

basically i want to be able to provide a webisite address that will be used for ISPconfig instead of https://my ipadress:81
i want it to be maybe https://www.address.co.za

if there is a way can you please let me know and furthermore

does this mean that ISPConfig can temporary work of a Dynamic IP address now my question is will the Server now be published on the INternet for that one day?

[BriX]

Check these threads I'm sure they'll help you change the hostname and ip address.
http://www.howtoforge.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=16
http://www.howtoforge.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2760

Also there are services like dyndns.org that will provide DNS
services to dynamically map a static host name to a changing
IP address.
The server will be accessible via internet provided the DNS record has been in circulation long enough (~24 -72hrs) and you haven't blocked access to it using a firewall. Is that what you wanted to know?

[falko]

basically i want to be able to provide a webisite address that will be used for ISPconfig instead of https://my ipadress:81
i want it to be maybe https://www.address.co.za

You can change that under Management -> Server -> Settings.

[zimele]

TO all that can help

Till Thanks again for the reply and yes your info on dyndns did do the trick but now after i did the port forwarding on my router when i go to the URL mydomain.DYNDNSdomain.com it takes me to my DSL router now my question is, is it possible to change that to my ISPCONfig server that has my website and how do i go by publishing my website so that i type my URL and it is seen!

oh and another thing how do i point my windows PC's SMTP to my ISPCONFIG's SMTP.... it doesn't really work when it sends a test email it comes up with an error but on the other hand when i use my ISP service Provider's SMTP everthing works perfectly (This is on testing settings of Mail)

[zimele]

HI To All

This is my current problem

1. I am able to use my email addresses that i have created using a dyndns

2. Now when i originally did the setup i made my IP address the address cause of test purposes now i want to change that

3. when from my windows Machine (which is in the same IP Range as my Ubuntu server) try to go to my URL that i have created i am routed to my router page... but on the other hand when i use a PC that is on a different range and network i am able to see the frontpage of my Website

what i want to know is how do you configure websites on ISP config to show (instead of the home page of my DSL router) and how do you change the IP address hostname to be a name

[falko]

http://www.howtoforge.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2760
2. Now when i originally did the setup i made my IP address the address cause of test purposes now i want to change thatHave a look here: http://www.howtoforge.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2760

3. when from my windows Machine (which is in the same IP Range as my Ubuntu server) try to go to my URL that i have created i am routed to my router page... but on the other hand when i use a PC that is on a different range and network i am able to see the frontpage of my Website

what i want to know is how do you configure websites on ISP config to show (instead of the home page of my DSL router) and how do you change the IP address hostname to be a nameFirst you must forward the needed ports from your router to your ISPConfig server. And then you must have a router model that supports loopbacks into your local network, otherwise you cannot see your web sites from within your LAN (people from outside, however, can).

[zimele]

Falko

My Router does support Loopback/Send and Recieve

now i don't know what to do

oh and another problem i'm having is that i removed my old domain and settings and now when i had created another one when i assign a new email user i get the whole @www.domnainname.com how do i go by removing the www.so that it is just someone@test.com instead of some@www.test.com

and by tha way thanks for your help it is much appreciated

[zimele]

<MANAGED TO FIX THIS> but i still wanted to change my IP address to my domain name!!

and another thing after changing the IP address to a name it still does not work and to add to this when i try ftp from within ISPconfig still using my Ip address to Access Ispconfig i get this error

Could not connect to localhost
Next >>

Now i tried changing the name back to the IP address and still nothing now my question is what did i do wrong and furthermore how can i fix this

:) An eager Linux Learner!!!!:)

[falko]

Is it ok now?

[zimele]

The FTP part is working:) after i had renamed all those changes back to the IP address but its stange cause ftp works on my windows machine using the user credentials but strangly enough when i use a machine that is on another network or analogue modem when i try to ftp using ftp://ftp.mydomainname.dynDNsdomain.com it doesn't want to logon using the User that has been created?

any reason why this happens or how to enable this user to be able to logon!

oh and right now my welcome screen is that ISP index page now how would my users go by accessing squirrelmail what wud they have to type or what do i have to enable to make squirrelmail accessable from the outside internet... do take to consideration that i am still running dynamic domain

[falko]

Can you post your domain here?

[zimele]

sorry about the late reply but my domain name is www.testingnxa.homelinux.com

oh and another thing in ISPconfig how do you remove the www on the user's email address cause right now this is how it show user@www.domainname.com why is that i know that before i managed to remove it but now for some strange reason its back

[falko]

sorry about the late reply but my domain name is www.testingnxa.homelinux.comIs this your public IP address? 196.209.23.97

oh and another thing in ISPconfig how do you remove the www on the user's email address cause right now this is how it show user@www.domainname.com why is that i know that before i managed to remove it but now for some strange reason its back
Have a look here: http://www.howtoforge.com/forums/showthread.php?t=5093&highlight=external+mailserver

[zimele]

Is this your public IP address? 196.209.23.97

Yes

http://www.howtoforge.com/forums/showthread.php?t=5093&highlight=external+mailserver[/url]

does this mean that i have to create a new domain cause i did try this having a main domain and a co domain... but still when i create a new user it still shows as @www.domain.dyndns domain.com

[falko]

but still when i create a new user it still shows as @www.domain.dyndns domain.com
That's just how ISPConfig shows the email address in the interface (I think this has been fixed in the last release), you can check the email address in /etc/postfix/virtusertable.

[zimele]

oh okay i know that though when i send an email to user@domainname.com it works fine!!!

what is the latest version of ISPConfig 2.2.3 ?

atleast thats one of my probs fixed

when i try to ftp using ftp://ftp.mydomainname.dynDNsdomain.com it doesn't want to logon using the User that has been created?

any reason why this happens or how to enable this user to be able to logon!

oh and right now my welcome screen is that ISP index page now how would my users go by accessing squirrelmail what would they have to type or what do i have to enable to make squirrelmail accessable from the outside internet... do take to consideration that i am still running dynamic domain

any ideas on this

[falko]

what is the latest version of ISPConfig 2.2.3 ?[Yes.

when i try to ftp using ftp://ftp.mydomainname.dynDNsdomain.com it doesn't want to logon using the User that has been created?

any reason why this happens or how to enable this user to be able to logon!Try again with an FTP client like WS_FTP or SmartFTP.

oh and right now my welcome screen is that ISP index page now how would my users go by accessing squirrelmail what would they have to type or what do i have to enable to make squirrelmail accessable from the outside internet... do take to consideration that i am still running dynamic domainThat depends on where you installed Squirrelmail...

[zimele]

My squirrelmail is installed on my ISPconfig server thorough the ISPCONFIG update option... hope this is what you were asking

[falko]

My squirrelmail is installed on my ISPconfig server thorough the ISPCONFIG update option... hope this is what you were askingThen there should be a link to Squirrelmail under "Tools".

[zimele]

Then there should be a link to Squirrelmail under "Tools".

Yes there is a link under tools but what i wanted to know is that is there a way to make it available on my website basically i want my users on my website to click on webmail and they go to the squirrelmail login page something like maybe mail.domainname.com actually how do you do that?

[falko]

Have a look here: http://www.howtoforge.com/forums/search.php?searchid=135213

[zimele]

ok i'll have a look at those threads but my other query is with customizing squirrelmail

i went on the squirrelmail.org website and they said that i have to locate my squirrelmail files now my question is where are they located cause i thought they would be under /usr/share/squirrelmail/:confused: but when i go to this it can't find the last directory... does nit make a difference cause i had installed it under ISPConfig's Update

[falko]

i went on the squirrelmail.org website and they said that i have to locate my squirrelmail files now my question is where are they located cause i thought they would be under /usr/share/squirrelmail/:confused: but when i go to this it can't find the last directory... does nit make a difference cause i had installed it under ISPConfig's Update
The files should be in /home/admispconfig/ispconfig/web.

[zimele]

thanks for that i found it just like you said!!:)


another thing that i wanted to know was that is there a way to copy certain files from my server files from here /home/admispconfig/ispconfig/web/squirrelmail to my windows machine so that i can edit the PHP in this instance i want to change the squirrelmail logon PHP to maybe include my company logo instead of the squirrelmail one... or is there a way that i can edit the php and still be able to see... changing the PHP no in command but in a GUI

[till]

You can use the WinSCP program to edit files and copy files from windows to linux.

[zimele]

okay thats cool but how do i copy them from Linux to windows?

[till]

okay thats cool but how do i copy them from Linux to windows?

Drag & Drop it from the left window to the right window in WinSCP.

[zimele]

:) thanks alot Till managed to use WinSCP3 and it works just like i wanted it to thanks till and falko for all your help!!!:)

[zimele]

Hi All

I need to know about setting up my SMTP server ON ISPCONFIG cause i do have my Public IP Addresses

1. i finally got my Uncapped ADSL and my Public IP addresses now my Question is with Setting up POP and SMTP correctly is there a way to do that in ISPConfig and if there is how do you go by doin it

2. To change my ISPconfig Server to have a Public IP how do i go by doing that... which places do i need to change!

[falko]

Have a look here: http://www.howtoforge.com/forums/showthread.php?t=5334