Having IMS / IIS Mail Coexist with Lyris List Manager
The way to have IMS coexist with Lyris List Manager is to have IMS listen to another port besides port 25 (the SMTP mail default port). Let Lyris List Manager listen on port 25, then
tell it to forward mail on to IMS.
Here are the steps to have IMS and Lyris List Manager coexist:
Move IIS Mail to another port
Two different methods for doing this are available. Use whichever you prefer (some earlier versions of IIS do not support the first method).
* If using IIS v5, you will need to use the IIS management console. Run the "Internet Services Manager". In the left-hand pane, select "Internet Information Services / YOUR-SERVER-NAME/ Default SMTP
Site". Right click on the SMTP server and select "Properties". On the "General" tab, make a selection from the "IP Address" drop down list (choose the IP address you want to move to port 26, or
choose "(All Unassigned)"), then click the "Advanced" button. From there, click the "Edit" button and change the "TCP Port" value to 26. Save your changes. Finally, stop and restart the service
named "Microsoft SMTP Service".
* If using IIS v4, you will also need to use the IIS management console. Run the "IIS Management Console". Click on the left-hand side, to select "Console Root / Internet Information Server /
YOUR-SERVER-NAME / Default SMTP Site". Then right click on "SMTP site" and choose "properties". On the first tab labeled "Default SMTP Site" you will find a section labeled "Incoming connections"
and a field labeled: "TCP Port" which has a current setting of 25. Change that setting to 26. Finally, go into the Control Panel, Services, then stop and restart the service named "Microsoft SMTP
Service".
Install and Configure Lyris List Manager
* Create an 'A' record in your DNS, which is an alternate name for the current machine. The mail that should be accepted by Lyris List Manager will be sent to this address. All mail delivered to
Lyris List Manager which does not have this name will be forwarded by Lyris List Manager on to IMS.
For example, if your machine is currently called "mail" in your DNS, add another entry below it that has the same data, but with a new name, as in:
mail IN A 207.105.6.2 ; the original host name
lyris IN A 207.105.6.2 ; the new "alias" host name
After this change, restart your DNS server.
* Start your Lyris List Manager server in the foreground, by clicking the "Run Lyris Server Now" icon.
* Go to the Lyris web interface with your web browser. Log in as a server administrator, and go to the "server config" page.
On the server config web page, find the field that says "forward mail:". Type this in the forward mail field:
This instructs Lyris List Manager to forward non-Lyris mail to port 26, where IMS is listening.
Now, find the field named "Mail Receive Rules". Type the name (or names) of the host names that Lyris List Manager should accept mail for. Any mail that comes in for Lyris List Manager that is not
addressed to these hosts will automatically be forwarded to IMS.
For example, if your machine was called "mail.mycorp.com" and you made an alias for it (in step 2) called "lyris.mycorp.com", then in the "Mail Receive Rules" field enter this data:
If you have multiple names for your server, which Lyris List Manager should answer, enter each of them here, separated by a carriage return. This means that all mail addressed to
"@lyris.mycorp.com" will be accepted and processed by Lyris List Manager and any mail not addressed to "@lyris.mycorp.com" will be forwarded to IMS.
6) Type "shutdown" on your Lyris List Manger console. Wait for Lyris List Manager to shutdown, then start it again, by clicking the "Run Lyris LM Now" icon.
7) Start your mail program and send mail to lyris@ your host name. For example, if your Lyris List Manager alias is "lyris.mycorp.com", send mail to "lyris@lyris.mycorp.com". A minute or two after
sending your message, Lyris List Manager should have sent you a response back. Now, send a test message to a user on your IMS Server to make sure that is working.
You are done!
For more information, see SMTP Port and Mail Receive Rules.
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