Cynthia
Sun Feb 27 22:53:06 CST 2005
Are there any mail settings in SharePoint other than the SMTP server, from
email address, reply-to email address, and character set?
"Cynthia" <CynthiaB115@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:OcKdlkUHFHA.1096@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> Well, here's the rub: It acts as I specified below when it is trying to
> notify new users that they've been invited to view a portal, but it works
> fine when alerts are being sent out.
>
> Is it sharepoint's job to resolve the Windows account name into an email
> address or would that be the responsibility of Exchange? I'd think that
> this would be up to Sharepoint, since when working with Outlook and
> Exchange, Outlook is responsible for resolving the names.
>
> Thanks.
>
> "Mike Walsh" <englantilainen@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:eDJeQk9GFHA.2976@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
>> This message
>>
>> "The server may not be set up correctly to send e-mail."
>>
>> usually means what it says.
>>
>> So based on what you have mentioned
>>
>> a) can't resolve internal e-mail address
>> b) can't send to external e-mail addresses
>> c) can send to internal e-mail addresses if fully specified name given
>>
>> you should with your Exchange people to be able to work out what the
>> problem is.
>>
>> I wouldn't myself think this is "flaky activity from SharePoint" - i.e.
>> the flakiness isn't in WSS it's in how WSS is specified to use
>> SMTP/Exchange and how your Exchange system needs it to be set up.
>>
>> Mike Walsh, Helsinki, Finland
>> WSS FAQ at
http://wss.collutions.com
>> Please reply to the newsgroup
>>
>> "Cynthia" <CynthiaB115@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>> news:u1qyk51GFHA.432@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
>>> I'm experiencing flaky activity from SharePoint when adding new users to
>>> a portal.
>>>
>>> 1. If I add a user who is external to my company (i.e.,
>>> bill@microsoft.com), SharePoint throws the error: "The user or users
>>> have been added successfully, but there was an error in sending the
>>> e-mail message. The server may not be set up correctly to send e-mail."
>>>
>>> 2. If I add a user who is internal to my company, and fully specify an
>>> email address (i.e., bill@mycompany.com), the user is notified via
>>> email.
>>>
>>> 3. If I add a user who is internal to my company, and SharePoint has
>>> picked up their exchage ID (i.e., Jones, Bill), I do not have the same
>>> error as in #1, above, but shortly thereafter, my email server sends me
>>> a message that it attempted to deliver the message to Jones and Bill,
>>> but could not resolve their addresses.
>>>
>>> Has anyone encountered this before?
>>>
>>> Regards.
>>>
>>
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