In Game Message System

[brdian]

	<world>
		<shortname>EP</shortname>
		<longname>Eternal Playground[PEQLive]</longname>

		<!-- Only specify these two if you really think you need to.  (read: You don't) -->
		<address>eplay.dyndns.org</address>
		<localaddress>192.168.1.101</localaddress>

		<!-- Loginserver information.  Defaults shown -->
		<loginserver>
			<host>eqemulator.net</host>
			<port>5998</port>
			<account></account>
			<password></password>
		</loginserver>

		<!-- Server status.  Default is unlocked -->
		<!--<locked/>-->
		<unlocked/>

		<!-- Sets the ip/port for the tcp connections.  Both zones and console (if enabled).  Defaults are shown -->
		<tcp ip="localhost" port="9000" telnet="enable"/>

		<!-- Sets the shared key used by zone/launcher to connect to world -->
		<key>lj;jlauwpajmpauq</key>
		
		<!-- Enable and set the port for the HTTP service.  Defaults are shown -->
		<http port="9080" enabled="true" mimefile="mime.types" />
	</world>

        <!-- Chatserver (channels) information.  Defaults shown -->
        <chatserver>
                <host>eplay.dyndns.org</host>
                <port>7778</port>
        </chatserver>


        <!-- Mailserver (in-game mail) information.  Defaults shown -->
	<mailserver>
		<host>eplay.dyndns.org</host>
		<port>7779</port>
	</mailserver>

[Derision]

If the client mailkey is showing as your external IP address, it suggests that your local clients are going through your router to get to your local server.

Assuming 192.168.1.101 is the internal address of your server, on your local clients, add an entry to c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts to map your server dns name to the internal server address, i.e. add the line

192.168.1.101 eplay.dyndns.org

[brdian]

cool thanks... all is working now after clearing out the db mailkeys and adding the host entries for local clients.

[Irreverent]

I'm getting this issue too, but using "localhost" as my host. Does this work?