Hello, Thank you in advance for your help. I have recently followed Falko's perfect setup for a Debian box running ISPConfig. The install went smoothly (a great help btw) and I am hosting several sites already! However I cannot figure out how to get mail working for the websites' users. I have installed the roundcube package using ISPConfig's update utility. That seems to work fine. As I understand it, roundcube is only a visual interface to postfix and courier and would not be responsible for mail difficulties per se. I can login using any user name and password I create in the ISPConfig site manager. I can navigate all the menus in roundcube fine, but cannot send or receive email at all. If I send an email, roundcube splashes a notice saying it sent successfully, but it never reaches its destination. Any email sent to the address results in an error 550, the recipient is not accepted. Fishing around these forums I have found many threads dealing with this issue, as it appears to be a common one. I could not find a solution on my own however, so I hope someone on this forum can guide me through it. The most indepth trouble shooting I've done is running 'tail -f /var/log/mail.log'. I see that I login and logout of the imapd server almost every minute. No other information is displayed when I try to send or receive a mail. As an aside, I am using Putty to connect to my server and do not know how to copy information displayed in that window into another to share, e.g. to share netstat -tap results. Does anyone know a way to do this? -K
I began going through the perfect setup for ISPConfig 2 on Debian by Falko. I followed the instruction line for line again for Postfix installation. Then, at the end, to test it was all working, Falko says enter "telnet localhost 25". I do and I do not get results that match what I should get. Here is what I get. I guess I am missing 250-STARTTLS and 250-AUTH LOGIN PLAIN What does this mean?
Here is what I find in /etc/postfix/main.cf Code: [SIZE="2"] # Debian specific: Specifying a file name will cause the first # line of that file to be used as the name. The Debian default # is /etc/mailname. #myorigin = /etc/mailname smtpd_banner = $myhostname ESMTP $mail_name (Debian/GNU) biff = no # appending .domain is the MUA's job. append_dot_mydomain = no # Uncomment the next line to generate "delayed mail" warnings #delay_warning_time = 4h readme_directory = no # TLS parameters smtpd_tls_cert_file = /etc/postfix/ssl/smtpd.crt smtpd_tls_key_file = /etc/postfix/ssl/smtpd.key smtpd_use_tls = yes smtpd_tls_session_cache_database = btree:${data_directory}/smtpd_scache smtp_tls_session_cache_database = btree:${data_directory}/smtp_scache # See /usr/share/doc/postfix/TLS_README.gz in the postfix-doc package for # information on enabling SSL in the smtp client. myhostname = kyleserver1.kylekarhohs.me alias_maps = hash:/etc/aliases alias_database = hash:/etc/aliases myorigin = /etc/mailname #mydestination = kyleserver1.kylekarhohs.me, localhost.kylekarhohs.me, localhost.localdomain, localhost relayhost = mynetworks = 127.0.0.0/8 [::ffff:127.0.0.0]/104 [::1]/128 mailbox_command = procmail -a "$EXTENSION" mailbox_size_limit = 0 recipient_delimiter = + inet_interfaces = all inet_protocols = all smtpd_sasl_local_domain = smtpd_sasl_auth_enable = yes smtpd_sasl_security_options = noanonymous broken_sasl_auth_clients = yes smtpd_sasl_authenticated_header = yes smtpd_recipient_restrictions = permit_sasl_authenticated,permit_mynetworks,reject_unauth_destination smtpd_tls_auth_only = no smtp_use_tls = yes smtp_tls_note_starttls_offer = yes smtpd_tls_CAfile = /etc/postfix/ssl/cacert.pem smtpd_tls_loglevel = 1 smtpd_tls_received_header = yes smtpd_tls_session_cache_timeout = 3600s tls_random_source = dev:/dev/urandom virtual_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/virtusertable mydestination = kyleserver1.kylekarhohs.me, localhost.kylekarhohs.me,localhost.localdomain,localhost [/SIZE] Thanks. -K
Please run Code: postconf -e 'mydestination = /etc/postfix/local-host-names' /etc/init.d/postfix restart What does telnet show then?
Here are the new results from telnet Code: [SIZE="2"] ehlo localhost 250-kyleserver1.kylekarhohs.me Hello localhost [127.0.0.1], pleased to meet you 250-ENHANCEDSTATUSCODES 250-PIPELINING 250-EXPN 250-VERB 250-8BITMIME 250-SIZE 250-DSN 250-ETRN 250-AUTH DIGEST-MD5 CRAM-MD5 250-DELIVERBY 250 HELP quit 221 2.0.0 kyleserver1.kylekarhohs.me closing connection Connection closed by foreign host. [/SIZE] I also confirmed that the /etc/postfix/main.cf file had been edited properly, it had. Thank you for your assistance. Your advice is still helpful, for looking at /etc/postfix/local-host-names I found Code: [SIZE="2"] ################################### # # ISPConfig local-host-names Configuration File # Version 1.0 # ################################### localhost kyleserver1.kylekarhohs.me localhost.kyleserver1.kylekarhohs.me localhost.kylekarhohs.me localhost.localdomain www.melonquark.net www.kylekarhohs.me www.kaylagbmfoundation.org melonquark.net kylekarhohs.me kitchenriot.net kaylagbmfoundation.org mail.kylekarhohs.me #### MAKE MANUAL ENTRIES BELOW THIS LINE! #### [/SIZE] I recognize these as the domains I am hosting. It would appear ISPConfig writes to this file automatically. Nothing is entered below the manual entries comment. Thank you for all your help to this point, but it appears there are still issues. I hope you can assist further. -K
What's the output of Code: netstat -tap ? I tend to think that maybe Sendmail is running instead of Postfix...
Hey Falko, I think your intuition is right. Here is what my 'netstat -tap' shows Code: [SIZE="2"] Active Internet connections (servers and established) Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address Foreign Address State PID/Program name tcp 0 0 localhost:10024 *:* LISTEN 25614/amavisd (mast tcp 0 0 *:mysql *:* LISTEN 26675/mysqld tcp 0 0 localhost:submission *:* LISTEN 23295/sendmail: MTA tcp 0 0 *:sunrpc *:* LISTEN 1630/portmap tcp 0 0 *:81 *:* LISTEN 14119/ispconfig_htt tcp 0 0 *:52372 *:* LISTEN 1641/rpc.statd tcp 0 0 kyleserver1.kyle:domain *:* LISTEN 14707/named tcp 0 0 localhost:domain *:* LISTEN 14707/named tcp 0 0 *:ssh *:* LISTEN 2842/sshd tcp 0 0 localhost:953 *:* LISTEN 14707/named tcp 0 0 localhost:smtp *:* LISTEN 23295/sendmail: MTA tcp 0 52 kyleserver1.kylekar:ssh 192.168.2.24:51877 ESTABLISHED 31122/sshd: kyle [p tcp6 0 0 [::]:imaps [::]:* LISTEN 9371/couriertcpd tcp6 0 0 [::]:pop3s [::]:* LISTEN 9388/couriertcpd tcp6 0 0 [::]:pop3 [::]:* LISTEN 9201/couriertcpd tcp6 0 0 [::]:imap2 [::]:* LISTEN 9282/couriertcpd tcp6 0 0 [::]:www [::]:* LISTEN 10279/apache2 tcp6 0 0 [::]:ftp [::]:* LISTEN 27541/proftpd: (acc tcp6 0 0 [::]:ssh [::]:* LISTEN 2842/sshd tcp6 0 0 localhost:953 [::]:* LISTEN 14707/named tcp6 0 0 [::]:https [::]:* LISTEN 10279/apache2 tcp6 0 58 kyleserver1.kylekar:ftp mail.dezandis.com:51594 ESTABLISHED 31522/proftpd: (acc tcp6 0 0 kyleserver1.kylekar:www 18925023069.user.:60928 ESTABLISHED 32733/apache2 [/SIZE] No where does it list Postfix running, and it does list sendmail. What is the difference between Postfix and sendmail? What does this table of information list? What is 'netstat -tap' showing us? What is the difference between LISTEN and ESTABLISHED? I've never heard of mail.dezandis.com, but I'm connected to it? I went there and it just says "Apache is working". Is this an attack on my server? Thanks for your help Falko. Would you be able to tell me how I remove sendmail and replace it with Postfix? -K
Please run Code: /etc/init.d/sendmail stop /etc/init.d/postfix start Afterwards, the telnet output should be ok. Which distribution are you using? Postfix and Sendmail are both MTAs, but Postfix is much easier to configure. To learn more about netstat, take a look at Code: man netstat
Thank you Falko. Your advice was spot on. I shutdown sendmail and fired up postfix. My telnet results are now as expected. Code: [SIZE="2"]220 kyleserver1.kylekarhohs.me ESMTP Postfix (Debian/GNU) ehlo localhost 250-kyleserver1.kylekarhohs.me 250-PIPELINING 250-SIZE 10240000 250-VRFY 250-ETRN 250-STARTTLS 250-AUTH PLAIN LOGIN 250-AUTH=PLAIN LOGIN 250-ENHANCEDSTATUSCODES 250-8BITMIME 250 DSN quit 221 2.0.0 Bye Connection closed by foreign host. [/SIZE] However, my situation is still not completely resolved. I am able to send mail from within my RoundCube interface, but whenever I send an email to the address I get a 550 error. I looked at the log, /var/log/mail.log, and found several things. First, ClamAV kept recording that it was out of date. I saw the new ISPConfig updated ClamAV, so I went ahead and updated ISPConfig to version 2.2.32. My linux distro is Debian 5.0.1. Looking back in the log, ClamAV now confirms it is up to date. Second, I do not know if this is normal, but my log is full of entries like this: Code: [SIZE="2"] Apr 15 12:52:18 kyleserver1 imapd: LOGIN, user=username, ip=[::ffff:127.0.0.1], port=[47962], protocol=IMAP Apr 15 12:52:18 kyleserver1 imapd: LOGOUT, user=username, ip=[::ffff:127.0.0.1], headers=0, body=0, rcvd=10, sent=83, time=0 Apr 15 12:53:18 kyleserver1 imapd: Connection, ip=[::ffff:127.0.0.1] Apr 15 12:53:18 kyleserver1 imapd: LOGIN, user=username, ip=[::ffff:127.0.0.1], port=[47963], protocol=IMAP Apr 15 12:53:18 kyleserver1 imapd: LOGOUT, user=username, ip=[::ffff:127.0.0.1], headers=0, body=0, rcvd=31, sent=335, time=0[/SIZE] 90% of my log seems to be filled with the LOGIN-LOGOUT statements every minute. All that changes is the port number. Should there be one specific port number assigned to the mail? Third, when I send an email from roundcube I can find the entry in the log that documents this action. However, there is no documentation of receiving an incoming message when I try to send an email to the account. It seems that whatever I am sending never makes it to the mail server. My mail log is becoming rather lengthy, too, is there a way to keep it short? Thanks for your continued assistance Falko. Head way is being made, but might you know the cause of my latest quandry? -K
Please check if the MX records of your domains are pointing to the correct server: Code: dig mx yourdomain.com
So dig is a command built to query information about Domain Name Systems and the Mail eXchange record holds the information a sending agent (e.g. gmail) needs to deliver an email to the right location? Here is my mx record for kylekarhohs.me Code: [SIZE="2"] ; <<>> DiG 9.5.1-P1 <<>> mx kylekarhohs.me ;; global options: printcmd ;; Got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 56931 ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 2, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 1 ;; QUESTION SECTION: ;kylekarhohs.me. IN MX ;; ANSWER SECTION: kylekarhohs.me. 3600 IN MX 0 smtp.secureserver.net. kylekarhohs.me. 3600 IN MX 10 mailstore1.secureserver.net. ;; ADDITIONAL SECTION: mailstore1.secureserver.net. 1154 IN A 64.202.166.11 ;; Query time: 147 msec ;; SERVER: 192.168.2.1#53(192.168.2.1) ;; WHEN: Thu Apr 16 23:32:51 2009 ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 112 [/SIZE] In an effort to pinpoint the useful information I used the same command on a fake domain name, i.e. not hosted on my server, and got this Code: [SIZE="2"] ; <<>> DiG 9.5.1-P1 <<>> mx noodles.com ;; global options: printcmd ;; Got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 23004 ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0 ;; QUESTION SECTION: ;noodles.com. IN MX ;; ANSWER SECTION: noodles.com. 900 IN MX 10 tm.noodles.com. ;; Query time: 63 msec ;; SERVER: 192.168.2.1#53(192.168.2.1) ;; WHEN: Thu Apr 16 23:34:26 2009 ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 48 [/SIZE] I wonder what the numbers 900, 1154, and 3600 mean. I recognize 192.168.2.1 to be the local IP of my router, not my server. I do not recognize any of the secureserver.net domains, nor the 64.202.166.11. I tried to go to 64.202.166.11 in my browser, but only found a broken link. When I tried to go to secureserver.net I got a page saying "This site is not currently available." Perhaps this information is all wrong and causing my problems. The mail server is in my box as I understand it. Do I have to configure the mx records to point to my mail server? I am stuck again. Thank you for your continued help Falko. -K
Yes. Currently the preferred mailserver for your domain is smtp.secureserver.net (which I guess is not your server).
Falko, you are an all-star. I did not understand the MX records are closely related to the domain name system. I went to my domain manager and changed the MX records for the domains I am hosting. This has brought me one step closer to having a fully functioning mail server within ISPConfig. I am now able to send emails to my domains and the transaction is recorded within the mail log. However, even though whatever I send shows up in the inbox of RoundCube, I cannot read it. Where the email should be displayed is a message saying, "The website cannot display the page." Is there a folder within the server that holds the emails where I can verify the content is there. I'm thinking this could be a RoundCube problem. Does anyone know why that might be? I also cannot seem to get ISPConfig to forward to other email addresses. I add the email address to be forwarded to in the advanced settings of a user, but this does not seem to work. Can this be set up on the server directly without using the ISPConfig GUI? Thank you very much, -K
Have you tried a normal email client such as Outlook or Tunderbird? If it works there, then it's most likely a RoundCube problem. ISPConfig 2 or 3? Do you see any errors in the mail log when you send an email to account for which you've set up forwards?
Mr. Falko I really don't know how to thank u... Very huge thanks for your help as this helped me also. at last just if i can help you in any thing just let me know. and also thanks for Mr. karazy-k your The1Matrix1
