the last mail error log: Dec 6 11:46:13 www sm-mta[14918]: pB5DI2Vm003131: SYSERR(root): Cannot exec /usr/sbin/sensible-mda: No such file or directory Dec 6 13:34:10 www postfix/master[6334]: fatal: bind 0.0.0.0 port 25: Address already in use Dec 6 13:41:14 www postfix/master[7241]: fatal: bind 0.0.0.0 port 25: Address already in use Dec 6 13:52:17 www postfix/smtpd[4408]: fatal: no SASL authentication mechanisms
It would be helpful if you told us something about your software. Are you using Courier or Dovecot? Did you install the software yourself? As the error message cited indicates, something else is already bound to port 25, which may be (part of) the reason that Postfix won't start. What does the output of Code: netstat -l indicate with regard to SMTP and POP/IMAP?
i use the Debian Lenny (Debian 5.0) With BIND & Dovecot [ISPConfig 3] netstat -l tcp 0 0 localhost:953 *:* LISTEN tcp6 0 0 [::]:http-alt [::]:* LISTEN tcp6 0 0 [::]:www [::]:* LISTEN tcp6 0 0 [::]:tproxy [::]:* LISTEN tcp6 0 0 [::]:"ssh port" [::]:* LISTEN tcp6 0 0 [::]:ftp [::]:* LISTEN tcp6 0 0 [::]:domain [::]:* LISTEN tcp6 0 0 ip6-localhost:953 [::]:* LISTEN tcp6 0 0 [::]:https [::]:* LISTEN udp 0 0 mail."domain":domain *:* udp 0 0 www.:"domain"*:* udp 0 0 localhost:domain *:* udp 0 0 mail."domain":ntp *:* udp 0 0 "domain":ntp *:* udp 0 0 localhost:ntp *:* udp 0 0 *:ntp *:* udp6 0 0 [::]:domain [::]:* udp6 0 0 fe80::6e62:6dff:fe8:ntp [::]:* udp6 0 0 ip6-localhost:ntp [::]:* udp6 0 0 [::]:ntp [::]:* Active UNIX domain sockets (only servers) Proto RefCnt Flags Type State I-Node Path unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 217556 public/cleanup unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 217564 private/tlsmgr unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 217568 private/rewrite unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 217572 private/bounce unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 217576 private/defer unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 217580 private/trace unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 217584 private/verify unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 217588 public/flush unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 217592 private/proxymap unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 217596 private/proxywrite unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 217600 private/smtp unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 217604 private/relay unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 217608 public/showq unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 217612 private/error unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 217616 private/retry unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 217620 private/discard unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 217624 private/local unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 217628 private/virtual unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 217632 private/lmtp unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 217636 private/anvil unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 217640 private/scache unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 217644 private/maildrop unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 217648 private/uucp unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 217653 private/ifmail unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 217657 private/bsmtp unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 217661 private/scalemail-backend unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 217665 private/mailman unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 217669 private/dovecot unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 217673 private/amavis unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 143256 /var/run/dovecot/login/default unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 143261 /var/run/dovecot/auth-worker.13195 unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 143266 /var/spool/postfix/private/auth unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 143272 /var/run/dovecot/auth-master unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 6461 /var/run/acpid.socket unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 10015 /var/run/fail2ban/fail2ban.sock unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 143254 /var/run/dovecot/dict-server unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 220932 /var/run/clamav/clamd.ctl unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 6729 /var/lib/amavis/amavisd.sock unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 6832 /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock
Great, thanks. So, as we already suspected, neither SMTP or POP/IMAP is listening for incoming connections. a.) Did this setup ever work? Or is this a new installation? b.) Have you installed the SASL libraries, e.g.: Code: apt-get install libsasl2-2 libsasl2-modules libsasl2-modules-sql sasl2-bin libpam-mysql c.) What happens (i.e., what is output to the terminal and what is appended to /var/log/mail.log) when you attempt to start Dovecot, e.g.: Code: # service dovecot start d.) Can you post the contents of the following two files? (Please be sure to wrap the output with code tags.) Code: /etc/postfix/master.cf /etc/postfix/main.cf Let's start there...
/etc/postfix/master.cf smtp inet n - - - - smtpd pickup fifo n - - 60 1 pickup cleanup unix n - - - 0 cleanup qmgr fifo n - n 300 1 qmgr tlsmgr unix - - - 1000? 1 tlsmgr rewrite unix - - - - - trivial-rewrite bounce unix - - - - 0 bounce defer unix - - - - 0 bounce trace unix - - - - 0 bounce verify unix - - - - 1 verify flush unix n - - 1000? 0 flush proxymap unix - - n - - proxymap proxywrite unix - - n - 1 proxymap smtp unix - - - - - smtp relay unix - - - - - smtp -o smtp_fallback_relay= showq unix n - - - - showq error unix - - - - - error retry unix - - - - - error discard unix - - - - - discard local unix - n n - - local virtual unix - n n - - virtual lmtp unix - - - - - lmtp anvil unix - - - - 1 anvil scache unix - - - - 1 scache maildrop unix - n n - - pipe flags=DRhu user=vmail argv=/usr/bin/maildrop -d vmail ${extension} ${recipient} ${user} ${nexthop} ${sender} uucp unix - n n - - pipe flags=Fqhu user=uucp argv=uux -r -n -z -a$sender - $nexthop!rmail ($recipient) ifmail unix - n n - - pipe flags=F user=ftn argv=/usr/lib/ifmail/ifmail -r $nexthop ($recipient) bsmtp unix - n n - - pipe flags=Fq. user=bsmtp argv=/usr/lib/bsmtp/bsmtp -t$nexthop -f$sender $recipient scalemail-backend unix - n n - 2 pipe flags=R user=scalemail argv=/usr/lib/scalemail/bin/scalemail-store ${nexthop} ${user} ${extension} mailman unix - n n - - pipe flags=FR user=list argv=/usr/lib/mailman/bin/postfix-to-mailman.py ${nexthop} ${user} dovecot unix - n n - - pipe flags=DRhu user=vmail:vmail argv=/usr/lib/dovecot/deliver -f ${sender} -d ${user}@${nexthop} amavis unix - - - - 2 smtp -o smtp_data_done_timeout=1200 -o smtp_send_xforward_command=yes 127.0.0.1:10025 inet n - - - - smtpd -o content_filter= -o local_recipient_maps= -o relay_recipient_maps= -o smtpd_restriction_classes= -o smtpd_client_restrictions= -o smtpd_helo_restrictions= -o smtpd_sender_restrictions= -o smtpd_recipient_restrictions=permit_mynetworks,reject -o mynetworks=127.0.0.0/8 -o strict_rfc821_envelopes=yes -o receive_override_options=no_unknown_recipient_checks,no_header_body_checks -o smtpd_bind_address=127.0.0.1 /etc/postfix/main.cf smtpd_banner = $myhostname ESMTP $mail_name (Debian/GNU) biff = no append_dot_mydomain = no readme_directory = /usr/share/doc/postfix smtpd_tls_cert_file = /etc/postfix/smtpd.cert smtpd_tls_key_file = /etc/postfix/smtpd.key smtpd_use_tls = yes smtpd_tls_session_cache_database = btree:${data_directory}/smtpd_scache smtp_tls_session_cache_database = btree:${data_directory}/smtp_scache myhostname = "domain" alias_maps = hash:/etc/aliases, hash:/var/lib/mailman/data/aliases alias_database = hash:/etc/aliases, hash:/var/lib/mailman/data/aliases myorigin = /etc/mailname mydestination = "domain", localhost, localhost.localdomain relayhost = mynetworks = 127.0.0.0/8 [::1]/128 mailbox_size_limit = 0 recipient_delimiter = + inet_interfaces = all html_directory = /usr/share/doc/postfix/html virtual_alias_domains = virtual_alias_maps = proxy:mysql:/etc/postfix/mysql-virtual_forwardings.cf, proxy:mysql:/etc/postfix/mysql-virtual_email2email.cf, hash:/var/lib/mailman/data/virtual-mailman virtual_mailbox_domains = proxy:mysql:/etc/postfix/mysql-virtual_domains.cf virtual_mailbox_maps = proxy:mysql:/etc/postfix/mysql-virtual_mailboxes.cf virtual_mailbox_base = /var/vmail virtual_uid_maps = static:5000 virtual_gid_maps = static:5000 smtpd_sasl_auth_enable = yes broken_sasl_auth_clients = yes smtpd_sasl_authenticated_header = yes smtpd_recipient_restrictions = permit_mynetworks, permit_sasl_authenticated, check_recipient_access mysql:/etc/postfix/mysql-virtual_recipient.cf, reject_unauth_destination smtpd_tls_security_level = may transport_maps = proxy:mysql:/etc/postfix/mysql-virtual_transports.cf relay_domains = mysql:/etc/postfix/mysql-virtual_relaydomains.cf relay_recipient_maps = mysql:/etc/postfix/mysql-virtual_relayrecipientmaps.cf proxy_read_maps = $local_recipient_maps $mydestination $virtual_alias_maps $virtual_alias_domains $virtual_mailbox_maps $virtual_mailbox_domains $relay_recipient_maps $relay_domains $canonical_maps $sende$ smtpd_sender_restrictions = check_sender_access mysql:/etc/postfix/mysql-virtual_sender.cf
I know this is off topic.. But why are you using Lenny? From debian.rog You need to upgrade to squeeze.
Thanks, but the only question of mine that you addressed was d.), and you neglected to wrap the contents in code tags. To help you, we need more information. Please re-read my previous post.
