my server is on amazon aws service. I made sure smtpd ports are open. I am able to use thunderbird to check my emails and send out emails. I sent many test emails in my gmail and yahoo accounts to [email protected] They never show up in mailbox for user admin. I do not see any errors in maillog I have postfix 2.66 and dovecot installed Code: [root@ip-10-170-91-47 postfix]# postconf -n alias_database = hash:/etc/aliases alias_maps = hash:/etc/aliases broken_sasl_auth_clients = yes command_directory = /usr/sbin config_directory = /etc/postfix daemon_directory = /usr/libexec/postfix data_directory = /var/lib/postfix debug_peer_level = 2 html_directory = no inet_interfaces = 10.170.91.47, localhost inet_protocols = all local_recipient_maps = mail_spool_directory = /var/spool/mail mailq_path = /usr/bin/mailq.postfix manpage_directory = /usr/share/man mydestination = $myhostname, localhost.$mydomain, localhost, $mydomain, mail.$mydomain mydomain = my-domain.biz myhostname = mail.my-domain.biz mynetworks = 50.xx.xx.xx, 10.170.91.47, 127.0.0.0/8 mynetworks_style = host myorigin = $mydomain newaliases_path = /usr/bin/newaliases.postfix readme_directory = /usr/share/doc/postfix-2.6.6/README_FILES relay_domains = sample_directory = /usr/share/doc/postfix-2.6.6/samples sendmail_path = /usr/sbin/sendmail.postfix setgid_group = postdrop smtp_tls_note_starttls_offer = yes smtp_use_tls = yes smtpd_banner = $myhostname ESMTP Authorized use only smtpd_recipient_restrictions = permit_sasl_authenticated,permit_mynetworks,reject_unauth_destination smtpd_sasl_auth_enable = yes smtpd_sasl_local_domain = smtpd_sasl_security_options = noanonymous smtpd_tls_CAfile = /etc/postfix/ssl/cacert.pem smtpd_tls_auth_only = no smtpd_tls_cert_file = /etc/postfix/ssl/smtpd.crt smtpd_tls_key_file = /etc/postfix/ssl/smtpd.key smtpd_tls_loglevel = 1 smtpd_tls_received_header = yes smtpd_tls_session_cache_timeout = 3600s smtpd_use_tls = yes tls_random_source = dev:/dev/urandom unknown_local_recipient_reject_code = 550 [root@ip-10-170-91-47 postfix]# dig command show that MX is set correctly... Code: dig MX my-domain.biz ; <<>> DiG 9.2.4 <<>> MX my-domain.biz ;; global options: printcmd ;; Got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 40145 ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 4, ADDITIONAL: 5 ;; QUESTION SECTION: ;my-domain.biz. IN MX ;; ANSWER SECTION: my-domain.biz. 3600 IN MX 10 mail.my-domain.biz. ;; AUTHORITY SECTION: my-domain.biz. 86400 IN NS ns1.afraid.org. my-domain.biz. 86400 IN NS ns3.afraid.org. my-domain.biz. 86400 IN NS ns2.afraid.org. my-domain.biz. 86400 IN NS ns4.afraid.org. ;; ADDITIONAL SECTION: mail.my-domain.biz. 3600 IN A 50.xx.xx.xx ns3.afraid.org. 390 IN A 72.20.15.62 ns1.afraid.org. 390 IN A 50.23.197.95 ns4.afraid.org. 48 IN A 174.128.246.102 ns2.afraid.org. 6051 IN A 174.37.196.55 ;; Query time: 88 msec ;; SERVER: 192.168.1.1#53(192.168.1.1) ;; WHEN: Tue Jan 3 00:34:54 2012 ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 216 I am able to telnet to mail server fine. Code: [glow@IBM ~]$ telnet mail.my-domain.biz 25557 Trying 50.xx.xx.xx... Connected to mail.my-domain.biz (50.xx.xx.xx). Escape character is '^]'. 220 mail.my-domain.biz ESMTP Authorized use only EHLO localhost 250-mail.my-domain.biz 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. [glow@IBM ~]$ I see no error in maillog so I think emails get lost somewhere.....
when you send the emails, do you get postmaster emails saying "could not send" or "retrying" to send in your gmail and yahoo accounts?
finally they came after like a day ....... took long time for the error mails to come.... Code: This is an automatically generated Delivery Status Notification THIS IS A WARNING MESSAGE ONLY. YOU DO NOT NEED TO RESEND YOUR MESSAGE. Delivery to the following recipient has been delayed: [email protected] Message will be retried for 2 more day(s) Technical details of temporary failure: The recipient server did not accept our requests to connect. Learn more at http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=7720 [mail.my-domain.biz. (10): Connection timed out] ----- Original message ----- MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.14.125.146 with SMTP id z18mr18978374eeh.88.1325490834780; Sun, 01 Jan 2012 23:53:54 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.14.125.2 with HTTP; Sun, 1 Jan 2012 23:53:54 -0800 (PST) Date: Mon, 2 Jan 2012 01:53:54 -0600 Message-ID: <CAO7tG7-TbgAz=Sh5FgXT8=kwVdWmN6uLEdnHP8uSyKg_yoQOsw@mail.gmail.com> Subject: testttttttt 666666 From: "ELY M." <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 6666666666666666666666666
is the server yours? is it behind a router? is the router setup to allow traffic to ports 25 and 10025 in the NAT - Virtual Server ? for the server?
it is my server. it is vps I think. The firewall is already set up to allow smtpd's port. I am using different port for smtpd. I said I am able to telnet to the postfix from diff box.
i dont know, if they were getting lost then they would be being delivered somewhere and so theoretically you should have no postmaster error emails saying "The recipient server did not accept our requests to connect". I had these errors which is why i asked the questions as it was my router which was refusing to connect the incoming emails requests to my server. whats the result of netstat -tap
Code: [root@ip-10-170-91-47 postfix]# netstat -tap Active Internet connections (servers and established) Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address Foreign Address State PID/Program name tcp 0 0 *:imaps *:* LISTEN 12715/dovecot tcp 0 0 *:pop3s *:* LISTEN 12715/dovecot tcp 0 0 *:27777 *:* LISTEN 1326/sshd tcp 0 0 *:25557 *:* LISTEN 27463/master tcp 0 0 *:imap *:* LISTEN 12715/dovecot tcp 0 0 *:adobeserver-2 *:* LISTEN 12715/dovecot tcp 0 0 *:39000 *:* LISTEN 7498/perl tcp 0 256 ip-10-170-91-47.us-west:27777 xxxxx.dhcp.ro:33655 ESTABLISHED 13026/3 tcp 0 0 ip-10-170-91-47.us-we:34671 204.246.160.138:http TIME_WAIT - tcp 0 0 *:imaps *:* LISTEN 12715/dovecot tcp 0 0 *:pop3s *:* LISTEN 12715/dovecot tcp 0 0 *:27777 *:* LISTEN 1326/sshd tcp 0 0 *:25557 *:* LISTEN 27463/master tcp 0 0 *:imap *:* LISTEN 12715/dovecot tcp 0 0 *:adobeserver-2 *:* LISTEN 12715/dovecot [root@ip-10-170-91-47 postfix]#
The problem is that you are not using port 25 for smtp. How should Gmail and others connect to your server if you use another port?
blah.... I tried falko's suggestion about port 25 I opened port 25 in firewall and open it in master.cf restarted postfix... now, I am getting test emails. I sent new test email and I got new test email fast.....
