Somehow my email clients do receive emails, but they cannot send. It doesnt give any errors. It also says that the message has been send, but I dont receive anything. I checked the /var/log/mail/ dir and I only could find 3 files called: info,warnings,errors. But the last 2 where empty. So no errors I think. And the info file tells me the following: connect to mx4.hotmail.com[65.54.245.8]: No route to host (port 25) I have an server back home at the moment behind my router. And yes the firewall and the router ports are open. Any suggestions??
Some extra info: This is what I get from dns reports: Mail server host name in greeting WARNING: One or more of your mailservers is claiming to be a host other than what it really is (the SMTP greeting should be a 3-digit code, followed by a space or a dash, then the host name). If your mailserver sends out E-mail using this domain in its EHLO or HELO, your E-mail might get blocked by anti-spam software. This is also a technical violation of RFC821 4.3 (and RFC2821 4.3.1). Note that the hostname given in the SMTP greeting should have an A record pointing back to the same server. Note that this one test may use a cached DNS record. heldermarketing.nl claims to be non-existent host server1.heldermarketing.nl: 220 server1.heldermarketing.nl ESMTP Postfix (2.3.3) (Mandriva Linux) http://www.dnsreport.com/tools/dnsreport.ch?domain=heldermarketing.nl
Try sending to a none hotmail account to see if it's working. Also.. For sending to hotmail you will need a SPF record!
I tryed sending to @zonnet.nl as well. Same problem. No route to host (port 25) And whats an SPF record?? How do I get it
I found this SPF thing, but I dont understand the wizard. I have no clue what to fill in. I just installed an server with the perfect setup for Mandriva 2007. my domain is heldermarketing.nl and another one is heldermarketing.com both pointing to the same website. And do I need to do this wizard for each client I create which has its own domain name?? http://www.openspf.org/wizard.html?...ldermarketing.com+~all"&use_built_from_args=1
K I went to my ispconfig panel. Then DNS Manager -> Then clicked on heldermarketing.nl -> Tab records -> new SPF The it gives me an few fields. This is what I filled in: hostname: server1 emails sent A record : yes emails sent mx record : yes emails sent all servers: yes other a records: left it blank other mx records: left it blank other ip adresses: left it blank contain all hosts: yes save. And it still doesnt work. BTW I can send emails to another internal email account.
K it seems that it succesfully sents emails to another email provider besides zonnet.nl and hotmail.com. But how can I set these SPF settings properly in ispconfig so I can sent to hotmail also?
I'm not sure how this is done when you are using a DNS that is not on your system, but I think that you will have to ask "transip.net" to set a SPF for your MX. Hotmail is a problem.. Even if you have a correct SPF! Your setup needs to be 100% okay (like revers DNS lookup, and more..) A nice way to see if your SPF is "okay" is by sending emails to a Gmail account. If you look at the headers of the email that you have send to a Gmail account you will see a lot of info about the "Received-SPF:" Veel succes er mee!
Same problem with gmail. It gives me the same error. And I tryed to figure out this wizard. But I have no clue how to setup it properly. It seems that it isnt setup properly else gmail would except my email at least
Again.. I think a SPF record that is setup on your system will not work when using a DNS that is not on your system.. (but I could be wrong!) This is how Gmail will reply when the SPF is correct. (please note that I have changed the mydomain.tld and the IP) This is how it looks when NO SPF or a BAD SPF is used:
My SPF record for a working domain is set like this Hostname: {empty} Are emails sent from A record?: Yes Are emails sent from MX Record?: Yes Are emails sent from all server of this domain?: No Are emails sent from other A Records?: {empty} Are emails sent from other MX Records?: {empty} Are emails sent from other IP addresses?: {empty} Inherit SPF Record from this zone?: {empty} Do the above entries contain all hosts allowed to send emails for this domain?: No
Yes, but I cannot receive any mails in gmail from my mailserver. So I have no clue if they are fine or not And I contacted my domain provider about this SPF. Another thing. The dns servers are from eweka.nl and my domain is registered at transip.nl which SPF do I need I putted the DNS of eweka there, because they are gonna recolocate my server soon
