More Here is some more: May 25 14:13:56 itholdings postfix/smtpd[11116]: warning: dict_nis_init: NIS domain name not set - NIS lookups disabled May 25 14:13:56 itholdings postfix/smtpd[11116]: connect from 22.dd.1343.static.theplanet.com[67.19.221.34] May 25 14:13:57 itholdings postfix/smtpd[11116]: NOQUEUE: reject: RCPT from 22.dd.1343.static.theplanet.com[67.19.221.34]: 450 4.1.8 <[email protected]>: Sender address rejected: Domain not found; from=<[email protected]> to=<[email protected]> proto=ESMTP helo=<server3.golevel.com> May 25 14:13:58 itholdings postfix/smtpd[11116]: disconnect from 22.dd.1343.static.theplanet.com[67.19.221.34] May 25 14:17:18 itholdings postfix/anvil[11118]: statistics: max connection rate 1/60s for (smtp:67.19.221.34) at May 25 14:13:56 May 25 14:17:18 itholdings postfix/anvil[11118]: statistics: max connection count 1 for (smtp:67.19.221.34) at May 25 14:13:56 May 25 14:17:18 itholdings postfix/anvil[11118]: statistics: max cache size 1 at May 25 14:13:56
It seems that your full qualified domain name has not been setup correctly. What's the output of: hostname -f ?
erm How do I get the output of hostname -f Do I type that in a terminal window??? just typed hostname -f into the terminal and it cameback itholdings.itholdings.co.nz
Yes indeed. Login as root via SSH by using Putty or something like that if you don't have access directly.
Is the output of the command hostname -f the same as the output of the command: hostname ? What's the output of the command: netstat -tap ? Do you have an A-record pointing to your server IP within the DNS-records of your ISP?
help No hostname just produces itholdings itholdings:~# netstat -tap Active Internet connections (servers and established) Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address Foreign Address State PID/Program name tcp 0 0 localhost:60000 *:* LISTEN 2 3770/postgrey.pid tcp 0 0 *:imaps *:* LISTEN 2 3366/dovecot tcp 0 0 *op3s *:* LISTEN 2 3366/dovecot tcp 0 0 localhost:mysql *:* LISTEN 1 7781/mysqld tcp 0 0 *:11211 *:* LISTEN 1 4022/memcached tcp 0 0 *op3 *:* LISTEN 2 3366/dovecot tcp 0 0 *:imap2 *:* LISTEN 2 3366/dovecot tcp 0 0 *:smtp *:* LISTEN 1 3609/master tcp6 0 0 *:www *:* LISTEN 8 249/apache2 tcp6 0 0 *:ssh *:* LISTEN 5 757/sshd tcp6 0 68 itholdings.itholdin:ssh testpc1.interware:53303 ESTABLISHED4 460/sshd: unknown tcp6 0 1484 itholdings.itholdin:ssh 121-73-39-227.cab:62216 ESTABLISHED4 348/0 Would it be easier for me to send you a private message with my login details to ssh for putty and winscp so you can go have a look??? Or talk me through it on MSN?? I really appreciate your help with this though
Erm Do you have an A-record pointing to your server IP within the DNS-records of your ISP? How do I check that??
I am not completely sure if i can help you out, so i prefer that others can read it as well to asist us. Step by step otherwise we fall. What i can tell you is that you need to set your hostname again. The output of hostname must be the same as the output of hostname -f Please repeat the step 5 here: http://www.howtoforge.com/perfect_setup_debian_etch_p3
Help Ok. I know nothing about setting up a dedicated server so please bare with my ignorant questions lol... Where do I get these folowing settings frome?? Address: IP address of server?? The one I use to login to ssh?? Netmask: Network?: Broadcast: Gateway: Should my hostname be itholdings.itholdings.co.nz or just itholdings.co.nz or something.itholdings.co.nz where "something" = anything I like? Where do I get ip6 settings??
Help Is it not kept in a file on the server?? My hosting company are not the most helpful of people.... Otherwise I will have to email them.....
ifconfig eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:15:58:9C:2D:5A inet addr:202.49.189.125 Bcast:202.49.189.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 inet6 addr: fe80::215:58ff:fe9c:2d5a/64 Scope:Link UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:4474842 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:3467457 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:926733 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:2956985289 (2.7 GiB) TX bytes:1432973069 (1.3 GiB) Interrupt:193 Base address:0xd000 lo Link encap:Local Loopback inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1 RX packets:20217 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:20217 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:2627304 (2.5 MiB) TX bytes:2627304 (2.5 MiB)
What's the output of Code: route -nee ? The A record is ok: Code: mh1:~# dig apage.co.nz ; <<>> DiG 9.3.4 <<>> apage.co.nz ;; global options: printcmd ;; Got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 3376 ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0 ;; QUESTION SECTION: ;apage.co.nz. IN A ;; ANSWER SECTION: apage.co.nz. 600 IN A 202.49.189.125 ;; Query time: 883 msec ;; SERVER: 145.253.2.75#53(145.253.2.75) ;; WHEN: Wed May 28 16:08:08 2008 ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 45 mh1:~# but you should set up an MX record as well: Code: mh1:~# dig mx apage.co.nz ; <<>> DiG 9.3.4 <<>> mx apage.co.nz ;; global options: printcmd ;; Got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 34256 ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 0 ;; QUESTION SECTION: ;apage.co.nz. IN MX ;; AUTHORITY SECTION: apage.co.nz. 600 IN SOA ns1.itholdings.co.nz. admin.itholdings.co.nz. 0 86400 7200 86400 600 ;; Query time: 339 msec ;; SERVER: 145.253.2.75#53(145.253.2.75) ;; WHEN: Wed May 28 16:08:12 2008 ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 86 mh1:~#
route -nee Kernel IP routing table Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface MSS Window irtt 202.49.189.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth0 0 0 0 0.0.0.0 202.49.189.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth0 0 0 0
MX Record How do I create an MX Record??? Also my hostname and hostname -f are still not the same does this matter?
Your gateway is 202.49.189.1, the netmask is 255.255.255.0, the network address 202.49.189.0, and the broadcast address 202.49.189.255. Please put the right hostname in /etc/hostname and run Code: /etc/init.d/hostname.sh start There's another problem: there are no name servers defined for your domain: Code: mh1:~# dig ns apage.co.nz ; <<>> DiG 9.3.4 <<>> ns apage.co.nz ;; global options: printcmd ;; Got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 35403 ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 0 ;; QUESTION SECTION: ;apage.co.nz. IN NS ;; AUTHORITY SECTION: apage.co.nz. 600 IN SOA ns1.itholdings.co.nz. admin.itholdings.co.nz. 0 86400 7200 86400 600 ;; Query time: 1211 msec ;; SERVER: 145.253.2.75#53(145.253.2.75) ;; WHEN: Thu May 29 18:56:43 2008 ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 86 mh1:~# Please go to your registrar's web interface and specify name servers (usually you can use the ones from your registrar). In the same web interface you can also define MX records (if you use your registrar's name servers).
Hostname Please put the right hostname in /etc/hostname and run... What is the correct hostname to put in this gile? at the moment it is itholdings is that correct or should it be itholdings.co.nz???
