Hello there. I have followed the 'Perfect Setup' for Ubuntu 7.04 and am facing some difficulties when sending mail from another server (I tried to send from gmail) to my local linux server. I can send mail from my server without any problems with the 'mail' command. Any suggestions? I am not using ISPConfig by the way. Some information that might be useful: Code: chaim@webfridge:~$ postconf -n alias_database = hash:/etc/aliases alias_maps = hash:/etc/aliases append_dot_mydomain = no biff = no broken_sasl_auth_clients = yes config_directory = /etc/postfix home_mailbox = Maildir/ inet_interfaces = all inet_protocols = all mailbox_command = mailbox_size_limit = 0 mydestination = webfridge.peppermint-design.com, localhost.peppermint-design.com, localhost.localdomain.com, localhost myhostname = webfridge.peppermint-design.com mynetworks = 127.0.0.0/8 myorigin = /etc/mailname recipient_delimiter = + relayhost = smtp_tls_note_starttls_offer = yes smtp_tls_session_cache_database = btree:${queue_directory}/smtp_scache smtp_use_tls = yes smtpd_banner = $myhostname ESMTP $mail_name (Ubuntu) smtpd_recipient_restrictions = permit_sasl_authenticated,permit_mynetworks,reject_unauth_destination smtpd_sasl_auth_enable = yes smtpd_sasl_local_domain = smtpd_sasl_security_options = noanonymous smtpd_tls_CAfile = /etc/postfix/ssl/cacert.pem smtpd_tls_auth_only = no smtpd_tls_cert_file = /etc/postfix/ssl/smtpd.crt smtpd_tls_key_file = /etc/postfix/ssl/smtpd.key smtpd_tls_loglevel = 1 smtpd_tls_received_header = yes smtpd_tls_session_cache_database = btree:${queue_directory}/smtpd_scache smtpd_tls_session_cache_timeout = 3600s smtpd_use_tls = yes tls_random_source = dev:/dev/urandom I have yet to receive a "couldn't be delivered" error e-mail. God only knows wether or not I will receive one eventually... Thanks in advance, ~ Fridge
If you're not using ISPConfig, did you configure your email accounts manually, like here? http://www.howtoforge.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2 Any errors in your mail log?
I didn't do that but I did it just now. I am having the same problem as the person in thread http://www.howtoforge.com/forums/showthread.php?t=13395 though, when I run Code: postconf -e 'virtual_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/virtusertable' /etc/init.d/postfix restart that line doesn't show up in "postconf -n"... Here's my current postconf -n: Code: alias_database = hash:/etc/aliases alias_maps = hash:/etc/aliases append_dot_mydomain = no biff = no broken_sasl_auth_clients = yes config_directory = /etc/postfix home_mailbox = Maildir/ inet_interfaces = all inet_protocols = all mailbox_command = mailbox_size_limit = 0 mydestination = /etc/postfix/local-host-names myhostname = webfridge.peppermint-design.com mynetworks = 127.0.0.0/8 myorigin = /etc/mailname recipient_delimiter = + relayhost = smtp_tls_note_starttls_offer = yes smtp_tls_session_cache_database = btree:${queue_directory}/smtp_scache smtp_use_tls = yes smtpd_banner = $myhostname ESMTP $mail_name (Ubuntu) smtpd_recipient_restrictions = permit_sasl_authenticated,permit_mynetworks,reject_unauth_destination smtpd_sasl_auth_enable = yes smtpd_sasl_local_domain = smtpd_sasl_security_options = noanonymous smtpd_tls_CAfile = /etc/postfix/ssl/cacert.pem smtpd_tls_auth_only = no smtpd_tls_cert_file = /etc/postfix/ssl/smtpd.crt smtpd_tls_key_file = /etc/postfix/ssl/smtpd.key smtpd_tls_loglevel = 1 smtpd_tls_received_header = yes smtpd_tls_session_cache_database = btree:${queue_directory}/smtpd_scache smtpd_tls_session_cache_timeout = 3600s smtpd_use_tls = yes tls_random_source = dev:/dev/urandom When manually editing main.cf the line is actually already there. My output for Code: updatedb locate main.cf would be Code: /etc/postfix/main.cf /usr/share/postfix/main.cf.debian /usr/share/postfix/main.cf.dist /usr/share/postfix/main.cf.tls Nope no errors in my /var/postfix/mail.err, mail.info, mail.warn or mail.log files. Thanks for your help by the way, I hope we can get to the bottom of this. I'm quite inexperienced when it comes to linux, so even though this is quite annoying, it's a good way to understand more of my system. Oh and by the way in the meanwhile I've received an errormail containing a delivery failure notification: Code: This is an automatically generated Delivery Status Notification THIS IS A WARNING MESSAGE ONLY. YOU DO NOT NEED TO RESEND YOUR MESSAGE. Message will be retried for 2 more day(s) Technical details of temporary failure: TEMP_FAILURE: Could not initiate SMTP conversation with any hosts: [webfridge.peppermint-design.com (1): Connection timed out]
I can't connect to port 25 (SMTP) on webfridge.peppermint-design.com 25: Code: mh1:~# telnet webfridge.peppermint-design.com 25 Trying 84.104.147.194... mh1:~# Is webfridge.peppermint-design.com your server? What's the output of Code: netstat -tap ? Please make sure that no firewall is blocking port 25.
Sorry, my server was down at the moment you tried to connect to it. It should work now, I'm pretty sure my firewall isn't blocking that port. Please try again. Here's the output of netstat -tap: Code: Active Internet connections (servers and established) Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address Foreign Address State PID/Program name tcp 0 0 *:mysql *:* LISTEN 3863/mysqld tcp 0 0 *:www *:* LISTEN 4235/apache2 tcp 0 0 *:ftp *:* LISTEN 4189/proftpd: (acce tcp 0 0 webfridge.pepper:domain *:* LISTEN 3751/named tcp 0 0 localhost.locald:domain *:* LISTEN 3751/named tcp 0 0 *:smtp *:* LISTEN 4086/master tcp 0 0 localhost.localdoma:953 *:* LISTEN 3751/named tcp 0 0 *:https *:* LISTEN 4235/apache2 tcp6 0 0 *:imaps *:* LISTEN 3978/couriertcpd tcp6 0 0 *:pop3s *:* LISTEN 4019/couriertcpd tcp6 0 0 *:pop3 *:* LISTEN 3997/couriertcpd tcp6 0 0 *:imap2 *:* LISTEN 3956/couriertcpd tcp6 0 0 *:domain *:* LISTEN 3751/named tcp6 0 0 *:ssh *:* LISTEN 4122/sshd tcp6 0 0 *:smtp *:* LISTEN 4086/master tcp6 0 0 ip6-localhost:953 *:* LISTEN 3751/named tcp6 0 740 webfridge.peppermin:ssh ::ffff:192.168.0.1:3157 ESTABLISHED4263/0
It seems that it was up when you tried it, could you give it another shot? I can telnet to it on port 25 without any problem. I've checked and the port is forwarded correctly. The box is right next to me and I am 100% sure it was online when I tried to mail to it so yes I'm sure that is not the problem.
Down again... If you are sure that your server is online, then it's most probably a firewall problem. Or your ISP is blocking port 25.
Right, thanks a lot for your patience, time and help, I will try and figure out what is blocking that port. Cheers, ~Fridge
