Okay I followed the Debian Etch Perfect Setup twice on two different machines. My website works and the domains appear to be working well. I am using ISPConfig. Neither machine can receive emails using Evolution but they both can send emails. Not sure what I am doing wrong. Attached is some informtation that may help: Email bounced back to sender: Hi. This is the qmail-send program at yahoo.com. I'm afraid I wasn't able to deliver your message to the following addresses. This is a permanent error; I've given up. Sorry it didn't work out. <[email protected]>: Sorry, I couldn't find a mail exchanger or IP address. (#5.4.4) --- Below this line is a copy of the message. Return-Path: <[email protected]> Received: (qmail 89203 invoked by uid 60001); 20 Jun 2007 19:34:55 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=X-YMail-OSG:Receivedate:From:Subject:To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Message-ID; b=15zWPWO9eGbt7+GjQMnt2C3ElJtRwUAVIJROFJsnB7oaXDDY2zmRNv09n3+nFGGJo8rgLb+ceR6rUa0giYornDm+09UnooKP4dlpBmiQSfitgudJpAwEgAZydfHluiBjdLtqJqpmpm97kyb1dB8aITdP1z6l0A3L4KmelYDx9Tc=; X-YMail-OSG: 4Ab95kcVM1kKR.rS6ndSpynDkQJlyV7.3Gja1CXdj3lIQ9w8ZKURU755d0Gsqoho.pRZMKEdRpaXzGc7K.VLksR8nOYwaC0IGf466GhasPIU8hnAX6xe.N2oEjSVVA-- Received: from [69.12.148.140] by web52304.mail.re2.yahoo.com via HTTP; Wed, 20 Jun 2007 12:34:55 PDT Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2007 12:34:55 -0700 (PDT) From: Shawn Shay <[email protected]> Subject: test To: [email protected] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Message-ID: <[email protected]> dsdsdss Here is the output from 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 inet_interfaces = all inet_protocols = all mailbox_command = procmail -a "$EXTENSION" mailbox_size_limit = 0 mydestination = ns1.flodog.com,ns2.flodog.com,localhost.flodog.com,localhost.localdomain,localhost myhostname = ns2.flodog.com mynetworks = 127.0.0.0/8 myorigin = /etc/mailname recipient_delimiter = + relayhost = smtp_tls_note_starttls_offer = yes smtp_tls_session_cache_database = btree:${queue_directory}/smtp_scache smtp_use_tls = yes smtpd_banner = $myhostname ESMTP $mail_name (Debian/GNU) smtpd_recipient_restrictions = permit_sasl_authenticated,permit_mynetworks,reject_unauth_destination smtpd_sasl_auth_enable = yes smtpd_sasl_local_domain = smtpd_sasl_security_options = noanonymous smtpd_tls_CAfile = /etc/postfix/ssl/cacert.pem smtpd_tls_auth_only = no smtpd_tls_cert_file = /etc/postfix/ssl/smtpd.crt smtpd_tls_key_file = /etc/postfix/ssl/smtpd.key smtpd_tls_loglevel = 1 smtpd_tls_received_header = yes smtpd_tls_session_cache_database = btree:${queue_directory}/smtpd_scache smtpd_tls_session_cache_timeout = 3600s smtpd_use_tls = yes tls_random_source = dev:/dev/urandom Receiving Emial Setup in Evolution: Server Type: POP Server: localhost username: mike Use secure connection: No encryption Authentication Type: Password Thanks in Advance, Shawn
I would try this to solve your problem with receiving emails: Put a # in front of this line: mydestination = ns1.flodog.com,ns2.flodog.com,localhost.flodog.com ,localhost.localdomain,localhost Add this line: mydestination = /etc/postfix/local-host-names And make sure if you're using the Maildir format, that it's enabled within ISPConfig under Management > Server > Settings > Email.
Hans, Thanks for the quick repsonse!! I did as you had mentioned but nothing changed. Evolution still gets hung up retrieving emails. The error message is "Error while Fetching Mail. Unable to connect to POP server localhost. Error sending password:Broken pipe." I did check and Maildir is checked. My ISPConfig parameters are: DNS Manager Domain SOA flodog.com IP address: 69.12.148.140 Options nameserver ns1.flodog.com nameserver ns2.flodog.com Records A Record 69.12.148.140 www 69.12.148.140 ns2 MX Record ns2.flodog.com
Just looked at my mail.err file and it says "ns2 courierpop3login: authentication error: no such file or directory" Also noticed in ISPConfig that Bind is not working.
Please try to start bind with /etc/init.d/bind9 start What's the output of: hostname -f What's the output of: hostname What's within your mail log /var/log/mail.log or /var/log/mail.warn
Starting Bind gives me this error "Starting domain name service...: bind failed! hostname -f output is ns2.flodog.com hostname output is ns2.flodog.com /mail.log output is ns2 courierpop3login: chdir Maildir: no such file or directory /mail.warn output is ns2 courierpop3login: error: no such file or directory and ns2 courierpop3login: authentication error: no such file or directory
I think one problem is that ns1.flodog.com doesn't exist: Code: mh1:~# dig ns1.flodog.com ; <<>> DiG 9.2.1 <<>> ns1.flodog.com ;; global options: printcmd ;; Got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NXDOMAIN, id: 43045 ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 0 ;; QUESTION SECTION: ;ns1.flodog.com. IN A ;; AUTHORITY SECTION: flodog.com. 10800 IN SOA ns1.flodog.com. root.localhost. 2007061903 28800 7200 604800 86400 ;; Query time: 196 msec ;; SERVER: 213.191.92.84#53(213.191.92.84) ;; WHEN: Thu Jun 21 16:57:36 2007 ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 82 Is 69.12.148.140 your server's IP address?
Okay I fixed Bind. Looks like I accidentally added the slave onto the main DNS server as well as the secondary DNS server. I removed it from the main DNS server and Bind now works. Still not receiving emails and the same messages above with the exception that bind now starts correctly.
My IP address for my website, email and master DNS (ns2.flodog.com) is 69.12.148.140 and secondary dns is 69.12.148.141. By the way thanks again for all the help. I have been struggling with this for awhile and figured I would ask the experts. So should I now set up a master A record on dns1 since it's the slave?
I think I got dns1 working now. I think it was the fact that the bind was all screwed up from having that slave entry in ISPConfig on both machines. I think the problem now lies with the error message "chdir Maildir failed" I am getting in the mail.log.
Okay I searched around the web trying to find what that error message is and came across this test which I think may help: $telnet localhost 110 Trying 127.0.0.1... Connected to localhost.localdomain. Escape character is '^]'. +OK Hello there. user [email protected] +OK Password required. pass XXXX -ERR Login failed. So it looks like the password is not matched up to my login. How do I change the password and will I have to manullay do it for each new account?
Did you send an email to that account first? Maildir is created when the first email arrives. Maybe that solves the problem.
I did after reading several other post but to no avail. I want to confirm my email settings: Receiving Email Setup in Evolution: Server Type: POP Server: localhost username: mike Use secure connection: No encryption Authentication Type: Password Any other ideas of test I can do?
Here is what happends when I send an email to the address: Hi. This is the qmail-send program at smtpoutwbe03.prod.mesa1.secureserver.net. I'm afraid I wasn't able to deliver your message to the following addresses. This is a permanent error; I've given up. Sorry it didn't work out. <[email protected]>: 69.12.148.140 does not like recipient. Remote host said: 554 5.7.1 <[email protected]>: Relay access denied Giving up on 69.12.148.140. --- Below this line is a copy of the message. Return-Path: <[email protected]> Received: (qmail 19756 invoked from network); 23 Jun 2007 16:04:21 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO gem-wbe22.prod.mesa1.secureserver.net) (64.202.189.206) by smtpoutwbe03.prod.mesa1.secureserver.net with SMTP; 23 Jun 2007 16:04:21 -0000 Received: (qmail 27600 invoked by uid 99); 23 Jun 2007 16:04:21 -0000 Date: Sat, 23 Jun 2007 09:04:21 -0700 From: [email protected] Subject: test To: [email protected] Message-ID: <20070623090421.45ed746838ccea145c5aff70048d79bb.1f16749697.wbe@email.secureserver.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII User-Agent: Web-Based Email 4.9.48 X-Originating-IP: 76.195.183.209
What's the output of Code: postconf -n ? Is the system hosted behind a router? If so, did you forward port 25 from your router to the server?
No I thought I would wait until I got it up and running before I put it behind a router/firewall. Here is the result from 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 inet_interfaces = all inet_protocols = all mailbox_command = procmail -a "$EXTENSION" mailbox_size_limit = 0 mydestination = ns1.flodog.com,ns2.flodog.com,localhost.flodog.com,localhost.localdomain,localhost myhostname = ns2.flodog.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 $mail_name (Debian/GNU) smtpd_recipient_restrictions = permit_sasl_authenticated,permit_mynetworks,reject_unauth_destination smtpd_sasl_auth_enable = yes smtpd_sasl_local_domain = smtpd_sasl_security_options = noanonymous smtpd_tls_CAfile = /etc/postfix/ssl/cacert.pem smtpd_tls_auth_only = no smtpd_tls_cert_file = /etc/postfix/ssl/smtpd.crt smtpd_tls_key_file = /etc/postfix/ssl/smtpd.key smtpd_tls_loglevel = 1 smtpd_tls_received_header = yes smtpd_tls_session_cache_database = btree:${queue_directory}/smtpd_scache smtpd_tls_session_cache_timeout = 3600s smtpd_use_tls = yes tls_random_source = dev:/dev/urandom I am going to create a new user, send that user an email, login to the new user and setup evolution to check the email. Is there a manaul way to check the mailbox to test if it's receiving but an Evolution issue?
Still trying.... I tried postqueue -p and got. Mail queue is empty I also tried this and noticed a few people trying to access my email: egrep '(reject|warning|error|fatal|panic):' /var/log/mail.log Jun 24 23:59:44 ns2 postfix/smtpd[3430]: NOQUEUE: reject: RCPT from 82.158.148.142.dyn.user.ono.com[82.158.148.142]: 554 5.7.1 <[email protected]>: Relay access denied; from=<[email protected]> to=<[email protected]> proto=SMTP helo=<pioneerinsurance.com> Jun 25 00:12:05 ns2 postfix/smtpd[3944]: NOQUEUE: reject: RCPT from 122-116-17-133.dynamic.hinet.net[122.116.17.133]: 554 5.7.1 <[email protected]>: Relay access denied; from=<[email protected]> to=<[email protected]> proto=SMTP helo=<69.12.148.140> Jun 25 00:52:19 ns2 postfix/smtpd[5469]: NOQUEUE: reject: RCPT from 122-116-17-133.dynamic.hinet.net[122.116.17.133]: 554 5.7.1 <[email protected]>: Relay access denied; from=<[email protected]> to=<[email protected]> proto=SMTP helo=<69.12.148.140> Jun 25 03:43:23 ns2 postfix/smtpd[11834]: NOQUEUE: reject: RCPT from S010600112f27254d.vs.shawcable.net[70.71.23.235]: 554 5.7.1 <[email protected]>: Relay access denied; from=<[email protected]> to=<[email protected]> proto=SMTP helo=<centerpartners.com> Jun 25 06:30:28 ns2 postfix/smtpd[18044]: NOQUEUE: reject: RCPT from 59-112-83-94.dynamic.hinet.net[59.112.83.94]: 554 5.7.1 <[email protected]>: Relay access denied; from=<[email protected]> to=<[email protected]> proto=SMTP helo=<69.12.148.140> Jun 25 08:35:47 ns2 postfix/smtpd[23208]: NOQUEUE: reject: RCPT from web52307.mail.re2.yahoo.com[206.190.48.150]: 554 5.7.1 <[email protected]>: Relay access denied; from=<[email protected]> to=<[email protected]> proto=SMTP helo=<web52307.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Jun 25 08:56:28 ns2 postfix/smtpd[24580]: warning: 202.83.166.170: hostname 202-83-166-170.reverse.ntc.net.pk verification failed: Name or service not known Jun 25 08:57:23 ns2 postfix/smtpd[24607]: NOQUEUE: reject: RCPT from unknown[190.65.113.218]: 554 5.7.1 <[email protected]>: Relay access denied; from=<[email protected]> to=<[email protected]> proto=SMTP helo=<jbp.com> The red text was one I sent and don't know whay it didn't go through.
Resolution at last - I am idiot! Falko, Thanks for all your help but my problem was I didn't follow the directions. I will explain my issues instead of fellow inpatient people skim the instructions. The amazing thing is I did it with two servers!! If you do not want to use ISPConfig, configure Postfix to deliver emails to a user's Maildir*: That mean if you plan to use ISPConfig do this: postconf -e 'home_mailbox = Maildir/' postconf -e 'mailbox_command =' /etc/init.d/postfix restart NOT THIS: *Please note: You do not have to do this if you intend to use ISPConfig on your system as ISPConfig does the necessary configuration using procmail recipes. But please go sure to enable Maildir under Management -> Server -> Settings -> EMail in the ISPConfig web interface.
