Hi everyone. New to linux. Setup ubuntu server 12.04, postfix and Squirrel 1.4.22. I have been spent the last few days trying to get email from gmail/yahoo without luck. By reading the postings I learned to configure couple things but I am at the point that I am stuck. My ufw status is: To Action From -- ------ ---- 80 ALLOW Anywhere 23 ALLOW Anywhere 10000 ALLOW Anywhere 69 ALLOW Anywhere 25 ALLOW Anywhere 587 ALLOW Anywhere 110 ALLOW Anywhere 143 ALLOW Anywhere 465 ALLOW Anywhere 995 ALLOW Anywhere 80 ALLOW Anywhere (v6 23 ALLOW Anywhere (v6 10000 ALLOW Anywhere (v6 69 ALLOW Anywhere (v6 25 ALLOW Anywhere (v6 587 ALLOW Anywhere (v6 110 ALLOW Anywhere (v6 143 ALLOW Anywhere (v6 465 ALLOW Anywhere (v6 995 ALLOW Anywhere (v6 ******************************************** Dig commands dig -t MX safeip.com ; <<>> DiG 9.8.1-P1 <<>> -t MX safeip.com ;; global options: +cmd ;; Got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 2286 ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 2, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0 ;; QUESTION SECTION: ;safeip.com. IN MX ;; ANSWER SECTION: safeip.com. 1800 IN MX 5 mail.safeip.com. safeipv.com. 1800 IN MX 10 www.safeip.com. ;; Query time: 154 msec ;; SERVER: 205.152.144.23#53(205.152.144.23) ;; WHEN: Thu Aug 23 08:43:23 2012 ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 74 dig mail.safeip.com ; <<>> DiG 9.8.1-P1 <<>> mail.safeip.com ;; global options: +cmd ;; Got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 33983 ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0 ;; QUESTION SECTION: ;mail.safeip.com. IN A ;; ANSWER SECTION: mail.safeip.com. 60 IN A 184.32.213.99 ;; Query time: 44 msec ;; SERVER: 205.152.144.23#53(205.152.144.23) ;; WHEN: Thu Aug 23 08:46:24 2012 ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 54 ****************************************** myorigin = mail.safeip.com smtpd_banner = $myhostname ESMTP $mail_name (Ubuntu) biff = no readme_directory = no smtpd_use_tls=yes smtpd_tls_session_cache_database = btree:${data_directory}/smtpd_scache smtp_tls_session_cache_database = btree:${data_directory}/smtp_scache myhostname = mail.safeip.com alias_maps = hash:/etc/aliases alias_database = hash:/etc/aliases mydestination = mail.safeip.com, mail.safeip.com, safeip.com, localhost.localdomain, localhost mynetworks = 127.0.0.0/8, 192.168.13.0/24 mailbox_command = mailbox_size_limit = 0 recipient_delimiter = + virtual_alias_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/virtual inet_protocols = all home_mailbox = Maildir/ inet_interfaces = all mydomain = safeip.com masquerade_domains = safeip.com smtp_use_tls = yes smtp_sasl_auth_enable = yes smtp_sasl_password_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/sasl_passwd smtp_sasl_mechanism_filter = login smtp_sasl_security_options = smtp_tls_security_level = may smtp_tls_note_starttls_offer= yes relayhost = smtp.gmail.com:587 smtpd_sasl_local_domain = smtpd_sasl_auth_enable = yes smtpd_sasl_security_options = noanonymous smtpd_recipient_restrictions = permit_sasl_authenticated,permit_mynetworks,reject_unauth_destination broken_sasl_auth_clients = yes inet_interfaces = all smtpd_tls_security_level = may smtpd_tls_auth_only = no smtpd_tls_loglevel = 1 smtpd_tls_received_header = yes smtpd_tls_session_cache_timeout = 3600s tls_random_source = dev:/dev/urandom smtpd_tls_cert_file = /etc/ssl/certs/ssl-cert-snakeoil.pem smtpd_tls_key_file = /etc/ssl/private/ssl-cert-snakeoil.key ********************************************** nmap safeip.com Starting Nmap 5.21 ( http://nmap.org ) at 2012-08-23 09:08 EDT Nmap scan report for safeipvoice.com (184.32.213.99) Host is up (0.070s latency). rDNS record for 184.32.213.99: adsl-184-32-213-99.mia.bellsouth.net Not shown: 995 closed ports PORT STATE SERVICE 23/tcp filtered telnet 25/tcp open smtp 80/tcp open http 443/tcp open https 8080/tcp filtered http-proxy Nmap done: 1 IP address (1 host up) scanned in 2.03 seconds ************************************** And finally, this is the failed email delivery: 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://support.google.com/mail/bin/answer.py?answer=7720 [(5) mail.safeip.com. [74.233.125.68]:25: No route to host] [(10) www.safeipv.com. [74.233.125.68]:25: No route to host] Is this email proof that I have either a DNS problem or A record problem on my side? Thanks very much for looking.
Did you change your DNS records recently? It can take up to three days until these changes propagate.