Greetings community, I have trawled a few of the threads on this forum regarding Postfix not being able to receive mail, and I have changed a few configuration options in main.cf, and master.cf, created a file called /etc/mailname per some suggestions, and I am not winning this battle. I am worried that I am making all these config changes and that with the problem still existing, that I am barking up the wrong tree. If I log in via telnet and send a message, the following occurs: Feb 3 20:46:53 nazgul postfix/smtpd[13216]: connect from nazgul.midnightcoders.co.za[127.0.0.1] Feb 3 20:48:39 nazgul postfix/smtpd[13216]: 9A38718F75C: client=nazgul.midnightcoders.co.za[127.0.0.1] Feb 3 20:49:23 nazgul postfix/cleanup[13311]: 9A38718F75C: message-id=<[email protected]> Feb 3 20:49:23 nazgul postfix/qmgr[13194]: 9A38718F75C: from=<[email protected]>, size=461, nrcpt=1 (queue active) Feb 3 20:49:23 nazgul postfix/smtp[13359]: connect to mail.pixcel.co.za[69.164.193.4]: Connection refused (port 25) Feb 3 20:49:23 nazgul postfix/smtp[13359]: 9A38718F75C: to=<[email protected]>, relay=none, delay=96, delays=96/0.01/0/0, dsn=4.4.1, status=deferred (connect to mail.pixcel.co.za[69.164.193.4]: Connection refused) Feb 3 20:49:30 nazgul postfix/smtpd[13216]: disconnect from nazgul.midnightcoders.co.za[127.0.0.1] My main.cf is quite long, are there specific parts I should post ? I followed the tutorials on HowtoForge for setting up ISP Config 3 on a Centos 5.4 64 bit server. Thank you for your assistance.
OK sO I read a few other psots and I see this is required info : Code: [root@nazgul share]# netstat -tap Active Internet connections (servers and established) Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address Foreign Address State PID/Program name tcp 0 0 *:930 *:* LISTEN 2444/rpc.statd tcp 0 0 nazgul.midnightcoders:10024 *:* LISTEN 2878/amavisd (maste tcp 0 0 *:mysql *:* LISTEN 2672/mysqld tcp 0 0 *:sunrpc *:* LISTEN 2420/portmap tcp 0 0 li108-4.members.lino:domain *:* LISTEN 2835/mydns tcp 0 0 nazgul.midnightcoder:domain *:* LISTEN 2835/mydns tcp 0 0 nazgul.midnightcoders.:smtp *:* LISTEN 13191/master tcp 0 0 nazgul.midnightcoders:38902 nazgul.midnightcoders:mysql TIME_WAIT - tcp 0 0 nazgul.midnightcoders:38905 nazgul.midnightcoders:mysql TIME_WAIT - tcp 0 0 nazgul.midnightcoders:38904 nazgul.midnightcoders:mysql ESTABLISHED 7899/httpd tcp 0 0 nazgul.midnightcoders:38907 nazgul.midnightcoders:mysql ESTABLISHED 11050/httpd tcp 0 0 nazgul.midnightcoders:38906 nazgul.midnightcoders:mysql TIME_WAIT - tcp 0 0 nazgul.midnightcoders:40864 nazgul.midnightcoders.:smtp ESTABLISHED 12929/httpd tcp 0 0 nazgul.midnightcoders:42228 nazgul.midnightcoders.:smtp ESTABLISHED 15263/httpd tcp 0 0 nazgul.midnightcoders:mysql nazgul.midnightcoders:38904 ESTABLISHED 2672/mysqld tcp 0 0 nazgul.midnightcoders:mysql nazgul.midnightcoders:38907 ESTABLISHED 2672/mysqld tcp 0 0 *:imaps *:* LISTEN 9450/couriertcpd tcp 0 0 *:pop3s *:* LISTEN 9462/couriertcpd tcp 0 0 *:pop3 *:* LISTEN 9456/couriertcpd tcp 0 0 *:imap *:* LISTEN 9443/couriertcpd tcp 0 0 *:webcache *:* LISTEN 12920/httpd tcp 0 0 *:http *:* LISTEN 12920/httpd tcp 0 0 localhost6.localdoma:domain *:* LISTEN 2835/mydns tcp 0 0 *:ssh *:* LISTEN 2567/sshd tcp 0 0 *:https *:* LISTEN 12920/httpd tcp 0 0 li108-4.members.linode:http genkt-056-022.t-mobil:49847 TIME_WAIT - tcp 0 0 li108-4.members.linode:http genkt-056-022.t-mobil:49830 TIME_WAIT - tcp 0 0 li108-4.members.linode:http ::ffff:60.195.143.7:2312 TIME_WAIT - tcp 1 159140 li108-4.members.linode:http genkt-056-022.t-mobil:50845 CLOSE_WAIT 7899/httpd tcp 0 0 li108-4.members.linode:http ::ffff:60.195.14:ace-client TIME_WAIT - tcp 0 0 li108-4.members.linode:http genkt-056-022.t-mobil:49876 TIME_WAIT - tcp 0 4096 li108-4.members.linode.:ssh dsl-185-106-65.dynami:54918 ESTABLISHED 29112/sshd: compile tcp 0 0 li108-4.members.linode:http genkt-056-022.t-mobil:49713 TIME_WAIT - tcp 0 0 li108-4.members.linode:http genkt-056-022.t-mobil:51000 ESTABLISHED 11050/httpd tcp 0 0 li108-4.members.linode:http genkt-056-022.t-mobil:49725 TIME_WAIT - tcp 0 0 li108-4.members.linode:http genkt-056-022.t-mobil:49980 TIME_WAIT - tcp 0 0 li108-4.members.linode:http crawl-66-249-71-123.g:33835 TIME_WAIT - tcp 0 0 li108-4.members.linode:http genkt-056-022.t-mobil:49726 TIME_WAIT - tcp 0 0 li108-4.members.linode:http genkt-056-022.t-mobil:49696 TIME_WAIT - tcp 0 0 li108-4.members.linode:http genkt-056-022.t-mobil:49699 TIME_WAIT - tcp 0 0 li108-4.members.linode:http genkt-056-022.t-mobil:49706 TIME_WAIT - tcp 0 0 li108-4.members.linode:http genkt-056-022.t-mobil:49685 TIME_WAIT - tcp 0 0 li108-4.members.linode:http genkt-056-022.t-mobil:49684 TIME_WAIT - tcp 0 0 li108-4.members.linode:http genkt-056-022.t-mobil:49783 TIME_WAIT - tcp 0 0 li108-4.members.linode:http crawl-66-249-71-123.g:65102 TIME_WAIT - tcp 0 0 li108-4.members.linode:http genkt-056-022.t-mobil:49758 TIME_WAIT - tcp 0 0 li108-4.members.linode:http ::ffff:60.195.143.7:amt TIME_WAIT - [root@nazgul share]#
This error is about sending. Do you have problems receiving mails as well? Please make sure your IP isn't blacklisted: http://mxtoolbox.com/blacklists.aspx What's the output of Code: postconf -n ?
Hi falko, thank you for your reply, I can send mails out from the Squirrelmail interface, and they get received by the recipient. However, any incoming mail simply does not show up. I checked my server against the blacklist site, the last four tests came back as follows : FIVETEN TIMEOUT 0 ORID TIMEOUT 0 REDHAWK TIMEOUT ERROR, Reponse code=2 0 SPAMRBL TIMEOUT All other tests passed OK. As for the output of postconf -n, it is copied below : ================================================ [root@nazgul ~]# postconf -n alias_database = hash:/etc/aliases alias_maps = hash:/etc/aliases command_directory = /usr/sbin config_directory = /etc/postfix daemon_directory = /usr/libexec/postfix debug_peer_level = 2 html_directory = no inet_interfaces = localhost mail_owner = postfix mailq_path = /usr/bin/mailq.postfix manpage_directory = /usr/share/man mydestination = $myhostname, localhost.$mydomain, localhost newaliases_path = /usr/bin/newaliases.postfix queue_directory = /var/spool/postfix readme_directory = /usr/share/doc/postfix-2.3.3/README_FILES sample_directory = /usr/share/doc/postfix-2.3.3/samples sendmail_path = /usr/sbin/sendmail.postfix setgid_group = postdrop unknown_local_recipient_reject_code = 550 ================================================ Thank you for your assistance, I appreciate your time and knowledge.
My first thought: Derived from your postfix main.cf, your server is bound to: localhost which pretty much locks it out from the rest of the world. That's why, when you telnet from localhost to localhost, you see your mail being forwarded to "mail.pixcel.co.za" for further handling, which is the same machine, but it's approaching it from the outside world ip 69.164.193.4. Now that's a big no go because of the following line in your main.cf: inet_interfaces = localhost Change that to: inet_interfaces = localhost 69.164.193.4 Restart postfix, and your server should now be ready to be conquered by the wonderfull world of spam
Hi phamels, thank you for your reply, I made the change as you suggested, however, my server is still not ready to be conquered by the world of spam I now get this when I send mail to the account : =====/var/log/maillog======= Feb 5 06:42:39 nazgul postfix/smtpd[7152]: connect from mail-bw0-f225.google.com[209.85.218.225] Feb 5 06:42:39 nazgul postfix/smtpd[7152]: NOQUEUE: reject: RCPT from mail-bw0-f225.google.com[209.85.218.225]: 554 5.7.1 <[email protected]>: Relay access denied; from=<[email protected]> to=<[email protected]> proto=ESMTP helo=<mail-bw0-f225.google.com> Feb 5 06:42:39 nazgul postfix/smtpd[7152]: disconnect from mail-bw0-f225.google.com[209.85.218.225] Feb 5 06:45:02 nazgul pop3d: Connection, ip=[::ffff:127.0.0.1] Feb 5 06:45:02 nazgul pop3d: Disconnected, ip=[::ffff:127.0.0.1] Feb 5 06:45:02 nazgul imapd: Connection, ip=[::ffff:127.0.0.1] Feb 5 06:45:02 nazgul imapd: Disconnected, ip=[::ffff:127.0.0.1], time=0 Feb 5 06:45:02 nazgul postfix/smtpd[7356]: connect from nazgul.midnightcoders.co.za[127.0.0.1] Feb 5 06:45:02 nazgul postfix/smtpd[7356]: lost connection after CONNECT from nazgul.midnightcoders.co.za[127.0.0.1] Feb 5 06:45:02 nazgul postfix/smtpd[7356]: disconnect from nazgul.midnightcoders.co.za[127.0.0.1] ============== My Google account I sent the mail from responds with a very quick : "Technical details of permanent failure: Google tried to deliver your message, but it was rejected by the recipient domain. We recommend contacting the other email provider for further information about the cause of this error. The error that the other server returned was: 554 554 5.7.1 <[email protected]>: Relay access denied (state 14)." I also noticed that the entries in main.cf are seperate by a comma, ie localhost, 69.164.193.4, but I tried without, as per your post, and with, still no difference. I get the same message. Thank you for your input, I appreciate your willingness to assist with my problem.
I am not sure if this problem is resolved or not, I did an SMTP Diagnostic on your IP and I sent a manual test by Telnet and everything looks to be good. Let me know if you received the test or not...or if we can try to help with anything else. Thank you, @MxToolBox
Hi falko, I created the [email protected] email account via the ISPConfig interface about 3 months ago, along with a whole bunch of other accounts for various domains. At present when I tail the log the inbound message for all domains are meeting with the same fate of not being delivered. @MxToolBox, thank for your assistance, but I did not receive any mail in my inbox.
The postconf -n output should look different if ISPConfig is installed. I suggest you install it again and let the installer reconfigure all services.
