Well, this setup just isn't working for me. As you can see in my title, Postfix does not respond to telnet -l sshadmin localhost 25 One question I have right off the bat is, should my host name be smtp.sabotix.com (My mx record is set to that) or sabotix.com? I've tried both, neither seem to work. /etc/postfix/main.cf: Code: Removed by user netstat -tulp Code: [root]/ # netstat -tulp Active Internet connections (only servers) Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address Foreign Address State PID/Program name tcp 0 0 *:mysql *:* LISTEN 16965/mysqld tcp 0 0 -.privated:pop3 *:* LISTEN 17163/couriertcpd tcp 0 0 -.privated:imap *:* LISTEN 17564/couriertcpd tcp 0 0 -.privated:http *:* LISTEN 15495/httpd tcp 0 0 *:ftp *:* LISTEN 32568/proftpd: (acc tcp 0 0 *:telnet *:* LISTEN 17462/xinetd tcp 0 0 *:smtp *:* LISTEN 17628/master tcp 0 0 *:ssh *:* LISTEN 32744/sshd MySQL mail table export Code: Removed By User It is running Code: [root]/var/log # ps aux|grep postfix root 17628 0.0 0.1 6688 1756 ? Ss 17:47 0:00 /usr/libexec/postfix/master postfix 17629 0.0 0.1 6800 1740 ? S 17:47 0:00 qmgr -l -t fifo -u postfix 17630 0.0 0.1 6744 1600 ? S 17:47 0:00 pickup -l -t fifo -u root 17717 0.0 0.0 3912 688 pts/1 R+ 17:59 0:00 grep postfix As you can see, I changed the quota to a big int to have larger quotas /var/log/maillog and /var/log/debug and /var/log/messages are all empty /etc/init.d/postfix start stop and reload all work fine So why won't it respond in telnet (Or anything else) I've also done everything in http://www.postfix-book.com/debugging.html and everything on my system seems OK, no idea what to do next, there is only so much Google can tell you
I've seen sometimes (can't remember why) that connecting to localhost doesn't work, but from another IP or on the public address it does (or was it the other way around?). Have you tried without firewalling? Re hostname: doesn't matter. What matters is that the domain you've set your server as MX for is listed as destination in Postfix. And of course, the host you list as MX should have an IP-adress in DNS listed. Oh, and BTW, check your SQL-dumps for passwords if you put them online. Paul
Same problem here.. I have been setting up a server..and i like to make sure everything works before the next step. I am following the tutorial listed below: The Perfect Server - Ubuntu Hardy Heron (Ubuntu 8.04 LTS Server) i do everything to the T, and i can't telnet to localhost...or atleast telneting into it from localhost, domain (beast.gateway.2wire.net) which lets my router resolve i guess. and telnetting from another computer... they can all connect..but i don't get any msgs back. like the how-to did: Code: root@server1:/etc/postfix/ssl# telnet localhost 25 Trying 127.0.0.1... Connected to localhost.localdomain. Escape character is '^]'. 220 server1.example.com ESMTP Postfix (Ubuntu) ehlo localhost 250-server1.example.com 250-PIPELINING 250-SIZE 10240000 250-VRFY 250-ETRN 250-STARTTLS 250-AUTH LOGIN PLAIN 250-AUTH=LOGIN PLAIN 250-ENHANCEDSTATUSCODES 250-8BITMIME 250 DSN quit 221 2.0.0 Bye Connection closed by foreign host. root@server1:/etc/postfix/ssl# is what it SHOULD do, and i checked the post-fix site upon finding this thread.. i have a basic understanding of linux, have used on and off for years, finally committing myself to it, with that said. i don't know what would be useful for me to post, so ask and you shall receive.
your netstat -tulp result: tcp 0 0 *:smtp *:* LISTEN 17628/master clearly shows that the server is listening to all interfaces for SMTP, that's what *:smtp means. The first telnet you tried with the -l flag is a syntax that seems odd to me. I would try just "telnet localhost 25" and also a "telnet 127.0.0.1 25" and then copy and paste the results. It would be useful to see if you get a connection refused or a timeout. Also, many versions of linux now come with forms of security, like selinux on red hat and others have firewalls. So even if the OS thinks it's listening you may have to configure the firewall to let IP traffic get to that listening port.
well, i reinstalled and followed the perfect server 9.04 ubuntu..and everything works great.. now i need time to run through setting up postfix to route through my ISP's smtp, since i have dynamic...and figure out how to have server update IP with godaddy....i have no idea on the last one..tho i saw a guide for the 1st one.. falko - thanks for writing the 9.04 how-to. as always ur's works flawlessly and make sense to me..
