Unable to send mail

Discussion in 'Installation/Configuration' started by ad.shannon, Nov 16, 2015.

  1. ad.shannon

    ad.shannon New Member

    This was working previously but now I'm unable to send mails.
    The maillog has the following error....

    sendmail[1670]: tAGCU26r001670: localhost [127.0.0.1] did not issue MAIL/EXPN/VRFY/ETRN during connection to MTA

    Any idea where I can start looking to fix this?
     
  2. ad.shannon

    ad.shannon New Member

    the output of netstat -tap is


    Active Internet connections (servers and established)
    Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address Foreign Address State PID/Program name
    tcp 0 0 *:pop3 *:* LISTEN 1337/dovecot
    tcp 0 0 localhost:dyna-access *:* LISTEN 1175/clamd
    tcp 0 0 *:imap *:* LISTEN 1337/dovecot
    tcp 0 0 *:ftp *:* LISTEN 1414/pure-ftpd (SER
    tcp 0 0 *:ssh *:* LISTEN 1166/sshd
    tcp 0 0 localhost:smtp *:* LISTEN 1388/sendmail
    tcp 0 0 www.qwerty.ie:atmtcp *:* LISTEN 1476/monit
    tcp 0 0 *:imaps *:* LISTEN 1337/dovecot
    tcp 0 0 *:pop3s *:* LISTEN 1337/dovecot
    tcp 0 0 localhost:10024 *:* LISTEN 1372/amavisd (maste
    tcp 0 0 localhost:10026 *:* LISTEN 1372/amavisd (maste
    tcp 0 0 *:mysql *:* LISTEN 1313/mysqld
    tcp 0 448 www.qwerty.ie:ssh 178.167.254.67.threem:11811 ESTABLISHED 1556/sshd
    tcp 0 0 *:pop3 *:* LISTEN 1337/dovecot
    tcp 0 0 *:imap *:* LISTEN 1337/dovecot
    tcp 0 0 *:webcache *:* LISTEN 1405/httpd
    tcp 0 0 *:http *:* LISTEN 1405/httpd
    tcp 0 0 *:tproxy *:* LISTEN 1405/httpd
    tcp 0 0 *:ftp *:* LISTEN 1414/pure-ftpd (SER
    tcp 0 0 *:ssh *:* LISTEN 1166/sshd
    tcp 0 0 *:https *:* LISTEN 1405/httpd
    tcp 0 0 *:imaps *:* LISTEN 1337/dovecot
    tcp 0 0 *:pop3s *:* LISTEN 1337/dovecot
    tcp 0 0 www.qwerty.ie:http www.qwerty.ie:40315 TIME_WAIT -
    tcp 0 0 localhost:35488 localhost:ftp TIME_WAIT -
    tcp 0 0 www.qwerty.ie:http ::ffff:173.245.54.90:28740 TIME_WAIT -
    tcp 0 0 www.qwerty.ie:http 200-205-240-67.walk.c:54084 TIME_WAIT -
    tcp 0 0 localhost:http localhost:38853 TIME_WAIT -
    tcp 0 0 www.qwerty.ie:http ::ffff:162.158.95.128:34776 TIME_WAIT -
     
  3. till

    till Super Moderator Staff Member ISPConfig Developer

    Is this the only error message?
     
  4. till

    till Super Moderator Staff Member ISPConfig Developer

    Seems as if you have sendmail and not postfix started. stop sendmail and then start postfix.
     
  5. ad.shannon

    ad.shannon New Member

    yes, that's the only error.

    Every time I try send a message I get three entries in the log....

    Nov 16 12:36:01 Qwerty sendmail[2006]: tAGCa18M002006: localhost [127.0.0.1] did not issue MAIL/EXPN/VRFY/ETRN during connection to MTA
    Nov 16 12:36:01 Qwerty dovecot: pop3-login: Disconnected (no auth attempts): rip=::1, lip=::1, secured
    Nov 16 12:36:01 Qwerty dovecot: imap-login: Disconnected (no auth attempts): rip=::1, lip=::1, secured
     
  6. ad.shannon

    ad.shannon New Member

    ah, that worked. Thank you!
    How did you know that??
     
  7. ad.shannon

    ad.shannon New Member

    actually, spoke too soon.
    I still can't send mails. But I'm no longer getting any error messages in maillog
     
  8. till

    till Super Moderator Staff Member ISPConfig Developer

    The error message shows sendmail and sendmail is not used nor suported by ispconfig.

    Restart postfix and check if you get any errrs about postfix restart on the shell or in the log.
     

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