Great news.
Glen Vickers wrote:
Problem solved.
And yes, I bought yet another Tee shirt. My fricken router blew!!!
So it happened to be something rather simple. Got the RMA today and
all is fine.
Glen
Yea, there's only so much you can do remotely. At this point a local
visit is needed. I'm sure you're going to have a DUH! moment when you
find it. Been there, got too many Tee shirts...
> I'm pretty sure its not a routing problem. I'm starting to think it
might
> be my DSL modem. I was able to telnet on the local machine. I'll have to
> test telnet to the box within the network later. I know it can't have an
> IP
> sharing issue. The DHCP range starts at 100 and this box is at 10. (4th
> octet).
>
>
>
> I'll let everyone know what I find when I get myself to the network
where
> the box is at.
>
>
>
>
From: Phil Leinhauser [mailto:p...@teqknow.com]
> Sent: Friday, August 07, 2009 12:26 PM
> To: qmailtoaster-list@qmailtoaster.com
> Subject: RE: [qmailtoaster] connection refused from clients sending
email
>
>
>
> Off the top of my head. Maybe something will shake loose...
>
> - Just for grins, run through the process of sending with telnet
using ip
> addy on the local machine. Here's an example to follow how to do this:
> http://www.netadmintools.com/art276.html I'm sure it will work but what
> the
> heck...
> - Have you looked at tcp.smtp? Do you have anything that might cause
this
> in there?
> - Is it at all possible you have another machine on the network with the
> same IP? Pull the nic cable and ping the ip.
>
> - This one's a reach but worth a shot, maybe a switch problem? Try
> putting
> the server and one other machine on the same switch with NOTHING else
> connected, not even the rest of the network, and test.
>
> In these cases I try to break things down into smaller bits and walk my
> way
> in or out.
>
> Phil
>
>
>
>> In my last reply, I lied. I can now telnet to the local address through
>> console just fine. Got a helo back and it responded. Outside in, is
>> where
>> the failure is.
>>
>> I am getting spamdyke messages in my smtp log. I see a denied for an
>> email
>> that just tried to relay through my server.
>>
>> @400000004a7c0ab8320d2604 spamdyke[6976]: DENIED_OTHER from:
>> rshewf...@intelius.com to: gvick...@domain origin_ip: 74.125.149.207
>> origin_rdns: na3sys009aog112.obsmtp.com auth: (unknown)
>>
>>
>> Spamdyke.conf is
>>
>> dns-blacklist-entry=zombie.dnsbl.sorbs.net
>> #dns-blacklist-entry=dul.dnsbl.sorbs.net
>> #dns-blacklist-entry=bogons.cymru.com
>> dns-blacklist-entry=zen.spamhaus.org
>> dns-blacklist-entry=bl.spamcop.net
>> graylist-dir=/var/spamdyke/graylist
>> graylist-level=always
>> graylist-max-secs=2678400
>> graylist-min-secs=180
>> greeting-delay-secs=5
>> idle-timeout-secs=60
>> ip-blacklist-file=/etc/spamdyke/blacklist_ip
>> ip-in-rdns-keyword-blacklist-file=/etc/spamdyke/blacklist_keywords
>> ip-in-rdns-keyword-whitelist-file=/etc/spamdyke/whitelist_keywords
>> ip-whitelist-file=/etc/spamdyke/whitelist_ip
>> local-domains-file=/var/qmail/control/rcpthosts
>> log-level=info
>> log-target=stderr
>> max-recipients=50
>> #policy-url=http://my.policy.explanation.url/
>> rdns-blacklist-file=/etc/spamdyke/blacklist_rdns
>> rdns-whitelist-file=/etc/spamdyke/whitelist_rdns
>> recipient-blacklist-file=/etc/spamdyke/blacklist_recipients
>> recipient-whitelist-file=/etc/spamdyke/whitelist_recipients
>> reject-empty-rdns
>> #reject-ip-in-cc-rdns
>> reject-missing-sender-mx
>> reject-unresolvable-rdns
>> sender-blacklist-file=/etc/spamdyke/blacklist_senders
>> sender-whitelist-file=/etc/spamdyke/whitelist_senders
>> tls-certificate-file=/var/qmail/control/servercert.pem
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>>
>
From: news [mailto:n...@ger.gmane.org] On Behalf Of Eric Shubert
>> Sent: Friday, August 07, 2009 11:39 AM
>> To: qmailtoaster-list@qmailtoaster.com
>> Subject: Re: [qmailtoaster] connection refused from clients sending
>> email
>>
>> Since you're receiving mail, I don't see how it can be a routing
>> problem.
>>
>> spamdyke looks ok. To be sure it's running, are you seeing spamdyke
>> messages in the smtp log?
>> (spamdyke messages have ALLOWED or DENIED_ in them)
>>
>> What does your /etc/spamdyke/spamdyke.conf file contain?
>>
>> Glen Vickers wrote:
>>> Yes, I can receive mail all day and my client is able to download
them.
>>> Just can't send from external. I can send using squirrelmail.
>>>
>>> smtp]# ll
>>> total 16
>>> drwx------ 3 qmaill qmail 4096 Jul 29 12:38 log
>>> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 12 Aug 7 01:38 run -> run.spamdyke
>>> -rwxr-x--x 1 qmaill qmail 555 Apr 17 06:37 run.dist
>>> -rwxr-x--x 1 qmaill qmail 584 Aug 7 03:58 run.spamdyke
>>> drwx------ 2 qmaill qmail 4096 Aug 7 04:01 supervise
>>>
>>>
>>> the run file reads
>>>
>>> #!/bin/sh
>>> QMAILDUID=`id -u vpopmail`
>>> NOFILESGID=`id -g vpopmail`
>>> MAXSMTPD=`cat /var/qmail/control/concurrencyincoming`
>>> SPAMDYKE="/usr/local/bin/spamdyke"
>>> SPAMDYKE_CONF="/etc/spamdyke/spamdyke.conf"
>>> SMTPD="/var/qmail/bin/qmail-smtpd"
>>> TCP_CDB="/etc/tcprules.d/tcp.smtp.cdb"
>>> HOSTNAME=`hostname`
>>> VCHKPW="/home/vpopmail/bin/vchkpw"
>>> REQUIRE_AUTH=0
>>>
>>> exec /usr/bin/softlimit -m 90000000 \
>>> /usr/bin/tcpserver -v -R -H -l $HOSTNAME -x $TCP_CDB -c "$MAXSMTPD"
>>> \
>>> -u "$QMAILDUID" -g "$NOFILESGID" 0 smtp \
>>> $SPAMDYKE --config-file $SPAMDYKE_CONF \
>>> $SMTPD $VCHKPW /bin/true 2>&1
>>>
>>>
>>> My log file doesn't show anything hitting the server. I have a record
>>> of
>>> when I telnet'd to localhost port 25 but that's it.
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>
>
From: news [mailto:n...@ger.gmane.org] On Behalf Of Eric Shubert
>>> Sent: Friday, August 07, 2009 10:20 AM
>>> To: qmailtoaster-list@qmailtoaster.com
>>> Subject: Re: [qmailtoaster] connection refused from clients sending
>>> email
>>>
>>> Just to be sure, what does
>>> # ls -l /var/qmail/supervise/smtp
>>> show?
>>>
>>> You're seeing spamdyke messages in your smtp log?
>>>
>>> Do I understand correctly that you're receiving email from outside
>>> servers ok, you're just not able to submit from an external client?
>>>
>>> Glen Vickers wrote:
>>>> I did that. No change. Still unable to comm. Through port 25 inside
>>>> or
>>>> outside network, only through SSH. (ssh to the box then run telnet
>>> localhost
>>>> or telnet (IP addy).
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>
>
From: news [mailto:n...@ger.gmane.org] On Behalf Of Eric Shubert
>>>> Sent: Friday, August 07, 2009 8:43 AM
>>>> To: qmailtoaster-list@qmailtoaster.com
>>>> Subject: Re: [qmailtoaster] connection refused from clients sending
>>>> email
>>>>
>>>> Glen Vickers wrote:
>>>>> Telnet gives connection refused. However, I can ssh and such
into the
>>>>> box just fine. I can get to other ports except 25. I've already
>>>>> checked with my ISP and they haven't blocked anything. My ISP would
>>>>> block me if I made an open relay or my SMTP went retarded and
started
>>>>> spamming people. I am pretty confident its not an ISP issue.
>>>>>
>>>>> This happened about 2 weeks ago and I did run new model and patched
>>>>> up.
>>
>>>>> The problem went away for about 2 weeks but now its back.
>>>>>
>>>>> Glen
>>>>>
>>>> Jake and Phil have good suggestions (as usual).
>>>>
>>>> Are you using spamdyke? If so,
>>>> # cd /var/qmail/supervise/smtp
>>>> # ln -sf run.spamdyke run
>>>> will fix it. qtp-newmodel effectively disables spamdyke.
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> -Eric 'shubes'
>>
>>
>>
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