[newbie] postifx not receiving outside mail
Okay, I have postfix installed and configured (I think correctly). I can send email between local users, and out to the world, but I cannot receive any messages. I have ports 25 and 110 open on my firewall (router). I am stumped about what I am missing. Thanks, Hackhound Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] postifx not receiving outside mail
On Saturday 26 February 2005 21:44, hackhound wrote: Okay, I have postfix installed and configured (I think correctly). I can send email between local users, and out to the world, but I cannot receive any messages. I have ports 25 and 110 open on my firewall (router). I am stumped about what I am missing. Thanks, Hackhound I assume your domain name resolves? If you let us know what it is we can try connecting to your postfix server. The log files in /etc/log/mail can be very informative. And are you sure your ISP does not block port 25? BTW You only need port 110 open if you want to read your mail via POP3 while travelling. If you do not need that, then close the port. derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] postifx not receiving outside mail
--On Saturday, February 26, 2005 15:44:45 -0600 hackhound [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Okay, I have postfix installed and configured (I think correctly). I can send email between local users, and out to the world, but I cannot receive any messages. I have ports 25 and 110 open on my firewall (router). I am stumped about what I am missing. I'll assume you are trying to have a proper SMTP server as opposed to collecting mail via something like fetchmail. If that is true then I'd suggest looking at the following in main.cf The entry that controls what mail to receive is something like mydestination = $myhostname, localhost.$mydomain, $mydomain So lets say your domain name is foo.co.uk and your mailserver name is scooby.foo.co.uk then the above line would receive mail for $myhostname - scooby.foo.co.uk localhost.$mydomain - localhost.foo.co.uk $mydomain - foo.co.uk Another line to look for is inet_interfaces If this is missing then it will receive mail on all interfaces but if you have a line like inet_interfaces = $mydomain then postfix will reject any mail that arrives from outside your local network. If these hints are of no use to you I'll need more info on your setup or you could look at http://www.postfix.org/STANDARD_CONFIGURATION_README.html which gives good examples of various configurations eg. standalone machine, local network etc. Also have you tried useing the drakconf wizard. If you type wizard into the install software section of mandrake control center you will be presented with the option of installing drakwizard. When you restart MCC a new option server wizards will be available. Selecting configure mail will activate a setup wizard that is pretty good at configuring most basic setups. I've just realised that I'm assumeing you have a static IP address, if you don't I can't help any further as I have no experience of dynamic addresses. Cheers Nigel pgpxrRh6ZIioJ.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [newbie] postifx not receiving outside mail
Nigel Wilkinson wrote: --On Saturday, February 26, 2005 15:44:45 -0600 hackhound [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Okay, I have postfix installed and configured (I think correctly). I can send email between local users, and out to the world, but I cannot receive any messages. I have ports 25 and 110 open on my firewall (router). I am stumped about what I am missing. I'll assume you are trying to have a proper SMTP server as opposed to collecting mail via something like fetchmail. If that is true then I'd suggest looking at the following in main.cf The entry that controls what mail to receive is something like mydestination = $myhostname, localhost.$mydomain, $mydomain So lets say your domain name is foo.co.uk and your mailserver name is scooby.foo.co.uk then the above line would receive mail for $myhostname - scooby.foo.co.uk localhost.$mydomain - localhost.foo.co.uk $mydomain - foo.co.uk Another line to look for is inet_interfaces If this is missing then it will receive mail on all interfaces but if you have a line like inet_interfaces = $mydomain then postfix will reject any mail that arrives from outside your local network. If these hints are of no use to you I'll need more info on your setup or you could look at http://www.postfix.org/STANDARD_CONFIGURATION_README.html which gives good examples of various configurations eg. standalone machine, local network etc. Also have you tried useing the drakconf wizard. If you type wizard into the install software section of mandrake control center you will be presented with the option of installing drakwizard. When you restart MCC a new option server wizards will be available. Selecting configure mail will activate a setup wizard that is pretty good at configuring most basic setups. I've just realised that I'm assumeing you have a static IP address, if you don't I can't help any further as I have no experience of dynamic addresses. Cheers Nigel If the mail logs and the firewall logs don't show any messages about incomming messages, then one more thing to check is if your ISP is blocking or re-routing incomming port 25 connections. It is getting to be more common that ISPs that do not allow you to run servers are blocking port 25 and port 80 incomming connections. Blocking outgoing port 25 connections is also getting to be common. Mikkel -- Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with Ketchup! Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
