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On Mon, 04 Jun 2007 10:35:39 +0200 |
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Johannes Skov Frandsen <joe@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> Hans-Werner Hilse wrote: |
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> > Hi, |
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> > |
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> > On Fri, 01 Jun 2007 16:29:56 +0200 Johannes Skov Frandsen |
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> > <joe@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> >> Well I guess I should have expected it to rather simple to test. |
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> >> But I have never tried to configure a mailserver before |
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> >> hence my somewhat naive question. |
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> >> |
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> >> So what I did was to change my smtp server in thunderbird to use |
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> >> localhost (with my postfix server running) and the send a |
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> >> mail. This failed! Thunderbirds just claims that it could not |
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> >> connect to the server... |
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> >> |
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> >> I'm obvious doing something really simple completely wrong, but |
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> >> what? |
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> >> |
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> > |
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> > Start with telnet or even better netcat ("nc") and try connecting |
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> > directly, e.g. "nc localhost smtp" (replace "nc" by "telnet" if you |
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> > have that installed -- you might need to install one of the |
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> > utilities, in that case, chose netcat). |
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> > |
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> My server give me this response: |
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> # telnet localhost smtp |
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> Trying 127.0.0.1... |
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> Connected to localhost. |
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> Escape character is '^]'. |
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> Connection closed by foreign host |
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> |
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> I have no firewall installed so it shouldn't be a firewal problem. |
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> > The server should respond with |
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> > "220 <server's host name> ESMTP <product id>". |
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> > |
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> > If not, check |
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> > - whether "localhost" can be resolved (your /etc/hosts might be |
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> > borked) |
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> > - if there's a overly jealous firewall active, that doesn't allow |
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> > this traffic. |
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> > |
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> > You can then try talking to your mail server directly (simple SMTP |
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> > is fast to learn), e.g. enter |
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> > |
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> > ---snip |
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> > MAIL FROM: blah@×××××.org |
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> > RCPT TO: myuser@××××××××.com |
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> > DATA |
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> > Subject: Test |
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> > |
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> > this is a test. |
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> > . |
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> > QUIT |
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> > ---snip |
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> > (server will send replies not printed here) |
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> > |
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> > Do the same coming from the outside, in order to make sure that |
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> > those attempts are blocked. Otherwise you'll create an open relay |
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> > and you'll be blocked very soon on several other hosts. |
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> > |
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> > If you're not sure what is wrong, that might warrant a look into |
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> > postfix' log files (below /var/log). |
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> > |
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> I cant' seem to locate the log file. Any hint on the specific |
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> location? |
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> > -hwh |
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> > |
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Postfix on my boxes logs to /var/log/mail.err and /var/log/mail.log. |
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Why not attach your main.cf to the next message, and I'll take a look |
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at it? |
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