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Hans-Werner Hilse wrote: |
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> Hi, |
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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. But I |
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>> have never tried to configure a mailserver before |
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>> hence my somewhat naive question. |
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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 connect |
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>> to the server... |
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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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> 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 utilities, |
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> in that case, chose netcat). |
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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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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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> If not, check |
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> - whether "localhost" can be resolved (your /etc/hosts might be borked) |
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> - if there's a overly jealous firewall active, that doesn't allow this |
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> traffic. |
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> You can then try talking to your mail server directly (simple SMTP is |
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> fast to learn), e.g. enter |
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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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> 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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> Do the same coming from the outside, in order to make sure that those |
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> attempts are blocked. Otherwise you'll create an open relay and you'll |
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> be blocked very soon on several other hosts. |
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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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I cant' seem to locate the log file. Any hint on the specific location? |
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> -hwh |
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Regards / Venlig hilsen |
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Johannes Skov Frandsen |
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*Address:* Egelundsvej 18, DK-5260 Odense S |
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*Web:* www.omesc.com | *Email:* joe@×××××.com |
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