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From: Scott Llewellyn <mirv@××××××××××××.ca>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Home mail server problems.
Date: Wed, 06 Jul 2005 05:12:14
Message-Id: 001201c581e8$9e059950$0501a8c0@null
1 I believe that my ISP has port 25 closed. I have it opened externally in my
2 firewall and it is still showing as being closed to the internet. Could
3 this have an effect on recieving mail? and if so, how should I fix that?
4
5 Thanks
6
7 Scott Llewellyn
8 ----- Original Message -----
9 From: "Scott Llewellyn" <mirv@××××××××××××.ca>
10 To: <gentoo-user@l.g.o>
11 Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2005 9:51 PM
12 Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Home mail server problems.
13
14
15 > alright, this is what I got form dig www.xploited.ca MX
16 >
17 >
18 > ; <<>> DiG 9.2.3 <<>> www.xploited.ca MX
19 > ;; global options: printcmd
20 > ;; Got answer:
21 > ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 41
22 > ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 0
23 >
24 > ;; QUESTION SECTION:
25 > ;www.xploited.ca. IN MX
26 >
27 > ;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
28 > xploited.ca. 7171 IN SOA ns16.zoneedit.com. soacontact.zoneedit.com.
29 > 1109230065 14400 7200 950400 7200
30 >
31 > ;; Query time: 62 msec
32 > ;; SERVER: 192.168.1.1#53(192.168.1.1)
33 > ;; WHEN: Tue Jul 05 21:48:32 2005
34 > ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 97
35 >
36 >
37 >
38 > and here it is just dig www.xploited.ca
39 >
40 >
41 > ; <<>> DiG 9.2.3 <<>> www.xploited.ca
42 > ;; global options: printcmd
43 > ;; Got answer:
44 > ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 41
45 > ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 2, ADDITIONAL: 1
46 >
47 > ;; QUESTION SECTION:
48 > ;www.xploited.ca. IN A
49 >
50 > ;; ANSWER SECTION:
51 > www.xploited.ca. 300 IN A 142.177.224.149
52 >
53 > ;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
54 > xploited.ca. 3701 IN NS ns13.zoneedit.com.
55 > xploited.ca. 3701 IN NS ns16.zoneedit.com.
56 >
57 > ;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
58 > ns16.zoneedit.com. 649 IN A 216.110.187.226
59 >
60 > ;; Query time: 140 msec
61 > ;; SERVER: 192.168.1.1#53(192.168.1.1)
62 > ;; WHEN: Tue Jul 05 21:49:54 2005
63 > ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 115
64 >
65 >
66 > Let me know what you think!!
67 >
68 >
69 > Thanks
70 >
71 > Scott
72 > ----- Original Message -----
73 > From: <michael@×××××××××××××.com>
74 > To: <gentoo-user@l.g.o>
75 > Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2005 9:23 PM
76 > Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Home mail server problems.
77 >
78 >
79 > >
80 > >
81 > > On Tue, 5 Jul 2005, Scott Llewellyn wrote:
82 > >
83 > > > I recently purchsed my own domain and have been meaning to set up my
84 own
85 > > > person email servers. I use zoneedit for my dns, and from what I
86 > understand
87 > > > you can set up mail through them as well.
88 > > >
89 > > > i decided to try to set it up today and i have almost finished, but im
90 > > > having problem with one thing. I followed the Home Email system
91 tutorial
92 > on
93 > > > gentoo-wiki.com and I've managed to get outgoing email working fine.
94 I
95 > can
96 > > > send to any address from user@××××××××.ca and all the headers do seem
97 > > > proper. What I can't do is send back to that email address from other
98 > email
99 > > > address, eg a hotmail account. It doesn't bounce back, it just is
100 never
101 > > > recieved.
102 > > >
103 > > > I can connect to the server over imap and smtp on my internal network
104 as
105 > > > well. I do have a firewall in front and I have not opened any email
106 > ports
107 > > > (25 and imaps), but I tried sending from one internal user to another,
108 > and
109 > > > that didn't work either. As well, there are no logs of blocked
110 requests
111 > on
112 > > > thoes ports.
113 > > >
114 > > > I'm not very experience with this accpect of networking. I've set up
115 web
116 > > > servers before, but never and email server and I don't even know where
117 > to
118 > > > look for problems.
119 > > >
120 > > >
121 > > > If anyone requires any config information please let me know, but I
122 did
123 > > > follow that tutorial very closly.
124 > > >
125 > > >
126 > > > I did not setup fetchmail, but from what I could tell that was only
127 user
128 > for
129 > > > recieving emails from external servers, eg your isps email.
130 > >
131 > > When I did this, I found setting up my mx records very tricky. Can you
132 > > post the output from dig? It might point out suspicious settings.
133 > >
134 > > Michael
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138 > >
139 >
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