Re: [gentoo-user] Home mail server problems.

[Scott Llewellyn]

I plan on calling them. Unfortantly there is no one there at 4 am!  I was
just curious it port 25 being closed would be the reason I couldn't recieve
email in the first place.

Scott
----- Original Message -----
From: "W.Kenworthy" <billk@×××××××××.au>
To: <gentoo-user@l.g.o>
Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2005 2:23 AM
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Home mail server problems.


> email them and ask :)
>
> My ISP has a web page (toolbox) that allows port blocking to be turned
> off or on - defaults to on to protect new accounts, but allows users to
> turn it off (25, 80, 139 & 445 - only all on or off unfortunately) as
> needed.
>
> BillK
>
>
> On Wed, 2005-07-06 at 02:07 -0300, Scott Llewellyn wrote:
> > I believe that my ISP has port 25 closed. I have it opened externally in
my
> > firewall and it is still showing as being closed to the internet.  Could
> > this have an effect on recieving mail? and if so, how should I fix that?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Scott Llewellyn
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Scott Llewellyn" <mirv@××××××××××××.ca>
> > To: <gentoo-user@l.g.o>
> > Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2005 9:51 PM
> > Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Home mail server problems.
> >
> >
> > > alright, this is what I got form   dig www.xploited.ca MX
> > >
> > >
> > > ; <<>> DiG 9.2.3 <<>> www.xploited.ca MX
> > > ;; global options:  printcmd
> > > ;; Got answer:
> > > ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 41
> > > ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 0
> > >
> > > ;; QUESTION SECTION:
> > > ;www.xploited.ca.  IN MX
> > >
> > > ;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
> > > xploited.ca.  7171 IN SOA ns16.zoneedit.com. soacontact.zoneedit.com.
> > > 1109230065 14400 7200 950400 7200
> > >
> > > ;; Query time: 62 msec
> > > ;; SERVER: 192.168.1.1#53(192.168.1.1)
> > > ;; WHEN: Tue Jul 05 21:48:32 2005
> > > ;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 97
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > and here it is just  dig www.xploited.ca
> > >
> > >
> > > ; <<>> DiG 9.2.3 <<>> www.xploited.ca
> > > ;; global options:  printcmd
> > > ;; Got answer:
> > > ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 41
> > > ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 2, ADDITIONAL: 1
> > >
> > > ;; QUESTION SECTION:
> > > ;www.xploited.ca.  IN A
> > >
> > > ;; ANSWER SECTION:
> > > www.xploited.ca. 300 IN A 142.177.224.149
> > >
> > > ;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
> > > xploited.ca.  3701 IN NS ns13.zoneedit.com.
> > > xploited.ca.  3701 IN NS ns16.zoneedit.com.
> > >
> > > ;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
> > > ns16.zoneedit.com. 649 IN A 216.110.187.226
> > >
> > > ;; Query time: 140 msec
> > > ;; SERVER: 192.168.1.1#53(192.168.1.1)
> > > ;; WHEN: Tue Jul 05 21:49:54 2005
> > > ;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 115
> > >
> > >
> > > Let me know what you think!!
> > >
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > >
> > > Scott
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: <michael@×××××××××××××.com>
> > > To: <gentoo-user@l.g.o>
> > > Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2005 9:23 PM
> > > Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Home mail server problems.
> > >
> > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On Tue, 5 Jul 2005, Scott Llewellyn wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > I recently purchsed my own domain and have been meaning to set up
my
> > own
> > > > > person email servers.  I use zoneedit for my dns, and from what I
> > > understand
> > > > > you can set up mail through them as well.
> > > > >
> > > > > i decided to try to set it up today and i have almost finished,
but im
> > > > > having problem with one thing. I followed the Home Email system
> > tutorial
> > > on
> > > > > gentoo-wiki.com and I've managed to get outgoing email working
fine.
> > I
> > > can
> > > > > send to  any address from user@××××××××.ca and all the headers do
seem
> > > > > proper. What I can't do is send back to that email address from
other
> > > email
> > > > > address, eg a hotmail account.  It doesn't bounce back, it just is
> > never
> > > > > recieved.
> > > > >
> > > > > I can connect to the server over imap and smtp on my internal
network
> > as
> > > > > well.   I do have a firewall in front and I have not opened any
email
> > > ports
> > > > > (25 and imaps), but I tried sending from one internal user to
another,
> > > and
> > > > > that didn't work either.  As well, there are no logs of blocked
> > requests
> > > on
> > > > > thoes ports.
> > > > >
> > > > > I'm not very experience with this accpect of networking. I've set
up
> > web
> > > > > servers before, but never and email server and I don't even know
where
> > > to
> > > > > look for problems.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > If anyone requires any config information please let me know, but
I
> > did
> > > > > follow that tutorial very closly.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > I did not setup fetchmail, but from what I could tell that was
only
> > user
> > > for
> > > > > recieving emails from external servers, eg your isps email.
> > > >
> > > > When I did this, I found setting up my mx records very tricky. Can
you
> > > > post the output from dig? It might point out suspicious settings.
> > > >
> > > > Michael
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