Mail Setup - Please help

[SJamG]

Hi There,

I am a total newbie at all this, and i think i have managed to install Postfix and Courier, but i cannot seem to get a connection to my pop or imap servers, even telneting to localhost isnt working,

ERR: Temporary Error, please try again later!!


Can anyone help with this, even if someone could spare the time to talk em through what might be wrong i would be really grateful.

Thanks very much

Stuart Grant

[till]

Which of the howtoforge tutorials did you use?

[SJamG]

I used the perfect ubuntu setup 6.0.6

followed it step by step

So my server is :

Ubuntu 6.0.6
Postfix Mail
Courier IMAP/POP

Thanks for your reply

[volksman]

what's the output of 'ps aux' and 'netstat -a' post that here...it will be very helpful...

[SJamG]

Output from ps aux

root@www:~# ps aux
USER PID %CPU %MEM VSZ RSS TTY STAT START TIME COMMAND
root 1 0.0 0.4 2956 1856 ? Ss Nov09 0:00 /sbin/init
root 2 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S Nov09 0:00 [migration/0]
root 3 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? SN Nov09 0:00 [ksoftirqd/0]
root 4 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S Nov09 0:00 [watchdog/0]
root 5 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< Nov09 0:39 [events/0]
root 6 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< Nov09 0:00 [khelper]
root 7 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< Nov09 0:00 [kthread]
root 9 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< Nov09 0:00 [xenwatch]
root 10 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< Nov09 0:00 [xenbus]
root 17 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< Nov09 0:00 [kblockd/0]
root 20 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< Nov09 0:00 [kseriod]
root 66 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S Nov09 0:00 [pdflush]
root 67 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S Nov09 0:00 [pdflush]
root 68 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< Nov09 0:00 [kswapd0]
root 69 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< Nov09 0:00 [aio/0]
root 696 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< Nov09 0:00 [kpsmoused]
root 854 0.0 0.1 2328 644 ? S<s Nov09 0:00 /sbin/udevd --d
root 1963 0.0 0.1 1700 520 tty4 Ss+ Nov09 0:00 /sbin/getty 384
root 1964 0.0 0.1 1704 524 tty5 Ss+ Nov09 0:00 /sbin/getty 384
root 1967 0.0 0.1 1704 524 tty2 Ss+ Nov09 0:00 /sbin/getty 384
root 1968 0.0 0.1 1704 524 tty3 Ss+ Nov09 0:00 /sbin/getty 384
root 1969 0.0 0.3 2784 1204 tty1 Ss Nov09 0:00 /bin/login --
root 1971 0.0 0.1 1700 520 tty6 Ss+ Nov09 0:00 /sbin/getty 384
root 2026 0.0 0.1 1844 540 ? S Nov09 0:00 /bin/dd bs 1 if
klog 2028 0.0 0.1 1700 412 ? Ss Nov09 0:00 /sbin/klogd -P
root 2049 0.0 0.2 5288 1000 ? Ss Nov09 0:04 /usr/sbin/sshd
daemon 2073 0.0 0.1 1972 436 ? Ss Nov09 0:00 /usr/sbin/atd
root 2086 0.0 0.2 2344 908 ? Ss Nov09 0:00 /usr/sbin/cron
root 2111 0.0 0.4 4188 1780 tty1 S+ Nov09 0:00 -bash
proftpd 18723 0.0 0.3 9380 1516 ? Ss Nov16 0:00 proftpd: (accep
ntp 18862 0.0 0.3 4116 1236 ? Ss Nov16 0:00 /usr/sbin/ntpd
root 23926 73.6 0.1 1764 548 ? R Nov17 7168:26 /bin/sh /usr/b
root 25448 0.0 0.1 7464 756 ? Ss Nov18 0:00 /usr/sbin/sasla
root 25449 0.0 0.1 7464 484 ? S Nov18 0:00 /usr/sbin/sasla
root 25450 0.0 0.0 7464 368 ? S Nov18 0:00 /usr/sbin/sasla
root 25451 0.0 0.0 7464 368 ? S Nov18 0:00 /usr/sbin/sasla
root 25452 0.0 0.0 7464 368 ? S Nov18 0:00 /usr/sbin/sasla
syslog 29864 0.0 0.1 1920 724 ? Ss Nov19 0:01 /sbin/syslogd -
bind 29885 0.0 2.2 36856 8904 ? Ssl Nov19 0:00 /usr/sbin/named
root 23384 0.0 0.3 3876 1388 ? S Nov19 0:00 /bin/sh /usr/bi
mysql 23421 0.0 5.1 128844 20076 ? Sl Nov19 0:17 /usr/sbin/mysql
root 23422 0.0 0.1 2900 696 ? S Nov19 0:00 logger -p daemo
list 22663 0.0 1.2 9792 4984 ? Ss Nov20 0:00 /usr/bin/python
list 22666 0.0 1.6 9372 6412 ? S Nov20 0:00 /usr/bin/python
list 22667 0.0 1.6 9492 6412 ? S Nov20 0:00 /usr/bin/python
list 22668 0.0 1.6 9492 6404 ? S Nov20 0:00 /usr/bin/python
list 22669 0.0 1.6 9500 6412 ? S Nov20 0:00 /usr/bin/python
list 22670 0.0 1.6 9492 6444 ? S Nov20 0:00 /usr/bin/python
list 22671 0.0 1.7 9804 6784 ? S Nov20 0:00 /usr/bin/python
list 22673 0.0 1.6 9500 6592 ? S Nov20 0:00 /usr/bin/python
list 22674 0.0 1.6 9500 6408 ? S Nov20 0:00 /usr/bin/python
root 2232 0.0 3.8 42284 15056 ? Ss Nov23 0:00 /usr/sbin/apach
www-data 4439 0.0 5.2 49520 20804 ? S Nov23 0:05 /usr/sbin/apach
www-data 4441 0.0 5.1 49268 20420 ? S Nov23 0:04 /usr/sbin/apach
www-data 4443 0.0 4.8 49056 18904 ? S Nov23 0:03 /usr/sbin/apach
www-data 8162 0.0 5.2 49504 20636 ? S Nov23 0:03 /usr/sbin/apach
www-data 8163 0.0 5.2 49240 20620 ? S Nov23 0:03 /usr/sbin/apach
www-data 8164 0.0 4.0 46284 15908 ? S Nov23 0:03 /usr/sbin/apach
www-data 8166 0.0 5.1 49224 20140 ? S Nov23 0:03 /usr/sbin/apach
root 8547 0.0 0.1 1876 440 ? S Nov23 0:00 /usr/sbin/couri
root 8548 0.0 0.2 4396 1080 ? S Nov23 0:00 /usr/lib/courie
root 8549 0.0 0.3 4440 1292 ? S Nov23 0:00 /usr/lib/courie
root 8552 0.0 0.0 4396 376 ? S Nov23 0:00 /usr/lib/courie
root 8553 0.0 0.0 4396 376 ? S Nov23 0:00 /usr/lib/courie
root 8554 0.0 0.3 4440 1292 ? S Nov23 0:00 /usr/lib/courie
root 8555 0.0 0.3 4440 1292 ? S Nov23 0:00 /usr/lib/courie
root 8622 0.0 0.0 1872 356 ? S Nov23 0:00 /usr/sbin/couri
root 8623 0.0 0.1 1976 592 ? S Nov23 0:00 /usr/sbin/couri
root 8653 0.0 0.1 1980 556 ? S Nov23 0:00 /usr/sbin/couri
root 8657 0.0 0.1 1876 528 ? S Nov23 0:00 /usr/sbin/couri
postgrey 8901 0.0 2.0 12072 7960 ? Ss Nov23 0:00 /usr/sbin/postg
root 9033 0.0 0.0 1876 360 ? S Nov23 0:00 /usr/sbin/couri
root 9034 0.0 0.1 1976 596 ? S Nov23 0:00 /usr/sbin/couri
root 9537 0.0 0.4 5336 1692 ? Ss Nov23 0:00 /usr/lib/postfi
postfix 9538 0.0 0.4 5376 1644 ? S Nov23 0:00 qmgr -l -t fifo
www-data 13626 0.0 4.2 47728 16688 ? S 05:09 0:01 /usr/sbin/apach
www-data 14825 0.0 4.3 48492 17268 ? S 11:42 0:00 /usr/sbin/apach
www-data 14850 0.0 3.9 46944 15496 ? S 11:51 0:00 /usr/sbin/apach
postfix 15313 0.0 0.4 5344 1636 ? S 14:08 0:00 pickup -l -t fi
root 15342 0.1 0.6 8044 2456 ? Ss 14:14 0:00 sshd: root@pts/
root 15344 0.1 0.4 4236 1832 pts/0 Ss 14:15 0:00 -bash
root 15359 0.0 0.2 2628 1012 pts/0 R+ 14:15 0:00 ps aux


Hope this helps the other output will follow

Stuart

[SJamG]

Here is the output from Netstat -a

Active Internet connections (servers and established)
Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address Foreign Address State
tcp 0 0 localhost:60000 *:* LISTEN
tcp 0 0 localhost:mysql *:* LISTEN
tcp 0 0 *:www *:* LISTEN
tcp 0 0 www.accommodate-:domain *:* LISTEN
tcp 0 0 www.accommodate-:domain *:* LISTEN
tcp 0 0 localhost:domain *:* LISTEN
tcp 0 0 *:ftp *:* LISTEN
tcp 0 0 *:smtp *:* LISTEN
tcp 0 0 localhost:953 *:* LISTEN
tcp 0 0 *:https *:* LISTEN
tcp 7 0 www.accommodate-ed:smtp smtpoutm.mac.com:53000 CLOSE_WAIT
tcp 1 0 www.accommodate-ed:smtp smtpoutm.mac.com:64072 CLOSE_WAIT
tcp 1 0 www.accommodate-ed:smtp smtpoutm.mac.com:62602 CLOSE_WAIT
tcp 7 0 www.accommodate-ed:smtp smtpoutm.mac.com:52778 CLOSE_WAIT
tcp 0 0 www.accommodate-edi:www rrcs-71-43-140-19:33225 TIME_WAIT
tcp 7 0 www.accommodate-ed:smtp smtpoutm.mac.com:61454 CLOSE_WAIT
tcp 7 0 www.accommodate-ed:smtp smtpoutm.mac.com:64673 CLOSE_WAIT
tcp 7 0 www.accommodate-ed:smtp smtpoutm.mac.com:63777 CLOSE_WAIT
tcp 7 0 www.accommodate-ed:smtp smtpoutm.mac.com:61505 CLOSE_WAIT
tcp 7 0 www.accommodate-ed:smtp smtpoutm.mac.com:57888 CLOSE_WAIT
tcp 7 0 www.accommodate-ed:smtp smtpoutm.mac.com:56261 CLOSE_WAIT
tcp 1 0 www.accommodate-ed:smtp smtpoutm.mac.com:56933 CLOSE_WAIT
tcp 1 0 www.accommodate-ed:smtp smtpoutm.mac.com:53892 CLOSE_WAIT
tcp 1 0 www.accommodate-ed:smtp smtpoutm.mac.com:54052 CLOSE_WAIT
tcp 7 0 www.accommodate-ed:smtp smtpoutm.mac.com:51748 CLOSE_WAIT
tcp 7 0 www.accommodate-ed:smtp smtpoutm.mac.com:63143 CLOSE_WAIT
tcp 7 0 www.accommodate-ed:smtp smtpoutm.mac.com:63655 CLOSE_WAIT
tcp 1 0 www.accommodate-ed:smtp smtpoutm.mac.com:61511 CLOSE_WAIT
tcp 1 0 www.accommodate-ed:smtp smtpoutm.mac.com:53318 CLOSE_WAIT
tcp 1 0 www.accommodate-ed:smtp smtpoutm.mac.com:58214 CLOSE_WAIT
tcp 7 0 www.accommodate-ed:smtp smtpoutm.mac.com:61817 CLOSE_WAIT
tcp 7 0 www.accommodate-ed:smtp smtpoutm.mac.com:52152 CLOSE_WAIT
tcp 1 0 www.accommodate-ed:smtp smtpoutm.mac.com:62139 CLOSE_WAIT
tcp 7 0 www.accommodate-ed:smtp smtpoutm.mac.com:64989 CLOSE_WAIT
tcp 1 0 www.accommodate-ed:smtp smtpoutm.mac.com:54620 CLOSE_WAIT
tcp 1 0 www.accommodate-ed:smtp smtpoutm.mac.com:54078 CLOSE_WAIT
tcp 7 0 www.accommodate-ed:smtp smtpoutm.mac.com:53136 CLOSE_WAIT
tcp 7 0 www.accommodate-ed:smtp smtpoutm.mac.com:58867 CLOSE_WAIT
tcp 7 0 www.accommodate-ed:smtp smtpoutm.mac.com:51411 CLOSE_WAIT
tcp 7 0 www.accommodate-ed:smtp smtpoutm.mac.com:51860 CLOSE_WAIT
tcp 0 0 www.accommodate-edi:www rrcs-71-43-140-19:33073 FIN_WAIT2
tcp 7 0 www.accommodate-ed:smtp smtpoutm.mac.com:62580 CLOSE_WAIT
tcp 7 0 www.accommodate-ed:smtp smtpoutm.mac.com:54487 CLOSE_WAIT
tcp 1 0 www.accommodate-ed:smtp smtpoutm.mac.com:59159 CLOSE_WAIT
tcp 7 0 www.accommodate-ed:smtp smtpoutm.mac.com:49558 CLOSE_WAIT
tcp6 0 0 *:imaps *:* LISTEN
tcp6 0 0 *:pop3 *:* LISTEN
tcp6 0 0 *:imap2 *:* LISTEN
tcp6 0 0 *:domain *:* LISTEN
tcp6 0 0 *:ssh *:* LISTEN
tcp6 0 0 *:smtp *:* LISTEN
tcp6 0 0 ip6-localhost:953 *:* LISTEN
tcp6 0 6072 www.accommodate-edi:ssh 88-106-118-232.dyn:1283 ESTABLISHED
udp 0 0 www.accommodate-:domain *:*
udp 0 0 www.accommodate-:domain *:*
udp 0 0 localhost:domain *:*
udp 0 0 *:33396 *:*
udp 0 0 www.accommodate-edi:ntp *:*
udp 0 0 www.accommodate-edi:ntp *:*
udp 0 0 localhost:ntp *:*
udp 0 0 *:ntp *:*
udp6 0 0 *:domain *:*
udp6 0 0 *:33397 *:*
udp6 0 0 fe80::216:3eff:fe00:ntp *:*
udp6 0 0 ip6-localhost:ntp *:*
udp6 0 0 *:ntp *:*
Active UNIX domain sockets (servers and established)
Proto RefCnt Flags Type State I-Node Path
unix 2 [ ] DGRAM 855 @/com/ubuntu/upstart
unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 814668 public/cleanup
unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 814675 private/tlsmgr
unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 159317 /var/run/proftpd/proftpd.sock
unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 814679 private/rewrite
unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 814683 private/bounce
unix 2 [ ] DGRAM 1087 @/org/kernel/udev/udevd
unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 814687 private/defer
unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 814691 private/trace
unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 814695 private/verify
unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 814699 public/flush
unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 814703 private/proxymap
unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 814707 private/smtp
unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 814711 private/relay
unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 814715 public/showq
unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 814719 private/error
unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 814723 private/retry
unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 814727 private/discard
unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 814731 private/local
unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 814735 private/virtual
unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 814739 private/lmtp
unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 814743 private/anvil
unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 814747 private/scache
unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 814751 private/maildrop
unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 814755 private/uucp
unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 814759 private/ifmail
unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 814763 private/bsmtp
unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 814767 private/scalemail-backend
unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 814771 private/mailman
unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 221390

Hope this help you diagnose what may be the problem - really appreciate the help!

Stuart

[falko]

Are there any errors in your mail log?

[SJamG]

Hi,

Thanks for your post, how do i Open the mail log?

I will post it, if it helps. Another thing, I dont even know if i have a user created, i have read about maildir, should i look into this?

Thanks

Stuart

[SJamG]

Not sure if this is the right log file :


root@www:/# cd var
root@www:/var# cd log
root@www:/var/log# vi mail.log
Nov 25 06:25:37 www postfix/cleanup[19818]: fatal: dict_open: unsupported dictionary type: mysql: Is the postfix-mysql package installed?
Nov 25 06:25:37 www postfix/smtpd[19817]: fatal: dict_open: unsupported dictionary type: mysql: Is the postfix-mysql package installed?
Nov 25 06:25:38 www postfix/master[9537]: warning: process /usr/lib/postfix/cleanup pid 19818 exit status 1
Nov 25 06:25:38 www postfix/master[9537]: warning: /usr/lib/postfix/cleanup: bad command startup -- throttling
Nov 25 06:25:38 www postfix/master[9537]: warning: process /usr/lib/postfix/smtpd pid 19817 exit status 1
Nov 25 06:25:38 www postfix/master[9537]: warning: /usr/lib/postfix/smtpd: bad command startup -- throttling
Nov 25 06:26:38 www postfix/cleanup[19821]: fatal: dict_open: unsupported dictionary type: mysql: Is the postfix-mysql package installed?
Nov 25 06:26:38 www postfix/smtpd[19820]: fatal: dict_open: unsupported dictionary type: mysql: Is the postfix-mysql package installed?
Nov 25 06:26:39 www postfix/master[9537]: warning: process /usr/lib/postfix/cleanup pid 19821 exit status 1
Nov 25 06:26:39 www postfix/master[9537]: warning: /usr/lib/postfix/cleanup: bad command startup -- throttling
Nov 25 06:26:39 www postfix/master[9537]: warning: process /usr/lib/postfix/smtpd pid 19820 exit status 1
@
"mail.log" 65808 lines, 6500272 characters

Hope it helps.

Stuart

[falko]

Did you install the postfix-mysql package? Which tutorial exactly (URL) did you follow? Because in the "Perfect Setup", there's no postfix-mysql package. Did you maybe follow one of the "Virtual Users And domains With Postfix...) tutorials?