Can't send or receive email!

[sergio.morales]

Hey folks! Total newbie here. I installed ISPconfig as per the instructions in the Fedora9 Perfect server and all is well. However, I can't seem to send or receive email from the new client I made. Can someone help a newbie here and tell me where I should start looking?

Pleas help!!

sERGE

[Hans]

Did you enable the Maildir format within ISPConfig under Management > Server > settings > Email?

Please have a look within your mail logfile /var/log/mail.log.
Use the command tail -f mail.log to follow what's happening. CTRL+C to quit.

[sergio.morales]

Well, I can now send email, but receiving is still a no-go. I have indeed enabled the Maildir in ISPconfig ( I had it enabled already, but I disabled it and reenabled 5 minutes later). I don't really know what to look for in my maillog, so I'll include a snippit to see if anyone can see what it is I'm doing wrong . . .

Jun 29 18:30:01 email-beststylesusa sendmail[9432]: m5TMU1Au009432: from=root, size=173, class=0, nrcpts=1, msgid=<200806292230.m5TMU1Au009432@email-beststylesusa.com>, relay=root@localhost
Jun 29 18:30:01 email-beststylesusa postfix/smtpd[9433]: connect from localhost.localdomain[127.0.0.1]
Jun 29 18:30:01 email-beststylesusa postfix/smtpd[9433]: setting up TLS connection from localhost.localdomain[127.0.0.1]
Jun 29 18:30:01 email-beststylesusa sendmail[9432]: STARTTLS=client, relay=[127.0.0.1], version=TLSv1/SSLv3, verify=FAIL, cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA, bits=256/256
Jun 29 18:30:01 email-beststylesusa postfix/smtpd[9433]: Anonymous TLS connection established from localhost.localdomain[127.0.0.1]: TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)
Jun 29 18:30:01 email-beststylesusa postfix/smtpd[9433]: 431A03CA2CD: client=localhost.localdomain[127.0.0.1], sasl_sender=root@email-beststylesusa.com
Jun 29 18:30:01 email-beststylesusa postfix/cleanup[9436]: 431A03CA2CD: message-id=<200806292230.m5TMU1Au009432@email-beststylesusa.com>
Jun 29 18:30:01 email-beststylesusa postfix/qmgr[26035]: 431A03CA2CD: from=<root@email-beststylesusa.com>, size=797, nrcpt=1 (queue active)
Jun 29 18:30:01 email-beststylesusa sendmail[9432]: m5TMU1Au009432: to=root@localhost, ctladdr=root (0/0), delay=00:00:00, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=relay, pri=30173, relay=[127.0.0.1] [127.0.0.1], dsn=2.0.0, stat=Sent (Ok: queued as 431A03CA2CD)
Jun 29 18:30:01 email-beststylesusa postfix/smtpd[9433]: disconnect from localhost.localdomain[127.0.0.1]
Jun 29 18:30:01 email-beststylesusa postfix/local[9437]: 431A03CA2CD: to=<root@email-beststylesusa.com>, relay=local, delay=0.07, delays=0.05/0.01/0/0.01, dsn=2.0.0, status=sent (delivered to maildir)
Jun 29 18:30:01 email-beststylesusa postfix/qmgr[26035]: 431A03CA2CD: removed
Jun 29 19:00:01 email-beststylesusa sendmail[9806]: m5TN01qf009806: from=root, size=173, class=0, nrcpts=1, msgid=<200806292300.m5TN01qf009806@email-beststylesusa.com>, relay=root@localhost
Jun 29 19:00:01 email-beststylesusa postfix/smtpd[9807]: connect from localhost.localdomain[127.0.0.1]
Jun 29 19:00:01 email-beststylesusa postfix/smtpd[9807]: setting up TLS connection from localhost.localdomain[127.0.0.1]
Jun 29 19:00:01 email-beststylesusa postfix/smtpd[9807]: Anonymous TLS connection established from localhost.localdomain[127.0.0.1]: TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)
Jun 29 19:00:01 email-beststylesusa sendmail[9806]: STARTTLS=client, relay=[127.0.0.1], version=TLSv1/SSLv3, verify=FAIL, cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA, bits=256/256
Jun 29 19:00:01 email-beststylesusa postfix/smtpd[9807]: 6A4083CA2CD: client=localhost.localdomain[127.0.0.1], sasl_sender=root@email-beststylesusa.com
Jun 29 19:00:01 email-beststylesusa postfix/cleanup[9810]: 6A4083CA2CD: message-id=<200806292300.m5TN01qf009806@email-beststylesusa.com>
Jun 29 19:00:01 email-beststylesusa postfix/qmgr[26035]: 6A4083CA2CD: from=<root@email-beststylesusa.com>, size=797, nrcpt=1 (queue active)
Jun 29 19:00:01 email-beststylesusa sendmail[9806]: m5TN01qf009806: to=root@localhost, ctladdr=root (0/0), delay=00:00:00, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=relay, pri=30173, relay=[127.0.0.1] [127.0.0.1], dsn=2.0.0, stat=Sent (Ok: queued as 6A4083CA2CD)
Jun 29 19:00:01 email-beststylesusa postfix/local[9811]: 6A4083CA2CD: to=<root@email-beststylesusa.com>, relay=local, delay=0.08, delays=0.05/0.01/0/0.02, dsn=2.0.0, status=sent (delivered to maildir)
Jun 29 19:00:01 email-beststylesusa postfix/qmgr[26035]: 6A4083CA2CD: removed
Jun 29 19:00:01 email-beststylesusa postfix/smtpd[9807]: disconnect from localhost.localdomain[127.0.0.1]
[root@email-beststylesusa log]# vi maillog

[falko]

Please make sure that the MX record of your domain is pointint to the right server. You can check that with

dig mx yourdomain.com

[sergio.morales]

This is the response to the dig mx mydomain.com: ; <<>> DiG 9.5.0rc1

Now here's the problem: I was looking at my /etc/hosts and I saw 2 things that seemed odd. First, the localhost entry had localhost twice, so I deleted one of the instances, and I deleted my alias for email-beststylesusa.com (which was just plain email-beststylesusa) and I rebooted. I can't seem to get to the web GUI for ISPconfig, despite the fact that it says it's running! Email is shot too because I can't send or receive. SO, how badly did I just shoot myself in the foot? Is this recoverable? I set the entries back to their original state, but it still wont work!!

HELP!

sERGE
<<>> mx email-beststylesusa.com
;; global options: printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 6317
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 3, AUTHORITY: 3, ADDITIONAL: 3

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;email-beststylesusa.com. IN MX

;; ANSWER SECTION:
email-beststylesusa.com. 21600 IN MX 10 68.167.129.3.email-beststylesusa.com.
email-beststylesusa.com. 21600 IN MX 100 68.167.129.3.email-beststylesusa.com.
email-beststylesusa.com. 21600 IN MX 110 68.167.129.3.email-beststylesusa.com.

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
email-beststylesusa.com. 21600 IN NS ns2.meganameservers.com.
email-beststylesusa.com. 21600 IN NS ns3.meganameservers.com.
email-beststylesusa.com. 21600 IN NS ns1.meganameservers.com.

;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
ns1.meganameservers.com. 3971 IN A 216.251.32.100
ns2.meganameservers.com. 17654 IN A 216.251.32.101
ns3.meganameservers.com. 17499 IN A 64.29.144.65

;; Query time: 44 msec
;; SERVER: 64.105.124.154#53(64.105.124.154)
;; WHEN: Mon Jun 30 21:49:07 2008
;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 220

[till]

One thing first, MX records are not stored in /etc/hosts. They are set in the config files of the BIND name server.

Please post the output of:

netstat -tap

and:

iptables -L

[falko]

Originally Posted by sergio.morales

email-beststylesusa.com. 21600 IN MX 10 68.167.129.3.email-beststylesusa.com.

IS this the correct mail server? Does 68.167.129.3.email-beststylesusa.com point to your server?

Does it work when you switch off the firewall?