Postfix - Can't send or receive email

[Blaasbalg]

Hi,

My postfix server doesn't work properly.
I can't receive nor send email.

Because I'm new with email servers, I don't really know where to begin searching for the problem.
To setup the postfix server, I followed the The Perfect Server - Fedora 10 tutorial.

Where to begin?

Kind Regards,
Thomas

[topdog]

begin by looking for errors in /var/log/maillog

[Blaasbalg]

I see a lot of connection time-outs in the log file.
It also tries to send the email with an invalid address: admispconfig@server1.domain.net

Strange... I did not send the email with that address... it doesn't even exist.

[topdog]

Unless you post the error messages here i can not help.

[Blaasbalg]

Ok, here it is:

May 11 21:17:00 server1 freshclam[2438]: --------------------------------------
May 11 21:25:08 server1 postfix/postfix-script[3916]: stopping the Postfix mail system
May 11 21:25:08 server1 postfix/master[2396]: terminating on signal 15
May 11 21:25:10 server1 postfix/postfix-script[3974]: starting the Postfix mail system
May 11 21:25:10 server1 postfix/master[3975]: daemon started -- version 2.5.6, configuration /etc/postfix
May 11 22:15:10 server1 postfix/qmgr[3992]: 6F3EC8A6249: from=<admispconfig@server1.censored.net>, size=810, nrcpt=1 (queue active)
May 11 22:15:10 server1 postfix/qmgr[3992]: 1FE8A8A624F: from=<admispconfig@server1.censored.net>, size=815, nrcpt=1 (queue active)
May 11 22:15:41 server1 postfix/smtp[5128]: connect to mx2.hotmail.com[65.55.92.152]:25: Connection timed out
May 11 22:15:41 server1 postfix/smtp[5130]: connect to mx3.hotmail.com[65.55.37.104]:25: Connection timed out
May 11 22:16:11 server1 postfix/smtp[5128]: connect to mx2.hotmail.com[65.55.37.88]:25: Connection timed out
May 11 22:16:11 server1 postfix/smtp[5130]: connect to mx4.hotmail.com[65.55.37.104]:25: Connection timed out
May 11 22:16:41 server1 postfix/smtp[5128]: connect to mx3.hotmail.com[65.55.37.104]:25: Connection timed out
May 11 22:16:41 server1 postfix/smtp[5130]: connect to mx1.hotmail.com[65.54.244.136]:25: Connection timed out
May 11 22:17:11 server1 postfix/smtp[5128]: connect to mx2.hotmail.com[65.54.244.168]:25: Connection timed out
May 11 22:17:11 server1 postfix/smtp[5130]: connect to mx1.hotmail.com[65.55.92.136]:25: Connection timed out
May 11 22:17:41 server1 postfix/smtp[5128]: connect to mx4.hotmail.com[65.55.37.104]:25: Connection timed out
May 11 22:17:41 server1 postfix/smtp[5130]: connect to mx3.hotmail.com[65.54.244.72]:25: Connection timed out
May 11 22:17:41 server1 postfix/smtp[5128]: 6F3EC8A6249: to=<censored@live.nl>, relay=none, delay=148261, delays=148110/0.22/150/0, dsn=4.4.1, status=deferred (connect to mx4.hotmail.com[65.55.37.104]:25: Connection timed out)
May 11 22:17:41 server1 postfix/smtp[5130]: 1FE8A8A624F: to=<censored@live.nl>, relay=none, delay=148107, delays=147957/0.17/150/0, dsn=4.4.1, status=deferred (connect to mx3.hotmail.com[65.54.244.72]:25: Connection timed out)
May 11 22:17:54 server1 dovecot: pop3-login: Disconnected (no auth attempts): rip=127.0.0.1, lip=127.0.0.1, secured
May 11 22:17:54 server1 postfix/smtpd[5218]: connect from localhost.localdomain[127.0.0.1]
May 11 22:17:54 server1 postfix/smtpd[5218]: lost connection after CONNECT from localhost.localdomain[127.0.0.1]
May 11 22:17:54 server1 postfix/smtpd[5218]: disconnect from localhost.localdomain[127.0.0.1]
May 11 22:18:14 server1 postfix/smtpd[5218]: table hash:/etc/postfix/virtusertable(0,lock|fold_fix) has changed -- restarting
May 11 22:18:14 server1 dovecot: pop3-login: Disconnected (no auth attempts): rip=127.0.0.1, lip=127.0.0.1, secured
May 11 22:18:14 server1 postfix/smtpd[5444]: connect from localhost.localdomain[127.0.0.1]
May 11 22:18:14 server1 postfix/smtpd[5444]: lost connection after CONNECT from localhost.localdomain[127.0.0.1]
May 11 22:18:14 server1 postfix/smtpd[5444]: disconnect from localhost.localdomain[127.0.0.1]

[topdog]

That indicates that your service provider is blocking port 25 connections outbound from you. I am guessing they will only allow you to relay mail through then, which means you need to find out what their relay servers are and use them as smarthosts.

[Blaasbalg]

Unfortunately the service provider doesn't have a relay server.
They do have a smtp server however, but that's not the same I guess?

Although I tried using it, and sending email via my own mail server works fine then, but receiving email still doesn't work.

[topdog]

It is the same thing, for receiving have you created MX records to point to your server ? You also need to check that they are not blocking port 25 inbound.

[Blaasbalg]

As far as I know they don't block port 25.

My current DNS records are:
MX smtp.provider.nl (Priority 10)
MX mail.myowndomain.net (Priority 20)

[mikelangelo11]

you should have a line similar to this:10024 is the default port that amavisd-new listens on,
content_filter = amavis:[127.0.0.1]:10024
in the output of
postconf -n