Postfix not responding to telnet

[CarbonCopy]

Well, this setup just isn't working for me. As you can see in my title, Postfix does not respond to telnet -l sshadmin localhost 25

One question I have right off the bat is, should my host name be smtp.sabotix.com (My mx record is set to that) or sabotix.com? I've tried both, neither seem to work.

/etc/postfix/main.cf:

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netstat -tulp

[root]/ # netstat -tulp
Active Internet connections (only servers)
Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address               Foreign Address             State       PID/Program name
tcp        0      0 *:mysql                     *:*                         LISTEN      16965/mysqld
tcp        0      0 -.privated:pop3 *:*                         LISTEN      17163/couriertcpd
tcp        0      0 -.privated:imap *:*                         LISTEN      17564/couriertcpd
tcp        0      0 -.privated:http *:*                         LISTEN      15495/httpd
tcp        0      0 *:ftp                       *:*                         LISTEN      32568/proftpd: (acc
tcp        0      0 *:telnet                    *:*                         LISTEN      17462/xinetd
tcp        0      0 *:smtp                      *:*                         LISTEN      17628/master
tcp        0      0 *:ssh                       *:*                         LISTEN      32744/sshd

MySQL mail table export

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It is running

[root]/var/log # ps aux|grep postfix
root     17628  0.0  0.1   6688  1756 ?        Ss   17:47   0:00 /usr/libexec/postfix/master
postfix  17629  0.0  0.1   6800  1740 ?        S    17:47   0:00 qmgr -l -t fifo -u
postfix  17630  0.0  0.1   6744  1600 ?        S    17:47   0:00 pickup -l -t fifo -u
root     17717  0.0  0.0   3912   688 pts/1    R+   17:59   0:00 grep postfix

As you can see, I changed the quota to a big int to have larger quotas

/var/log/maillog and /var/log/debug and /var/log/messages are all empty

/etc/init.d/postfix start stop and reload all work fine

So why won't it respond in telnet (Or anything else)

I've also done everything in http://www.postfix-book.com/debugging.html and everything on my system seems OK, no idea what to do next, there is only so much Google can tell you

[falko]

Which tutorial (URL) are you referring to?
Does

telnet localhost 25

work?

[tebokkel]

I've seen sometimes (can't remember why) that connecting to localhost doesn't work, but from another IP or on the public address it does (or was it the other way around?).
Have you tried without firewalling?

Re hostname: doesn't matter. What matters is that the domain you've set your server as MX for is listed as destination in Postfix. And of course, the host you list as MX should have an IP-adress in DNS listed.

Oh, and BTW, check your SQL-dumps for passwords if you put them online. :-)

Paul

[sidcypher]

I have been setting up a server..and i like to make sure everything works before the next step. I am following the tutorial listed below:

The Perfect Server - Ubuntu Hardy Heron (Ubuntu 8.04 LTS Server)

i do everything to the T, and i can't telnet to localhost...or atleast telneting into it from localhost, domain (beast.gateway.2wire.net) which lets my router resolve i guess. and telnetting from another computer...

they can all connect..but i don't get any msgs back. like the how-to did:

root@server1:/etc/postfix/ssl# telnet localhost 25
Trying 127.0.0.1...
Connected to localhost.localdomain.
Escape character is '^]'.
220 server1.example.com ESMTP Postfix (Ubuntu)
ehlo localhost
250-server1.example.com
250-PIPELINING
250-SIZE 10240000
250-VRFY
250-ETRN
250-STARTTLS
250-AUTH LOGIN PLAIN
250-AUTH=LOGIN PLAIN
250-ENHANCEDSTATUSCODES
250-8BITMIME
250 DSN
quit
221 2.0.0 Bye
Connection closed by foreign host.
root@server1:/etc/postfix/ssl#

is what it SHOULD do, and i checked the post-fix site upon finding this thread..
i have a basic understanding of linux, have used on and off for years, finally committing myself to it, with that said. i don't know what would be useful for me to post, so ask and you shall receive.

[falko]

Any errors in your mail log?

[danieljdoughty]

your netstat -tulp result:

tcp 0 0 *:smtp *:* LISTEN 17628/master


clearly shows that the server is listening to all interfaces for SMTP, that's what *:smtp means.

The first telnet you tried with the -l flag is a syntax that seems odd to me. I would try just "telnet localhost 25" and also a "telnet 127.0.0.1 25" and then copy and paste the results. It would be useful to see if you get a connection refused or a timeout.

Also, many versions of linux now come with forms of security, like selinux on red hat and others have firewalls. So even if the OS thinks it's listening you may have to configure the firewall to let IP traffic get to that listening port.

[sidcypher]

well, i reinstalled and followed the perfect server 9.04 ubuntu..and everything works great..
now i need time to run through setting up postfix to route through my ISP's smtp, since i have dynamic...and figure out how to have server update IP with godaddy....i have no idea on the last one..tho i saw a guide for the 1st one..

falko - thanks for writing the 9.04 how-to. as always ur's works flawlessly and make sense to me..