connection refused

[barrysul]

Hi,
I need help, my postfix server keeps getting connection refused error.
I used the how-to at 'http://www.howtoforge.com/book/print/18]' to set-up my server. my (main & master).cf as well as an excerpt from my mail.log are available as an attachment.

Can anyone tell me what the problem is??
I f more info is needed pleas let me know what and I will provide it.

thanks

barry
barrysul@gmail.com

[falko]

Are there any errors in your mail log? Please post them here directly, not as an attachment.

[barrysul]

here are the errors:
May 8 23:17:46 apollo postfix/qmgr[19631]: DD6EEC0097: from=<v_ryurikov@bk.ru>, size=9708, nrcpt=1 (queue active)
May 8 23:17:46 apollo postfix/qmgr[19631]: 1CE8FC00B7: from=<arw@u2club.com>, size=4321, nrcpt=1 (queue active)
May 8 23:17:46 apollo postfix/qmgr[19631]: 105C4C0094: from=<StanlyEspinoza@micro-purging.com>, size=13134, nrcpt=1 (queue active)
May 8 23:17:46 apollo postfix/qmgr[19631]: 43840C009B: from=<warp@ggs.s.shuttle.de>, size=2314, nrcpt=1 (queue active)
May 8 23:17:46 apollo postfix/smtp[20451]: connect to mail.barrysul.com[72.70.232.105]: Connection refused (port 25)
May 8 23:17:46 apollo postfix/smtp[20452]: connect to mail.barrysul.com[72.70.232.105]: Connection refused (port 25)
May 8 23:17:46 apollo postfix/smtp[20453]: connect to mail.barrysul.com[72.70.232.105]: Connection refused (port 25)
May 8 23:17:46 apollo postfix/smtp[20456]: connect to mail.barrysul.com[72.70.232.105]: Connection refused (port 25)
May 8 23:17:46 apollo postfix/smtp[20454]: connect to mail.barrysul.com[72.70.232.105]: Connection refused (port 25)
May 8 23:17:46 apollo postfix/smtp[20456]: 0C213C00A5: to=<barry@barrysul.com>, relay=none, delay=322934, status=deferred (connect to mail.barrysul.com[72.70.232.105]: Connection refused)
May 8 23:17:46 apollo postfix/smtp[20451]: B8B7FC00BB: to=<barry@barrysul.com>, relay=none, delay=164139, status=deferred (connect to mail.barrysul.com[72.70.232.105]: Connection refused)

Originally Posted by barrysul

Hi,
I need help, my postfix server keeps getting connection refused error.
I used the how-to at 'http://www.howtoforge.com/book/print/18]' to set-up my server. my (main & master).cf as well as an excerpt from my mail.log are available as an attachment.

Can anyone tell me what the problem is??
I f more info is needed pleas let me know what and I will provide it.

thanks

barry
barrysul@gmail.com

[falko]

It's working for me:

telnet mail.barrysul.com 25
Trying 72.70.232.105...
Connected to pool-72-70-232-105.spfdma.east.verizon.net.
Escape character is '^]'.
220 mail.barrysul.com ESMTP Postfix (Ubuntu)
ehlo localhost
250-mail.barrysul.com
250-PIPELINING
250-SIZE 10240000
250-VRFY
250-ETRN
250-STARTTLS
250-AUTH LOGIN PLAIN
250-AUTH=LOGIN PLAIN
250 8BITMIME
quit
221 Bye
Connection closed by foreign host.

Is your server in a local network, behind a router?

[barrysul]

Originally Posted by falko

It's working for me:

telnet mail.barrysul.com 25
Trying 72.70.232.105...
Connected to pool-72-70-232-105.spfdma.east.verizon.net.
Escape character is '^]'.
220 mail.barrysul.com ESMTP Postfix (Ubuntu)
ehlo localhost
250-mail.barrysul.com
250-PIPELINING
250-SIZE 10240000
250-VRFY
250-ETRN
250-STARTTLS
250-AUTH LOGIN PLAIN
250-AUTH=LOGIN PLAIN
250 8BITMIME
quit
221 Bye
Connection closed by foreign host.

Is your server in a local network, behind a router?

the mail server is in a dmz off the router. This is what my network looks like,
apparently connections are ok from outside, but not from inside.
can you suggest a solution??

internet
|
|
router
/ | \
/ | \
wi-fi | DMZ
|
localnet

[falko]

What's the output of

telnet mail.barrysul.com 25

from within your network?