RE: Postfix

what do these two commands show from your mail server?
traceroute -p 25 hotmail.com
traceroute -p 26 hotmail.com
granted smtp uses tcp/25 but this sometimes gives a clue

-----Original Message-----
From: aklug-bounce@aklug.org [mailto:aklug-bounce@aklug.org]On Behalf Of
Jenkinson, John P (SAIC)
Sent: Sunday, June 04, 2006 7:39 PM
To: Brian ThunderEagle; aklug@aklug.org
Subject: RE: Postfix

who's your ISP?
some do block port 25 except to and or from their mail servers
if so you setup a smart relay to the ISP's mail server(s)

-----Original Message-----
From: aklug-bounce@aklug.org [mailto:aklug-bounce@aklug.org]On Behalf Of
Brian ThunderEagle
Sent: Sunday, June 04, 2006 7:18 PM
To: aklug@aklug.org
Subject: RE: Postfix

Well, mail from my desktop to my server within my network seems to work.

However I still can't get mail out or into my network. The logs show
when=3D20
trying to send mail out to hotmail:

Server01 postfix/smtp[3228]: connect to
mx2.hotmail.com[65.54.190.50]:=3D20
connection timed out (port 25)

And it will do that over and over about 8 times to a couple different
ip's=3D20
in the logs before it quits.

>From: "Jenkinson, John P (SAIC)" <John.Jenkinson@bp.com>
>To: "Brian ThunderEagle" <thundereagle@hotmail.com>, <aklug@aklug.org>
>Subject: RE: Postfix
>Date: Sun, 4 Jun 2006 18:35:02 -0800
>
>postfix is running?
>setting the -v switch on mail command will provide a limited but
>sometime useful trace
>mail -v -s "test" me@hotmail.com
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: aklug-bounce@aklug.org [mailto:aklug-bounce@aklug.org]On Behalf
Of
>Brian ThunderEagle
>Sent: Sunday, June 04, 2006 6:11 PM
>To: aklug@aklug.org
>Subject: RE: Postfix
>
>
>I've restarted iptables, and "/etc/hosts.deny" is empty. I tried
sending
>an=3D3D20
>e-mail back to my desktop and it reacts the same way my server does. I
>have=3D3D20
>my firewall on my desktop turned completely off too. I got my logs to
>work=3D3D20
>again though, by rebooting my machines.
>
>I also sent out an e-mail to hotmail and the "mailq" shows no errors
and
>
>eventually it dissapeared from "mailq" but so far nothing has shown up
>in my=3D3D20
>hotmail account. I sent a message from hotmail to my server as well and
>it=3D3D20
>also didn't show up.
>
>On the bright side I can send mail from my Linux desktop to my
>mailserver=3D3D20
>now...and I don't know what I did to make that work. I hate that.
>
>
>
> >From: "Jenkinson, John P (SAIC)" <John.Jenkinson@bp.com>
> >To: "Brian ThunderEagle" <thundereagle@hotmail.com>,
<aklug@aklug.org>
> >Subject: RE: Postfix
> >Date: Sun, 4 Jun 2006 17:41:10 -0800
> >
> >did you restart iptables after making the change?
> >service iptables restart
> >is ther a file /etc/hosts.deny? (tcpwrappers)
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: aklug-bounce@aklug.org [mailto:aklug-bounce@aklug.org]On Behalf
>Of
> >Brian ThunderEagle
> >Sent: Sunday, June 04, 2006 5:20 PM
> >To: aklug@aklug.org
> >Subject: Postfix
> >
> >
> >I set up postfix, got it all installed and followed the instructions
> >here:
> >
> >http://www.hughesjr.com/content/view/40/2/Site_News
> >
> >to set it all up. Everything seems to be working just fine on the
>server
> >
> >however I cannot seem to send mail to my server and can't send mail
out
> >of=3D3D3D20
> >my server. I tried messing with a few settings in postfix but
couldn't
> >get=3D3D3D20
> >it to work. At one point when I was using "mail" from my other linux
> >desktop=3D3D3D20
> >it was logging this in "/var/log/mail":
> >
> >connect to mail.bcthund.net[24.176.56.245]: Connection refused (port
>25)
> >
> >but recently it stopped logging even the attempts to mail anything.
So
> >now I=3D3D3D20
> >didn't even have any clues to whats wrong. I looked at my server logs
> >and it=3D3D3D20
> >doesn't seem to say anything about any attempts to even contact it
for
> >mail=3D3D3D20
> >delivery. I found the "mailq" command and all my messages that
actually
> >show=3D3D3D20
> >up on the list say this on my desktop computer:
> >
> >server dropped connection without sending the initial SMTP greeting
> >
> >When I looked at the "mailq" on my server for a message I tried to
send
> >to=3D3D3D20
> >hotmail I got:
> >
> >connect to mx2.hotmail.com[65.54.190.50]: Connection timed out
> >
> >I've been trying to troubleshoot this for a while now but I'm pretty
> >stuck=3D3D3D20
> >and don't know what else to try at this point. I can send mail to
>myself
> >on=3D3D3D20
> >the server but nothing can go out or in. And my logs don't say
>anything.
> >
> >Even the "mailq" on my desktop stopped logging information.
> >
> > Brian ThunderEagle
> > thundereagle@hotmail.com
> >
> >I set up iptables on the server to allow traffic on ports 25, 110,
and
> >143.=3D3D3D20
> >I enabled TCP and UDP just in case and did the same thing on my
>linksys=3D3D3D20
> >router.
> >
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Received on Sun Jun 4 19:52:38 2006