I've poured over some FAQs and man-pages and read the HOWTO's, so now here I
am.. I know this is probably a basic/common question, but I seriously can't
find it, so please don't yell at me to RTFM, because I have.
First, a description of the setup.
router/firewall -- > mail server -- > my machine
Mail gets filtered through the mail server to kill spam, etc.
When trying to send mail to my machine from outside the network, it never
gets delivered. No error message generated at the sender's end, except an
undeliverable/will keep trying for 5 days bit.
I am able to send from my machine to anywhere on the net, no problem.
I was able to successfully run the qmail tests local/local.
When sending from a machine inside the network to my box, the following
occurs.
If sending to [EMAIL PROTECTED] (me), the mail client from which I am sending
returns:
Please choose one of the following options by parenthesized letter: Send
e)dit message, edit h)eaders, s)end it,
or f)orget it.
Mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
mailer returned error status
67
According to SYSEXITS.H, that is:
#define EX_NOUSER 67 /* addressee unknown */
When sending to [EMAIL PROTECTED] (my FQDN) from inside the network, it
sends ok.
When sending to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] outside the network,
it never arrives. The friendly sysadmin of the shell I am sending these
outside messages from showed me his queue, and this is what it looks like:
your mail server is flat down, that's why :)
it's not even running sendmail on your end, it appears.
root@permanently <12429> [/usr/local/src/7] # telnet mail.frungy.com 25
Trying 208.246.80.143...
root@permanently <12430> [/usr/local/src/7] # telnet www.frungy.com 25
Trying 208.246.80.143...
root@permanently <12431> [/usr/local/src/7] # telnet zoq.frungy.com 25
Trying 208.246.80.143...
^Croot@permanently <12432> [/usr/local/src/7] #
Mail Queue (19 requests)
--Q-ID-- --Size-- -----Q-Time----- ------------Sender/Recipient------------
NAA11918* 0 Tue Feb 15 13:55 cday
(Deferred: Connection timed out with mail.frungy.com.)
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
NAA11866 0 Tue Feb 15 13:53 cday
(Deferred: Connection timed out with mail.frungy.com.)
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
OAA12104 8 Tue Feb 15 14:07 cday
(Deferred: Connection timed out with zoq.frungy.com.)
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
NAA11815 0 Tue Feb 15 13:49 cday
(Deferred: Connection timed out with mail.frungy.com.)
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
NAA11727 0 Tue Feb 15 13:41 cday
(Deferred: Connection timed out with mail.frungy.com.)
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
(etc etc)
So, I naturally thought this is probably something with my firewall.
In my firewall config, I added the line:
permit tcp any host 208.246.80.143 eq smtp
So I should be able to receive mail from outside I figured, but it is not
working.
[root@zoq control]# cat rcpthosts
zoq.frungy.com
beachassociates.com
localhost
frungy.com
[root@zoq control]# cat tcp.smtp
208.246.80.:allow,RELAYCLIENT=""
:allow
I checked the mail logs on the mail server, and it doesn't look like it's
even getting that far, as I don't see any relaying denied messages (and yes,
I added my host to relay-domains and HUPed sendmail.)
Any ideas guys? I'm tearing my hair out here..
Thanks,
Chad Day
- I heard if you play the NT CD backwards, you can hear satanic messages?
- That's NOTHING. If you play it forwards, it installs NT 4.0.
