[Herefordshire] Mail Server
Mark Broadbent
markb at wetlettuce.com
Mon Nov 22 19:45:19 GMT 2004
Hi Gary,
On Sun, 2004-11-21 at 22:28 +0000, Gary Watts wrote:
> Hi
>
> I think I've made some progress.
>
> Telnet 192.168.3.2 25 works
>
> None of the others do though and for some reason I can't reference the PC as localhost or 127.0.0.1, so I suspect DNS has gone awry somewhere.
Check the configuration file for the SMTP server and ensure in doesn't
bind to a particular IP address. A good way to check is to do:
# netstat -lp |grep -i smtp
This is the output of my mail server:
tcp6 0 0 *:smtp *:*
LISTEN 1693/exim
Notice the *:smtp means it'll respond on the SMTP port on any IP
address.
Next, check your /etc/hosts file contains the line:
127.0.0.1 localhost localhost.localdomain
Note using IP addresses doesn't use DNS.
> I have managed to send mail out and it has arrived at it's destination, so SMTP seems to be working well enough for now.
>
> POP on port 110 is still the main problem though.
What package are you using to provide the POP3 daemon? Is it running?
Firewall appropriately set to let through packets to port 110?
If your using postfix try (for a Fedora based system):
Enable the daemon to start at system startup
# chkconfig postfix on
Start the postfix daemon right now
# service postfix start
or for a Debian based system:
# /etc/init.d/postfix start
and check it's running using:
# ps aux | grep -i postfix | grep -v grep
There's a few ideas, let us know how it goes.
Thanks
Mark
> Gary
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andrew Hodgson [mailto:andrew at hodgsonfamily.org]
> Sent: 21 November 2004 19:12
> To: Herefordshire Linux Users Group.
> Subject: RE: [Herefordshire] Mail Server
>
>
> Hi,
>
> DNS - not at this stage. Can you do the following:
> >From the Linux machine:
> 1. telnet 127.0.0.1 25 (you should get the SMTP banner up)
> 2. telnet 127.0.0.1 110 (pop banner)
> 3. telnet 127.0.0.1 143 (IMAP banner)
> 4. Telnet as above, using the 192.168.x.x IP).
>
> Then try the same using a Windows machine, using 192.168.x.x IP.
>
> My guess is the Daemons aren't autostarting.
>
> Andrew.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: herefordshire-bounces at mailman.lug.org.uk
> [mailto:herefordshire-bounces at mailman.lug.org.uk] On Behalf Of Gary
> Watts
> Sent: 21 November 2004 19:10
> To: Herefordshire Linux Users Group.
> Subject: RE: [Herefordshire] Mail Server
>
> Hi
>
> How can I make the Daemons listen on that IP? I presume I'm running POP
> daemons - how can I tell? Nothing I've tried on either the local PC or
> another one on the LAN works. I guess there's something really
> fundamental that I'm not aware of. Does DNS have anything to do with
> it?
>
> Gary
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andrew Hodgson [mailto:andrew at hodgsonfamily.org]
> Sent: 21 November 2004 18:41
> To: Herefordshire Linux Users Group.
> Subject: RE: [Herefordshire] Mail Server
>
>
> Hi,
>
> Simply the Daemons are not listening on that ip (you should use the
> xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx address, don't add anything to it), from the local
> machine you can use 127.0.0.1, localhost or sometimes
> localhost.localdomain. Fetchmail by default usually shoves stuff
> through the MTA, so either it is using the internal mail command or it
> is getting access ok. Also are you running POP or IMAP daemons.
>
> Andrew.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: herefordshire-bounces at mailman.lug.org.uk
> [mailto:herefordshire-bounces at mailman.lug.org.uk] On Behalf Of Gary
> Watts
> Sent: 21 November 2004 18:03
> To: Herefordshire Linux Users Group.
> Subject: RE: [Herefordshire] Mail Server
>
> Hi Andrew
>
> I followed your advice re: Fetchmail and it is retrieving mail nicely
> from 4 different domains and putting them into the relevant user
> mailboxes on my Fedora server.
>
> Haven't managed to get Postfix working yet, or Sendmail.
>
> The big problem now is this. I cannot retrieve any of the mail sat on
> the Fedora machine from my mail client (Outlook). The Fedora server on
> the Samba domain "CMC" is called "CMCTS" and is on IP address
> 192.168.3.2. How do I refer to it from my mail client in the server
> settings?
>
> I have tried the following in both the POP3 and SMTP fields:
>
> 192.168.3.2
> cmcts
> 192.168.3.2.cmc
> cmcts.cmc
> 192.168.3.2.cmc.local
> cmcts.cmc.local
>
> I have also tried these in Ximian Evolution, which is actually running
> on the same machine as Fetchmail. Postfix and Sendmail plus:
>
> 127.0.0.1
> localhost
> 127.0.0.1.cmc
> localhost.cmc
> 127.0.0.1.cmc.local
> localhost.cmc.local
>
> The mail servers simply cannot be seen!
>
> Any help greatly appreciated.
>
> Gary
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andrew Hodgson [mailto:andrew at hodgsonfamily.org]
> Sent: 20 November 2004 17:57
> To: Gary Watts (external); Herefordshire Linux Users Group.
> Subject: RE: [Herefordshire] Mail Server
>
>
> Hi,
>
> You need Fetchmail to fetch messages from pop server. Use
> Postfix/Qmail, not Sendmail because if SM gets screwed you end up with a
> mess plus security holes in your install.
>
> Andrew.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: herefordshire-bounces at mailman.lug.org.uk
> [mailto:herefordshire-bounces at mailman.lug.org.uk] On Behalf Of Gary
> Watts
> Sent: 20 November 2004 11:49
> To: 'Herefordshire Linux Users Group.'
> Subject: [Herefordshire] Mail Server
>
> Hi
>
> I want to setup a simple mail server at home for 4 users.
>
> I have Dovecot and Sendmail install on Fedora 2.
>
> Anybody got any experience with these? My first problem is how to
> configure dovecot t retrieve e-mails from my ISP and delivery them into
> the apppropriate users mailboxes.
>
> Gary
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: herefordshire-bounces at mailman.lug.org.uk
> [mailto:herefordshire-bounces at mailman.lug.org.uk]On Behalf Of Julian
> Robbins
> Sent: 13 November 2004 14:01
> To: Herefordshire Linux Users Group.
> Subject: [Herefordshire] UbuntuLinux FREE CD's avaliable
>
>
> Hi
>
> If you have not come across it before, Ubuntu is a new Linux
> distribution that is very, very promising. I already run it as my main
> Linux of choice at home ! (displacing my Mandrake 10.1 which never
> seemed to work quite right).
>
> Why should you consider Ubuntu ?
>
> 1) It's based on Debian, which most Linux users would suggest is the
> most stable, usable system.
>
> 2) It uses apt-get in all its glory, an extremely easy to use
> Packagement Management & Update system, to grab more than 10000 packages
> down from cmd line or from a simple but powerful GUI. Bit like urpmi or
> yum, but much better. You can even upgrade the all of your distro from
> here !!
>
> 3) Where Debian always got me and most others was its old-fashioned
> installation routine. Although, Debian's installer has improved a lot of
> late, Ubuntu still has an easier more straightforward text based system.
>
> 4) The default package choice is excellent, with firefox the main
> browser (ver 1.0PR), evolution and thunderbird as possible mail clients.
>
> 5) It's based on the brand new Gnome 2.8. I used to always go for KDE,
> since vers 1.0 of KDE, but to be honest after trying out Ubuntu I really
> like Gnome as I can get the job done so much better and faster. The
> fonts are so well presented, in fact the presentation generally through
> the distro, is very polished, more so than any I've seen.
>
> 6) It's fast - my 1.1 GHz Athlon feels like XP @ at around 2.5 GHz !!
> Everything runs very snappily.
>
> 7) It's free, and will remain free. You can even get paid support if you
> wish.
>
> I get the feeling that Ubuntu will become one of the major players in
> linux, especially on the desktop. The beauty is that as its Debian
> based, it is also such a good choice as a server platform too.
>
>
> If anyone's interested, I have ordered 10 cd's from them (they're
> available FREE but only till TODAY !!!). Even the postage is FREE !!
> www.ubuntulinux.org
>
> Don't know when I will get them but will bring them along to a future
> LUG meeting.
>
> Hopefully will download the CD based version (knoppix like) so that we
> can see it up and running on Thursday at HCT.
>
> Hope we'll have a good turn out Thursday, as Box as excelled himself
> with getting such a good venue.
>
> We have a couple of new members recently signed up that I hope will be
> able to attend Thursday. For any new members, please feel free to
> introduce yourself via the list, with a little about what you want out
> of Linux/Open source Software, and what you hope to get out of the LUG.
>
> We were all new to Linux at some time, and the Herefordshire LUG tries
> to be helpful to EVERYONE whatever their experience, skill level and
> background.
>
> See you all Thursday,
>
> Cheers
>
> Julian
>
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