[ale] checks in the mail (101)

[KeithH]

Eric_Brubakken at aoncons.com wrote:

> 
> Wow!


:-)


> 
> Thanks for the quick email 101. I really appreciate your time and the info.


No problem.


> 
> Eric
> 
>>Troubleshooting
>> turn off your firewall.
>> flush out all the ipchain rules  (ipchains -F)
>>    this will temp remove the security of the filtering (until your next
>>
> reboot)
> 
>>  test it.
>>    is it still broken?  Then it is NOT your firewall/ipchains, since they are
>>
> out of the
> 
>>picture.
>>    is it working?  Then it IS your firewall/ipchains.
>>
> I've done this - still doesn't work
> 
> 
> 
>>Sending:
>>  do a "ps -ef | grep sendmail"
>>    is sendmail running?
>>      no? start it, and telnet to port 25 again.
>>      yes? damn.  start checking log files (like /var/log/message,
>>
> /var/log/mail) for
> 
>>problems.
>>
> I've done this too - sendmail is running
> 


damn.  you're probably looking at a sendmail config problem then.

   Are you doing the telnet from the host running sendmail (the problem one), or from 
another host?  try it from the localhost and see if there is any difference.

If it does work from the localhost, then "Stuffed Crust" is probably on the right track. 
Try his suggestion:


<<Quote>>
RH 7.1's sendmail configuration by default only allows incoming
connections on port 25 from localhost.

Have a look at /etc/mail/sendmail.mc, find the following line:

DAEMON_OPTIONS(`Port=smtp,Addr=127.0.0.1, Name=MTA')

and make it read as follows:

dnl DAEMON_OPTIONS(`Port=smtp,Addr=127.0.0.1, Name=MTA')

then run 'make' from /etc/mail, and 'service sendmail restart'

and you'll be good to go.

<<EndQuote>


> 
> 
>>Receiving:
>>  do a "ps -ef | grep inetd"
>>    is inetd running?
>>      no?  start it, and try to 'get' mail again.
>>      yes?  more stuff to check.
>>
> I need to do this
> 
> 
> 
>>  how do you have your (incoming) mail server defined in NS? pop or imap?
>>
> NS is defined as the name of my server - brubakken.org --- Is this correct?


proabaly NOT.  In conventional internet speak, "brubakken.org" is a domain name, not a 
hostname.  Unless you have DNS set up correctly with MX records, this will not work.  You 
should have the full hostname, like "mailsrv.brubakken.org" in NS as your Incoming mail 
server name.  (I'm also guessing, your SMTP/Outgoing mail server should have the same name.)


> 
> 
>>  check /etc/services
>>    make sure your service (pop or imap) is NOT commented out.
>>    if it is, uncomment it.  you will have to kill / restart inetd.
>>
> I need to do this
> 
> 
>>  check /etc/inetd.conf (/etc/xinetd.conf if xinetd is running)
>>    make sure your service (pop or imap) is NOT commented out.
>>      if it is, uncomment it. you will have to kill / restart inetd.
>>    look at the name of the daemon that is run (like popper)
>>    do an "ls -l" on the filename.  is it installed?  does it have eXecutable
>>permissions? (you know, something like r-xr-xr-x)
>>    run it from the terminal. does it segfault or coredump?
>>
> I need to to this
> 
>


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