Okay, I'd written the list before but the mess has evolved. I installed postfix+dovcot on my server at linode, per instructions here: http://library.linode.com/email/postfix/dovecot-mysql-debian-6-squeeze and I'm having several issues.
when I telnet localhost 25 > ehlo localhost I do not see 250-STARTTL connections to the smtp server are refused (perhaps because of this?). I see the following from tail /var/log/mail.err: Jan 11 02:26:03 vulcan postfix/master[15403]: fatal: bind 0.0.0.0 port 25: Address already in use Jan 11 11:30:30 vulcan postfix/master[16665]: fatal: bind 0.0.0.0 port 25: Address already in use but according to lsof and netstat, as far as I can tell, the only thing using port 25 is the smtp server. sudo lsof -i :25 COMMAND PID USER FD TYPE DEVICE SIZE/OFF NODE NAME sendmail- 10742 root 3u IPv4 14207 0t0 TCP localhost.localdomain:smtp (LISTEN) I can read a mailbox over imap, but can not send/receive with smtp. tail /var/log/mail.log shows: Jan 11 11:28:23 vulcan dovecot: imap-login: Login: user=<t...@tonybaldwin.org>, method=PLAIN, rip=71.235.82.118, lip=66.228.33.98, TLS Jan 11 11:28:46 vulcan dovecot: IMAP(t...@tonybaldwin.org): Disconnected: Logged out bytes=519/1911 Jan 11 11:30:30 vulcan postfix/master[16665]: fatal: bind 0.0.0.0 port 25: Address already in use Jan 11 11:30:52 vulcan sm-mta[16672]: q0BGUbXY016672: localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1] did not issue MAIL/EXPN/VRFY/ETRN during connection to MTA-v4 Jan 11 11:39:58 vulcan postfix/postdrop[16706]: warning: unable to look up public/pickup: No such file or directory Also, while hostname -f shows me the correct FQDN (vulcan.tonybaldwin.org), when I use openssl to write a certificate, the cert says it is from vuldan.linode.com. The correct FQDN is set in postfix/main.cf, as well. Users on the server can mail each other with mailx, but not with mutt or squirrelmail, since, of course, those must pass through the smtp server. If I send myself a mail from this gmx acct, I get not bounce or error from my server (tonybaldwin.org), but nothing shows up at the other end, and, when I try to send mail from tonybaldwin.org with mutt, I see could not connect to mail.tonybaldwin.org (connection refused). If I try to send mail with squirrelmail, I get this: Service not available, closing channel 421 4.3.0 collect: Cannot write ./dfq0BHpDOX016962 (bfcommit, uid=0, gid=113): No such file or directory So, clearly, I'm a mess. I swear, I followed the instructions in the tutorial mentioned above. Any and all assistance appreciated. thanks, tony -- http://www.tonybaldwin.me all tony, all the time -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120111175157.ga27...@deathstar.hsd1.ct.comcast.net
