On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 4:39 AM, mouss <mo...@ml.netoyen.net> wrote: > Basanta shrestha a écrit : >> Dear All, >> >> CentOS 5.2 >> >> Followed http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/postfix and installed >> postfix dovecot system-switch-mail system-switch-mail-gnome >> > > please note that centos docs are under centos responsibility. here, the > docs are on www.postfix.org. anything else is unsupported (aka: use at > your own risk). > >> Local delivery and local receipt works ok. Couldn't send email to >> external mail using 127.0.0.1 as smtp server. > > I don't understand this. do you mean you can't send mail to external > domains when you use a local (127.0.0.1) postfix? if so, show the error > message and logs. > Sorry, can't do it now. I am not home. But will see the logs and send it.
>> >> Now trying to make my computer a full fledged mail server. I am behind ADSL >> NAT >> >> got a dyndns address lal.homelinux.org. >> In adsl router, configured the above address, port forward tcp port >> 110 to 192.168.0.x ( x being ip address of my computer) >> can resolve lal.homelinux.org to ADSL WAN IP address. > > 110? that's not smtp. please take the time to learn about smtp, pop3 and > imap. these are completely different things. postfix only implements smtp. You'd better gone through the very first mail on the thread before you gave your valuable time and suggestions. That I am also using dovecot for pop3 and I am trying to port forward the request comming to the pop3 (110) on my router (only public ip) to the mail server which is behind my ADSL NAT. > >> >> hostname of the computer set to lal.homelinux.org >> >> /etc/postfix/main.cf >> >> myhostname = lal.homelinux.org >> mydomain = homelinux.org >> myorigin = $mydomain >> inet_interfaces = all >> mydestination = $myhostname, localhost.$mydomain, localhost, $mydomain >> mynetworks = 192.168.0.0/24, 127.0.0.0/8 >> relay_domains = >> home_mailbox = Maildir/ >> > > I see nothing wrong here. > >> >> nmaping lal.homelinux.org >> >> 22/tcp open ssh >> 25/tcp open smtp >> 110/tcp open pop3 >> 111/tcp open rpcbind >> 143/tcp open imap >> 735/tcp open unknown >> 993/tcp open imaps >> 995/tcp open pop3s >> >> Can't get to send mail outside the system nor receive from external >> mail like gmail.com using smtp/pop3 as lal.homelinux.org >> > > in this list, the protocol is smtp. as long as you have problems with > other protocols, we can't help you. since pop3 is easier, you should > find a solution for that first. maybe it's your firewall(s) or your ISP > filtering. > > anyway, if you think you have a postfix related problem (I doubt that. > your config looks correct), then please show relevant logs. > > I seem to have found the problem. the port 110 is not seen from outside world. issue with adsl router I guess. -basanta
