http://diymacserver.com/forum/ DIYMacServer » Forum: Postfix - Recent Posts en Wed, 08 Feb 2012 06:13:53 +0000 http://diymacserver.com/forum/topic/migrate-to-lion-server#post-1880 Tue, 20 Sep 2011 18:25:47 +0000 Richard 1880@http://diymacserver.com/forum/ <p>I think the structure of the email storage is different, at least the authorization and enablement of the users is quite different. In OSX server the users are actual users on the system and in our setup they are entries in a database. </p> http://diymacserver.com/forum/topic/migrate-to-lion-server#post-1858 Sun, 18 Sep 2011 22:14:42 +0000 Lindhardsen 1858@http://diymacserver.com/forum/ <p>Hi!</p> <p>I'm considering to move from this nice DIY setup to Lion Server, just to ease the setup and maintenance.</p> <p>The only thing I'm really concerned about is my mail server, and getting all my users mails over to Lion.<br /> Do you know of any guide on how to do this?</p> <p>Also, is there any particular functionality I will loose when migrating from DIY setup to Lion server (again, mail is my primarily concern)?</p> <p>Thanks in advance!<br /> /Jan </p> http://diymacserver.com/forum/topic/will-my-existing-setup-work-after-upgrade-to-lion#post-1511 Fri, 19 Aug 2011 19:29:38 +0000 Richard 1511@http://diymacserver.com/forum/ <p>Jan, when you upgrade most of the programs have been removed or replaced. What I've done after the upgrade to Lion is to recompile everything on the new platform with the new Xcode to reap all the benefits of the upgrade.</p> <p>The mail stays in the same location so the upgrade won't remove or delete any of the existing stuff.</p> <p>I've also relocated everything into /usr/local/ so that we don't get bothered anymore by security updates or upgrades.</p> <p>If you have any more questions let me know. </p> http://diymacserver.com/forum/topic/will-my-existing-setup-work-after-upgrade-to-lion#post-1508 Thu, 18 Aug 2011 22:02:18 +0000 Lindhardsen 1508@http://diymacserver.com/forum/ <p>Maybe this has already been answered on your blog, but if so, I'm not smart enough to read the answer... So here is a direct question ;-)</p> <p>I do have a server running set up according to the guidelines on this site.</p> <p>Will my mail server continue to work after I upgrade to Lion, or will I have to reinstall reconfigure something, for this to work?<br /> How about the Apache?</p> <p>Thanks in advance!</p> <p>/Jan </p> http://diymacserver.com/forum/topic/1065-1067-breaks-postfix-setup-with-fix#post-936 Wed, 23 Mar 2011 20:48:06 +0000 Richard 936@http://diymacserver.com/forum/ <p>Hi Rob,</p> <p>This is a known problem and if you look at the blog and look at the articles that talk about the security updates you see that this sometimes happens and how to fix it.</p> <p>Here is an example that will help you solve your problem:<br /> <a href="http://diymacserver.com/2010/11/12/mac-os-x-update-10-6-5-and-security-update-2010-007/" rel="nofollow">http://diymacserver.com/2010/11/12/mac-os-x-update-10-6-5-and-security-update-2010-007/</a> </p> http://diymacserver.com/forum/topic/1065-1067-breaks-postfix-setup-with-fix#post-935 Tue, 22 Mar 2011 17:07:32 +0000 robcd 935@http://diymacserver.com/forum/ <p>Dear Postfix forum,</p> <p>After upgrading my Mac OS X client, I got the following error message:</p> <p>... postfix/smtpd[526]: fatal: unsupported dictionary type: mysql</p> <p>I noticed that the /usr/libexec/postfix/smtpd executable had been changed, together with who knows what else in that directory. So I restored the old one, only to get a similar error message from the trivial-rewrite executable (in the same directory). So I restored that as well, followed by the cleanup one, and then all is well again.</p> <p>So a couple of questions:</p> <p>* What should I do to fix things properly?</p> <p>* How can I avoid having to do this next time I upgrade the OS?</p> <p>Thanks and best regards,</p> <p>Rob</p> <p>PS Setup has otherwise worked great - many thanks! </p> http://diymacserver.com/forum/topic/postfix-will-not-accept-connection-on-port-25#post-924 Mon, 07 Feb 2011 01:49:14 +0000 seventhfire 924@http://diymacserver.com/forum/ <p>After fighting with this for a day I decided I would try another Mac system I have running Snow Leopard. After making the very simple changes to the default postfix settings, mynetwork, inet_interface I found the OS would allow connections to port 25 by all systems on my local network and would send email to the internet without problems.</p> <p>It would appear as though the 1st system I was working with has some under the hood network configuration issues which is preventing connections to port 25. </p> <p>In the past I had been experiencing problems with this system in with it not connecting to the network via DHCP so apparently what ever the problem is it is also affecting other port binding processes.</p> <p>So the bottom line is. The 2.5.5 default install of postfix to Snow Leopard works fine for accepting and relaying OUTGOING email from internal local network by just making a few basic adjustments in the main.cf.</p> <p>Thanks for the help. </p> http://diymacserver.com/forum/topic/postfix-will-not-accept-connection-on-port-25#post-923 Sun, 06 Feb 2011 14:15:48 +0000 Richard 923@http://diymacserver.com/forum/ <p>Our setup is for a public facing mailserver. I'm not sure how one might fit within a local network as we rely on the public DNS infrastructure like MX records to determine mail delivery and routing.</p> <p>Maybe someone else can shed some light on this specific scenario. </p> http://diymacserver.com/forum/topic/postfix-will-not-accept-connection-on-port-25#post-922 Sun, 06 Feb 2011 09:11:44 +0000 seventhfire 922@http://diymacserver.com/forum/ <p>I compared my main.cf with the one you gave me the link for and there seems to be a lot of extra stuff mysql, authentication etc.<br /> I'm running the default 2.5.5 nothing has been setup for authentication or database use.</p> <p>I did start with a new main.cf file, set the debug up, hostname, and verified inet_interface was commented out</p> <p>I opened another terminal while I was tailing the mail.log file and when my client connected I started getting the error below.<br /> postfix/master[4799]: fatal: bind 0.0.0.0 port 25: Address already in use<br /> I've tried to shutdown postfix and use netstat to find out if there was another program using port 25 but postfix seems to keep restarting. (may have something to do with some old instructions I followed to get postfix up and running.<br /> As long as there isn't a client attaching I don't see the "Address already in use error.<br /> I do see a continuous restart of the postfix daemon. Is that normal?<br /> postfix/master[4845]: daemon started -- version 2.5.5, configuration /etc/postfix<br /> Feb 6 03:02:49 MightyMac postfix/master[4845]: master exit time has arrived<br /> Feb 6 03:02:49 MightyMac postfix/master[4873]: daemon started -- version 2.5.5, configuration /etc/postfix<br /> Feb 6 03:03:49 MightyMac postfix/master[4873]: master exit time has arrived<br /> postfix/master[4900]: daemon started -- version 2.5.5, configuration /etc/postfix<br /> postfix/master[4900]: master exit time has arrived<br /> postfix/master[4928]: daemon started -- version 2.5.5, configuration /etc/postfix<br /> postfix/master[4928]: master exit time has arrived<br /> postfix/master[4956]: daemon started -- version 2.5.5, configuration /etc/postfix<br /> postfix/master[4956]: master exit time has arrived</p> <p>Looks like I need to trouble shoot the looping restart. It may be the daemon is trying to restart when there is already one running.</p> <p>I may change the port its running on just to see if the error moves with the port change. </p> http://diymacserver.com/forum/topic/postfix-will-not-accept-connection-on-port-25#post-921 Sun, 06 Feb 2011 08:39:18 +0000 seventhfire 921@http://diymacserver.com/forum/ <p>Thanks for the quick response.<br /> I've shutdown the local system firewall. (or so the GUI indicates it is)</p> <p>I can access port 25 from the machine itself using telnet and get the Hostname ESMTP Postfix response.<br /> my inet_interfaces is commented out<br /> I'll investigate the information in the links you sent</p> <p>My goal is to get postfix configured to receive and send email alerts from systems on my local network. Not really interested in incoming mail at this point.</p> <p>Thanks again for the response </p> http://diymacserver.com/forum/topic/postfix-will-not-accept-connection-on-port-25#post-920 Sun, 06 Feb 2011 08:27:23 +0000 Richard 920@http://diymacserver.com/forum/ <p>There are several reasons why it might not work.</p> <p>Firewall blocking port 25, this can be detected by trying to acces the port using telnet from the machine itself.</p> <p>in main.cf you should have the line "inet_interfaces = localhost" removed, it restircts incoming connections to the local machine just like a firewall.</p> <p>Are you sure postfix is using port 25 and not some other process?</p> <p>This is a start, you can always chack your config against ours: <a href="http://diymacserver.com/installing-the-mailserver/the-mailserver-on-leopard/configuring-postfix-for-virtual-domains-and-dovecot-auth/" rel="nofollow">http://diymacserver.com/installing-the-mailserver/the-mailserver-on-leopard/configuring-postfix-for-virtual-domains-and-dovecot-auth/</a></p> <p>Or read our tests here: <a href="http://diymacserver.com/installing-the-mailserver/the-mailserver-on-leopard/checking-that-the-mailserver-works/" rel="nofollow">http://diymacserver.com/installing-the-mailserver/the-mailserver-on-leopard/checking-that-the-mailserver-works/</a> </p> http://diymacserver.com/forum/topic/postfix-will-not-accept-connection-on-port-25#post-919 Sun, 06 Feb 2011 08:16:19 +0000 seventhfire 919@http://diymacserver.com/forum/ <p>I'm running pretty much the default install of postfix that comes with Snow Leopard. I can send mail out to the internet in a terminal on the system in question using mail or telnet to port 25 using localhost or the ip on the system.<br /> The problem I'm having is no other systems on my local network can get a connection to port 25.<br /> I've verified with netstat there is a process listening on port 25. I've setup mynetworks in include all ip's on my local network. I've made multiple searches on different forum's trying to figure this out but I'm missing the boat somewhere. Can anyone give me some clue's on what to check. I realize I need to provide some more configuration information but I thought I'd wait until someone lets me know exactly what to post. Thanks in advance</p> <p>Seventhfire </p> http://diymacserver.com/forum/topic/cannot-send-anything-due-to-time-out-issue#post-875 Thu, 26 Aug 2010 04:47:55 +0000 Richard 875@http://diymacserver.com/forum/ <p>I use Noobproof: <a href="http://www.hanynet.com/noobproof/" rel="nofollow">http://www.hanynet.com/noobproof/</a> to manually configure the firewall i nmy macs. It gives me more control on what's open or not and is more finegrained then the default panel settings in system preferences. </p> http://diymacserver.com/forum/topic/cannot-send-anything-due-to-time-out-issue#post-874 Wed, 25 Aug 2010 22:05:29 +0000 Taris 874@http://diymacserver.com/forum/ <p>Ack! now it works! </p> <p>I've opened ports: 25, 80, 143, 587, 993 on my router when I could not send anything. But I changed the Mac mini as a DMZ server which opens all the ports...</p> <p>I'm not sure it's a good idea though... </p> http://diymacserver.com/forum/topic/cannot-send-anything-due-to-time-out-issue#post-873 Wed, 25 Aug 2010 20:02:12 +0000 Richard 873@http://diymacserver.com/forum/ <p>Telnet not working, then it looks like you are blocked. Try using the submission port 587 which is a known workaround for blocked ports. </p> http://diymacserver.com/forum/topic/cannot-send-anything-due-to-time-out-issue#post-872 Wed, 25 Aug 2010 00:04:00 +0000 Taris 872@http://diymacserver.com/forum/ <p>It seems 'ping' works fine but telnet isn't. It keeps showing 'Trying xxxxxxxx .....' but no change.</p> <p>On the blacklist check, only followings showing timeout at this moment.<br /> CYBERLOGIC<br /> RANGERSBL<br /> RRBL<br /> SOLID<br /> SPAMRBL </p> http://diymacserver.com/forum/topic/cannot-send-anything-due-to-time-out-issue#post-871 Tue, 24 Aug 2010 19:48:01 +0000 Richard 871@http://diymacserver.com/forum/ <p>Taris, there are several options.</p> <p>Just to make sure you aren't blocked on port 25 and DNS is working properly:<br /> ping alt4.gmail-smtp-in.l.google.com<br /> ping 74.125.43.27</p> <p>telnet alt4.gmail-smtp-in.l.google.com 25<br /> telnet 74.125.43.27 25</p> <p>or your ISP is blacklisted, check via <a href="http://www.mxtoolbox.com/blacklists.aspx" rel="nofollow">http://www.mxtoolbox.com/blacklists.aspx</a> </p> http://diymacserver.com/forum/topic/cannot-send-anything-due-to-time-out-issue#post-870 Mon, 23 Aug 2010 20:35:04 +0000 Taris 870@http://diymacserver.com/forum/ <p>Hi,</p> <p>I've setup postfix/dovecot with Sqlgrey and DSPAM on my mac mini recently. I can receive e-mails from my other accounts very well and spam filter also works fine. But the problem is, I cannot send anything using a smtp server installed on my mac mini. </p> <p>Here's the error message from tail -f command.</p> <p>Aug 23 16:26:45 Taris-MacMini postfix/smtp[597]: DAA8E61C2B4: to=&lt;destination_email_address@gmail.com&gt;, relay=none, delay=150, delays=0.03/0.01/150/0, dsn=4.4.1, status=deferred (connect to alt4.gmail-smtp-in.l.google.com[74.125.43.27]:25: Operation timed out)</p> <p>The same problem occurs even if I select other mail accounts such as me.com, naver.com, etc.</p> <p>I've also checked my ports, but 25 was not blocked by ISP either. </p> http://diymacserver.com/forum/topic/postfix-cant-connect-to-mysql-server#post-832 Mon, 07 Jun 2010 23:41:17 +0000 Fred Turner 832@http://diymacserver.com/forum/ <p>Okay, seem to be making progress, although I can't say w/ 100% certainty that I know what the fix was. I went into the 3 mysql_virtual files and changed the "hosts" line from:</p> <p><code>hosts = 127.0.0.1</code></p> <p>as the instructions say, to:</p> <p><code>hosts = localhost</code></p> <p>No idea why that would make a difference-- they should be one and the same. However, things seem to work now w/o the error, and mail gets delivered properly. Would still be interested to hear your thoughts.</p> <p>Now on to the next problem! :-D</p> <p>Thx,<br /> Fred </p> http://diymacserver.com/forum/topic/postfix-cant-connect-to-mysql-server#post-831 Mon, 07 Jun 2010 21:01:00 +0000 Fred Turner 831@http://diymacserver.com/forum/ <p>Can you think of *any* reason why lookups from postfix to mysql would be failing? It seems to me that the critical log entries are:</p> <pre><code>postfix/trivial-rewrite[809]: warning: connect to mysql server 127.0.0.1: Can&#39;t connect to MySQL server on &#39;127.0.0.1&#39; (61) postfix/trivial-rewrite[809]: fatal: mysql:/etc/postfix/mysql_virtual_alias_maps.cf(0,lock|fold_fix): table lookup problem</code></pre> <p>Is it something to do w/ the virtual alias maps file? </p> http://diymacserver.com/forum/topic/postfix-cant-connect-to-mysql-server#post-830 Mon, 07 Jun 2010 15:54:14 +0000 Fred Turner 830@http://diymacserver.com/forum/ <p>Thanks, Richard, but I don't have the foggiest idea how to use that. I tried running it on "ib_logfile0" and "ib_logfile1", but only got the following output:</p> <pre><code>Warning: is opened with same process and filenumber Maybe you should use the -P option ?</code></pre> <p>I guess it's a sign you should throw in the towel and do something else when you're not even able to see the logs to tell you what might be going wrong... </p> http://diymacserver.com/forum/topic/postfix-cant-connect-to-mysql-server#post-829 Fri, 04 Jun 2010 19:47:38 +0000 Richard 829@http://diymacserver.com/forum/ <p>Think you need to use something like this: <a href="http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/myisamlog.html" rel="nofollow">http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/myisamlog.html</a> </p> http://diymacserver.com/forum/topic/postfix-cant-connect-to-mysql-server#post-828 Fri, 04 Jun 2010 14:31:37 +0000 Fred Turner 828@http://diymacserver.com/forum/ <p>Okay, I must be dense...what do I need to use to view these logs? Tried 'tail' and I got mostly gibberish over the screen!</p> <p>Thx,<br /> Fred </p> http://diymacserver.com/forum/topic/temporary-lookup-failure#post-827 Tue, 01 Jun 2010 15:09:48 +0000 LarryL 827@http://diymacserver.com/forum/ <p>I've implemented a catchall address to accept all the junk and throw it away hourly. </p> http://diymacserver.com/forum/topic/temporary-lookup-failure#post-825 Mon, 31 May 2010 14:05:45 +0000 Richard 825@http://diymacserver.com/forum/ <p>Larry, I have no clue to be honest. Every now and then I clear the queue manually of these things. Has nothing to do with Dovecot, this is postfix realted. </p>