http://diymacserver.com/forum/ DIYMacServer » Topic: Hmm, no incoming messages, cannot send... en Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:51:37 +0000 http://diymacserver.com/forum/topic/hmm-no-incoming-messages-cannot-send#post-660 Tue, 21 Apr 2009 23:21:15 +0000 dw 660@http://diymacserver.com/forum/ <p>That did the trick. Thanks, Richard. </p> http://diymacserver.com/forum/topic/hmm-no-incoming-messages-cannot-send#post-659 Tue, 21 Apr 2009 10:09:42 +0000 Richard 659@http://diymacserver.com/forum/ <p>Dave, please check the main.cf for the line described in my earlier post.</p> <p>I use the ipfw firewall in Mac OSX. However I do not use the System Preferences to manage it as that method is very crude. I use <a href="http://www.hanynet.com/noobproof/">Noobproof</a> to configure it. A very simple and free tool to manage your firewall. I have closed all ports except the ones needed for Web, Mail and SSH. </p> http://diymacserver.com/forum/topic/hmm-no-incoming-messages-cannot-send#post-658 Mon, 20 Apr 2009 13:08:50 +0000 dw 658@http://diymacserver.com/forum/ <p>Oh hoh, there's something. Can telnet from the localhost, cannot from a remote machine. I'll look into it more this afternoon.</p> <p>What is your technique for managing ports, Richard? Do you use a firewall? </p> http://diymacserver.com/forum/topic/hmm-no-incoming-messages-cannot-send#post-657 Mon, 20 Apr 2009 11:27:42 +0000 Richard 657@http://diymacserver.com/forum/ <p>Dave, first try to connect using a telnet session on port 25. First try this from the same machine as postfix is running on to rule out firewall issues. Then try it from a remote machine.</p> <p>This should register in the logfile, perhaps postfix is not running or you have got the security fix issue. Check your main.cf file for:</p> <p><code>inet_interfaces = localhost</code></p> <p>Remove it and restart postfix </p> http://diymacserver.com/forum/topic/hmm-no-incoming-messages-cannot-send#post-656 Sat, 18 Apr 2009 21:54:26 +0000 dw 656@http://diymacserver.com/forum/ <p>Oh, a couple more clues. Apple mail does connect to the imap server (with ssl), and this shows up in in the log, just no smtp connection. If I do send an e-mail from roundcube, there is no sign of this in the mail.log (tho it does send), and if I send to myself I receive this e-mail but mail.log does not show that it was received. </p> http://diymacserver.com/forum/topic/hmm-no-incoming-messages-cannot-send#post-655 Sat, 18 Apr 2009 21:50:56 +0000 dw 655@http://diymacserver.com/forum/ <p>I've worked up a new installation on an Intel mac running Leopard, and everything seems to be running fine -- except there are no incoming e-mails (no sign in mail.log that anything has been seen). I also cannot send e-mails from Apple mail (smtp connection refused, ssl or not), and no error messages. If I use roundcube, it will send an e-mail. ... This looks a lot like a firewall issue, but I'm pretty sure that I've set it up correctly. That being said, there's obviously a problem somewhere. Can you give me a clue where to look?</p> <p>Dave </p>