Heloooo there,

could anyone help me solving the issue with mail server in RHEL 5.0,

The issue is,
i already installed squirrelmail( web based interface for sendmail ), but it could not sent and recieving mails. Even if i send a mail from terminal window also it won't send / receive mails.

appriaciation is there for those who quickly respond.

errormessages?
any pointers in the logfiles ?

no error messages, it shows message sent to : <user name>.
but i cant receiving mail.

While sending mail, in another terminalwindow, do a "tail -f" from the logfile (tail -f /var/log/mail.log) look for the correct file, don't know from the top of my head.

i am giving the reply to your last question by pasting the output of the command

tail -f /var/log/maillog

Nov 11 18:44:38 mail dovecot: imap-login: Login: user=<suresh>, method=PLAIN, rip=::ffff:172.16.254.223, lip=::ffff:172.16.254.223, secured
Nov 11 18:44:38 mail dovecot: IMAP(suresh): Disconnected
Nov 11 18:45:38 mail dovecot: imap-login: Login: user=<suresh>, method=PLAIN, rip=::ffff:172.16.254.223, lip=::ffff:172.16.254.223, secured
Nov 11 18:45:38 mail dovecot: IMAP(suresh): Disconnected
Nov 11 18:46:39 mail dovecot: imap-login: Login: user=<suresh>, method=PLAIN, rip=::ffff:172.16.254.223, lip=::ffff:172.16.254.223, secured
Nov 11 18:46:39 mail dovecot: IMAP(suresh): Disconnected
Nov 11 18:58:22 mail sendmail[20929]: mABDSMe4020929: from=root, size=106, class=0, nrcpts=1, msgid=<200811111328.mABDSMe4020929@mail.esevaonline.com>, relay=root@localhost
Nov 11 18:58:22 mail sendmail[20929]: mABDSMe4020929: to=suresh, ctladdr=root (0/0), delay=00:00:00, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=relay, pri=30106, relay=[127.0.0.1] [127.0.0.1], dsn=4.0.0, stat=Deferred: Connection refused by [127.0.0.1]
Nov 11 19:00:50 mail sendmail[20960]: mABDUo07020960: from=root, size=32, class=0, nrcpts=1, msgid=<200811111330.mABDUo07020960@mail.esevaonline.com>, relay=root@localhost
Nov 11 19:00:50 mail sendmail[20960]: mABDUo07020960: to=suresh, ctladdr=root (0/0), delay=00:00:00, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=relay, pri=30032, relay=[127.0.0.1] [127.0.0.1], dsn=4.0.0, stat=Deferred: Connection refused by [127.0.0.1]
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Your server does not accept connections.
Is sendmail running? (ps-ax | grep sendmail)
Any firewall installed?

i am giving the output of

ps -ef | grep sendmail

smmsp 22170 1 0 19:31 ? 00:00:00 sendmail: Queue runner@01:00:00 for /var/spool/clientmqueue

pgrep sendmail

22170

and also there is no firewall was configured. The firewall is configured using external hardware firewall so called as Cyberoam( just like check point firewall). but, my machine was not configured to control by that firewall. that means my machine is free to that firewall and also all ports and services are enabled and accepting for communicating outside.

try to restart sendmail
also make sure it runs as a deamon
what is the output of
telnet 127.0.0.1 25

i am giving u the output of the command with loop back address as well as one of my local private address which i had been configured to use with local mail server.


telnet 127.0.0.1 25
Trying 127.0.0.1...
telnet: connect to address 127.0.0.1: Connection refused
telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: Connection refused

telnet 172.16.254.223 25
Trying 172.16.254.223...
telnet: connect to address 172.16.254.223: Connection refused
telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: Connection refused

plz tell me how to enable telnetting to this 25 port, i know it was in /etc/xinet.d/telnet --> disable = no.,,, but i configured it, even if it was not working .

help me in this regard.


and also i am giving the output of

telnet 127.0.0.1
Trying 127.0.0.1...
Connected to localhost.localdomain (127.0.0.1).
Escape character is '^]'.

mail.esevaonline.com (Linux release 2.6.18-53.el5 #1 SMP Wed Oct 10 16:34:02 EDT 2007) (4)

login:





telnet 172.16.254.223
Trying 172.16.254.223...
Connected to mail.esevaonline.com (172.16.254.223).
Escape character is '^]'.

mail.esevaonline.com (Linux release 2.6.18-53.el5 #1 SMP Wed Oct 10 16:34:02 EDT 2007) (4)

login:


then What could be the problem....


...........

seems to me sendmail is not running