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I am installed postfix in my centos5 machine.postfix started successfully.when i send mails gmail or yahoo. its working mail sended successfully. but i am not able to receive mail from anyother domain and same domain.
and i will try
telnet hostname 25
telnet: connect to address 192.168.0.11: Connection refused
telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: Connection refused
telnet hostname 110
telnet: connect to address 192.168.0.11: Connection refused
telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: Connection refused
I am getting like this error.
and i will check logs also
Dec 4 16:04:54 it postfix/postfix-script: stopping the Postfix mail system
Dec 4 16:04:54 it postfix/master[9832]: terminating on signal 15
Dec 4 16:04:54 it sendmail[9923]: alias database /etc/aliases rebuilt by root
Dec 4 16:04:54 it sendmail[9923]: /etc/aliases: 77 aliases, longest 10 bytes, 773 bytes total
Dec 4 16:04:54 it postfix/postfix-script: starting the Postfix mail system
Dec 4 16:04:54 it postfix/master[9969]: daemon started -- version 2.3.3, configuration /etc/postfix
Dec 4 16:04:54 it postfix/qmgr[9972]: D37712F2D3C: from=<>, size=2859, nrcpt=1 (queue active)
Dec 4 16:04:54 it postfix/qmgr[9972]: 0508E2F2D33: from=<>, size=2482, nrcpt=1 (queue active)
Dec 4 16:04:54 it postfix/lmtp[9976]: D37712F2D3C: to=<sai@it.tuxnet.com>, relay=none, delay=2287, delays=2287/0.01/0/0, dsn=4.4.1, status=deferred (connect to it.tuxnet.com[/var/lib/imap/socket/lmtp]: No such file or directory)
Dec 4 16:04:54 it postfix/lmtp[9977]: 0508E2F2D33: to=<saran@it.tuxnet.com>, relay=none, delay=64494, delays=64494/0.01/0/0, dsn=4.4.1, status=deferred (connect to it.tuxnet.com[/var/lib/imap/socket/lmtp]: No such file or directory)
if you can't even connect to port 25, clearly postfix isn't running, isn't configured to listen on that ip address or you're firewalled. as for port 110, that's pop3, which is nothing to do with postfix in the slightest.
if you can't even connect to port 25, clearly postfix isn't running, isn't configured to listen on that ip address or you're firewalled. as for port 110, that's pop3, which is nothing to do with postfix in the slightest.
Now the both are working
telnet it.tuxnet.com 25
Trying 192.168.0.11...
Connected to it.tuxnet.com (192.168.0.11).
Escape character is '^]'.
220 it.tuxnet.com ESMTP Postfix
quit
221 2.0.0 Bye
Connection closed by foreign host.
[root@it postfix]# telnet it.tuxnet.com 110
Trying 192.168.0.11...
Connected to it.tuxnet.com (192.168.0.11).
Escape character is '^]'.
+OK Dovecot ready.
quit
+OK Logging out
Connection closed by foreign host.
I am not able receive any mails local domain and other domain.
Please advise me.
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