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Ok for some reason my sendmail queue is not processing the mail that's in mailq it looks like it trys to process and times out or something and skips to the next one, is there any way I can find out why it's not sending the queue list that's in mailq. the mail that's in the queue list is from my websites registration form.
What can you read in your sendmail's logs?
Can sendmail connect to external hosts?
Isn't it a firewall issue?
Did it manage to send ANY message to external host ever before?
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0, mailer=esmtp, pri=930558, relay=mailstore1.secureserver.net., dsn=4.0.0, stat=Deferred: Connection timed out with mailstore1.secureserver.net.
Apr 6 16:29:34 requiem sm-mta[4095]: o36JkhXv003722: to=<smeegols@gmail.com>, ctladdr=<apache@requiem.requiemofblood.com> (80/80), delay=03:42:50, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=esmtp, pri=960635, relay=alt4.gmail-smtp-in.l.google.com., dsn=4.0.0, stat=Deferred: Connection timed out with alt4.gmail-smtp-in.l.google.com.
Apr 6 16:29:34 requiem sm-mta[4095]: o36JkhXv003722: to=<info@recoverytucson.org>, ctladdr=<apache@requiem.requiemofblood.com> (80/80), delay=03:42:50, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=esmtp, pri=960635, relay=mailstore1.secureserver.net., dsn=4.0.0, stat=Deferred: Connection timed out with mailstore1.secureserver.net.
Apr 6 16:29:34 requiem sm-mta[4095]: o36JpEAX003749: to=<pete@hoperecoveryinc.org>, ctladdr=<apache@requiem.requiemofblood.com> (80/80), delay=03:38:20, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=esmtp, pri=1020558, relay=mailstore1.secureserver.net., dsn=4.0.0, stat=Deferred: Connection timed out with mailstore1.secureserver.net.
Apr 6 16:29:34 requiem sm-mta[4095]: o36JmeOY003735: to=<smeegols@gmail.com>, ctladdr=<apache@requiem.requiemofblood.com> (80/80), delay=03:40:54, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=esmtp, pri=1050636, relay=alt4.gmail-smtp-in.l.google.com., dsn=4.0.0, stat=Deferred: Connection timed out with alt4.gmail-smtp-in.l.google.com.
Apr 6 16:29:34 requiem sm-mta[4095]: o36JmeOY003735: to=<info@recoverytucson.org>, ctladdr=<apache@requiem.requiemofblood.com> (80/80), delay=03:40:54, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=esmtp, pri=1050636, relay=mailstore1.secureserver.net., dsn=4.0.0, stat=Deferred: Connection timed out with mailstore1.secureserver.net.
Apr 6 16:29:34 requiem sm-mta[4095]: o36JbbZf003713: to=<info@recoverytucson.org>, ctladdr=<apache@requiem.requiemofblood.com> (80/80), delay=03:51:56, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=esmtp, pri=1110636, relay=mailstore1.secureserver.net., dsn=4.0.0, stat=Deferred: Connection timed out with mailstore1.secureserver.net.
looks like everything is timing out but I have no idea why, because it use to work fine when I was running Ubuntu but now that I switched to slackware 13.0 im having this issue, could it be the way sendmail is configured and I need to reconfigure it or install it by source?
dsn=4.0.0, stat=Deferred: Connection timed out with [...]
1. Can you
Code:
telnet <any-of-hosts-mentioned-in-log> 25
?
If not, check your iptables setup:
Code:
iptables-save
If output is empty, you have no firewall rules at this host at all, so problem lies somewhere between you and target host.
If you can connect, there may be sort of antivirus software installed somewhere between you and target host (most probably at your ISP) that may be causing problems.
Are you sure you are not listed in any of RBLs?
Beware: being email server administrator is a full-time job that requires knowledge and experience far behind that compiling mail server software. Glad not being one anymore ;-)
dsn=4.0.0, stat=Deferred: Connection timed out with [...]
1. Can you
Code:
telnet <any-of-hosts-mentioned-in-log> 25
?
If not, check your iptables setup:
Code:
iptables-save
If output is empty, you have no firewall rules at this host at all, so problem lies somewhere between you and target host.
If you can connect, there may be sort of antivirus software installed somewhere between you and target host (most probably at your ISP) that may be causing problems.
Are you sure you are not listed in any of RBLs?
Beware: being email server administrator is a full-time job that requires knowledge and experience far behind that compiling mail server software. Glad not being one anymore ;-)
I don't have anyt iptables rulesets set at all, there is no antivirus software installed on the box and im not able to telnet to any of the hosts via port 25
how do I find out if im listed in any of the RBL's my ISP is cox cable
Probably your ISP blocks connection to port 25 to prevent spam. They may have changed rules while you were changing distro - that may be why 'it used to work in Ubuntu'. Simply contact them for clarification and support, explaining why you need mailserver for.
Maybe your sendmail is open relay AND your ISP checked that AND blocked you just in case?
Probably your ISP blocks connection to port 25 to prevent spam. They may have changed rules while you were changing distro - that may be why 'it used to work in Ubuntu'. Simply contact them for clarification and support, explaining why you need mailserver for.
Maybe your sendmail is open relay AND your ISP checked that AND blocked you just in case?
I wil check this out, we also had comcast until recently moved and changed to cox so it could be a cox issue where they are blocking outgoing but why would they block outgoing and not incoming? Im also not listed on that site, so it must be an ISP issue
this is what doesn't make sense, if my ISP (cox) was blocking/filtering port 25, why would they only block/filter outgoing and not incoming because I can connect to my slack box remotely on port 25 and port 143
this is what doesn't make sense, if my ISP (cox) was blocking/filtering port 25, why would they only block/filter outgoing and not incoming because I can connect to my slack box remotely on port 25 and port 143
The problem the ISP has is with you (or the spam software) sending mail from port 25 and clogging the Internet up, lowering the quality of service for most people.
They are not bothered if your computers are receiving requests on port 25. Most residential computers should have port 25 closed anyway, as they are not functioning as mail servers.
thanks a lot for this post, it pretty much explains why im getting the issue that I am, so my question is now, how do I setup sendmail to use cox's smtp server to send out mail? or is that even possible?
Ok, I edited my sendmail*.mc file and edited the smarthost line like needed but sendmail is still not sending the mail that's in queue but when I look in /var/log/mail log all it shows is
EDIT:
Ignore this post as I have resolved the issue, I forgot to convert the changed .mc file to a new .cf file before restarting sendmail, issue is resolved thank you for everyons help and support
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