not able to receive mails
 

Hi folks,

After all the efforts to put the mail server back on track i finally succeed although marginally ...now am able to send messages but i am not able to receive any ...can any one of u know wat cud be wrong
-srikant

also the following is the error mesg i got by trying to send it to the system

<root@xxx.xxxxxxxxxx.xxx>:
10.8.12.2 does not like recipient.
Remote host said: 550 5.1.1 <root@xxx.xxxxxxxxxx.xxx>... User unknown
Giving up on 10.8.12.2 .

Is it in /var/spool/mail/<username>? If so, maybe you just need to configure procmail to deliver it.

# Common e-mail tools
sendmail - postfix - sends mail to local users (and internet when configured correctly)
fetchmail - gets mail from internet accounts (non-Hotmail type)
procmail - sorts and delivers into separate mailboxes
mutt - mail client that sucks less than all the others
Email the Linux Way
Suresh Ramasubramanian's email guide
The Linux Mail User HOWTO
The Linux Electronic Mail Administrator HOWTO

no i dont see any of it :(

cud it be a fire wall problem..I dont seem to understand :(