problem with qmail

vivek_025 · 08-14-2007, 10:41 PM

I have installed qmail with vpopmail following all the steps mentioned in the qmailrocks.org.But now I can send mail to mail account outside like hotmail and yahoo.but when I send mail from mail account of the hotmail or yahoo or any other the messege could not be received in the mailbox.
what I did was I added the domain with vadddomain command amd the user with vadduser command.
Also When I send mail form the local userthe message is received in the mailbox.

I am really having a great problem.can anybody help me please

JimBass · 08-15-2007, 04:37 PM

Do DNS records exist for the domains you are mailing from, and do they point at this server? I'm guessing not. To receive mail, you have to be the listed mail exchanger (MX) in a domain, which is controlled by the DNS server.

Peace,
JimBass

vivek_025 · 08-17-2007, 01:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JimBass

Do DNS records exist for the domains you are mailing from, and do they point at this server? I'm guessing not. To receive mail, you have to be the listed mail exchanger (MX) in a domain, which is controlled by the DNS server.

Peace,
JimBass

yes sir my DNS server do list the domains i am mailing from, as the mail exchanger.

JimBass · 08-18-2007, 08:23 AM

Check the logs. Qmail logs any transactions into /var/log/qmail/qmail-send. Go into that directory, and grep for the domain you are sending from. See if your machine is receiving it and can't deliver to the user (you should create users through the qmailadmin interface, which qmailrocks puts at http://yourserver.com/cgi-bin/qmailadmin), or if it is not even receiving it. If you don't receive it, the problem is DNS. If your server gets the message but can't deliver to the user, see what went wrong with the creation of that particular user.

Peace,
JimBass