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qmail: bouncing mail and unable to opendir todo/0

Hi!
I just installed qmail package from http://www.qmailrocks.org/ with bunch of extra software and patches. I didn't got any compilation errors, everything seemed to go smoothly. After I ran qmail, checked if smtp and pop3 is running, all ok:

Code:

25/tcp  open  smtp

110/tcp open  pop3

Then I created an account and sent mail from gmail account, but I got this error:

Code:

This is an automatically generated Delivery Status Notification



Delivery to the following recipient failed permanently:



    user@******.com



Technical details of permanent failure:

PERM_FAILURE: SMTP Error (state 13): 553 sorry, relaying denied from your location [66.249.92.172] (#5.7.1)

Then I checked to mail log, and got this error all over the log:

Code:

..

Nov 21 15:14:46 + qmail: 1195658086.152675 alert: unable to opendir todo/0, sleeping...

Nov 21 15:14:56 + qmail: 1195658096.157308 alert: unable to opendir todo/0, sleeping...

Nov 21 15:15:06 + qmail: 1195658106.161927 alert: unable to opendir todo/0, sleeping...

Nov 21 15:15:16 + qmail: 1195658116.166550 alert: unable to opendir todo/0, sleeping...

Nov 21 15:15:26 + qmail: 1195658126.178131 alert: unable to opendir todo/0, sleeping...

Nov 21 15:15:36 + qmail: 1195658136.175802 alert: unable to opendir todo/0, sleeping...

Nov 21 15:15:46 + qmail: 1195658146.180429 alert: unable to opendir todo/0, sleeping...

Nov 21 15:15:56 + qmail: 1195658156.185051 alert: unable to opendir todo/0, sleeping...

Nov 21 15:16:06 + qmail: 1195658166.189678 alert: unable to opendir todo/0, sleeping...

Nov 21 15:16:16 + qmail: 1195658176.194302 alert: unable to opendir todo/0, sleeping...

Nov 21 15:16:26 + qmail: 1195658186.198928 alert: unable to opendir todo/0, sleeping...

Nov 21 15:16:36 + qmail: 1195658196.203552 alert: unable to opendir todo/0, sleeping...

Nov 21 15:16:46 + qmail: 1195658206.208179 alert: unable to opendir todo/0, sleeping...

..

But I couldn't find 553 error or any other ones in the log. I'm not sure if these errors has to do anything with the 553 relay error. I'm running Slackware 11.0. I would really appreciate any help! thanks

Hi,

For first case, You should check your relay domain MX record is working correctly.
To check this use www.dnsstuff.com or dig or nslookup.
For second case, I don't have idea, probably unix permission problem.

mt83

First issue is kind of blatant, it is your relay domain configuration. But did you send email to your server or new account or trying to send to a gmail account? I'm confused cause the IP in the error points to a google.com address/domain.

Second issue is a permission problem. Check the permissions.

Thank you guys! My domain didn't pass all the tests:

Quote:

WARN MX records are not CNAMEs WARNING: When I looked up your MX record, your DNS server returned a CNAME. This is an unusual situation, and I can't handle it -- the following MX tests may not work properly. The problem is:
smtp.secureserver.net.->smtp.where.secureserver.net.

Quote:

FAIL MX A lookups have no CNAMEs WARNING: One or more of your MX records points to a CNAME. CNAMEs are prohibited in MX records, according to RFC974, RFC1034 3.6.2, RFC1912 2.4, and RFC2181 10.3. The problem MX record(s) are:
smtp.secureserver.net.->smtp.where.secureserver.net.->64.202.166.12

Quote:

WARN Mail server host name in greeting WARNING: One or more of your mailservers is claiming to be a host other than what it really is (the SMTP greeting should be a 3-digit QUOTE, followed by a space or a dash, then the host name). If your mailserver sends out E-mail using this domain in its EHLO or HELO, your E-mail might get blocked by anti-spam software. This is also a technical violation of RFC821 4.3 (and RFC2821 4.3.1). Note that the hostname given in the SMTP greeting should have an A record pointing back to the same server. Note that this one test may use a cached DNS record.

smtp.secureserver.net claims to be host pre-smtp22-01.prod.mesa1.secureserver.net [but that host is at 64.202.166.38 (may be cached), not 64.202.166.12]. mailstore1.secureserver.net claims to be host pre-smtp24-02.prod.mesa1.secureserver.net [but that host is at 64.202.166.85 (may be cached), not 64.202.166.11].

Quote:

FAIL Acceptance of postmaster address ERROR: One or more of your mailservers does not accept mail to postmaster@********.com. Mailservers are required (RFC822 6.3, RFC1123 5.2.7, and RFC2821 4.5.1) to accept mail to postmaster.

smtp.secureserver.net's postmaster response: >>> RCPT TO:<postmaster@*********.com> <<< 553 sorry, relaying denied from your location [74.53.59.133] (#5.7.1) mailstore1.secureserver.net's postmaster response: >>> RCPT TO:<postmaster@*********.com> <<< 553 sorry, relaying denied from your location [74.53.59.133] (#5.7.1)

Quote:

WARN Acceptance of abuse address WARNING: One or more of your mailservers does not accept mail to abuse@********.com. Mailservers are expected by RFC2142 to accept mail to abuse.

smtp.secureserver.net's abuse response: >>> RCPT TO:<abuse@*********.com> <<< 553 sorry, relaying denied from your location [74.53.59.133] (#5.7.1) mailstore1.secureserver.net's abuse response: >>> RCPT TO:<abuse@*******.com> <<< 553 sorry, relaying denied from your location [74.53.59.133] (#5.7.1)

Quote:

PASS Open relay test OK: All of your mailservers appear to be closed to relaying. This is not a thorough check, you can get a thorough one here.

smtp.secureserver.net OK: 553 sorry, relaying denied from your location [74.53.59.133] (#5.7.1) mailstore1.secureserver.net OK: 553 sorry, relaying denied from your location [74.53.59.133] (#5.7.1)

Any tips whats up with the CNAME and does it has any effect on my problem? it appears that my smtp sends out the message >mailstore1.secureserver.net OK: 553 sorry, relaying denied from your location [74.53.59.133], so I guess thats a configuration problem then. I don't understand why it says mailstore1.secureserver.net, thats not my domain. Any tips please? Thanks!

From the tests, sounds like you setup a CNAME and not an MX record for your mail server. In order for Mail to work, you have to have an MX record.

Hi,

Your Domain record should like this

@ 1D IN SOA test.com. hostmaster.test.com. (
42 ; serial (d. adams)
3H ; refresh
15M ; retry
1W ; expiry
1D ) ; minimum

@ 1D IN NS c1.test.com. ← hostname+Domain
@ 1D IN MX 10 mx1.test.com. ← Mail Priority

If you use Customize Web Panel, you should check with your domain provider.

Thanks! I have the domain registered at GoDaddy. But there ware listed two MX records, both ware something.secureserver.com, so I changed the first one to mail.mydomain.com, I'm not sure what should I do about the second one, should there be two? after I changed it, I tried to ping mail.mydomain.com and got:

Quote:

PING pop.secureserver.net (64.202.165.92) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from pop.secureserver.net (64.202.165.92): icmp_seq=1 ttl=112 time=91.0 ms

It still the same secureserver.net, but I guess I have to wait like 24 hours for the changes to take effect.

Whats the purpose of the second MX record, do I really need it? Thanks!

Hi,
My understanding on it is if u have two or more email server for this domain. U can set more than one MX record. Depend on your requirement.