Not sure if this is a setting in Virtualmin, or what. I have 2 site that both send mail internally, but nothing is getting out. I have a Forum Invision Power Board 3.1.1 when someone register, it send a confirmation e-mail out to the customer, to verify email. It uses an internal e-mail client. but the email is not going through.
I also have a Store running (xcart 4.3) it uses e-mail to send out a download key to customers. It to uses an internal e-mail client, but none of its mail is gets out.
I tried a simple contact form on another site, and same thing with it, and it uses a php mailer. but nothing is getting out. I have the Firewall disabled, so it must be something with the server, maybe post-fix, I don't know. I'm not using any of the mail functions built into the server, so can I just disable them for now? out going mail is very important to both the store and forum. Please help.
Regards. Michael
Comments
Submitted by JamieCameron on Wed, 07/14/2010 - 21:57 Comment #1
You might want to check what gets logged to the
/var/log/maillogfile when you try to send email - you should see some error messages or useful log lines there.Submitted by mike8 on Thu, 07/15/2010 - 00:35 Comment #2
Checking the log I see no errors at all. But every time I try to send a message from one of my sites, just a contact form, using a php mailer. it shuts down Postfix server. Do you know whats causing that?
I tried starting Sendmail mail Server, but it won't start.
Do I have to have Postfix server to send mail out, can't I just use an external mail server, like Roadrunner? I have an account there..
Michael
Submitted by JamieCameron on Thu, 07/15/2010 - 03:17 Comment #3
If you are sending email using PHP apps, you could just configure them to relay via your ISPs mail server. The exact way to set this up would depend on the PHP script though ..
That said, relaying via your local Postfix server should work fine. Is it actually running though? You can check for this on the System Information page that appears after you login to Virtualmin.
Submitted by mike8 on Thu, 07/15/2010 - 15:16 Comment #4
OK I played with this last night quite a bit, and a little this morning. It looks like if I turn Postfix on, in webmin under Postfix server at the bottom of the page, it shows up as being on, if I reload the page it asks if I want to start Postfix again.
If I go to Virtualmin/system Information Page, it shows Postfix as being off, If I click the little arrow next to the Postfix indicator, to turn it on, It again shows it as being on, But if I leave that page and go to another page and come back it is turned off again. Is this a problem with Postfix maybe. I have redirected my site back to the other server until I get this figured out.
I have been doing some reading on the mail servers, and it said to set up Qmail, you have to uninstall any other mail servers that might be using the same port. I have noticed that I have both Sendmail, and Postfix installed, I don't have Qmail so thats not a problem. Should I uninstall Sendmail? I'm tring to sue Postfix as the mail server.
Regards
Michael
Submitted by JamieCameron on Thu, 07/15/2010 - 19:47 Comment #5
It looks like Postfix is starting, then immediately crashing. You should check /var/log/maillog and see what lines are logged when you click the Start button ..
As for sendmail, it is OK to have it installed but not running. However, you can safely remove it if you like.
Submitted by mike8 on Fri, 07/16/2010 - 10:41 Comment #6
I could not figure out what was wrong with Postfix, but it looks like Sendmail is working right now. Is there any documentation for ether postfix, or Sendmal? Maybe it has something to do with the way there set up?
Thanks
Michael
Submitted by JamieCameron on Fri, 07/16/2010 - 10:48 Comment #7
Postfix should work fine, and I would recommend sticking with it, or else you will have a lot of re-configuration to do.
Submitted by mike8 on Fri, 07/16/2010 - 11:58 Comment #8
Maybe it should work fine, but its not working at all. I can't even keep it running. Send mail was not working ether, but at least it will stay running now. I would like to use postfix if I could get to to work.
This is the error message I get in the "maillog"
ul 16 09:44:34 asrservice postfix/master[7769]: fatal: /etc/postfix/master.cf: line 10: inet service cannot be privateand this is the line in my "master.cf"
## Postfix master process configuration file. For details on the format
# of the file, see the master(5) manual page (command: "man 5 master").
#
# ==========================================================================
# service type private unpriv chroot wakeup maxproc command + args
# (yes) (yes) (yes) (never) (100)
# ==========================================================================
smtp inet n - n - - smtpd -o smtpd_sasl_auth_enable=yes
submission inet - - - - - smtpd -o smtpd_enforce_tls=yes -o smtpd_sasl_auth_enable=no -o smtpd_client_restrictions=permit_sasl_authenticated,reject
smtps inet - - - - - smtpd -o smtpd_tls_wrappermode=yes -o smtpd_sasl_auth_enable=no -o smtpd_client_restrictions=permit_sasl_authenticated,reject
628 inet - - - - - qmqpd
pickup fifo n - n 60 1 pickup
cleanup unix n - n - 0 cleanup
qmgr fifo n - n 300 1 qmgr
#qmgr fifo n - n 300 1 oqmgr
tlsmgr unix - - n 1000? 1 tlsmgr
rewrite unix - - n - - trivial-rewrite
bounce unix - - n - 0 bounce
defer unix - - n - 0 bounce
trace unix - - n - 0 bounce
verify unix - - n - 1 verify
flush unix n - n 1000? 0 flush
proxymap unix - - n - - proxymap
smtp unix - - n - - smtp
# When relaying mail as backup MX, disable fallback_relay to avoid MX loops
relay unix - - n - - smtp
-o fallback_relay=
# -o smtp_helo_timeout=5 -o smtp_connect_timeout=5
showq unix n - n - - showq
error unix - - n - - error
discard unix - - n - - discard
local unix - n n - - local
virtual unix - n n - - virtual
lmtp unix - - n - - lmtp
anvil unix - - n - 1 anvil
scache unix - - n - 1 scache
#
# ====================================================================
# Interfaces to non-Postfix software. Be sure to examine the manual
# pages of the non-Postfix software to find out what options it wants.
#
# Many of the following services use the Postfix pipe(8) delivery
# agent. See the pipe(8) man page for information about ${recipient}
# and other message envelope options.
# ====================================================================
#
# maildrop. See the Postfix MAILDROP_README file for details.
# Also specify in main.cf: maildrop_destination_recipient_limit=1
#
maildrop unix - n n - - pipe
flags=DRhu user=vmail argv=/usr/local/bin/maildrop -d ${recipient}
#
# The Cyrus deliver program has changed incompatibly, multiple times.
#
old-cyrus unix - n n - - pipe
flags=R user=cyrus argv=/usr/lib/cyrus-imapd/deliver -e -m ${extension} ${user}
# Cyrus 2.1.5 (Amos Gouaux)
# Also specify in main.cf: cyrus_destination_recipient_limit=1
cyrus unix - n n - - pipe
user=cyrus argv=/usr/lib/cyrus-imapd/deliver -e -r ${sender} -m ${extension} ${user}
#
# See the Postfix UUCP_README file for configuration details.
#
uucp unix - n n - - pipe
flags=Fqhu user=uucp argv=uux -r -n -z -a$sender - $nexthop!rmail ($recipient)
#
# Other external delivery methods.
#
ifmail unix - n n - - pipe
flags=F user=ftn argv=/usr/lib/ifmail/ifmail -r $nexthop ($recipient)
bsmtp unix - n n - - pipe
flags=Fq. user=foo argv=/usr/local/sbin/bsmtp -f $sender $nexthop $recipient
Michael
Submitted by mike8 on Fri, 07/16/2010 - 13:03 Comment #9
OK I think I figured it out, at least it didn't close after I started it. Will try to send messages out now.
Ya Postfix is finally working. Now I just need to figure out the alias file.
Michael
Submitted by mike8 on Fri, 07/16/2010 - 13:04 Comment #10
Postfix is working.