From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Oct 18 14:57:42 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D5D3316A41A for ; Thu, 18 Oct 2007 14:57:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jhary@unsane.co.uk) Received: from unsane.co.uk (unsane-pt.tunnel.tserv2.fmt.ipv6.he.net [IPv6:2001:470:1f03:1f1::2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 50F3D13C442 for ; Thu, 18 Oct 2007 14:57:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jhary@unsane.co.uk) Received: from prawn.unsane.co.uk (150.117-84-212.staticip.namesco.net [212.84.117.150]) (authenticated bits=0) by unsane.co.uk (8.14.0/8.14.0) with ESMTP id l9IEvsva094735 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Thu, 18 Oct 2007 15:57:55 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from jhary@unsane.co.uk) Message-ID: <47177455.2030909@unsane.co.uk> Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2007 15:57:25 +0100 From: Vince User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (X11/20070816) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Joel Muia References: In-Reply-To: X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.2 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Mails undelivered X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2007 14:57:42 -0000 Joel Muia wrote: > Dear Reader > > I have FreeBSD 5.5 installed and configured as a firewall and as mail server > in my network. Unfortunately, a consultant installed and configured before I > joined the company. I am the system administrator however I do not know on > how to support it. > > > > Currently, mails are not going. Only internal mails are be delivered. > > > > How do I troubleshoot? What services do I restart and what commands should I > use. > It depends a little on what packages he installed for the mailserver. However most (maybe all, i'm not sure) of the mailservers keep their logs in the same place. A good start would be: check the server has outgoing smtp connectivity (telnet to a known good smtp server on port 25 and go though the helo/mail from/rcpt to procedure.) If you can mail from the command line its an issue with the mailserver, if not its a firewall/network issue. Next check the maillogs (/var/log/maillog) and the messages log (/var/log/messages) to see if anything obvious is in them. If you are using the base sendmail (or another MTA via the mailwrapper) it can be restarted using "/etc/rc.d/sendmail restart" I'd suggest looking through the handbook as well (http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/) especially the http://wwwfe.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/mail.html section. If you have error messages in the logfile you cant understand and restarting sendmail doesnt fix it, send it to the list (I wont be checking my email much for the rest of today so keep it on list so others can help) Vince > > > Joel Muia - IT > > Crown HealthCare (K) Ltd > > P.O Box 40449-00100 GPO > > Tel: + (254 -020) 375 00 00 > > Fax:+ (254 - 020) 375 06 00 > > Website www.crownkenya.com > > > > "Total Hospital Solutions - Equipment and Supplies" > > > > This email is confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual > to whom it is addressed. If you are not the intended recipient, be advised > that you have received this email in error and that any use, dissemination, > forwarding, printing, or copying of this email is strictly prohibited. If > you have received this email in error please contact the sender. Any views > or opinions presented are solely those of the author and do not necessarily > represent those of Crown Healthcare Ltd. Although this email and any > attachments are believed to be free of any virus or other defects which > might affect any computer or IT system into which they are received, no > responsibility is accepted by Crown Healthcare Ltd or any of its associates > for any loss or damage arising in any way from the receipt or use thereof. > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"