From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jun 19 21:31:22 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C2B8216A420 for ; Sun, 19 Jun 2005 21:31:22 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kline@tao.thought.org) Received: from tao.thought.org (dsl231-043-140.sea1.dsl.speakeasy.net [216.231.43.140]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1F7DC43D1F for ; Sun, 19 Jun 2005 21:31:21 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kline@tao.thought.org) Received: from tao.thought.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by tao.thought.org (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id j5JLZQAN051566; Sun, 19 Jun 2005 14:35:26 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kline@tao.thought.org) Received: (from kline@localhost) by tao.thought.org (8.13.1/8.13.1/Submit) id j5JLZPIX051565; Sun, 19 Jun 2005 14:35:25 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kline) Date: Sun, 19 Jun 2005 14:35:25 -0700 From: Gary Kline To: Jonathan Chen Message-ID: <20050619213525.GA34412@thought.org> References: <20050619174509.GA32544@thought.org> <20050619191451.GB15438@osiris.chen.org.nz> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20050619191451.GB15438@osiris.chen.org.nz> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-Organization: Thought Unlimited. Public service Unix since 1986. X-Of_Interest: Observing 18++ years of service to the Unix community Cc: Gary Kline , FreeBSD Mailing List Subject: Re: postfix, ubuntu+postfix and FBSD+sendmail 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: Sun, 19 Jun 2005 21:31:23 -0000 On Mon, Jun 20, 2005 at 07:14:51AM +1200, Jonathan Chen wrote: > On Sun, Jun 19, 2005 at 10:45:09AM -0700, Gary Kline wrote: > > > > People, > > > > This is one reason that I don't want to switch to postfix > > (or any other "more secure" MTA). So far I have figured > > out most things on ubuntu linux--(Debian based). I can get > > mail *out* from any acct; but not in. According to my > > sendmail /var/log/maillog, the connection is refused: > > > > > > Jun 19 10:18:50 sage sm-mta[60201]: j5F3qGbQ035034: > > to=, delay=4+13:26:14, xdelay=00:00:00, > > mailer=relay, pri=22800576, relay=ethic.thought.org., dsn=4.0.0, > > stat=Deferred: Connection refused by ethic.thought.org. > > Jun 19 10:18:50 sage sm-mta[60201]: j5F3rm4u035037: > > to=, delay=4+13:24:45, xdelay=00:00:00, > > mailer=relay, pri=22890920, relay=ethic.thought.org., dsn=4.0.0, > > stat=Deferred: Connection refused by ethic.thought.org. > > A connection refused means that the outgoing box doesn't think > there's a socket listening on the receiving end. Have you made sure > that: > > 1. postfix is running? > 2. no firewall blocks in place? > 3. "inet_interfaces = all" in Postix's main.cf? > I 2-checked that postfix *was* running on ethic. There is a script. Firewalls, none insided. As for "3", I'll check. Hmm. The "inet_interfaces" was set to "= loopback_only" for some reason. Not that keen unless there is some valid reason. I set it to "= all" and restarted. OK. Now I get a "Service unavailable" in maillog: Jun 19 14:23:02 sage sendmail[3035]: j5JLMsjS003025: --- 050 ... Connecting to ethic.thought.org. via relay... Jun 19 14:23:08 sage sendmail[3035]: j5JLMsjS003025: SMTP outgoing connect on sage Jun 19 14:23:09 sage sendmail[3035]: j5JLMsjS003025: --- 554 5.0.0 Service unavailable (hold) Jun 19 14:23:09 sage sendmail[3035]: j5JLMsjS003025: to=, ctladdr= (1001/1001), delay=00:00:09, xdelay=00:00:09, mailer=relay, pri=30368, relay=ethic.thought.org. [10.0.0.220], dsn=5.0.0, stat=Service unavailable Jun 19 14:23:09 sage sendmail[3035]: j5JLMsjS003025: j5JLN9jS003035: DSN: Service unavailable Any idea what I need to fix now? gary -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org www.thought.org Public service Unix