From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat May 14 03:39:09 2005 Return-Path: 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 CD32616A4CE for ; Sat, 14 May 2005 03:39:09 +0000 (GMT) Received: from web32115.mail.mud.yahoo.com (web32115.mail.mud.yahoo.com [68.142.207.129]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 886BC43D48 for ; Sat, 14 May 2005 03:39:09 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from paul_s_keyes@yahoo.ca) Received: (qmail 58743 invoked by uid 60001); 14 May 2005 03:39:09 -0000 Message-ID: <20050514033909.58741.qmail@web32115.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Received: from [24.222.189.156] by web32115.mail.mud.yahoo.com via HTTP; Fri, 13 May 2005 23:39:09 EDT Date: Fri, 13 May 2005 23:39:09 -0400 (EDT) From: Paul Keyes To: "albi@scii.nl" In-Reply-To: 6667 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: incoming mail access issue X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 14 May 2005 03:39:09 -0000 Hi, Thanks for the questions. I am using Sendmail as an MTA: > *) is your mailserver a public service or a local > one ? I can't figure out how to configure this. How do I do it? I've tried modifying my /etc/mail/hostname.mc and running: make make install make restart ...but I can't find clear documentation that addresses my problem (I can only send mail from one outside address) > *) are you sending those email locally or from > another machine on the > internet ? >From the elsewhere on the internet. Sending mail locally works fine. > *) did you look at the logfiles ? e.g. > /var/log/maillog Yes. I don't know how to read it though. There doesn't appear to be any 'errors' or explanations as to why mail isn't being delivered. > *) what does the command "mailq" show ? /var/spool/mqueue is empty Total requests: 0 Thanks for your help. I appreciate it! --- "albi@scii.nl" wrote: > On Thu, 12 May 2005 12:13:13 -0400 (EDT) > Paul Keyes wrote: > > > I'm running FreeBSD 5.3-RELEASE. I have qpopper > > installed and working for pop mail but the problem > is > > that no matter what account on the system I'm > sending > > mail to, the only messages that actually get > through > > are from one specific email address, all others > seem > > to be rejected. Can anyone point me in the right > > direction to solving this problem? > > qpopper is a pop-daemon making it possible to fetch > emails from a > machine > > your problem sounds more like a problem with the > MTA, sendmail, postfix, > qmail, exim or whatever you are using > > *) is your mailserver a public service or a local > one ? > *) are you sending those email locally or from > another machine on the > internet ? > *) did you look at the logfiles ? e.g. > /var/log/maillog > *) what does the command "mailq" show ? > > ______________________________________________________________________ Post your free ad now! http://personals.yahoo.ca