Page 1 of 1

smtp issues

Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2008 2:18 pm
by kkonline
I have installed postfix and configured it.

Code: Select all

 
debian:/etc/postfix# telnet localhost 25
Trying 127.0.0.1...
Connected to localhost.localdomain.
Escape character is '^]'.
220 mail.mysite.org ESMTP Postfix (Debian/GNU)
ehlo localhost
250-mail.mysite.org
250-PIPELINING
250-SIZE 10240000
250-VRFY
250-ETRN
250-STARTTLS
250-AUTH LOGIN PLAIN
250-AUTH=LOGIN PLAIN
250-ENHANCEDSTATUSCODES
250-8BITMIME
250 DSN
 
Above is the result of telneting the port. however ping mail.mysite.com is not working and i am still not able to send any mails yet.
What can be done/

Re: smtp issues

Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2008 3:05 pm
by ghurtado
Sounds like it could be a DNS issue. Can you ping the IP directly, but not the domain name?

Re: smtp issues

Posted: Sat Aug 09, 2008 12:29 am
by kkonline
ghurtado wrote:Sounds like it could be a DNS issue. Can you ping the IP directly, but not the domain name?
I can ping the ip directly; the domain as mysite.com can also be pinged. but mail.mysite.com is not pingable.

Also I am on a unmanaged vps hosting and "You will need to setup a webserver and host your own DNS." were teh comments of the hosting provider.

I have configured apache2 as web server but not any DNS on this site.
I have mapped the A number of the domain with the ip of the vps server ; is this DNS hosting or another specific package has to be installed?

Re: smtp issues

Posted: Mon Aug 11, 2008 8:24 am
by ghurtado