On Mon, 04 Jun 2007 10:35:39 +0200
Johannes Skov Frandsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hans-Werner Hilse wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > On Fri, 01 Jun 2007 16:29:56 +0200 Johannes Skov Frandsen
> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> >
> >> Well I guess I should have expected it to rather simple to test.
> >> But I have never tried to configure a mailserver before
> >> hence my somewhat naive question.
> >>
> >> So what I did was to change my smtp server in thunderbird to use
> >> localhost (with my postfix server running) and the send a
> >> mail. This failed! Thunderbirds just claims that it could not
> >> connect to the server...
> >>
> >> I'm obvious doing something really simple completely wrong, but
> >> what?
> >>
> >
> > Start with telnet or even better netcat ("nc") and try connecting
> > directly, e.g. "nc localhost smtp" (replace "nc" by "telnet" if you
> > have that installed -- you might need to install one of the
> > utilities, in that case, chose netcat).
> >
> My server give me this response:
> # telnet localhost smtp
> Trying 127.0.0.1...
> Connected to localhost.
> Escape character is '^]'.
> Connection closed by foreign host
>
> I have no firewall installed so it shouldn't be a firewal problem.
> > The server should respond with
> > "220 <server's host name> ESMTP <product id>".
> >
> > If not, check
> > - whether "localhost" can be resolved (your /etc/hosts might be
> > borked)
> > - if there's a overly jealous firewall active, that doesn't allow
> > this traffic.
> >
> > You can then try talking to your mail server directly (simple SMTP
> > is fast to learn), e.g. enter
> >
> > ---snip
> > MAIL FROM: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > RCPT TO: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > DATA
> > Subject: Test
> >
> > this is a test.
> > .
> > QUIT
> > ---snip
> > (server will send replies not printed here)
> >
> > Do the same coming from the outside, in order to make sure that
> > those attempts are blocked. Otherwise you'll create an open relay
> > and you'll be blocked very soon on several other hosts.
> >
> > If you're not sure what is wrong, that might warrant a look into
> > postfix' log files (below /var/log).
> >
> I cant' seem to locate the log file. Any hint on the specific
> location?
> > -hwh
> >
>
>
Postfix on my boxes logs to /var/log/mail.err and /var/log/mail.log.
Why not attach your main.cf to the next message, and I'll take a look
at it?
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