[ale] qmail problems

stephen stephen at phynp6.phy-astr.gsu.edu
Tue Nov 13 10:20:37 EST 2001


Unfortunately, I'm not sure how to solve your problem.  But from my
experience, qmail problems were usually due to typos, incorrect
settings in the control files, and incorrect settings in the tcprules
database.  The best advice I can give is to double and triple check
these places and then verify with the instructions in TEST.deliver
and TEST.receive.

stephen

On Tue, Nov 13, 2001 at 09:30:36AM -0500, jeff tillotson wrote:
> I have setup qmail to act as an smtp server for pager notifications.  The install process went fine and I can 
> connect to the port 25.  It will even accept mail from the systems that are allowed to relay (verified with 
> several clients).  However the mail seems to just sit on the smtp box waiting to get delivered.  If I execute 
> /etc/rc3.d/S80qmail stat I get messages like these:
> 	messages in queue: 7
> 	messages in queue but not yet preporcessed: 7
> 
> So far I have verified their is a DNS record for the qmail box and also that it is a MX record ( it does but it is 
> second in priority).  The network settings are okay.  The IP filtering is set okay ( I can connect the 
> messages just queue and don't send ),  The qmail box can resolve DNS and it resolves the MX records for 
> the mail I have sent.  The relay control works properly ( I can connect from hosts that I defined but not 
> from others).  
> 
> I have been reading all the stuff I can find at qmail.org and currently am looking at faqts.com and am not 
> having much luck.  This is my first time setting up a smtp server so I don't have a great deal of experience 
> in it.  I think this is one of those times when I don't even know what I should be looking for.  
> 
> So can someone help me out by giving me some advice or pointing me in the right direction?  I would 
> appreciate it.  
> 
> 
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