Re: FN-FORUM: receive mail

date posted 30th June 2007 15:41

thanks Alain

> What can you see in /var/log/exim ? You should see a file called mainlog
> That will tell you what is happening.

they say nothing about mail from outside

> Are the permissions on /var/spool/mail correct ?

no - changed main recipient to chmod 660
locally sent mail receiving ok now

>
> =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0ps | mail -s test john

receives fine

>
> TCP port 25 is what you need in the firewall.

port 25 is open but logs say:
exim 4.63 daemon started: pid=3D4765, -q1h, listening for SMTP on port 25 (=
IPv6=20
with IPv4) port 587 (IPv6 and IPv4) and for SMTPS on port 465 (IPv6 and IPv4

> What happens when you go:
>
> =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0telnet machinename 25

I get: Connection refused

so local is working but external not

j