[SOLVED] Can't receive and send mail

[leiw]

Hello,

After installed Zimbra in FC7 ( MX record still error, but I don't know how to
fix it, because the MX record is assigned by ISP) , so that I Can't receive and send mail .....


Thx

[phoenix]

Originally Posted by leiw

Hello,

After installed Zimbra in FC7 ( MX record still error, but I don't know how to
fix it, because the MX record is assigned by ISP) , so that I Can't receive and send mail .....

A search of the forums will find the answer you need. If you are behind a NAT router then you'll need a Split DNS setup.

[leiw]

Originally Posted by phoenix

A search of the forums will find the answer you need. If you are behind a NAT router then you'll need a Split DNS setup.

ya, the Zimbra is befind firewall, but how can I configure split DNS from ISP ?
the domain name is hosted by ISP .


Thx

[phoenix]

Originally Posted by leiw

ya, the Zimbra is befind firewall, but how can I configure split DNS from ISP ?
the domain name is hosted by ISP .

Please read the instructions in the wiki link I've posted and/or search the forums for complete details on how to do it.

[dwmtractor]

Originally Posted by leiw

ya, the Zimbra is befind firewall, but how can I configure split DNS from ISP ?
the domain name is hosted by ISP .

Thx

It is not the ISP where your DNS needs to be split. The issue here is that your Zimbra server needs to be able to resolve an MX record to itself, and that means it has to find its INTERNAL ip address (the real one, not the NATted on) on a DNS somewhere. But obviously, if that internal address were resolved by the DNS on the public side of things, everybody else would be trying to hit your internal address and failing.

So the purpose of split DNS is so that your inside server resolves mail.somedomain.com to a different--that is internal--address than the one that I would find if I looked up mail.somedomain.com from the outside.

The wiki Bill linked will show you how; hope this explains the why. . .

Cheers,

Dan

[leiw]

Originally Posted by dwmtractor

It is not the ISP where your DNS needs to be split. The issue here is that your Zimbra server needs to be able to resolve an MX record to itself, and that means it has to find its INTERNAL ip address (the real one, not the NATted on) on a DNS somewhere. But obviously, if that internal address were resolved by the DNS on the public side of things, everybody else would be trying to hit your internal address and failing.

So the purpose of split DNS is so that your inside server resolves mail.somedomain.com to a different--that is internal--address than the one that I would find if I looked up mail.somedomain.com from the outside.

The wiki Bill linked will show you how; hope this explains the why. . .

Cheers,

Dan

Ok, I not facilitate on FC7 DNS, these do not have named.conf in /etc, so
I don't know how to setup.... please can you tell me how to do it .


Thx

[dwmtractor]

I don't have FC7 at all (I use Ubuntu) but I am wondering if perhaps FC7 has bind9 rather than standard bind. If this is the case this Ubuntu wiki, which uses bind9, may give you some help. Beyond that someone with FC7 would have to instruct you as I don't know.

Anyone??

[leiw]

Originally Posted by dwmtractor

I don't have FC7 at all (I use Ubuntu) but I am wondering if perhaps FC7 has bind9 rather than standard bind. If this is the case this Ubuntu wiki, which uses bind9, may give you some help. Beyond that someone with FC7 would have to instruct you as I don't know.

Anyone??

I used another Centos Linux to host DNS service, I edited the Zimbra
/etc/resolve.conf directly to Centos Linux, and then reinstall Zimbra. Now I
can recevie and send email !!

THX !!