Deferred Mail

[gorilly]

Hi

i have set up a test server (open source)

Its all running ok but i'm having trouble sending and receiving mail - everything ends up in the deferred queue and the origin ip is 172.0.0.1

Now im pretty sure i have my hosts file correct,
it reads (this is exactly what it reads)

172.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost
192.168.0.10 mail.gorillystestdomain.co.uk mail

on my domain i have set an A record to point at my external ip of my zimbra server 90.X.X.X
then i have set an MX record.

can't see what im doing wrong!

thanks

[uxbod]

As you are on a internal LAN have you follows this guide ? Split DNS - Zimbra :: Wiki

Also, if you are still having problems please post the following :-

cat /etc/resolv.conf
dig domain.com mx
dig domain.com ns
host `hostname` <-- note backticks

* Note: replace domain.com with your own

[gorilly]

i will have a try with BIND.

should zimbra really be in a DMZ then?

[uxbod]

Originally Posted by gorilly

should zimbra really be in a DMZ then?

that really depends on your security policy

[gorilly]

not the best idea then!

ok so i have now installed and configured bind9 and ran dig

root@mail:/home/cup# dig thepressurepoint.co.uk mx

; <<>> DiG 9.3.2 <<>> thepressurepoint.co.uk mx ;; global options: printcmd ;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: SERVFAIL, id: 9967 ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;thepressurepoint.co.uk. IN MX

;; Query time: 22 msec
;; SERVER: 192.168.0.20#53(192.168.0.20) ;; WHEN: Tue Mar 25 11:53:58 2008 ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 40

root@mail:/home/cup# dig thepressurepoint.co.uk ns

; <<>> DiG 9.3.2 <<>> thepressurepoint.co.uk ns ;; global options: printcmd ;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: SERVFAIL, id: 55448 ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;thepressurepoint.co.uk. IN NS

;; Query time: 1 msec
;; SERVER: 192.168.0.20#53(192.168.0.20) ;; WHEN: Tue Mar 25 11:54:15 2008 ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 40

if i run an mx lookup externally i get the ip external ip of my router / zimbra server.

25 is fwd

[uxbod]

dig is not returning anything. what do you have in your /etc/resolv.conf ? it looks like from the dig you are pointing at :-

;; SERVER: 192.168.0.20#53(192.168.0.20)

so if you have installed BIND on your Zimbra server you need to update resolv.conf to point at 192.168.0.10 instead. This should then resolve the NS and MX correctly.

[gorilly]

hi sorry server is on 20 not 10 i made a typo earlier

in resolv.conf i have

search thepressurepoint.co.uk
nameserver 192.168.0.20

[uxbod]

something is wrong in your zone files then. what does /var/log/messages show when you start up BIND ?

[gorilly]

just looked (didnt know to look there)

yes its not working correctly, i will try and fix it

Mar 25 12:37:20 mail named[9427]: starting BIND 9.3.2 -u bind
Mar 25 12:37:20 mail named[9427]: found 2 CPUs, using 2 worker threads
Mar 25 12:37:20 mail named[9427]: loading configuration from '/etc/bind/named.conf'
Mar 25 12:37:20 mail named[9427]: listening on IPv4 interface lo, 127.0.0.1#53
Mar 25 12:37:20 mail named[9427]: listening on IPv4 interface eth0, 192.168.0.20#53
Mar 25 12:37:20 mail named[9427]: command channel listening on 127.0.0.1#953
Mar 25 12:37:20 mail named[9427]: command channel listening on ::1#953
Mar 25 12:37:20 mail named[9427]: zone 0.in-addr.arpa/IN: loaded serial 1
Mar 25 12:37:20 mail named[9427]: zone 127.in-addr.arpa/IN: loaded serial 1
Mar 25 12:37:20 mail named[9427]: /etc/bind/zones/rev.0.168.192.in-addr.arpa:1: unknown RR type 'example.com'
Mar 25 12:37:20 mail named[9427]: zone 0.168.192.in-addr.arpa/IN: loading master file /etc/bind/zones/rev.0.168.192.in-addr.arpa: unknown class/type
Mar 25 12:37:20 mail named[9427]: zone 255.in-addr.arpa/IN: loaded serial 1
Mar 25 12:37:20 mail named[9427]: zone localhost/IN: loaded serial 1
Mar 25 12:37:20 mail named[9427]: zone thepressurepoint.co.uk/IN: loading master file /etc/bind/zones/example.com.db: file not found

[gorilly]

this is driving me nuts now

; <<>> DiG 9.3.2 <<>> thepressurepoint.co.uk mx
;; global options: printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 65034
;; flags: qr aa rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 0

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;thepressurepoint.co.uk. IN MX

;; ANSWER SECTION:
thepressurepoint.co.uk. 38400 IN MX 10 mail.thepressurepoint.co.uk.

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
thepressurepoint.co.uk. 38400 IN NS mail.thepressurepoint.co.uk.

;; Query time: 1 msec
;; SERVER: 192.168.0.20#53(192.168.0.20)
;; WHEN: Tue Mar 25 13:35:34 2008
;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 75

root@mail:/home/cup# dig thepressurepoint.co.uk ns

; <<>> DiG 9.3.2 <<>> thepressurepoint.co.uk ns
;; global options: printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 60664
;; flags: qr aa rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;thepressurepoint.co.uk. IN NS

;; ANSWER SECTION:
thepressurepoint.co.uk. 38400 IN NS mail.thepressurepoint.co.uk.

;; Query time: 1 msec
;; SERVER: 192.168.0.20#53(192.168.0.20)
;; WHEN: Tue Mar 25 13:35:37 2008
;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 59

any better?