system failure: MessagingException

[JacoRas]

Hi Guys,
A newbie to Zimbra!! I installed Zimbra which is running on a webmail platform.

When trying to send a mail I get the following error.

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A network service error has occurred.

msg - system failure: MessagingException
code - service.FAILURE
method - ZmCsfeCommand.prototype.invoke
detail - soap:Receiver
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Please help me...

[JacoRas]

Looking at mailbox.log i see...

2008-05-09 09:58:49,926 INFO [http-7070-Processor99] [name=mobihana@lionspride.co.za;mid=129;ip=41.208.2 05.241;ua=ZimbraWebClient - FF2.0 (Win)/4.5.10_GA_1575.RHEL5_64;] SoapEngine - handler exception
com.zimbra.common.service.ServiceException: system failure: MessagingException
at com.zimbra.common.service.ServiceException.FAILURE (ServiceException.java:165)
at com.zimbra.cs.mailbox.MailSender.sendMimeMessage(M ailSender.java:297)
at com.zimbra.cs.mailbox.MailSender.sendMimeMessage(M ailSender.java:114)
at com.zimbra.cs.operation.SendMsgOperation.callback( SendMsgOperation.java:106)
at com.zimbra.cs.operation.Operation.schedule(Operati on.java:180)
at com.zimbra.cs.service.mail.SendMsg.handle(SendMsg. java:132)
at com.zimbra.soap.SoapEngine.dispatchRequest(SoapEng ine.java:266)
at com.zimbra.soap.SoapEngine.dispatch(SoapEngine.jav a:163)
at com.zimbra.soap.SoapEngine.dispatch(SoapEngine.jav a:85)
at com.zimbra.soap.SoapServlet.doPost(SoapServlet.jav a:220)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet .java:709)
at com.zimbra.cs.servlet.ZimbraServlet.service(Zimbra Servlet.java:152)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet .java:802)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.in ternalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:252)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.do Filter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invo ke(StandardWrapperValve.java:213)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invo ke(StandardContextValve.java:178)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke( StandardHostValve.java:126)
at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke (ErrorReportValve.java:105)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invok e(StandardEngineValve.java:107)
at org.apache.catalina.valves.AccessLogValve.invoke(A ccessLogValve.java:541)
at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.servic e(CoyoteAdapter.java:148)
at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(H ttp11Processor.java:869)
at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11BaseProtocol$Http11 ConnectionHandler.processConnection(Http11BaseProt ocol.java:667)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.PoolTcpEndpoint.process Socket(PoolTcpEndpoint.java:527)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.LeaderFollowerWorkerThr ead.runIt(LeaderFollowerWorkerThread.java:80)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.ThreadPool$ControlR unnable.run(ThreadPool.java:684)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:619)
Caused by: com.zimbra.cs.mailbox.MailSender$SafeMessagingExce ption: Connection refused; chained exception is:
java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused
at com.sun.mail.smtp.SMTPTransport.openServer(SMTPTra nsport.java:1282)
at com.sun.mail.smtp.SMTPTransport.protocolConnect(SM TPTransport.java:370)
at javax.mail.Service.connect(Service.java:275)
at javax.mail.Service.connect(Service.java:156)
at javax.mail.Service.connect(Service.java:105)
at javax.mail.Transport.send0(Transport.java:168)
at javax.mail.Transport.send(Transport.java:98)
at com.zimbra.cs.mailbox.MailSender.sendMessage(MailS ender.java:359)
at com.zimbra.cs.mailbox.MailSender.sendMimeMessage(M ailSender.java:238)
... 26 more

[phoenix]

Well, the answer in the other thread you've posted this question to is: there was another mail server running. Is that true on your system? If it is then stop it and disable it from starting.

Do you have any firewall or SElinux running? Are your DNS A & MX records correct? Is your /etc/hosts file correct? Post some details of those items.