Zimbra VM appliance not sending email

[martinsebastian]

I just setup a new zimbra vm appliance and its not receiving email. I think its a problem with my HOSTS file. Here is what is looks like

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10.1.2.228 zimbra01.shopdtg.com
127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost
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My mail server host name is: zimbra01.shopdtg.com
I have an A record pointing the name to 209.34.246.30 which is the public IP address for the zimbra server. The local IP is 10.1.2.228. I also have an mx record pointing to zimbra01.shopdtg.com

Does my hosts file look correct??? I read something about adding a FQDN record to my hosts file but Im not sure. Oh one more thing when i run the CHECK MX Record in zimbra admin I get an error.

I have posted some screen shots here:
Zimbra VM Appliance Not Receiving Email

[phoenix]

Originally Posted by martinsebastian

I just setup a new zimbra vm appliance and its not receiving email. I think its a problem with my HOSTS file. Here is what is looks like

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10.1.2.228 zimbra01.shopdtg.com
127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost
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Your hosts file should look like this (as per the Quick Start Installation Guide):

10.1.2.228 zimbra01.shopdtg.com zimbra01
127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost

You will also need a Split DNS set-up as you're behind a NAT router, do you have that? If you still have problems after making the above changes then you should look in the log files for any errors.

[martinsebastian]

Thanks for the response, my first problem is that I edited my Hosts file:
/etc/hosts and added the zimbra01 at the end of the first line and saved it but as soon as i reboot the server, that change gets lost. I am using Nano.

The second problem is that I DO NOT have Split DNS setup. I am reading up on it now.

[martinsebastian]

should i do this as user zimbra or user vmware??