jamaicarocks Posted December 29, 2005 CID Share Posted December 29, 2005 Wuz up, I just started hosting my own mailserver using Microsoft exchange 2003 .i dont have a static so i'm using no-ip dns service to solve that. Everything works great and i can send emails to any email account but cant receive any..I added a MX record in dns and forwarded port 25(oh yeah i can send and receive email internally just fine it's just receiving them) It's a new service so wondering if the MX record name hasnt propugated enough yet(dont know) (help please) Thank you!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark_Matter Posted December 29, 2005 CID Share Posted December 29, 2005 Not sure about windows, but i use debian linux, and sendmail for my mail server, and by default sendmail is set to only allow you to recieve mail locally while you can still send out to anyone you can only recieve locally. You have to tell the mail server to use port 25 for send or recieve or whatever, and not just locally. example for sendmail Port=smtp,Name=MTA. I'm sure this is about the same for whatever mail server you use. check the configs, and see where you need to edit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark_Matter Posted December 29, 2005 CID Share Posted December 29, 2005 Also make sure your mail server is closed to every type of relaying possible or you will end up blacklisted or worse. Spammers love those people who don't secure their mail servers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamaicarocks Posted December 29, 2005 Author CID Share Posted December 29, 2005 Thanks I'll try setting the mail server to use port 25 to send and see! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamaicarocks Posted December 29, 2005 Author CID Share Posted December 29, 2005 IT'S telling me i have 2 smtp servers how do i revert back to my old setting (thats what i have to do) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark_Matter Posted December 29, 2005 CID Share Posted December 29, 2005 Well port 25 or smtp is just that a port. It's what the mail server would use to conduct it's business ofcourse, but unless you are running virtual servers within a physical server i don't see how you have two port 25's open. Please explain a bit further prehaps i missed something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark_Matter Posted December 29, 2005 CID Share Posted December 29, 2005 Also i didn't mention this as i thought it was common sense, but you should always backup any configuration file before you edit it/them so if you make a mistake it's easy to get back to where you started. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamaicarocks Posted December 30, 2005 Author CID Share Posted December 30, 2005 everything seems fine the server is using 2 virtual servers 1 for intranet and 1 for the internet (i have a dual homed server) listening on port 25. but i still am able to send email but cant receive any i'm still wondering if the domain name i got since it is new. needs couple days to propugate?????????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark_Matter Posted December 30, 2005 CID Share Posted December 30, 2005 I run my own DNS server on my box i use BIND. I don't know what you are using for your DNS or if you even have alot of control over it like you do when you run your own DNS server. If you are running your own DNS on your box did you apply your changes? Also make sure your NS records, A records are correct plus you must have an A records for each MX record you setup or you may never recieve mail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamaicarocks Posted December 31, 2005 Author CID Share Posted December 31, 2005 when i try to email back to my domain it sys Technical details of temporary failure: TEMP_FAILURE: Could not initiate SMTP conversation with any hosts: [mail.primrosegang.com. (5): Connection timed out] [mail.primrosegang.com. (10): Connection timed out] what would this mean?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark_Matter Posted December 31, 2005 CID Share Posted December 31, 2005 You could have Duplicate MX records which would be confusing for the mail server, and cause the mail not to be delivered or worse. If you only have one ip address than one MX record is all you can have. I have 32 ips on my box so i have 3 mx records which is wise incase one goes down mail will still get through. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark_Matter Posted December 31, 2005 CID Share Posted December 31, 2005 Also do you have atleast a priority of 10 set for your MX record? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamaicarocks Posted December 31, 2005 Author CID Share Posted December 31, 2005 (sorry for the caps couldnt bother typing over) YEAH I DO I DONT KNOW IF THE PROBLEM WAS THAT I STATED MY MX RECORD WITH PRIORITY OF 10 AND AGAIN WITH THE PRIORITY OF 5 ALSO I'M USING NO-IP SERVICE SO UNDER WWW.MYDOMAINNAME,COM I SET AN MX RECORD UNDER FTP.MYDOMAINNAME.COM I SETTED THE SAME MX RECORD AND FOR NS.MY DOMAINNAME.COM ALSO AND SO ON WAS THIS A MISTAKE??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark_Matter Posted December 31, 2005 CID Share Posted December 31, 2005 Yes Multiple MX Records for the same IP is a mistake all you need is a single MX record then add an A Record For the MX Record Also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamaicarocks Posted December 31, 2005 Author CID Share Posted December 31, 2005 Trying that now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamaicarocks Posted December 31, 2005 Author CID Share Posted December 31, 2005 so ur saying under www.mydomainname.com configure the only mx record and my mx record must be the name of the server not mail.mydomainname.com????? is it what must it be Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark_Matter Posted December 31, 2005 CID Share Posted December 31, 2005 Ok if i was doing it i would create the MX record mail.yourdomain.com first with a priority of 10 since it is you primary/only mail server. Then add an A Record for the MX record also so goto your A records and associate your ip with mail.yourdomain.com. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamaicarocks Posted December 31, 2005 Author CID Share Posted December 31, 2005 so wouldnt server.mydomainname.com work as well since it is the name of my server Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamaicarocks Posted December 31, 2005 Author CID Share Posted December 31, 2005 THANKS GOT EVERYTHING WORKING NOW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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