Topic: Internal mail delivery not working

[Bruce]

Version 4.1 installed and all worked except for intranet email.
3 client hosts using win98 and outlook 2000
Dialup connection to ISP's pop.
Outlook settings are those necessary for my ISP.
External mail addressed to user@my_ISP.com.au arrives OK
Outbound mail gets to its destination.
Mail addressed to clientx@myintranet.xxx is sent but is never recieved.
If I change Outlooks settings to those for my intranet it will not connect and throws up an invalid or unknown password error.

I'm sure this is a setting error, as everything else works so well.

I'm lost please help.

[David Bakody]

I'm having (or at least had) the same *exact* problem.  I thought it was something with my DNS provider (EasyDNS dot com), but everything seems correct...

#>nslookup -query=mx kinsleyrefrigeration.com

kinsleyrefrigeration.com        MX preference = 4, mail exchanger = mail.kinsley
refrigeration.com
kinsleyrefrigeration.com        nameserver = ns1.easydns.com
kinsleyrefrigeration.com        nameserver = ns2.easydns.com
kinsleyrefrigeration.com        nameserver = remote1.easydns.com
kinsleyrefrigeration.com        nameserver = remote2.easydns.com
mail.kinsleyrefrigeration.com   internet address = 63.169.84.58
ns1.easydns.com internet address = 216.220.40.243
ns2.easydns.com internet address = 216.220.40.244
remote1.easydns.com     internet address = 64.39.29.212
remote2.easydns.com     internet address = 212.100.224.80

I had this problem with each 4.0 system I upgraded to 4.1.1.  My assumption remains that it's something with my DNS provider, as I haven't seen anyone else here post this problem aside from yourself.  If it's a bug, I have no idea where to look as everything *seems* to be ok.

Please let me know if you find a solution, and I'll do likewise.

Does your email bounce?  Mine doesn't.  I've sent email to the above e-smith from different domains, and nothing comes back.  It just goes into the ether.  Does yours do that too?

I thought perhaps my ISP was filtering me, but going back to 4.01 fixes the problem for me.

[Charlie Brady]

David Bakody wrote:

> Does your email bounce?  Mine doesn't.  I've sent email to
> the above e-smith from different domains, and nothing comes
> back.  It just goes into the ether.

Your symptoms are consistent with the SMTP forwarding daemon (smtpfwdd) not running.

Apply the e-smith-obtuse-smtpd RPM from the ftp.e-smith.org ftp site. Then do:

/sbin/e-smith/signal-event post-upgrade
/sbin/e-smith/signal-event reboot

Watch you system reboot and resurrect all those lost email messages!

Regards

Charlie

[David Bakody]

Yup!  That was just what the doctor order.  Works great now.  Thank you.