Topic: sme55 SMTP down

[Daley]

Hi,

i don't know how to start to rectify the smtp error, because my sme server is unable to send mail, some snapshot for your advise.

[root@sme root]# telnet localhost 25
Trying 127.0.0.1...
telnet: connect to address 127.0.0.1: Connection refused
[root@sme root]#

#/sbin/e-smith/db configuration show
smtpfront-qmail=service
    access=public
    status=enable

Thank you.
Daley

[Brian Hand]

I have the same problem,

last night my server just stopped sending mail.

I have looked at everything and cannot find a reason. I have another server and have compared everything I can think of (all permissions and owners) and can find no difference.

my /var/log/qmail/current says
400000003f13834e1ef7c9ac starting delivery 2566: msg 2590620 to local fax@FS1.haak.com.au
@400000003f13834e1ef7dd34 status: local 1/10 remote 0/20
@400000003f13834e1fc4c254 delivery 2566: deferral: Unable_to_chdir_to_maildir._(#4.2.1)/
@400000003f13834e1fc4d5dc status: local 0/10 remote 0/20
@400000003f138350203daf5c starting delivery 2567: msg 2590415 to local fax@FS1.haak.com.au
@400000003f138350203dbb14 status: local 1/10 remote 0/20
@400000003f13835020f318c4 delivery 2567: deferral: Unable_to_chdir_to_maildir._(#4.2.1)/
@400000003f13835020f33034 status: local 0/10 remote 0/20
@400000003f13835529877264 alert: oh no! lost spawn connection! dying...
@400000003f138355298785ec alert: oh no! lost spawn connection! dying...

[THE DON]

Hi Guys,
             It sounds like nothing is really wrong with the configs if they are the same on two boxes, but something obviously is so the only thing i can suggest is doing the old:

service qmail restart; tail -f /var/log/messages

and then look at what the logs are telling me as a starting point.

I hope this helps

DON.

[dave]

I had a similar situation, one day email stopped comming in. I tried restarting the service as well as a full reboot of the server.  I had done no new installs or updates to anything, one day it worked and the next it didn't.  There were no error messages logged, the service was up but no incomming email.

I scanned the message boards here and found one thing that fixed it: the 'port opening' contrib.  I installed it, opened the port (I think it was 110) and suddenly I got a flood of emails comming in.

I still don't know why it stopped working and I still have to keep the port open or email stops again.  There has been others with similar issues on on the forum and the port opening contrib is what did the trick.

[Charlie Brady]

dave wrote:

> I still don't know why it stopped working and I still have to
> keep the port open or email stops again.

All malfunctions should be reported to smebugs@mitel.com.

Thanks

Charlie

[Daley]

Hi Don,

> service qmail restart; tail -f /var/log/messages

> and then look at what the logs are telling me as a starting point.

FYI

Jul 20 12:11:29 sme qmail: Stopping qmail succeeded
Jul 20 12:11:30 sme qmail: Starting qmail succeeded

Thanks,
Daley

[brian hand]

Thanks Dave

It did the trick.

Would love to know why it suddenly closed the port!

[Wawan]

Hi all,

I got same problem, every time i try to send email to anywhere (even for internal mail address), the message is rejected with error message "451, Message refused by mail server". I don't get any email as well.
I did restart the qmail and smtpfront-qmail as well with successfully, but it still refuses email.
Anyone help is highly appreciated.
Thanks