Email server not sending emails

Since the last Apple upgrade, I cannot get any email responses out that I attempt to send to others if I use the provided mail app. An error message comes up, informing me that the server has rejected the message, and it will be placed in the draft box until it can be sent. Any suggestions? I have both AOL and gmail accounts, and am phasing out AOL and plan to use gmail exclusively.
I can complete messages if I go online and sign in to my gmail and AOL accounts.
Thanks for any suggestions!! It's driving me nuts.

Generally the solution to this kind of a problem is to delete the account in Mail entirely, including the SMTP server listing then setting up the account again from scratch. More recent versions of Mail are pretty intelligent about choosing the settings for either AOL or GMail.

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I'm sure there is a quick fix to this that I'm not seeing but hopefully someone knows this better than I do.
We are in transition from a Plesk Mail system over to our OSX Server Mail Server. We are transitioning over our accounts by domain and not doing every domain at once which would be a hassle. We have transitioned over the primary domain and one virtual domain so far. We have two more virtual domains to go.
This third virtual domain has a lot of users and I just finish importing them all. I followed the write up on how to do this properly with doing it in WGM and then duplicating it in Postfix since virtual domains is broken. So I followed all those instructions but something weird is happening. We have not cut over our MX record yet for that virtual domain as we want to prepare our clients for when we do. But what is happening is if I send an e-mail from my account in the primary domain to a person in the virtual domain that we have not cut over yet, they won't get any mail from me. It's almost like the OSX server thinks it controls that virtual domain and delivers it to itself instead of passing it on. Yet I look in my virtual domain settings and I don't have that virtual domain setup or turned on. I just have the user accounts in.
There has to be a way for the OSX server not to take control of virtual accounts until I'm ready for it to. Anyone know how to fix this?
-Brian

So I thought this was fixed but I'm still hearing that users of the virtual domain that we haven't cut over yet are not getting their e-mail. It seems like our server is holding onto messages that need to be sent on to the old server for now until I change the MX record.
Here is the main.cf file output:
readme_directory = /usr/share/doc/postfix
mydomain_fallback = localhost
messagesizelimit = 10485760
myhostname = mail.xpmedia.com
mailbox_transport = cyrus
mailboxsizelimit = 0
virtual_transport = lmtp:unix:/var/imap/socket/lmtp
virtualmailboxdomains = hash:/etc/postfix/virtualdomainsxp
virtualaliasdomains = hash:/etc/postfix/virtual_domains
virtualaliasmaps = hash:/etc/postfix/virtual
mydomain = xpmedia.com
enableserveroptions = yes
inet_interfaces = all
relayhost =
mydestination = $myhostname,localhost.$mydomain,localhost,xpmedia.com
smtpdsasl_authenable = yes
smtpduse_pwserver = yes
smtpdrecipientrestrictions = permitsasl_authenticated,permit_mynetworks,reject_unauthdestination,permit
smtpdpw_server_securityoptions = login,cram-md5,plain
content_filter = smtp-amavis:[127.0.0.1]:10024
smtpdclientrestrictions = permit_mynetworks rejectrblclient zen.spamhaus.org permit
mapsrbldomains =
mynetworks = 98.173.129.235,127.0.0.0,127.0.0.1
localrecipientmaps =
luser_relay = postmaster
transportmaps=hash:/etc/postfix/transportmaps
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xpmedia.com :
xpmissions.com :
xpwebchurch.com smtp:mail.xpmissions.com:587

Mail server not sending (for one addressee)

Mail is working perfectly except for one addressee. I can send/receive mail from/for anyone else. After hitting 'send', this message appears:
The server “p04-smtp.mail.me.com” rejected the address “[email protected]”.
The server response was: unknown or illegal alias: [email protected]
Select a different outgoing mail server from the list below or click Try Later to leave the message in your Outbox until it can be sent.
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So I thought this was fixed but I'm still hearing that users of the virtual domain that we haven't cut over yet are not getting their e-mail. It seems like our server is holding onto messages that need to be sent on to the old server for now until I change the MX record.
Here is the main.cf file output:
readme_directory = /usr/share/doc/postfix
mydomain_fallback = localhost
messagesizelimit = 10485760
myhostname = mail.xpmedia.com
mailbox_transport = cyrus
mailboxsizelimit = 0
virtual_transport = lmtp:unix:/var/imap/socket/lmtp
virtualmailboxdomains = hash:/etc/postfix/virtualdomainsxp
virtualaliasdomains = hash:/etc/postfix/virtual_domains
virtualaliasmaps = hash:/etc/postfix/virtual
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enableserveroptions = yes
inet_interfaces = all
relayhost =
mydestination = $myhostname,localhost.$mydomain,localhost,xpmedia.com
smtpdsasl_authenable = yes
smtpduse_pwserver = yes
smtpdrecipientrestrictions = permitsasl_authenticated,permit_mynetworks,reject_unauthdestination,permit
smtpdpw_server_securityoptions = login,cram-md5,plain
content_filter = smtp-amavis:[127.0.0.1]:10024
smtpdclientrestrictions = permit_mynetworks rejectrblclient zen.spamhaus.org permit
mapsrbldomains =
mynetworks = 98.173.129.235,127.0.0.0,127.0.0.1
localrecipientmaps =
luser_relay = postmaster
transportmaps=hash:/etc/postfix/transportmaps
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xpmedia.com :
xpmissions.com :
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today, I haven't received any emails, which is unusual and decided to send myself a test- nothing. Checked the Comcast website for mail and nothing showed up there either.
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Can anyone tell me why some (or even all!) emails would not be delivered by Comcast?
I also went on their site and totally removed any spam filters, and set a preference to receive emails from this specific sender. No luck!
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I assume you're using Mail. I'm sure you've checked and re-checked but it is very likely something minor wrong with your smtp settings.
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Out of nowhere, my iPhone 5 stopped sending mail. It recieves fine but won't send. I did a hard reboot and also shut it off and on again and nothing has worked.
I tried creating a new acct. and that would not work either. Any idea's on how to fix this issue? Thanks!

Please check your outgoing mail folder to see if you have an email stuck in outgoing mail. This will definately stop outgoing mail.
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ICal server not sending events older than 10 days

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Admin server not sending bootstrap servlet configuration to managed servers

I am having a bit of strange issue.
I have weblogic 8.1 SP5 domain in PROD.
14 managed servers in the domain
When i start the managed serverA, sometimes it starts, sometimes it doesnt.
By looking at admin server logs, i found the following.
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<<WLS Kernel>> <> <BEA-150023> <Bootstrap servlet invoked with action isrunning from managed server ServerA.>
####<Apr 14, 2009 2:37:01 AM EDT> <Info> <Configuration Management> <MachineA> <adminServer> <ExecuteThread: '13' for queue: 'weblogic.kernel.Default'> <<WLS Kernel>> <> <BEA-150030> <The bootstrap servlet has acknowledged that the admin server is running to the booting managed server serverA>
####<Apr 14, 2009 2:37:01 AM EDT> <Info> <Configuration Management> <MachineA> <adminServer> <ExecuteThread: '13' for queue: 'weblogic.kernel.Default'> <<WLS Kernel>> <> <BEA-150023> <Bootstrap servlet invoked with action bootstrap from managed server serverA.>
When the managed ServerA starts, the admin server has the following log snippet
Kernel>> <> <BEA-150023> <Bootstrap servlet invoked with action isrunning from managed server serverA.>
####<Apr 14, 2009 2:38:15 AM EDT> <Info> <Configuration Management> <MachineA> <adminServer> <ExecuteThread: '13' for queue: 'weblogic.kernel.Default'> <<WLS Kernel>> <> <BEA-150030> <The bootstrap servlet has acknowledged that the admin server is running to the booting managed server serverA.>
####<Apr 14, 2009 2:38:15 AM EDT> <Info> <Configuration Management> <MachineA> <adminServer> <ExecuteThread: '13' for queue: 'weblogic.kernel.Default'> <<WLS Kernel>> <> <BEA-150023> <Bootstrap servlet invoked with action bootstrap from managed server serverA.>
####<Apr 14, 2009 2:38:21 AM EDT> <Info> <Configuration Management> <catlmsxp166.corp.cox.com> <adminServer> <ExecuteThread: '13' for queue: 'weblogic.kernel.Default'> <<WLS Kernel>> <> <BEA-150031> *<The bootstrap servlet has finished sending the configuration to serverA.>*
The difference is that admin server unable to send the bootstrap servlet configuration to managed servers, as highlighted above
Has anyone encountered this issue?
If so, is there is solution to this?
Right now i am doing the work around (Which is restart admin server and then start managed server, for every managed server that does not start)
But i cant do this all the time.
MY domain has 14 managed servers. All of them exhibit similar behaviour.
Some times they start, some times they dont.
Edited by: gvamsius on Apr 14, 2009 1:22 PM
Edited by: gvamsius on Apr 14, 2009 1:23 PM

Honestly I've never seen a similar problem.
Could you show us the "standard out" when you start the servers?
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I have a Sharepoint 2013 farm that is not sending any kind of email notifications. I also have a Sharepoint 2010 farm whit the same Outgoing Email settings and it is sending emails notifications normaly.
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