Mail Archive without hosting a Mail Service

Hey all,
I'm working with a University group that just set up a server. We are running DNS, Open Directory, and Web services. We would like to document and archive all e-mails going to and from members of the group using the server, but we do not want to issue new e-mail addresses to our members. Is there an easy way to do this using 10.5.4?
Maybe a mailing list just using everyone's third party e-mail addresses?
Thanks
Pat

Hi,
I have set up a couple of groups doing this with a group mailinglist with and without the archive and forwarding to individual user's email addresses (not hosted on the server). It does require a mail service for _teamsserver to distribute the mail for the group to users. You can setup the mailservice easily following pterobyte's nice tutorial at http://osx.topicdesk.com/content/view/45/41/ for a basic setup. Ensure to enable server group mailing lists and put the mailservice domain in the local host alias panel of Advanced->Hosting.
Enable group web service->site->Web Services mailist web archive and
in WGM enable group services including mailing list web archive for the group. This puts a mail archive function alongside wiki and blogs for the group.
If you just want to distribute mail without a wiki/blog, only enable Mailing List for the group service in WGM; no archive will be maintained.
For each user assigned to the group in WGM ->Mail -> enable Forward and enter the email address as well as in the Info Panel email address block.
HTH,
Harry

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smtpd_client_connection_count_limit = 50
smtpd_client_connection_rate_limit = 0
smtpd_client_event_limit_exceptions = ${smtpd_client_connection_limit_exceptions:$mynetworks}
smtpd_client_message_rate_limit = 0
smtpd_client_new_tls_session_rate_limit = 0
smtpd_client_port_logging = no
smtpd_client_recipient_rate_limit = 0
smtpd_client_restrictions =
smtpd_data_restrictions =
smtpd_delay_open_until_valid_rcpt = yes
smtpd_discard_ehlo_keyword_address_maps =
smtpd_discard_ehlo_keywords =
smtpd_end_of_data_restrictions =
smtpd_enforce_tls = no
smtpd_error_sleep_time = 1s
smtpd_etrn_restrictions =
smtpd_expansion_filter = \t\40!"#$%&'()*+,-./0123456789:;<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[\\]^_`abcdefghi jklmnopqrstuvwxyz{|}~
smtpd_forbidden_commands = CONNECT GET POST
smtpd_hard_error_limit = 20
smtpd_helo_required = no
smtpd_helo_restrictions =
smtpd_history_flush_threshold = 100
smtpd_junk_command_limit = 100
smtpd_milters =
smtpd_noop_commands =
smtpd_null_access_lookup_key =
smtpd_peername_lookup = yes
smtpd_policy_service_max_idle = 300s
smtpd_policy_service_max_ttl = 1000s
smtpd_policy_service_timeout = 100s
smtpd_proxy_ehlo = $myhostname
smtpd_proxy_filter =
smtpd_proxy_timeout = 100s
smtpd_pw_server_security_options = login,plain
smtpd_recipient_limit = 1000
smtpd_recipient_overshoot_limit = 1000
smtpd_recipient_restrictions = permit_sasl_authenticated permit_mynetworks reject_unauth_destination permit
smtpd_reject_unlisted_recipient = yes
smtpd_reject_unlisted_sender = no
smtpd_restriction_classes =
smtpd_sasl_auth_enable = yes
smtpd_sasl_authenticated_header = no
smtpd_sasl_exceptions_networks =
smtpd_sasl_path = smtpd
smtpd_sasl_security_options = noanonymous
smtpd_sasl_tls_security_options = $smtpd_sasl_security_options
smtpd_sasl_type = cyrus
smtpd_sender_login_maps =
smtpd_sender_restrictions =
smtpd_soft_error_limit = 10
smtpd_starttls_timeout = 300s
smtpd_timeout = 300s
smtpd_tls_CAfile = /etc/certificates/*.binghamton.edu.1C15A00CCD190A0295A8587B951BA187BFD560ED.cha in.pem
smtpd_tls_CApath =
smtpd_tls_always_issue_session_ids = yes
smtpd_tls_ask_ccert = no
smtpd_tls_auth_only = no
smtpd_tls_ccert_verifydepth = 9
smtpd_tls_cert_file = /etc/certificates/*.binghamton.edu.1C15A00CCD190A0295A8587B951BA187BFD560ED.cer t.pem
smtpd_tls_dcert_file =
smtpd_tls_dh1024_param_file =
smtpd_tls_dh512_param_file =
smtpd_tls_dkey_file = $smtpd_tls_dcert_file
smtpd_tls_exclude_ciphers =
smtpd_tls_fingerprint_digest = md5
smtpd_tls_key_file = /etc/certificates/*.binghamton.edu.1C15A00CCD190A0295A8587B951BA187BFD560ED.key .pem
smtpd_tls_loglevel = 0
smtpd_tls_mandatory_ciphers = medium
smtpd_tls_mandatory_exclude_ciphers =
smtpd_tls_mandatory_protocols = SSLv3, TLSv1
smtpd_tls_received_header = no
smtpd_tls_req_ccert = no
smtpd_tls_security_level =
smtpd_tls_session_cache_database =
smtpd_tls_session_cache_timeout = 3600s
smtpd_tls_wrappermode = no
smtpd_use_pw_server = yes
smtpd_use_tls = no
stale_lock_time = 500s
stress =
strict_mailbox_ownership = yes
syslog_facility = mail
syslog_name = postfix
tls_daemon_random_bytes = 32
tls_export_cipherlist = ALL:+RC4:@STRENGTH
tls_high_cipherlist = ALL:!EXPORT:!LOW:!MEDIUM:+RC4:@STRENGTH
tls_low_cipherlist = ALL:!EXPORT:+RC4:@STRENGTH
tls_medium_cipherlist = ALL:!EXPORT:!LOW:+RC4:@STRENGTH
tls_null_cipherlist = eNULL:!aNULL
tls_random_bytes = 32
tls_random_exchange_name = ${data_directory}/prng_exch
tls_random_prng_update_period = 3600s
tls_random_reseed_period = 3600s
tls_random_source = dev:/dev/urandom
trace_service_name = trace
transport_maps =
transport_retry_time = 60s
trigger_timeout = 10s
undisclosed_recipients_header = To: undisclosed-recipients:;
unknown_address_reject_code = 450
unknown_client_reject_code = 450
unknown_hostname_reject_code = 450
unknown_local_recipient_reject_code = 550
unknown_relay_recipient_reject_code = 550
unknown_virtual_alias_reject_code = 550
unknown_virtual_mailbox_reject_code = 550
unverified_recipient_reject_code = 450
unverified_sender_reject_code = 450
use_getpwnam_ext = yes
use_od_delivery_path = no
verp_delimiter_filter = -=+
virtual_alias_domains = $virtual_alias_maps
virtual_alias_expansion_limit = 1000
virtual_alias_maps =
virtual_alias_recursion_limit = 1000
virtual_destination_concurrency_failed_cohort_limit = $default_destination_concurrency_failed_cohort_limit
virtual_destination_concurrency_limit = $default_destination_concurrency_limit
virtual_destination_concurrency_negative_feedback = $default_destination_concurrency_negative_feedback
virtual_destination_concurrency_positive_feedback = $default_destination_concurrency_positive_feedback
virtual_destination_rate_delay = $default_destination_rate_delay
virtual_destination_recipient_limit = $default_destination_recipient_limit
virtual_gid_maps =
virtual_initial_destination_concurrency = $initial_destination_concurrency
virtual_mailbox_base =
virtual_mailbox_domains = $virtual_mailbox_maps
virtual_mailbox_limit = 51200000
virtual_mailbox_lock = fcntl, dotlock
virtual_mailbox_maps =
virtual_minimum_uid = 100
virtual_transport = virtual
virtual_uid_maps =
macosxserver02:~ academic$
Could someone please help me figure out what is wrong?
Cheryl Tarbox
Macintosh Support Specialist
Binghamton University
[email protected]

I found two things that were causing my troubles.
First, port 25 on the switch going to the server was blocked. After this was opened I was able to receive mail to macosxserver02.binghamton.edu. Since this mail server is only used for Podcast Producer notifications, I'm hoping to have this port closed back down after I get Pcast Producer back up and running and fully tested.
Second, when the upgrade from 10.5 -> 10.6 was performed, in ServerAdmin>Mail>Settings>Domain Name, only the .binghamton.edu was populated in this field, not the full domain name of macosxserver02.binghamton.edu. This was preventing me sending mail to our Google branded .binghamton.edu email addresses. Apparently 10.6 was looking locally for all the .binghamton.edu email addresses.
A big thank you to Gordon for looking into this and helping me get this resolved.
Cheryl

Error while executing the service request : : Login to Mail Service failed

I am getting the following error in Convergence while attempting to authenticate against the mail service. I am able to access the backend mail service directly from a mail client with the same account without any issue.
Looking at the log file info:
==> iwc.log <==
AUTH: WARN from com.sun.comms.client.protocol.delegate.agent.LoginContextAgent Thread httpSSLWorkerThread-8080-0 at 2009-03-10 04:33:21,744 - Subject not found in session, creating one
AUTH: INFO from com.sun.comms.client.security.auth.modules.impl.SunAuthCallBack Thread httpSSLWorkerThread-8080-0 at 2009-03-10 04:33:21,745 - User LoginID is [email protected]
AUTH: INFO from com.sun.comms.client.security.auth.modules.impl.SunAuthCallBack Thread httpSSLWorkerThread-8080-0 at 2009-03-10 04:33:21,745 - User domain is mydomain.com
AUTH: INFO from com.sun.comms.client.security.auth.modules.impl.SunLDAPLoginModule Thread httpSSLWorkerThread-8080-0 at 2009-03-10 04:33:21,746 - Loaded UG LDAP pool...
AUTH: INFO from com.sun.comms.client.security.auth.modules.impl.SunLDAPLoginModule Thread httpSSLWorkerThread-8080-0 at 2009-03-10 04:33:21,750 - SunLDAPLoginModule:User [email protected] Authenticated
AUTH: INFO from com.sun.comms.client.security.auth.CommsUserInitContext Thread httpSSLWorkerThread-8080-0 at 2009-03-10 04:33:21,752 - Loading user entry from LDAP
AUTH: INFO from com.sun.comms.client.security.auth.CommsUserInitContext Thread httpSSLWorkerThread-8080-0 at 2009-03-10 04:33:21,754 - User entry loaded successfully
PROTOCOL: INFO from com.sun.comms.client.entity.user.sun.CommsUser Thread httpSSLWorkerThread-8080-0 at 2009-03-10 04:33:21,757 - IM Service is not enabled for user: sunImUser object class is not present
AUTH: INFO from com.sun.comms.client.web.IwcCookieManager Thread httpSSLWorkerThread-8080-0 at 2009-03-10 04:33:21,758 - Preferred language for user is en
PROTOCOL: WARN from com.sun.comms.client.protocol.delegate.UserPrefsCommandDelegate Thread httpSSLWorkerThread-8080-2 at 2009-03-10 04:33:22,404 - get_allprefs.iwc : Service is not enabled : im
PROTOCOL: INFO from com.sun.comms.client.entity.user.sun.CommsUser Thread httpSSLWorkerThread-8080-2 at 2009-03-10 04:33:22,405 - SMIME Service is not enabled for server
PROTOCOL: WARN from com.sun.comms.client.protocol.delegate.UserPrefsCommandDelegate Thread httpSSLWorkerThread-8080-2 at 2009-03-10 04:33:22,406 - get_allprefs.iwc : Service is not enabled : smime
PROTOCOL: WARN from com.sun.comms.client.protocol.delegate.agent.ClientOptionsAgent Thread httpSSLWorkerThread-8080-2 at 2009-03-10 04:33:22,407 - client preferences not found for domain: mydomain.com
PROTOCOL: INFO from com.sun.comms.client.entity.user.sun.CommsUser Thread httpSSLWorkerThread-8080-2 at 2009-03-10 04:33:22,418 - Client customization service is disbaled for the deployment
ADDRESS_BOOK: INFO from com.sun.comms.client.ab.coresrv.DBHandler Thread httpSSLWorkerThread-8080-1 at 2009-03-10 04:33:23,131 - Got DBPluginMap
PROXY_MAIL: INFO from com.sun.comms.client.web.services.sun.MailServiceProxy Thread httpSSLWorkerThread-8080-0 at 2009-03-10 04:33:23,139 - Performing Sun Mail Authentication
==> ../../messaging/log/http <==
[10/Mar/2009:04:33:23 -0400] fe-msg httpd[17512]: Account Information: connect [10.10.10.229:40786]
[10/Mar/2009:04:33:23 -0400] fe-msg httpd[17512]: General Information: [10.10.10.229:40786] POST /login.msc HTTP/1.1
[10/Mar/2009:04:33:23 -0400] fe-msg httpd[17512]: Account Notice: badlogin: [10.10.10.229:40786] proxy admin [email protected] domain=us.mydomain.com: user not found
==> iwc.log <==
PROXY_MAIL: ERROR from com.sun.comms.client.web.services.sun.MailServiceProxy Thread httpSSLWorkerThread-8080-0 at 2009-03-10 04:33:25,160 - cookies not present from MS response
==> ../../messaging/log/http <==
[10/Mar/2009:04:33:25 -0400] fe-msg httpd[17512]: Account Notice: close [10.10.10.229:40786] [unauthenticated] 2009/3/10 4:33:23 0:00:02 248 0 0
It appears that the authentication mechanism is trying to authenticate against the domain "us.mydomain.com" rather than "mydomain.com". At one point I added "us.mydomain.com" as an alias to the domain "mydomain.com" but it has since been removed. I am unsure where Convergence is pulling this information from. Any advice would be appreciated.

highamjd1 wrote:
[10/Mar/2009:04:33:23 -0400] fe-msg httpd[17512]: Account Information: connect [10.10.10.229:40786]
[10/Mar/2009:04:33:23 -0400] fe-msg httpd[17512]: General Information: [10.10.10.229:40786] POST /login.msc HTTP/1.1
[10/Mar/2009:04:33:23 -0400] fe-msg httpd[17512]: Account Notice: badlogin: [10.10.10.229:40786] proxy admin [email protected] domain=us.mydomain.com: user not found
It appears that the authentication mechanism is trying to authenticate against the domain "us.mydomain.com" rather than "mydomain.com". At one point I added "us.mydomain.com" as an alias to the domain "mydomain.com" but it has since been removed. I am unsure where Convergence is pulling this information from. Convergence determines the default domain from the URL that you used to connect e.g. if you used "http://myserver.us.mydomain.com/iwc" it sets the default domain to "us.mydomain.com"
http://wikis.sun.com/display/CommSuite/Sun+Convergence+Administrative+Tasks#SunConvergenceAdministrativeTasks-HowdoIcustomizetheLoginpagebasedonthedomainnameintheURLtoaccesstheConvergenceclient%3F
Rather then use the default domain for the proxy administrator, you can hard-code the domain e.g.
./iwcadmin -w <password> -o mail.proxyadminid -v [email protected]
./iwcadmin -w <password> -o cal.proxyadminid -v [email protected] need to restart the application-server domain hosting Convergence for the changes to become active.
Regards,
Shane.

Mail Services and Backup MX/mail services

I have a question regarding backup mail services and acceptance of incoming messages.
As of last week, I am new to the world of Mail Services in OS X Server 10.4. Last week, our current email server died and I was forced to take an Xserve G4 that had OS X Server 10.4.10 (unlimited) and setup mail services in order to receive and send mail. I went to a website called osx.topicdesk.com and followed their instructions for front-line spam defense and clamAV updating (and switching to clamd) which all appears to be working OK.
Because our old email server was having some hardware issues for the past several months that I had been working on, I had the feeling that failure might happen. So what I did a few months ago was sign up for Google Apps and their mail service. I added their MX records under my primary mail server so that in the case of a failure of my server, all mail would be passed to Gmail and everyone could get to their mail immediately (as any prolonged downtime won't work since this is a daily newspaper). This did work, for when my old server died, all the mail went immediately to the appropriate Google Apps mail accounts. After about a day of setup on the Xserve, I got the mail services running OK. I gave it all the same IP info as the previous server so that the mail would just start working without having to edit DNS records and such.
The problem I am having seems to be this: While I get most mail, some of my mail is still getting sent to the Google Apps accounts. For example, I have one user, Jane Doe, at [email protected] who gets most of their mail from connecting to the OS X Server, but about 2 - 3 emails a day get passed over to the Google Apps server. I have run DNSStuff.com tests on the mail connections, and I always get a good fast response out of the OS X server. My thinking was that mail would only be passed over to backup mail servers if the first server listed in the MX records was unavailable or offline. In all of my testing, my server has responded every time. The server is connecting via a gigabit network connection (good response), is a dual G4 1.33Ghz, 60GB hard drive with 2GB of RAM. This server doesn't do anything else except run Mail services (and web services for squirrelmail), it doesn't even have file sharing turned on.
My old email server was a Pentium II 400mhz with 348MB of RAM, and it caught all mail, so I know that the Xserve should be able to handle the load without being busy. Is there any reason that my Xserve would be rejecting mail and they would be siphoned off to the Google accounts?
Is this even a possible scenario to fix the problem: Setup a backup MX "queue" account somewhere with one of the BackupMX online services that will catch these stray emails and then send it back to the primary server? But then can be turned off quickly to allow mail to go to the Google Apps accounts if my server went down. In other words, the DNS record would show my primary as 1, the backup mx service as 2, the google servers as 3, 4, 5 and so on. Can Backup MX services be turned off quickly like that so that if my server is down and I need email to be accessed immediately then just "turn off" the service (without modifying the DNS since that will take too long to propogate) so that mail bounces over to Google immediately?
I guess my first troubleshooting attempt should be to figure out why my OS X Server is not accepting all mail.
Thanks in advance for any help and suggestions.
G

When I first started with the company about 2 years ago, they had a really old Linux box (about 10 years old) that was used to host email. It was horrible. It would run OK, but if it ever went down or had a hiccup, it was an all-day project trying to deal with it. Unfortunately, the company did not want to spend any money on a new server or software of course. The answer I got was "well, it's just email". Sure, but if email EVER goes down for more than 15 seconds, all of the employees go into seizures and scream that the place will have to shut down. I work for a daily newspaper, so everything is running 24/7.
Knowing that one day that box was going to just die, I looked into some backup MX services. As pterobyte had mentioned is that with a secondary MX, the problem is that no one can get their mail at all until the primary server comes back up. I knew if that server ever went down, I had nothing to take its place, so I would have to order something or get a server from another location to use. Being unfamiliar with OS X Mail Services, I knew it would take me awhile to try to setup all the users and such. All the while at the newspaper, they would be screaming bloody murder that they needed email working for news, ads coming in, etc. And when I say if it goes down for 10 minutes they start getting into fetal positions in the floor screaming, I'm not far off exaggerating. I figured I was going to need something in place for them to check email while I worked on the primary.
Back in September/October 2007, I discovered that Google hosted free mail services call Google Apps. With Google, I could setup "matching" accounts and would still be able to use my domain name. You just had to use Google's servers as the higher numbered MX records. Luckily, I set up in time for back in November, the Linux box finally died. When it did, all email successfully went to their counterparts on the Google's servers. I had everyone go to the special Google Apps login site and they were able to check their email fine. I ended up having to take a box from another site and then I had another copy of OS X Server 10.4, so I loaded it and successfully setup email (with lots of help from pterobyte's tutorials). They were on Google's systems for about 2 days.
After the disaster, I went around and setup IMAP accounts on everyone's Thunderbird clients so that if our email server went down, they just simply check that mailbox. The nice thing with the Google IMAP is that they automatically see if emails are hitting that inbox from within their client. Right now, it still remains that the 2 original companies that hit the Google accounts still do. The city government email and email from a sister newspaper. Everything else gets directed to the primary server. Although sometimes that doesn't even work, as tonight I am having to work on a problem involving the Clamd app acting up - taking up nearly 100% of the CPU which in turn caused all the mail to be hung up in the queue. So since the mail server didn't "reject" the mail and grabbed it, their gmail "backup" didn't get anything in it. It was taking me forever to figure out what was going on, so I almost just told them to unplug the network cable from the email server so that everything definitely would be forwarded to gmail.
My wish is that I had a secondary mail server in house to not even worry about it - or better yet, I wished I could just outsource the email administration itself to someone else (like webmail.us which is now MailSafe). That way for the most part, they wouldn't lose email. But of course, the company doesn't want to spend the money or invest. Just gripe when the older equipment we have won't support what they want to do with it.
But the story above explains why I did what I did with the Google's servers. I do appreciate everyone's help and input on this particular problem. I am going to look around at the DNS and talk to at least our sister newspaper to see if I can see how they have their DNS setup.
Thanks!
G

Mail service almost working

I'm trying to set up a leopard home server and have rebuilt it several times now trying toiget the mail service to work correctly.
I will no doubt omit lots of necessary information but please bear with me
I have a registered domain and a static ip. My ISP supplies a broadband modem which just acts as a bridge to my own wireless router. I have done what I understand to be the required port forwarding - 21, 25, 80 & 110.
I have DNS at the ISP but have also set up DNS internally since I couldn't get anything to work without it!
Whilst I can send mail from the server my users can only send to the outside & receive no mail from inside or out.
The SMTP since the last restart:-
Feb 24 17:56:19 merlin postfix/master[37]: daemon started -- version 2.4.3, configuration /etc/postfix
Feb 24 18:08:53 merlin postfix/smtpd[282]: connect from demokritos5.cytanet.com.cy[195.14.130.179]
Feb 24 18:08:54 merlin postfix/smtpd[282]: NOQUEUE: reject: RCPT from demokritos5.cytanet.com.cy[195.14.130.179]: 554 5.7.1 <[email protected]>: Relay access denied; from=<[email protected]> to=<[email protected]> proto=ESMTP helo=<demokritos5.cytanet.com.cy>
Feb 24 18:08:54 merlin postfix/smtpd[282]: disconnect from demokritos5.cytanet.com.cy[195.14.130.179]
Feb 24 18:12:14 merlin postfix/anvil[284]: statistics: max connection rate 1/60s for (smtp:195.14.130.179) at Feb 24 18:08:53
Feb 24 18:12:14 merlin postfix/anvil[284]: statistics: max connection count 1 for (smtp:195.14.130.179) at Feb 24 18:08:53
Feb 24 18:12:14 merlin postfix/anvil[284]: statistics: max cache size 1 at Feb 24 18:08:53
Feb 24 18:12:16 merlin postfix/smtpd[317]: connect from demokritos3.cytanet.com.cy[195.14.130.227]
Feb 24 18:12:16 merlin postfix/smtpd[317]: NOQUEUE: reject: RCPT from demokritos3.cytanet.com.cy[195.14.130.227]: 554 5.7.1 <[email protected]>: Relay access denied; from=<[email protected]> to=<[email protected]> proto=ESMTP helo=<demokritos3.cytanet.com.cy>
Feb 24 18:12:16 merlin postfix/smtpd[317]: disconnect from demokritos3.cytanet.com.cy[195.14.130.227]
Feb 24 18:12:46 merlin postfix/smtpd[317]: connect from unknown[213.149.189.165]
Feb 24 18:12:46 merlin postfix/smtpd[317]: NOQUEUE: reject: RCPT from unknown[213.149.189.165]: 554 5.7.1 <[email protected]>: Relay access denied; from=<[email protected]> to=<[email protected]> proto=ESMTP helo=<[192.168.1.4]>
Feb 24 18:12:47 merlin postfix/smtpd[317]: disconnect from unknown[213.149.189.165]
Feb 24 18:12:58 merlin postfix/smtpd[317]: connect from unknown[213.149.189.165]
Feb 24 18:12:59 merlin postfix/smtpd[317]: NOQUEUE: reject: RCPT from unknown[213.149.189.165]: 554 5.7.1 <[email protected]>: Relay access denied; from=<[email protected]> to=<[email protected]> proto=ESMTP helo=<[192.168.1.4]>
Feb 24 18:12:59 merlin postfix/smtpd[317]: disconnect from unknown[213.149.189.165]
Feb 24 18:13:28 merlin postfix/smtpd[317]: connect from unknown[213.149.189.165]
Feb 24 18:13:29 merlin postfix/smtpd[317]: NOQUEUE: reject: RCPT from unknown[213.149.189.165]: 554 5.7.1 <[email protected]>: Relay access denied; from=<[email protected]> to=<[email protected]> proto=ESMTP helo=<[192.168.1.4]>
Feb 24 18:13:29 merlin postfix/smtpd[317]: disconnect from unknown[213.149.189.165]
Feb 24 18:14:09 merlin postfix/smtpd[317]: connect from unknown[213.149.189.165]
Feb 24 18:14:09 merlin postfix/smtpd[317]: NOQUEUE: reject: RCPT from unknown[213.149.189.165]: 554 5.7.1 <[email protected]>: Relay access denied; from=<[email protected]> to=<[email protected]> proto=ESMTP helo=<[192.168.1.4]>
Feb 24 18:14:09 merlin postfix/smtpd[317]: disconnect from unknown[213.149.189.165]
Feb 24 18:14:20 merlin postfix/smtpd[317]: connect from unknown[213.149.189.165]
Feb 24 18:14:20 merlin postfix/smtpd[317]: disconnect from unknown[213.149.189.165]
Feb 24 18:15:50 merlin postfix/smtpd[317]: connect from unknown[213.149.189.165]
Feb 24 18:15:50 merlin postfix/smtpd[317]: NOQUEUE: reject: RCPT from unknown[213.149.189.165]: 554 5.7.1 <[email protected]>: Relay access denied; from=<[email protected]> to=<[email protected]> proto=ESMTP helo=<[192.168.1.4]>
Feb 24 18:15:50 merlin postfix/smtpd[317]: disconnect from unknown[213.149.189.165]
Feb 24 18:19:10 merlin postfix/anvil[318]: statistics: max connection rate 3/60s for (smtp:213.149.189.165) at Feb 24 18:13:28
Feb 24 18:19:10 merlin postfix/anvil[318]: statistics: max connection count 1 for (smtp:195.14.130.227) at Feb 24 18:12:16
Feb 24 18:19:10 merlin postfix/anvil[318]: statistics: max cache size 2 at Feb 24 18:12:46
Feb 24 18:20:09 merlin postfix/smtpd[376]: connect from merlin.2ndwivesclub.eu[192.168.1.2]
Feb 24 18:20:09 merlin postfix/smtpd[376]: 4D4ED8123E: client=merlin.2ndwivesclub.eu[192.168.1.2]
Feb 24 18:20:09 merlin postfix/cleanup[378]: 4D4ED8123E: message-id=<[email protected]>
Feb 24 18:20:09 merlin postfix/qmgr[100]: 4D4ED8123E: from=<[email protected]>, size=583, nrcpt=1 (queue active)
Feb 24 18:20:15 merlin postfix/smtpd[385]: connect from localhost[127.0.0.1]
Feb 24 18:20:15 merlin postfix/smtpd[385]: B202081265: client=localhost[127.0.0.1]
Feb 24 18:20:15 merlin postfix/cleanup[378]: B202081265: message-id=<[email protected]>
Feb 24 18:20:15 merlin postfix/qmgr[100]: B202081265: from=<[email protected]>, size=1037, nrcpt=1 (queue active)
Feb 24 18:20:15 merlin postfix/smtpd[385]: disconnect from localhost[127.0.0.1]
Feb 24 18:20:15 merlin postfix/smtp[386]: B202081265: to=<[email protected]>, relay=none, delay=0.05, delays=0.02/0.03/0/0, dsn=5.4.6, status=bounced (mail for 2ndwivesclub.eu loops back to myself)
Feb 24 18:20:15 merlin postfix/cleanup[378]: CBEAD81267: message-id=<[email protected]>
Feb 24 18:20:15 merlin postfix/qmgr[100]: CBEAD81267: from=, size=2928, nrcpt=1 (queue active)
Feb 24 18:20:15 merlin postfix/bounce[387]: B202081265: sender non-delivery notification: CBEAD81267
Feb 24 18:20:15 merlin postfix/qmgr[100]: B202081265: removed
Feb 24 18:20:15 merlin postfix/smtp[386]: CBEAD81267: to=<[email protected]>, relay=none, delay=0.02, delays=0.01/0/0/0, dsn=5.4.6, status=bounced (mail for 2ndwivesclub.eu loops back to myself)
Feb 24 18:20:15 merlin postfix/qmgr[100]: CBEAD81267: removed
Feb 24 18:20:15 merlin postfix/smtp[379]: 4D4ED8123E: to=<[email protected]>, relay=127.0.0.1[127.0.0.1]:10024, delay=6.7, delays=0.2/0.13/0.4/6, dsn=2.0.0, status=sent (250 2.0.0 Ok: queued as B202081265)
Feb 24 18:20:15 merlin postfix/qmgr[100]: 4D4ED8123E: removed
Feb 24 18:21:09 merlin postfix/smtpd[376]: disconnect from merlin.2ndwivesclub.eu[192.168.1.2]
And conf:-
merlin:~ alf$ postconf -n
command_directory = /usr/sbin
config_directory = /etc/postfix
content_filter = smtp-amavis:[127.0.0.1]:10024
daemon_directory = /usr/libexec/postfix
debugpeerlevel = 2
enableserveroptions = yes
html_directory = no
inet_interfaces = all
localrecipientmaps =
luser_relay = postmaster
mail_owner = _postfix
mailboxsizelimit = 0
mailbox_transport = cyrus
mailq_path = /usr/bin/mailq
manpage_directory = /usr/share/man
messagesizelimit = 10485760
mydestination = $myhostname,localhost.$mydomain,localhost
mydomain = 2ndwivesclub.eu
mydomain_fallback = localhost
myhostname = mail.2ndwivesclub.eu
newaliases_path = /usr/bin/newaliases
queue_directory = /private/var/spool/postfix
readme_directory = /usr/share/doc/postfix
relayhost =
sample_directory = /usr/share/doc/postfix/examples
sendmail_path = /usr/sbin/sendmail
setgid_group = _postdrop
smtpdpw_server_securityoptions = none
smtpdrecipientrestrictions = permitmynetworks,reject_unauthdestination,permit
smtpduse_pwserver = no
unknownlocal_recipient_rejectcode = 550
merlin:~ alf$
And a rejection notice.
Some help would be really appreciated.
Cheers.
John

Add 2ndwivesclub.eu to local host aliases in Server Admin -> Mail -> Settings -> Advanced -> Hosting

Error during configuring mail Service

Dear BASIS Gurus n Experts,
Can we configure the mail services on SAP without having a exchange/mail Server.
For this I have tries following but it is not working:
In Systems Default profile I have added: icm/server_port_1 PROT=SMTP,PORT=25,TIMEOUT=180, than
1. Used transaction SCOT
2. From top menu: View -> System Status
3. Double Click on SMTP
4. In Pop window entered description
5. Ticked on "Node in use" box
6. Entered the SMTP server name
7. Entered port 25
8. Clicked on the button next to Internet called "Set"
9. On next window Enter the * in "address area" box.
10. Click Continue --> Continue buttons to exit the main window
11. From top menu: Settings -> Default Domain enter the domain name as "companyname.com"
12. Now defined the job to process the mail, from top menu: View -> Jobs
13. From top menu: Job -> Create
14. Enter a name as SMTP
15. Click on "INT" in the list then "Schedule job" button
16. Entered start date and time, then click on "Schedule Periodically" button
17. Entered 10 minutes.
Now I create a message in workplace, and send it to a mail id but get an error message:
Definately cannot transfer message to node SMTP due to connection error
Please Guide me where I am wrong.
Thanks in advance. Early response will be highly appreciated.
DSC

Dear Venktesh,
In SMICM --> Go to service, I found two entries:
No. Protocol               Service Name Port                     Host Name                    Time Out           active        Ext. Bind
1.     HTTP                   8000                                            Development                60                    X                X
2.     SMTP                  2500                                            Development                180                  X
When I try to send a mail I found following error:...
Definately cannot transfer message to node SMTP due to connection error
Message no. XS816
Diagnosis
Due to a technical fault, the system could not set up a connection to the RFC destination Check port and mail server for SMTP nodes. Therefore, the message could not be transferred to node SMTP.
System Response
The system was unable to transfer the message.
Additional information of the node used (in the system language of the node):
Procedure
Check the connection from R/3 to node SMTP. Perhaps the node is not assigned to the correct RFC destination. If so, correct this in Customizing.
Otherwise use RFC destination management to check the RFC connection to destination Check port and mail server for SMTP nodes.
If R/3 is in productive operation, it is advisable to reroute provisionally to another node.
You should therefore notify your system administrator.
Please suggest.
With thanks,
DSC

Mail services 10.4.10 refuses to work.

Hello,
I'm a newbie to OS X, so please help - I need to get
a local eMail system going here in the office, and it
just doesn't want to work.
I've been to every site imagineable searching for answers
on how to configure OS X Mail Services, but it still
doesn't work.
DNS:
- I have DNS running on this server,
- I've checked "This machine is a mail server for the zone" for the server,
- I've added aliases "pop3", "smtp", and "mail" for the server.
User accounts:
- Open Directory seems to be running, although "start service" is greyed-out,
- this is an "Open Directory Master",
- I've checked "Enable Secure Sockets Layer" on the Protocols tab,
- I've checked all the encryption options in the Policy->Security tab.
Workgroup Manager:
I followed some tutorial to create the directory "/LDAPv3/127.0.0.1",
and added the user "dspratling" to it, which DOES show up in the
Mail Services automagically.
I'm only looking to create Mail Users ("dspratling" for starters),
but trying everything, I created a Home directory for this user,
since I was getting error messages in the LDAP log saying: "... object
class 'posixAccount' requires attribute 'homeDirectory'.
- I have checked the "Mail: Enabled" under the Mail tab,
- I checked "POP only" under Mail Access,
- I put "mail.mme.lan" for the Mail Server.
- Under the Advanced tab, I have User Password Type selected as "Open Directory".
Error Messages appearing in the logs:
Other error messages in LDAP log include:
"slapd[59]: SASL [conn=3740] Failure: GSSAPI Error: Miscellaneous failure (No principal in keytab matches desired name)"
kdc Log has:
"xserv.mme.lan krb5kdc[296](info): AS_REQ (7 etypes {18 17 16 23 1 3 2}) 10.0.0.9: ISSUE authtime 1195081950, etypes {rep=16 tkt=16 ses=16}, [email protected] for krbtgt/[email protected]"
kadmin Log has:
"xserv.mme.lan kadmin.local[22270](info): No dictionary file specified, continuing without one."
however, good news in the "Password Service Server Log":
"RSAVALIDATE: success"
and
"AUTH2: {0x000000..., diradmin} CRAM-MD5 authentication succeeded."
Now, in the Mail logs...
Mail Access log has:
"xserv master[23575]: empty option value on line 19 of configuration file"
and
"xserv master[23575]: exiting"
POP log has:
"xserv pop3[23444]: AOD: getting mail attribute for user: dspratling
"xserv pop3[23444]: AOD: mail enabled"
"xserv pop3[23444]: AOD: mbrcheck_servicemembership with accessallservices"
"xserv pop3[23444]: AOD: checkServiceACL: Mail SACL not enabled"
From the Client-side (MacMini 10.4.10), it reports "The server "mail.mme.lan" refused to allow a connection on port 995."
All other network-based services work fine with the server, even in our
heterogenous PC network - only the Mail Service is not working.
Please - ANY SUGGESTIONS WOULD BE APPRECIATED
Thanks,
Dylan

Brett -
Thanks for the suggestions. This is not an internet-facing
server, however. Strictly intra-office eMail is all I'm after
for now. The DNS works well, resolving "mail.mme.lan" to the
correct IP (via the CL "host" command), and the CL "named-checkzone"
command returned OK as well. I haven't changed the DNS for weeks,
so I'm quite sure every cache has been refreshed.
I'm going with "Plan B", until this can be resolved ...
And I know it's pure evil, but: "Parallels -> Win2K -> mailEnable"
I got it configured and working in minutes. (Parallels was already
running on this server, serving printers, and mailEnable was free
Would still rather not depend on MS.
Thanks,
Dylan

Mail Service

Dear All, I am migrating from Exchange server to our new Xserve.
There is a mailbox in exchange that we used to catch all the incoming and outgoing mail of the whole organization. Where we can keep archiving all mail in and out, the department managers can logon as IMAP to view all the emails.
Is there a way I can do this with the mail service on my Xserve? Any help will be greatly appreciate and thank you in advance.
JM

Both, the E-mail client and that Social-media client were proxy services handled by a server at Nokia. Those services got turned-off in November. Which E-mail provider(s) do you want to use? Which Social-media service(s) do you want to use? Then, we are able to give step-by-step guides how to use them today, without changing your phone.

I can't get Mail Services to work...

I've tried to setup Mail Services but when I test by setting up a client mail, following the "Checking connection to the mail server" test, I receive this;
"The IMAP server "mail.brightmarkllc.com" is not responding."
Here is the output of a postconf -n:
command_directory = /usr/sbin
config_directory = /etc/postfix
content_filter = smtp-amavis:[127.0.0.1]:10024
daemon_directory = /usr/libexec/postfix
debugpeerlevel = 2
enableserveroptions = yes
html_directory = no
inet_interfaces = all
mail_owner = _postfix
mailboxsizelimit = 0
mailbox_transport = cyrus
mailq_path = /usr/bin/mailq
manpage_directory = /usr/share/man
messagesizelimit = 52428800
mydomain = brightmarkllc.com
mydomain_fallback = localhost
myhostname = mail.brightmarkllc.com
mynetworks = 127.0.0.0/8,10.0.1.0/24,10.0.1.192
newaliases_path = /usr/bin/newaliases
queue_directory = /private/var/spool/postfix
readme_directory = /usr/share/doc/postfix
sample_directory = /usr/share/doc/postfix/examples
sendmail_path = /usr/sbin/sendmail
setgid_group = _postdrop
smtpdpw_server_securityoptions = login
smtpdrecipientrestrictions = permitsasl_authenticated,permit_mynetworks,reject_unauthdestination,permit
smtpdsasl_authenable = yes
smtpduse_pwserver = yes
unknownlocal_recipient_rejectcode = 550
virtualmailboxdomains = hash:/etc/postfix/virtual_domains
virtual_transport = lmtp:unix:/var/imap/socket/lmtp
Thoughts? Do I have the Domain name and Host name set correctly?

Crap, odd, but true. The ports had the wrong IP on them. I fixed that. I now see an IMAP connection, but when I send mail to the one contact I set up, the mail is rejected with this message:
Reason: Remote SMTP server has rejected address
Diagnostic code: smtp;554 5.7.1 <[email protected]>: Relay access denied
My Open DIrectory service is NOT running and and the server otherwise looks standalone. Do I need to activate Open Directory and set up an Open Directory Master to get Mail to work? I'm a bit confused how I can have an IMAP connection active for a user without it, but I'm obviously a rookie at all this.
Thanks in advance for the continued help.

Major Mail Service Panic after upgrade! Customer about to kill me!

Me again.
As mentioned in another thread, I had to upgrade an Xserve from 10.3.9 to 10.4.3 for a customer. When I ran the upgrade I discovered that the volume containing the mail database was damaged. I wasted a day getting the data off this onto another drive, then did the upgrade. Because the mail database had been moved and might have the odd missing file I used mailbfr -o and mailbfr -f at this point. Now, all client mail folders are back as they should be but all new mail is stuck in the queue. Outgoing mail can be sent successfully.
Now, I know an amateur like me shouldn't be messing with the config files willy-nilly to try and fix this without a clear idea of what's going on. However, given that the customer and his 20 staff are going mad waiting for their mail I tried to get it right by directly comparing their config files with the equivalents on my own 10.4.3 server which is set up more or less identically and is working.
I will get lynched if I can't make this work soon. Here's postconf -n and a snippet of the smtp log. Please someone look at this and save my life!!
mail:/var/log root# postconf -n
alias_maps = hash:/etc/aliases,hash:/var/mailman/data/aliases
always_bcc =
command_directory = /usr/sbin
config_directory = /etc/postfix
content_filter = smtp-amavis:[127.0.0.1]:10024
daemon_directory = /usr/libexec/postfix
debugpeerlevel = 2
enableserveroptions = yes
inet_interfaces = all
luser_relay = postmaster
mail_owner = postfix
mailboxsizelimit = 0
mailbox_transport = cyrus
mailq_path = /usr/bin/mailq
manpage_directory = /usr/share/man
mapsrbldomains = dun.dnsrbl.net,relays.ordb.org,bl.csma.biz,bl.spamcop.net,sbl-xbl.spamhaus.org
messagesizelimit = 0
mydestination = $myhostname,localhost.$mydomain,mail.mandm.uk.com,192.168.1.100,mandm.uk.com,re ed-munkenbeck.com,212.18.249.218,mail.reed-munkenbeck.com
mydomain = mandm.uk.com
mydomain_fallback = localhost
myhostname = mail.mandm.uk.com
mynetworks = 127.0.0.0/8
mynetworks_style = host
newaliases_path = /usr/bin/newaliases
ownerrequestspecial = no
queue_directory = /private/var/spool/postfix
readme_directory = /usr/share/doc/postfix
recipient_delimiter = +
relayhost =
sample_directory = /usr/share/doc/postfix/examples
sendmail_path = /usr/sbin/sendmail
setgid_group = postdrop
smtpdclientrestrictions = permit_mynetworks hash:/etc/postfix/smtpdreject rejectrblclient bl.csma.biz rejectrblclient dun.dnsrbl.net rejectrblclient relays.ordb.org rejectrblclient bl.spamcop.net rejectrblclient sbl-xbl.spamhaus.org permit
smtpdenforcetls = no
smtpdpw_server_securityoptions = cram-md5
smtpdrecipientrestrictions = permitsasl_authenticated,permit_mynetworks,reject_unauthdestination,permit
smtpdsasl_authenable = yes
smtpdtlsloglevel = 0
smtpduse_pwserver = yes
smtpdusetls = no
unknownlocal_recipient_rejectcode = 550
virtualmailboxdomains =
mail:/var/log root#
smtp log:
Jan 5 12:35:17 mail postfix/master[20503]: daemon started -- version 2.1.5
Jan 5 12:35:17 mail postfix/qmgr[20506]: 3C1983B7F0D82: from=<[email protected]>, size=5704, nrcpt=1 (queue active)
Jan 5 12:35:17 mail postfix/qmgr[20506]: 8C51A3B7F13CA: from=<[email protected]>, size=4047, nrcpt=1 (queue active)
Jan 5 12:35:17 mail postfix/qmgr[20506]: 91B7D3B7F13A8: from=<[email protected]>, size=2638, nrcpt=1 (queue active)
Jan 5 12:35:17 mail postfix/qmgr[20506]: CF9FB3B7F13AF: from=, size=5145, nrcpt=1 (queue active)
Jan 5 12:35:17 mail postfix/pipe[20510]: 3C1983B7F0D82: to=<[email protected]>, relay=cyrus, delay=4489, status=deferred (temporary failure. Command output: couldn't connect to lmtpd: Connection refused_ 421 4.3.0 deliver: couldn't connect to lmtpd_ )
Jan 5 12:35:17 mail postfix/pipe[20517]: 8C51A3B7F13CA: to=<[email protected]>, relay=cyrus, delay=2301, status=deferred (temporary failure. Command output: couldn't connect to lmtpd: Connection refused_ 421 4.3.0 deliver: couldn't connect to lmtpd_ )
Jan 5 12:35:17 mail postfix/pipe[20514]: CF9FB3B7F13AF: to=<[email protected]>, relay=cyrus, delay=2307, status=deferred (temporary failure. Command output: couldn't connect to lmtpd: Connection refused_ 421 4.3.0 deliver: couldn't connect to lmtpd_ )
Jan 5 12:35:17 mail postfix/pipe[20515]: 91B7D3B7F13A8: to=<[email protected]>, relay=cyrus, delay=2307, status=deferred (temporary failure. Command output: couldn't connect to lmtpd: Connection refused_ 421 4.3.0 deliver: couldn't connect to lmtpd_ )
Other symptoms since upgrade: Server Admin refuses to turn on Mailing Lists. There's one list that was in use before the upgrade. If I click 'Enable Mailing Lists' and press Save, the box goes unchecked again as soon as the screen refreshes. Mailaccess.log (as shown in SA as the IMAP log)remains empty. Like the Mailing Lists issue above, I can't change the log detail levels; they just reset to what they were before.
Anything else anyone wants to know I'll post it.
Xserve G5 2.0DP, 2Gb RAM, 10.4.3 (u/g from 10.3.9) Mac OS X (10.4)
G4 and Xserve Mac OS X (10.4)

aha. a-bloody-ha.
I'll live to fight another day. The log entries about the stage. folder got me thinking and I realised that there was something wrong with the permissions. because I'd had to 'rescue' the mail database by moving to another volume, the permissions weren't right. Now, I had run mailbfr and watched it say it was fixing the ownerships and permissions on all this; I shouldn't have taken this for granted. The stage. folder was owned by me (admin) with read-only for everyone else. I changed it (heck, I changed the whole directory tree) to read-write for everyone and instantly mail started pouring in to everyone's accounts.
Everything is now working normally. It still bothers me that the whole shebang seems so fragile - especially in so far as the Server Admin app has at best only a tenuous grasp on the config files it's supposed to be supporting. Looking back over the past two days I can see that the basic setup was right in the first place but the manual changes I've been making in the various conf and cf files were ones that SA was supposed to be able to do for me. The whole point of having Server Admin>Settings>Logging is so you can set the log level right there - not in bloody pico via the bloody command line. Sorry - I'm tired and a little punch-drunk. It also bothers me that, having learned my humble skills on AppleShare 6 (and MacDNS), we're now in a place where none of the key components of the server are actually made by Apple, documented by Apple, or properly supported by Apple. Since Mail Service isn't a closed box with 'Apple' written on it, but a collection of dozens of interconnected third-party processes working in tandem, there really ought to be a 'master document' that shows the complete flow through the system. Most of you guys are proper experts and I'm truly grateful you're there - but I'm not afraid to admit that I didn't actually know that every message had to pass though a folder called stage. on its way to delivery and it would have nice to have been able to find that information in one of Apple's manuals. If I'd known I might have looked at it sooner.
The customer in this case is a firm of architects; they're creatives; non-technical; Apple-lovers precisely because they love the ease of use, the style and the non-pointy-headed approach of Apple's kit. I'm reminded that when this customer bought this Xserve 18 months ago, I made them buy the 3 year service contract for it. But when during the initial setup NAT wouldn't work properly I called Apple for help and they told me that 'setup problems aren't covered'. Good Grief. 450 quid. And let's not forget 700 quid for the 10.4 software.
Now, having saved myself from being lynched by the customer I'm probably going to be strung up by the very people on this list that people like me have to rely on when we get into trouble.
So, to save you all the trouble - yes, I'm a rank amateur; yes, I should do more homework; yes, I promise to keep googling and searching and reading and playing with my in-house machine... I don't promise to do a course on it since 'MacOs Server Essentials' is $2,000 to start with, and I don't have that kind of money.
Think I'd better go have a lie down.

Mail services refuse to send/receive emails.

Hi! I think Apple Server update (PPC) 10.4.9 has screwed up my mail settings...and hence i did a clean install of OS 10.4 (Tiger) with stock software and nothing else.
I added in the same configurations but the mail server just will not receive or send out any mails via smtp.
Here's the postconf -n output:
mail:~ colordoc$ postconf -n
command_directory = /usr/sbin
config_directory = /etc/postfix
content_filter = smtp-amavis:[127.0.0.1]:10024
daemon_directory = /usr/libexec/postfix
debugpeerlevel = 2
enableserveroptions = yes
html_directory = no
inet_interfaces = all
mail_owner = postfix
mailboxsizelimit = 0
mailbox_transport = cyrus
mailq_path = /usr/bin/mailq
manpage_directory = /usr/share/man
messagesizelimit = 0
mydomain = colordoc.com.sg
mydomain_fallback = localhost
myhostname = mail.colordoc.com.sg
mynetworks_style = host
newaliases_path = /usr/bin/newaliases
queue_directory = /private/var/spool/postfix
readme_directory = /usr/share/doc/postfix
sample_directory = /usr/share/doc/postfix/examples
sendmail_path = /usr/sbin/sendmail
setgid_group = postdrop
smtpdpw_server_securityoptions = plain,login
smtpdrecipientrestrictions = permitsasl_authenticated,permit_mynetworks,reject_unauthdestination,permit
smtpdsasl_authenable = yes
smtpdtls_keyfile =
smtpduse_pwserver = yes
unknownlocal_recipient_rejectcode = 550
And here's part of the mail.log:
Mar 19 09:53:23 mail postfix/smtpd[339]: connect from localhost[127.0.0.1]
Mar 19 09:53:23 mail postfix/smtpd[339]: E0D7E1E018: client=localhost[127.0.0.1]
Mar 19 09:53:24 mail postfix/cleanup[346]: E0D7E1E018: message-id=<[email protected]>
Mar 19 09:53:24 mail postfix/qmgr[56]: E0D7E1E018: from=<[email protected]>, size=742, nrcpt=1 (queue active)
Mar 19 09:53:24 mail postfix/smtpd[339]: disconnect from localhost[127.0.0.1]
Mar 19 09:53:26 mail postfix/smtpd[349]: connect from localhost[127.0.0.1]
Mar 19 09:53:26 mail postfix/smtpd[349]: 868861E03D: client=localhost[127.0.0.1]
Mar 19 09:53:26 mail postfix/cleanup[346]: 868861E03D: message-id=<[email protected]>
Mar 19 09:53:26 mail postfix/qmgr[56]: 868861E03D: from=<[email protected]>, size=1137, nrcpt=1 (queue active)
Mar 19 09:53:26 mail postfix/smtpd[349]: disconnect from localhost[127.0.0.1]
Mar 19 09:53:26 mail postfix/smtp[347]: E0D7E1E018: to=<[email protected]>, relay=127.0.0.1[127.0.0.1], delay=3, status=sent (250 2.6.0 Ok, id=00225-01, from MTA: 250 Ok: queued as 868861E03D)
Mar 19 09:53:26 mail postfix/qmgr[56]: E0D7E1E018: removed
Mar 19 09:53:31 mail postfix/smtp[350]: 868861E03D: to=<[email protected]>, relay=mx2.hotmail.com[65.54.244.40], delay=5, status=sent (250 <[email protected]> Queued mail for delivery)
Mar 19 09:53:31 mail postfix/qmgr[56]: 868861E03D: removed
Did i forget any settings?
I would like to get the mail service up and running before I update to apple 10.4.x.
Please advise.
Thanks!

Please ignore the earlier post as I have made new progress.
The server is up and running...
It's a stock 10.4 Tiger server without any updates installed...
I've madesome changes..and amazingly the system came back alive...
I'm able to receive emails and send out emails but it's troubling me as i still see mails been deleted from queue in the mail.log
Here's the mail postconf -n
command_directory = /usr/sbin
config_directory = /etc/postfix
content_filter =
daemon_directory = /usr/libexec/postfix
debugpeerlevel = 2
enableserveroptions = yes
html_directory = no
inet_interfaces = all
mail_owner = postfix
mailboxsizelimit = 0
mailbox_transport = cyrus
mailq_path = /usr/bin/mailq
manpage_directory = /usr/share/man
messagesizelimit = 0
mydestination = $myhostname,localhost.$mydomain,localhost,$mydomain,mail.$mydomain,www.$mydomai n,colordoc.com.sg
mydomain = colordoc.com.sg
mydomain_fallback = localhost
myhostname = mail.colordoc.com.sg
mynetworks = 127.0.0.1,202.73.35.131,202.73.35.142
mynetworks_style = host
myorigin = $mydomain
newaliases_path = /usr/bin/newaliases
queue_directory = /private/var/spool/postfix
readme_directory = /usr/share/doc/postfix
relay_domains = $mydestination
relayhost =
sample_directory = /usr/share/doc/postfix/examples
sendmail_path = /usr/sbin/sendmail
setgid_group = postdrop
smtpdclientrestrictions = permit_mynetworks permit
smtpdpw_server_securityoptions = login,plain
smtpdrecipientrestrictions = permitmynetworks,reject_unauthdestination,permit
smtpdsasl_authenable = yes
smtpdtls_keyfile =
smtpduse_pwserver = yes
unknownlocal_recipient_rejectcode = 550
and here's the mail.log:
Mar 19 13:03:04 mail postfix/smtpd[986]: connect from unknown[202.73.35.131]
Mar 19 13:03:04 mail postfix/smtpd[986]: warning: unknown[202.73.35.131]: SASL LOGIN authentication failed
Mar 19 13:03:04 mail postfix/smtpd[986]: disconnect from unknown[202.73.35.131]
Mar 19 13:03:27 mail postfix/smtpd[986]: connect from localhost[127.0.0.1]
Mar 19 13:03:28 mail postfix/smtpd[986]: 1603122407: client=localhost[127.0.0.1]
Mar 19 13:03:28 mail postfix/cleanup[1139]: 1603122407: message-id=<[email protected]>
Mar 19 13:03:28 mail postfix/qmgr[747]: 1603122407: from=<[email protected]>, size=1240, nrcpt=1 (queue active)
Mar 19 13:03:28 mail postfix/smtpd[986]: disconnect from localhost[127.0.0.1]
Mar 19 13:03:31 mail postfix/smtp[1140]: 1603122407: to=<[email protected]>, relay=mx4.hotmail.com[65.54.245.104], delay=3, status=sent (250 <[email protected]> Queued mail for delivery)
Mar 19 13:03:31 mail postfix/qmgr[747]: 1603122407: removed
Mar 19 13:03:33 mail postfix/smtpd[986]: warning: 202.73.35.131: hostname brasbash.colordoc.com.sg verification failed: Host not found
Mar 19 13:03:33 mail postfix/smtpd[986]: connect from unknown[202.73.35.131]
Mar 19 13:03:33 mail postfix/smtpd[986]: warning: unknown[202.73.35.131]: SASL LOGIN authentication failed
Mar 19 13:03:33 mail postfix/smtpd[986]: disconnect from unknown[202.73.35.131]
Mar 19 13:04:40 mail postfix/smtpd[986]: warning: 202.73.35.131: hostname brasbash.colordoc.com.sg verification failed: Host not found
Mar 19 13:04:40 mail postfix/smtpd[986]: connect from unknown[202.73.35.131]
Mar 19 13:04:40 mail postfix/smtpd[986]: warning: unknown[202.73.35.131]: SASL LOGIN authentication failed
Mar 19 13:04:40 mail postfix/smtpd[986]: disconnect from unknown[202.73.35.131]
I think i'm having a false sense of security....
Can someone please point out if I have misconfigured the server...
Thanks!

Why cant i disable mail service ?

Mail service got enabled when I enabled some other services (don't know which one) i checked a couple and it got enabled, i tried to disable it then but it wouldn't let me, back then i didn't pay much attention to it so of course it's not configured. Right now the server is going crazy with disk IO, ran iotop and found out there are 2 processes to blame, 1 is mds (i'll murder spotlight soon) and the other is qmgr which from the man page i found it's mail related, my mail is hosted on gmail so i have no intention of using this service. If i click stop nothing happends, same if i uncheck it under services.
this is the ouput on the syslog when i try to stop
servermgrd[69]: -[AccountsRequestHandler(AccountsOpenDirectoryHelpers) syncClientServicesConfigRecord]: Error writing ClientServices config record: Error Domain=com.apple.OpenDirectory Code=4001 UserInfo=0x10652ad30 "Unable to set value or values for dsAttrTypeStandard:XMLPlist in the record ClientServices."
servermgr_info: markrunning_servicesconfigured(): marked running services configured: com.apple.ServerAdmin.DNS, com.apple.ServerAdmin.SWUpdate, com.apple.ServerAdmin.Web, com.apple.ServerAdmin.NFS, com.apple.ServerAdmin.DirectoryServices
also, my syslog is full of
postfix/qmgr[3830]: warning: connect #1 to subsystem private/rewrite: Connection refused
I'm guessing it's required by some other service, i currently have...
DNS
Mail -> DIE
NFS
Open Directory
Software Update
Web
Xgrid - Stopped ( just testing )
Is there any way to kill it, or is my only way around it to figure out what's wrong with it (no one is using it for mail so i don't get why is it so busy).

Unchecked 'Enable SMTP', 'Enable IMAP' and 'Enable POP', then checked 'Deliver to /var/mail
That seemed to 'disable the mail service'
As for disk usage, i'm running a cron job every minute so que queue had close to 6k mails it couldn't deliver. deleted them all " sudo postsuper -d ALL " and redirected output on the cron job to /dev/null

PSE 9 Adobe E‑mail Service do not send to some mail adresses

Background:
My 64 bit Win 7 home premium PC do not have any mail client and I'm using only the IE brower for mailing [my mail is hosted by one.com] . So for PE sharing (mail) i'm using the organizer mail client Adobe E‑mail Service. In organizers sharing preferences I'm suposed to enter my own mailadress for verification of the mailing adress for Adobe E-mail service.
The issue:
If I enter my own private mailadress [email protected] there is no mail send out.
My mail host provider, one.com, has verified that there is no record in their mailserver logs of any incomming mail what so ever = no mail has succesfully been send by the Adobe organizer mail client.
AND IF I use my work mail adress [email protected] in the preferences and as mail reciever every thing works fine.
I also tested having [email protected] noted in sharing preferences, but having my priviate mailadress [email protected] only as a mail reciever. Well same negative result. There is no registred mail in the mail server logs at all coming from .[email protected] or send to [email protected]
My questions
1. Is there any PE logs to look at i the PC
2. How do I make Adobe support to seriusly take on this issue. The somewhat disapointing answer the give me are like "not our fault, ask someone else. case closed"
3. I have once, non-PE elsewhere, experienced a SW that did not recognice a '[email protected]' adress as a mailingaddress. Anyone know where to find the list over what type of mailadresses PE recognizes?

I hope you receive some replies as I have a very similiar situation. I wish I could help but obviously I cannot.
\Good luck!

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