WHY IS MY SNOW LEOPARD SERVER INCOMING MAIL SO SLOW?

I have my mail set up on my server, when I send mail out the receipient receives it right away. When I have an incoming message coming to me, it takes forever to come in, sometimes over 25 minutes.

It seems there are a few issues at hand and you're not alone. We've been experiencing the same issues on a clean install of SNS and have just turned off the default greylisting (http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2130446&tstart=0) to see if that helps.
The mail server seems to be working instantly for all 'normal' email but attachments can be problematic. Testing from my dot me account I can send a 10 MB attachment and it arrives fine within a few minutes but if I send it 3 or 4 times one of them will inevitably fail. The sporadic behaviour is making it vary hard to track down and I'm finding the logs quite hard to decipher.
The other issue (which may well be the same issue) is where an email will arrive late - quite often exactly 60 minutes late - although we have seen this as much as 3 or 4 hours.
There are several threads on the front page relating to this but they've become a bit muddled and it's hard to know on which thread to post questions.
I know none of this specifically answers your questions but the other threads may give you somewhere to start. For now we're just monitoring things without the greylist and if the problems persist we'll have to delve a little deeper.

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Snow Leopard Server incoming Mail

I am trying to set up my mail server with Snow Leopard Server. I am able to send messages out of accounts I've created, but I am not able to receive them. I receive this message:
Final-Recipient: rfc822;[email protected]
Action: failed
Status: 5.1.1
Diagnostic-Code: smtp;550 5.1.1 <[email protected]> invalid recipient
How do I correctly set up it to receive incoming mail?

It seems there are a few issues at hand and you're not alone. We've been experiencing the same issues on a clean install of SNS and have just turned off the default greylisting (http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2130446&tstart=0) to see if that helps.
The mail server seems to be working instantly for all 'normal' email but attachments can be problematic. Testing from my dot me account I can send a 10 MB attachment and it arrives fine within a few minutes but if I send it 3 or 4 times one of them will inevitably fail. The sporadic behaviour is making it vary hard to track down and I'm finding the logs quite hard to decipher.
The other issue (which may well be the same issue) is where an email will arrive late - quite often exactly 60 minutes late - although we have seen this as much as 3 or 4 hours.
There are several threads on the front page relating to this but they've become a bit muddled and it's hard to know on which thread to post questions.
I know none of this specifically answers your questions but the other threads may give you somewhere to start. For now we're just monitoring things without the greylist and if the problems persist we'll have to delve a little deeper.

Snow Leopard Server - Remote Mail Access

Greetings,
I'm looking to see the best way to support remote users of an OS X server for handling mail/calendar synchronization. Some users will be in environments where they could connect directly, while others would be able to use the standard VPN services in OS X server to connect and synchronize. Others, however, would probably be limited to HTTP/HTTPS access to the server.
I know that the web mail interface would work for this, though Squirrel Mail has never been a favorite of mine, but I'm attempting to support synchronization with their native clients. These would likely be Mail or Outlook, depending on the platform, though possibly Thunderbird would be in play.
When reviewing options, it seems as if installing an SSL VPN software package may be the best bet, even if that's not an OS X standard software component. These would appear to allow connectivity via HTTPS, and I'm wondering if anybody has had positive experiences on OS X Server with these.
Another option is different software all together for mail services, such as Zimbra Professional Edition. It has plugins to support directly synchronizing via HTTPS and thats certainly a good benefit, though it brings it's own infrastructure and doesn't use the OS X server internal capabilities.
Are there other features that I am missing that would provide this type of capability within the standard Snow Leopard Server installation, or other recommended products for supporting this in a heterogeneous environment?
Thanks!

Hi
Multi client full bandwidth VPN done directly on a server tends to be pretty wretched stuff. Dedicated VPN boxes are cheap enough if your firewall router does not already have VPN built into it.
Bob

Why won't Snow Leopard server use an up to date mySQL?

I'm about to have to throw away a perfectly good Xserve since it won't update to mySQL 5.1.33 for Moodle 2.3. I'm almost to the point of deleting snow leopard and installing Ubuntu server in its place. I have no budget for buying an OS upgrade (our budgets have been cut >35%). so if snow leopard server cannot be upgraded (I see no technical reason for not doing so on Apple's part- I have this version on mysql running on an old FreeBSD 7 server for a trouble ticket server).
No, upgrading to a new version of the Mac server is not an option.

Grant, thank you so much for the quick reply. Yes, you're right, the tower is heavy as sin! Our more recent computers out west are iMacs which are much easier for us to deal with. We do have the tower upright. Bill just moved it here to our vacation house for the winter. Is it possible [don't underestimate him] that he could have inadvertantly opened the tower DVD slot and a decidedly important part fell out during the disconnect in B'ham? The discs don't seat themselves. It's like they're too large by just a smidge and won't sit level in the depression. As I close the tray the top of the opening scrapes the disc off. It won't let it go inside so I can begin the struggle with the install itself.

TLS and Snow Leopard server issues

I have a customer with Snow Leopard server running mail services. A few clients cannot email them due to what we think is a TLS related issue. Their host has TLS enabled for the mail server and they receive the below error message when sending to my customer:
15:27:41.044 3 SMTP-406902(domain.com) failed to establish a secure connection with [xx.xx.xx.xx]:25. Error Code=X509: signature algorithms do not match.
The host that cannot send seems to think it's a Postfix configuration issue but I don't know where to begin. It's not a firewall issue as we've tried that with no success.
Any ideas would be appreciated. Thanks.

You are in the Leopard Server section, better to direct your question to the +Snow Leopard+ Section.

Will Windows Outlook clients be happy with Snow Leopard Server Mail Server?

Our network at work has a Windows SBS 2003 server - and 40+ XP PCs running office 2003 (and outlook 2003).
Can I set up Snow Leopard Server so that the Outlook 2003 clients will be able to use contacts, calendars and mail etc from the mac (mini) that we would purchase for this?
I'd love to get everyone on Mac here, but we can't cos our core application is windows only and we would still need the MSSQL server. I know - we could install parallels or virtualbox for the windows apps but that is extra expense, and tbh I don't think our users could cope.
Thanks

Hi
+"Can I set up Snow Leopard Server so that the Outlook 2003 clients will be able to use contacts, calendars and mail etc from the mac (mini) that we would purchase for this?"+
For mail yes. For calendars you will need 'assistance' using 3rd-party applications or helper utilities. The iCal Admin manual has more details of what is available:
http://manuals.info.apple.com/enUS/iCalServerv10.6.pdf
Page 12. For Addresses/Contacts consult the Address Book Server Admin Manual for more details:
http://manuals.info.apple.com/enUS/AddressBkServerv10.6.pdf
Page 12. I don't see anything specifically listed so you may have to search for these yourself unless someone else posts with something more specific that works?
If you're expecting Exchange-like functionality you will be disappointed. If you really must have the functionality you're used but also want to move to the mac platform a better prospect (IMO) would be Kerio Mail Server:
http://www.kerio.com/connect
Depending on what other services you may or may not want you may not necessarily need OSX Server? Then again you could as easily install KMS on a Windows or Linux box instead. In which case why swop from Exchange?
Tony

Please help, After mac 10.5.8 mail server migrated to snow leopard server?

Hi,
All my old emails date has changed to the date on which i migrated to snow leopard server, all the old emails show as they arrived on 31st of Dec 2009.
How do I fix it. Very Very important to me to have the arrived date.
Please help
Thanks,
Gulab Pasha

here is a link of other users having wrong date problems after upgrading to 10.6
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2134525
Some people have managed to fix their date problems. The easiest workaround is to add the column "Date Sent" under (View->Columns->Date Sent) in mail.app and to sort by the send date not the received date.
Hope this helps

Mail A record Snow Leopard Server

DNS lookup is reporting that I have No A record for mail. This is a new server setup on Snow Leopard Server 10.6.8 below is a screen shot from DNS Lookup:
However if I use dig -t A hkmurray.net from terminal I think things look correct, but please correct me if I'm wrong.
RESULTS:
hkmurray:~ butch$ dig -t A hkmurray.net
; <<>> DiG 9.6-ESV-R4-P3 <<>> -t A hkmurray.net
;; global options: +cmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 44517
;; flags: qr aa rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 2, ADDITIONAL: 2
;; QUESTION SECTION:
;hkmurray.net.                              IN          A
;; ANSWER SECTION:
hkmurray.net.                    10800          IN          A          68.169.178.128
;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
hkmurray.net.                    10800          IN          NS          NS1.hkmurray.net.
hkmurray.net.                    10800          IN          NS          NS2.hkmurray.net.
;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
NS1.hkmurray.net.          10800          IN          A          68.169.178.128
NS2.hkmurray.net.          10800          IN          A          68.169.178.128
;; Query time: 1 msec
;; SERVER: 127.0.0.1#53(127.0.0.1)
;; WHEN: Mon May 27 09:27:52 2013
;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 114
hkmurray:~ butch$
I am also attaching a screen shot of my DNS setup in Server Admin and any advice on how to correct if not correctly setup would be appreciated. (Oh, it appears I have nameservers set correctly for they will resolve). How to configure mail in Server Admin Mail would also be appreciated, for some reason I always have trouble with mail setup.
Thanks in advance for giving up your time to help others.

Get the name of the mail server...
$ dig MX +short HKMURRAY.NET
10 mail.HKMURRAY.NET.
$
Ok. Now translate the MX record to the IP address...
$ dig +short mail.HKMURRAY.NET
hkmmurray.NET.
$
Whoops. That's not an A record.   (If it were an A record, I'd get an IP address there.)
It's (also) not typical to have a domain as your mail server A record, either.
Ignoring that error and checking further — various mail servers won't check further, as the RFC requires an A record here — and on to the next translation:
$ dig +short HKMURRAY.NET
68.169.178.128
$
Ok. That's the public IP.
Checking further — the following won't return the expected values, as it's already known that this mail server is not using an A record — the reverse translation is (also) incorrect:
$ dig +short -x 68.169.178.128
host-68-169-178-128.EPSOLT1.epbfi.com.
$
As part of establishing your mail server DNS, your ISP needs to add a PTR record (reverse DNS) for your IP address. Probably to mail.hkmurray.net, if that's what you're using for your mail server.
In conclusion, you don't have an A record.
There's no point in having two name servers on the same host address, either.
Make sure your DNS server doesn't allow general access for translations, too. If you do, you'll end up as part of a DNS-based attack; I've seen that happen with DNS servers, and the load on the servers and the Internet connection becomes... large.   Just serve your own records, with no recursion, etc. (It can often be easiest to move the public DNS translations out to your DNS ISP and their DNS servers, too. They're already set up to deal with reflection and magnification and other ugliness.)

5 mail domains with one snow leopard server

Hi,
i have a mac pro with snow leopard server and i want to set up the mail service. If i only have one domain, i know that i can do that, but i want to do it with 5 domains. Can I do that? How can I do it?
Than you for your help.

I am using mail.app from mac os x snow leopard.
The smtp settings on mail:
port (25,465,587)
ssl activated
md5 challenge-response
and i copied it:
biff = no
command_directory = /usr/sbin
config_directory = /etc/postfix
content_filter =
daemon_directory = /usr/libexec/postfix
debugpeerlevel = 2
enableserveroptions = yes
header_checks =
html_directory = /usr/share/doc/postfix/html
inet_interfaces = all
mail_owner = _postfix
mailboxsizelimit = 0
mailbox_transport = dovecot
mailq_path = /usr/bin/mailq
manpage_directory = /usr/share/man
messagesizelimit = 10485760
mydestination = $myhostname, localhost.$mydomain, localhost, $mydomain
mydomain = playstore.es
mydomain_fallback = localhost
myhostname = server.playstore.es
mynetworks = 127.0.0.0/8
newaliases_path = /usr/bin/newaliases
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 permitsaslauthenticated permit
smtpdenforcetls = no
smtpdhelorequired = no
smtpdhelorestrictions =
smtpdpw_server_securityoptions = cram-md5
smtpdrecipientrestrictions = permitsaslauthenticated permit_mynetworks rejectunauthdestination permit
smtpdsasl_authenable = yes
smtpdtlsCAfile = /etc/certificates/server.playstore.es.D03BC945C97A0058A8CB9D7F862D48EED9CE5C3D. chain.pem
smtpdtls_certfile = /etc/certificates/server.playstore.es.D03BC945C97A0058A8CB9D7F862D48EED9CE5C3D. cert.pem
smtpdtls_excludeciphers = SSLv2, aNULL, ADH, eNULL
smtpdtls_keyfile = /etc/certificates/server.playstore.es.D03BC945C97A0058A8CB9D7F862D48EED9CE5C3D. key.pem
smtpduse_pwserver = yes
smtpdusetls = yes
tlsrandomsource = dev:/dev/urandom
unknownlocal_recipient_rejectcode = 550
virtualaliasdomains = $virtualaliasmaps hash:/etc/postfix/virtual_domains
virtualaliasmaps = $virtual_maps hash:/etc/postfix/virtual_users
Thank you again.

Why can't Firefox set permissions for Snow Leopard Server Web-Site Wikis

I've established a web-site for collaboration of planning for a state-wide NGO and a local citizens-government oversight commission.
I'm using Snow Leopard Server v10.6.4, to drive the web-site, which includes the use of wikis.
In creating a wiki and setting permissions, I find that I cannot set permissions for users or groups to 'read only' from the default 'read & write' while using Firefox. However, I CAN set them to 'read only' using Safari. And, once the permission has been modified in Safari, THEN it can be modified in Firefox.

Solution found at http://michaeljin.wordpress.com/2010/01/05/locked-out-of-mac-os-x-server/
It’s blog update time! Updates have been a little scarce lately, been super busy with getting trophies on PS3
Anyway, recently encountered the following with a Mac mini server running Snow Leopard Server:
Despite being able to ARD / Screenshare the Mac mini, I was unable to get any further than the login window. Authentication credentials are obviously valid. No weird access permissions have been set. However, the weird thing was, I can connect to the server via Server Admin tools (from another Mac) and all other services were running without a hitch.
After much head scratching it turns out to be a sACL (Service Access Control List) issue.
This thread solved the mystery!
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1654864
To save you the trouble, I’ll lay it out here. I cannot take credit for this, but Randall can!
Open Server Admin on a computer (any), and connect with the local admin to the machine.
Select the server and authenticate.
Select Settings, then go to Access. You’ll want to make sure that Login Window and SSH have the local admin account listed if you select the option to “Allow only these users”. For now, I would suggest making sure all services have “Allow all users and groups” selected.
If (as in my case) it was set to Allow All in the first place, simply toggle the settings – back and forth.
Save.
Try logging in again… should be a good one!

IOS & Snow Leopard Server Mail, Contacts, Calendars Account

Is there any way to add a single IMAP/Cardav/Caldav account in iOS 5, or OS X 10.6/10.7 that goes back to Snow Leopard Server? Adding each type of account works, but it'd be cleaner if I could setup one account with multiple services like I can with Exchange, iCloud, MobileMe, Yahoo, etc..
Anyone have an idea?

This is the problem I'm trying to describe. It is now happening multiple times every day.
Any advise would be appreciated. The problem is the accounts are being de-accessed.

Hosting IPv6 Website on Snow Leopard Server

I'm currently going through the IPv6 Certification offered by Hurricane Electric just for kicks and giggles. I already have a IPv6 tunnel running on my Time Capsule router(since my ISP is not providing IPv6 addresses yet) and have a valid IPv6 address manually assigned to my Snow Leopard Server.
I created an AAAA record (ipv6) on my external DNS host that points to the IPv6 address of my server. I also created a website at using the ipv6 subdomain, made sure the site pointed to the IPv6 address of the server and that it was hosted on TCP port 470 (I'm assuming this is the website port for IPv6 - at least Snow Leopard Server thinks so). I also made sure this port was being forwarded from my router.
When testing my website by using an external website tester it says that my AAAA hostname is correct but that it can't reach my website via IPv6. I did make sure to have an appropriate CNAME record for ipv6 on my internal DNS server but I can't add records - at least through Server Admin GUI - for IPv6 addresses. I know this isn't supported via Server Admin GUI but I can't find any documentation on how to add IPv6 addresses for the internal DNS server and if this is even necessary.
I can reach the site when I'm on my internal network - though I'm not sure if I'm reaching it via IPv6 or IPv4. Does anyone have any information or experience on hosting an IPv6 website on Snow Leopard Server?

I found the issue was that I was blocking all incoming connections via IPv6. I edited the firewall to allow ports 80 and 443 and also changed the site to use port 80 (I don't know why Server Admin changed the port to 470 when choosing the IPv6 address) and I was then able to access the website via IPv6.

VPN Server in Snow Leopard Server not accepting connections

I've got some issues with a new Snow Leopard Server, running on a Mac mini Server, and VPN.
I have a Linksys WRT310N performing router duties. I have enabled the VPN Passthrough in the router's configuration pages (IPSec, PPTP and L2TP all Enabled). In the Applications and Gaming section, I have enabled ports 1723 (TCP and UDP) and 1701 (TCP and UDP) to go through to the mini Server. In order to have the VPN Passthrough enabled, I have to have the SPI Firewall enabled on the router.
I have both PPTP and L2TP enabled on the Server. When I first tested it, everything worked.
Within 24 hours, it stopped working, and I can't work out why.
On the Server, I can see in the logs the following messages: (server name and IPs changed to protect the guilty)
---BEGIN vpnd.log---
2009-11-03 20:03:32 EST Incoming call... Address given to client = 192.168.0.213
Tue Nov 3 20:03:32 2009 : Directory Services Authentication plugin initialized
Tue Nov 3 20:03:32 2009 : Directory Services Authorization plugin initialized
Tue Nov 3 20:03:32 2009 : PPTP incoming call in progress from '123.456.789.123'...
Tue Nov 3 20:03:33 2009 : PPTP connection established.
Tue Nov 3 20:03:33 2009 : using link 0
Tue Nov 3 20:03:33 2009 : Using interface ppp0
Tue Nov 3 20:03:33 2009 : Connect: ppp0 <--> socket[34:17]
Tue Nov 3 20:03:33 2009 : sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 <asyncmap 0x0> <auth chap MS-v2> <magic 0x38278225> <pcomp> <accomp>]
Tue Nov 3 20:03:33 2009 : rcvd [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 <asyncmap 0x0> <magic 0x4e96b584> <pcomp> <accomp>]
Tue Nov 3 20:03:33 2009 : lcp_reqci: returning CONFACK.
Tue Nov 3 20:03:33 2009 : sent [LCP ConfAck id=0x1 <asyncmap 0x0> <magic 0x4e96b584> <pcomp> <accomp>]
Tue Nov 3 20:03:36 2009 : sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 <asyncmap 0x0> <auth chap MS-v2> <magic 0x38278225> <pcomp> <accomp>]
Tue Nov 3 20:03:36 2009 : rcvd [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 <asyncmap 0x0> <magic 0x4e96b584> <pcomp> <accomp>]
Tue Nov 3 20:03:36 2009 : lcp_reqci: returning CONFACK.
Tue Nov 3 20:03:36 2009 : sent [LCP ConfAck id=0x1 <asyncmap 0x0> <magic 0x4e96b584> <pcomp> <accomp>]
Tue Nov 3 20:03:39 2009 : sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 <asyncmap 0x0> <auth chap MS-v2> <magic 0x38278225> <pcomp> <accomp>]
Tue Nov 3 20:03:39 2009 : rcvd [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 <asyncmap 0x0> <magic 0x4e96b584> <pcomp> <accomp>]
Tue Nov 3 20:03:39 2009 : lcp_reqci: returning CONFACK.
Tue Nov 3 20:03:39 2009 : sent [LCP ConfAck id=0x1 <asyncmap 0x0> <magic 0x4e96b584> <pcomp> <accomp>]
Tue Nov 3 20:03:42 2009 : sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 <asyncmap 0x0> <auth chap MS-v2> <magic 0x38278225> <pcomp> <accomp>]
Tue Nov 3 20:03:42 2009 : rcvd [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 <asyncmap 0x0> <magic 0x4e96b584> <pcomp> <accomp>]
Tue Nov 3 20:03:42 2009 : lcp_reqci: returning CONFACK.
Tue Nov 3 20:03:42 2009 : sent [LCP ConfAck id=0x1 <asyncmap 0x0> <magic 0x4e96b584> <pcomp> <accomp>]
Tue Nov 3 20:03:45 2009 : sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 <asyncmap 0x0> <auth chap MS-v2> <magic 0x38278225> <pcomp> <accomp>]
Tue Nov 3 20:03:45 2009 : rcvd [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 <asyncmap 0x0> <magic 0x4e96b584> <pcomp> <accomp>]
Tue Nov 3 20:03:45 2009 : lcp_reqci: returning CONFACK.
Tue Nov 3 20:03:45 2009 : sent [LCP ConfAck id=0x1 <asyncmap 0x0> <magic 0x4e96b584> <pcomp> <accomp>]
Tue Nov 3 20:03:48 2009 : sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 <asyncmap 0x0> <auth chap MS-v2> <magic 0x38278225> <pcomp> <accomp>]
Tue Nov 3 20:03:48 2009 : rcvd [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 <asyncmap 0x0> <magic 0x4e96b584> <pcomp> <accomp>]
Tue Nov 3 20:03:48 2009 : lcp_reqci: returning CONFACK.
Tue Nov 3 20:03:48 2009 : sent [LCP ConfAck id=0x1 <asyncmap 0x0> <magic 0x4e96b584> <pcomp> <accomp>]
Tue Nov 3 20:03:51 2009 : sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 <asyncmap 0x0> <auth chap MS-v2> <magic 0x38278225> <pcomp> <accomp>]
Tue Nov 3 20:03:51 2009 : rcvd [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 <asyncmap 0x0> <magic 0x4e96b584> <pcomp> <accomp>]
Tue Nov 3 20:03:51 2009 : lcp_reqci: returning CONFACK.
Tue Nov 3 20:03:51 2009 : sent [LCP ConfAck id=0x1 <asyncmap 0x0> <magic 0x4e96b584> <pcomp> <accomp>]
Tue Nov 3 20:03:54 2009 : sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 <asyncmap 0x0> <auth chap MS-v2> <magic 0x38278225> <pcomp> <accomp>]
Tue Nov 3 20:03:54 2009 : rcvd [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 <asyncmap 0x0> <magic 0x4e96b584> <pcomp> <accomp>]
Tue Nov 3 20:03:54 2009 : lcp_reqci: returning CONFACK.
Tue Nov 3 20:03:54 2009 : sent [LCP ConfAck id=0x1 <asyncmap 0x0> <magic 0x4e96b584> <pcomp> <accomp>]
Tue Nov 3 20:03:57 2009 : sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 <asyncmap 0x0> <auth chap MS-v2> <magic 0x38278225> <pcomp> <accomp>]
Tue Nov 3 20:03:57 2009 : rcvd [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 <asyncmap 0x0> <magic 0x4e96b584> <pcomp> <accomp>]
Tue Nov 3 20:03:57 2009 : lcp_reqci: returning CONFACK.
Tue Nov 3 20:03:57 2009 : sent [LCP ConfAck id=0x1 <asyncmap 0x0> <magic 0x4e96b584> <pcomp> <accomp>]
Tue Nov 3 20:04:00 2009 : sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 <asyncmap 0x0> <auth chap MS-v2> <magic 0x38278225> <pcomp> <accomp>]
Tue Nov 3 20:04:00 2009 : rcvd [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 <asyncmap 0x0> <magic 0x4e96b584> <pcomp> <accomp>]
Tue Nov 3 20:04:00 2009 : lcp_reqci: returning CONFACK.
Tue Nov 3 20:04:00 2009 : sent [LCP ConfAck id=0x1 <asyncmap 0x0> <magic 0x4e96b584> <pcomp> <accomp>]
Tue Nov 3 20:04:03 2009 : LCP: timeout sending Config-Requests
Tue Nov 3 20:04:03 2009 : Connection terminated.
Tue Nov 3 20:04:03 2009 : PPTP disconnecting...
Tue Nov 3 20:04:03 2009 : PPTP disconnected
2009-11-03 20:04:03 EST --> Client with address = 192.168.0.213 has hungup
---END vpnd.log---
On the client I'm seeing this in the logs
--- BEGIN ---
3/11/09 8:03:32 PM pppd[12074] pppd 2.4.2 (Apple version 314.0.2) started by root, uid 502
3/11/09 8:03:32 PM pppd[12074] PPTP connecting to server 'server.example.com' (10.0.1.1)...
3/11/09 8:03:33 PM pppd[12074] PPTP connection established.
3/11/09 8:03:33 PM pppd[12074] Connect: ppp0 <--> socket[34:17]
3/11/09 8:04:03 PM pppd[12074] LCP: timeout sending Config-Requests
3/11/09 8:04:03 PM pppd[12074] Connection terminated.
3/11/09 8:04:03 PM pppd[12074] PPTP disconnecting...
3/11/09 8:04:03 PM pppd[12074] PPTP disconnected
3/11/09 8:04:03 PM pppd[12074] PPTP disconnected
3/11/09 8:04:03 PM pppd[12074] PPTP disconnected
--- END ---
Any ideas?

Well, this didn't last long. The VPN is already down. Cannot connect to it again.Very Frustrating.
I know the actual server is receiving the requests (Server Log):
Jan 7 10:26:33 SnowServer racoon[118]: Connecting.
Jan 7 10:26:33 SnowServer racoon[118]: IKE Packet: receive success. (Responder, Main-Mode message 1).
Jan 7 10:26:33 SnowServer racoon[118]: IKE Packet: transmit success. (Responder, Main-Mode message 2).
Jan 7 10:26:33 SnowServer racoon[118]: IKE Packet: receive success. (Responder, Main-Mode message 3).
Jan 7 10:26:33 SnowServer racoon[118]: IKE Packet: transmit success. (Responder, Main-Mode message 4).
Jan 7 10:26:36 SnowServer racoon[118]: IKE Packet: transmit success. (Phase1 Retransmit).
Jan 7 10:26:55: --- last message repeated 6 times ---
Jan 7 10:26:55 SnowServer servermgrd[67]: servermgr_jabber[W]: detailed service status not available until network configuration completed
Jan 7 10:26:57 SnowServer racoon[118]: IKE Packet: transmit success. (Phase1 Retransmit).
Jan 7 10:27:03: --- last message repeated 1 time ---
Jan 7 10:27:03 SnowServer racoon[118]: IKEv1 Phase1: maximum retransmits. (Phase1 Maximum Retransmits).
Jan 7 10:27:03 SnowServer racoon[118]: Disconnecting. (Connection tried to negotiate for, 30.655020 seconds).
Jan 7 10:27:03 SnowServer racoon[118]: IKE Phase1 Failure-Rate Statistic. (Failure-Rate = 100.000).
Jan 7 10:27:57 SnowServer racoon[118]: Connecting.
Jan 7 10:27:57 SnowServer racoon[118]: IKE Packet: receive success. (Responder, Main-Mode message 1).
Jan 7 10:27:57 SnowServer racoon[118]: IKE Packet: transmit success. (Responder, Main-Mode message 2).
Jan 7 10:27:58 SnowServer racoon[118]: IKE Packet: receive success. (Responder, Main-Mode message 3).
Jan 7 10:27:58 SnowServer racoon[118]: IKE Packet: transmit success. (Responder, Main-Mode message 4).
Jan 7 10:28:01 SnowServer racoon[118]: IKE Packet: transmit success. (Phase1 Retransmit).
Jan 7 10:28:28: --- last message repeated 8 times ---
Jan 7 10:28:28 SnowServer racoon[118]: IKEv1 Phase1: maximum retransmits. (Phase1 Maximum Retransmits).
Jan 7 10:28:28 SnowServer racoon[118]: Disconnecting. (Connection tried to negotiate for, 30.993122 seconds).
Jan 7 10:28:28 SnowServer racoon[118]: IKE Phase1 Failure-Rate Statistic. (Failure-Rate = 100.000).
But the VPN Server never gets the connection request (VPN Log):
2010-01-07 10:12:13 EST Loading plugin /System/Library/Extensions/L2TP.ppp
2010-01-07 10:12:13 EST Listening for connections...
2010-01-07 10:12:13 EST Listening for connections...
I have a call with Apple Support this afternoon. Hopefully it will be fruitful. If I get anywhere, I will post it. If anyone has any bright ideas, they would be greatly appreciated.
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Console errors on startup OS X Snow Leopard Server, log files and pkgutil

I have OS X Snow Leopard Server running and there are a number of annoying console messages at startup and subsequent to that. A group of them appear to be related to write permissions for log file (last group). Not so sure about 1-3 below, if they are just warnings or something to worry about.
1. 2/14/10 12:56:56 PM com.apple.emailrules1292 /System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/Extras/lib/python/zope /_init_.py:1: UserWarning: Module twisted was already imported from /usr/share/caldavd/lib/python/twisted/_init_.pyc, but /System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/Extras/lib/python is being added to sys.path
2. 2/14/10 12:56:56 PM com.apple.emailrules1292 2010-02-14 12:56:56-0600 [-] /usr/share/caldavd/lib/python/twisted/mail/smtp.py:10: exceptions.DeprecationWarning: the MimeWriter module is deprecated; use the email package instead
3. 2/14/10 12:57:00 PM com.apple.wikid1294 /usr/share/caldavd/lib/python/calendarserver/tap/caldav.py:49: DeprecationWarning: mktap and related support modules are deprecated as of Twisted 8.0. Use Twisted Application Plugins with the 'twistd' command directly, as described in 'Writing a Twisted Application Plugin for twistd' chapter of the Developer Guide.
4. Several related to permissions for writing to log files it appears:
2/14/10 12:57:02 PM com.apple.passwordreset1295 2010-02-14 12:57:02-0600 [-] Failed to load application: Errno 13 Permission denied: '/Library/Logs/passwordreset/debug.log'
2/14/10 12:56:57 PM com.apple.emailrules1292 Failed to load application: Errno 13 Permission denied: '/Library/Logs/emailrules/debug.log'
2/14/10 12:57:01 PM com.apple.wikid1294 IOError: Errno 13 Permission denied: '/Library/Logs/wikid/error.log'
The pkgutil also gives a bunch of errors at startup related to Office 2008 files.
2010-02-14 13:48:38.361 pkgutil3679:903 PackageKit: * Missing bundle identifier: /Library/Receipts/Citrix online plug-in.pkg
2010-02-14 13:48:38.366 pkgutil3679:903 PackageKit: * Missing bundle identifier: /Library/Receipts/Office2008enautomator.pkg
2010-02-14 13:48:38.368 pkgutil3679:903 PackageKit: * Missing bundle identifier: /Library/Receipts/Office2008en_automatorworkflow.pkg
2010-02-14 13:48:38.369 pkgutil3679:903 PackageKit: * Missing bundle identifier: /Library/Receipts/Office2008enautoupdate.pkg
2010-02-14 13:48:38.370 pkgutil3679:903 PackageKit: * Missing bundle identifier: /Library/Receipts/Office2008enclipart.pkg
2010-02-14 13:48:38.371 pkgutil3679:903 PackageKit: * Missing bundle identifier: /Library/Receipts/Office2008encore.pkg
2010-02-14 13:48:38.372 pkgutil3679:903 PackageKit: * Missing bundle identifier: /Library/Receipts/Office2008endock.pkg
2010-02-14 13:48:38.373 pkgutil3679:903 PackageKit: * Missing bundle identifier: /Library/Receipts/Office2008enentourage.pkg
2010-02-14 13:48:38.374 pkgutil3679:903 PackageKit: * Missing bundle identifier: /Library/Receipts/Office2008en_entourage_helpstd.pkg
2010-02-14 13:48:38.375 pkgutil3679:903 PackageKit: * Missing bundle identifier: /Library/Receipts/Office2008enequationeditor.pkg
2010-02-14 13:48:38.376 pkgutil3679:903 PackageKit: * Missing bundle identifier: /Library/Receipts/Office2008enerrorreporting.pkg
2010-02-14 13:48:38.377 pkgutil3679:903 PackageKit: * Missing bundle identifier: /Library/Receipts/Office2008enexcel.pkg
2010-02-14 13:48:38.378 pkgutil3679:903 PackageKit: * Missing bundle identifier: /Library/Receipts/Office2008en_excel_helpstd.pkg
2010-02-14 13:48:38.379 pkgutil3679:903 PackageKit: * Missing bundle identifier: /Library/Receipts/Office2008enfonts.pkg
2010-02-14 13:48:38.380 pkgutil3679:903 PackageKit: * Missing bundle identifier: /Library/Receipts/Office2008engraph.pkg
2010-02-14 13:48:38.381 pkgutil3679:903 PackageKit: * Missing bundle identifier: /Library/Receipts/Office2008enhelpviewer.pkg
2010-02-14 13:48:38.382 pkgutil3679:903 PackageKit: * Missing bundle identifier: /Library/Receipts/Office2008enlaunch.pkg
2010-02-14 13:48:38.383 pkgutil3679:903 PackageKit: * Missing bundle identifier: /Library/Receipts/Office2008enmessenger.pkg
2010-02-14 13:48:38.384 pkgutil3679:903 PackageKit: * Missing bundle identifier: /Library/Receipts/Office2008enooxml.pkg
2010-02-14 13:48:38.385 pkgutil3679:903 PackageKit: * Missing bundle identifier: /Library/Receipts/Office2008enorgchart.pkg
2010-02-14 13:48:38.386 pkgutil3679:903 PackageKit: * Missing bundle identifier: /Library/Receipts/Office2008enpowerpoint.pkg
2010-02-14 13:48:38.387 pkgutil3679:903 PackageKit: * Missing bundle identifier: /Library/Receipts/Office2008en_powerpoint_helpstd.pkg
2010-02-14 13:48:38.388 pkgutil3679:903 PackageKit: * Missing bundle identifier: /Library/Receipts/Office2008en_proofingbrazilian.pkg
2010-02-14 13:48:38.389 pkgutil3679:903 PackageKit: * Missing bundle identifier: /Library/Receipts/Office2008en_proofingdanish.pkg
2010-02-14 13:48:38.390 pkgutil3679:903 PackageKit: * Missing bundle identifier: /Library/Receipts/Office2008en_proofingdutch.pkg
2010-02-14 13:48:38.391 pkgutil3679:903 PackageKit: * Missing bundle identifier: /Library/Receipts/Office2008en_proofingenglish.pkg
2010-02-14 13:48:38.392 pkgutil3679:903 PackageKit: * Missing bundle identifier: /Library/Receipts/Office2008en_proofingfinnish.pkg
2010-02-14 13:48:38.393 pkgutil3679:903 PackageKit: * Missing bundle identifier: /Library/Receipts/Office2008en_proofingfrench.pkg
2010-02-14 13:48:38.394 pkgutil3679:903 PackageKit: * Missing bundle identifier: /Library/Receipts/Office2008en_proofinggerman.pkg
2010-02-14 13:48:38.395 pkgutil3679:903 PackageKit: * Missing bundle identifier: /Library/Receipts/Office2008en_proofingitalian.pkg
2010-02-14 13:48:38.396 pkgutil3679:903 PackageKit: * Missing bundle identifier: /Library/Receipts/Office2008en_proofingjapanese.pkg
2010-02-14 13:48:38.397 pkgutil3679:903 PackageKit: * Missing bundle identifier: /Library/Receipts/Office2008en_proofingnorwegian.pkg
2010-02-14 13:48:38.398 pkgutil3679:903 PackageKit: * Missing bundle identifier: /Library/Receipts/Office2008en_proofingportuguese.pkg
2010-02-14 13:48:38.408 pkgutil3679:903 PackageKit: * Missing bundle identifier: /Library/Receipts/Office2008en_proofingspanish.pkg
2010-02-14 13:48:38.409 pkgutil3679:903 PackageKit: * Missing bundle identifier: /Library/Receipts/Office2008en_proofingswedish.pkg
2010-02-14 13:48:38.410 pkgutil3679:903 PackageKit: * Missing bundle identifier: /Library/Receipts/Office2008enrequired.pkg
2010-02-14 13:48:38.411 pkgutil3679:903 PackageKit: * Missing bundle identifier: /Library/Receipts/Office2008ensilverlight.pkg
2010-02-14 13:48:38.412 pkgutil3679:903 PackageKit: * Missing bundle identifier: /Library/Receipts/Office2008ensounds.pkg
2010-02-14 13:48:38.413 pkgutil3679:903 PackageKit: * Missing bundle identifier: /Library/Receipts/Office2008enword.pkg
2010-02-14 13:48:38.414 pkgutil3679:903 PackageKit: * Missing bundle identifier: /Library/Receipts/Office2008en_word_helpstd.pkg

I have similar messages to your 1-3 in my console log as well. Haven't tracked down why yet.

SNOW LEOPARD SERVER PROBLEMS REQUIRE CERTIFIED CONSULTANT TO HELP

I've had a pretty unstable Snow Leopard server install since it was upgraded from Leopard a few months ago. Some of the problems were said to be hardware related, but I've been unable to migrate it to a different computer (Mac Mini).
The current installation is running, albeit poorly.
We had a Mac consultant involved in these issues, but he has proven to be unstable and unreliable as well - so we're on a search for a new consultant to give us some paid assistance in straightening this thing out.
We're not on the US mainland, but can make the server accessible by ARD and/or SSH to someone.
Someone with Apple certification would be preferred.

Hi Brian,
I'm an IT consultant dealing with Mac OS Servers and Windows Servers as well as Linux. I can offer a few helpful suggestions since just recently I transferred data from a Mac OS 10.5.8 Server to a 10.6.2 Server.
My first question to you is what data are you immigrating from? example 10.5.8 Server Data to 10.6.2 server?
The reason why I ask this since IMAP data in 10.5.8 and before was using Cyrus and starting in 10.6 apple switched to Dovecot.
Initially, I did not realized that apple made the switch and had stalling problems using the apple migration tool. (Personally I don't think the tool works well since a lot of others are running into this problem when researching this issue).
In the end I decided it was best to important everything manually, mail and not use the apple immigration tool since I think it has some issues.
The first thing I would do is make sure the DNS is configure right so that the server can resolve it's name which is very important.
Hopefully you're been running Open Directory . Export the users from the old server and import it to the new 10.6.2 server.
Next transfer the IMAP mail from 10.5.8 server to the 10.6 server to the same locations.
Example in 10.5.8 server default location is
/var/imap
and
/var/spool/imap
note this is where cyrus stored imap data in 10.5.x and maybe before. I have to look at my old 10.4 server since I'll be upgrade my own server soon.
My clients Servers have been upgrade fine by doing the manual method.
anyway...
keep those two locations in mind of where you mail is stored.
next I would copy your old cyrus mail to the new server. Don't use the migration tool at all. Just setup the new server and get the DNS running so it can resolve itself before you do this.
also make sure mail server is not running and it's off.
open up a terminal window
copy and paste this but change the name of the volume/hard drive name (HD_name)
sudo /usr/libexec/dovecot/migratemaildata.pl --cyrusBin "/Volumes/HD_name/usr/bin/cyrus/bin" --database "/Volumes/HD_name/var/imap" --sourceSpool "/Volumes/HD_name/var/spool/imap" --targetSpool "/var/spool/imap/dovecot/mail"
ok do this will convert all of your cyrus mail to dovecot. Make sure you've already imported the users from Open Directory before doing this script.
after all of this
there's still one more step
for some reason the postfix "main.cf" file is configured to use cyrus in 10.6.2 update.
/etc/postfix/main.cf
you can use the pico editor if you like.
example
type in at terminal window
sudo pico /etc/postfix/main.cf
it should be near the end of the file
don't bother with anything that's in # which is ignored.
look for
mailbox_transport = cyrus
then change it to
mailbox_transport = dovecot
save the changes
edit settings in the mail server with server admin to what you had... I recommend don't importing the mail settings from the old server admin since some people reported that its better just to manually configure it.
however for other server admin settings you might try to export and import to the new server.
If you have any questions just let me know and I'm glad to help the mac community.

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