Re: Problem on running telnet to send mail
--- Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net> wrote:
> On 09/27/08 10:28, Stephen Liu wrote:
> > Hi folks,
> >
> >
> > Debian Etch
> > postfix-mysql
> > mysql-server
> > dovecot-imapd
> >
> >
> > Encounter problem on running telnet to send mail.
> >
> >
> > $ telnet localhost 25
> > Trying 127.0.0.1...
> > Connected to localhost.localdomain.
> > Escape character is '^]'.
> > HELO satimis.com
> > ehlo localhost
> > ehlo satimis.com
> >
> > all above have no response.
> >
> >
> > Please advise where shall I check and how to fix the problem. TIA
>
> Are you sure that postfix is running properly?
>
> $ telnet localhost 25
> Trying 127.0.0.1...
> Connected to ip6-localhost.
> Escape character is '^]'.
> 220 haggis.homelan ESMTP Postfix (Debian/GNU)
> HELO haggis
> 250 haggis.homelan
> quit
> 221 2.0.0 Bye
> Connection closed by foreign host.
Hi Ron,
Further to my late email posting. I found follow;
$ tail /var/log/mail.log
Sep 27 15:57:51 satimis postfix/master[1409]: warning:
/usr/lib/postfix/smtpd: b ad command startup -- throttling
Sep 27 15:58:22 satimis postfix/cleanup[2271]: fatal: open
/etc/postfix/mysql-vi rtual-alias-maps.cf: No such file or directory
Sep 27 15:58:23 satimis postfix/master[1409]: warning: process
/usr/lib/postfix/ cleanup pid 2271 exit status 1
Sep 27 15:58:24 satimis postfix/master[1409]: warning:
/usr/lib/postfix/cleanup: bad command startup -- throttling
Sep 27 15:58:51 satimis postfix/smtpd[2272]: fatal: open
/etc/postfix/mysql-virt ual-alias-maps.cf: No such file or directory
Sep 27 15:58:52 satimis postfix/master[1409]: warning: process
/usr/lib/postfix/ smtpd pid 2272 exit status 1
Sep 27 15:58:52 satimis postfix/master[1409]: warning:
/usr/lib/postfix/smtpd: b ad command startup -- throttling
Sep 27 15:59:23 satimis postfix/cleanup[2274]: fatal: open
/etc/postfix/mysql-vi rtual-alias-maps.cf: No such file or directory
Sep 27 15:59:24 satimis postfix/master[1409]: warning: process
/usr/lib/postfix/ cleanup pid 2274 exit status 1
Sep 27 15:59:24 satimis postfix/master[1409]: warning:
/usr/lib/postfix/cleanup: bad command startup -- throttling
Where shall I check? Thanks
B.R.
Stephen
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