SMTP (outgoing / incoming) Stopped :(

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SMTP (outgoing / incoming) Stopped :(

Hi ,
I was setting up my mails server , and I have ticked the boxes " Enable SMTP " , Allow incoming mail Under the Settings > General tab in the server admin , and then restarted my mail services , but its fist shows SMTP starting up.... and then goes to SMTP stopped .....,

how do I get this to work , please help as im really new to mac osx servers . ( I have been following the lynda.com video tutorials to set up the server)

thank you .

MacPro , Macpro (server) , iMac , Macbook Pro, MacBok Air, Mac OS X (10.5.6)

Posted on Mar 28, 2009 7:45 AM

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Answer 1

countermike Author

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Mar 28, 2009 8:09 AM in response to countermike

Also here is the
log for the SMTP if that helps

ar 29 00:04:02 macsrv postfix/master[34214]: fatal: fifo_listen: remove public/pickup: Permission denied
Mar 29 00:04:12 macsrv postfix/master[34215]: fatal: fifo_listen: remove public/pickup: Permission denied
Mar 29 00:04:22 macsrv postfix/master[34217]: fatal: fifo_listen: remove public/pickup: Permission denied
Mar 29 00:04:32 macsrv postfix/master[34218]: fatal: fifo_listen: remove public/pickup: Permission denied
Mar 29 00:04:42 macsrv postfix/master[34237]: fatal: fifo_listen: remove public/pickup: Permission denied
Mar 29 00:04:52 macsrv postfix/master[34238]: fatal: fifo_listen: remove public/pickup: Permission denied
Mar 29 00:05:03 macsrv postfix/master[34249]: fatal: fifo_listen: remove public/pickup: Permission denied
Mar 29 00:05:13 macsrv postfix/master[34250]: fatal: fifo_listen: remove public/pickup: Permission denied
Mar 29 00:05:23 macsrv postfix/master[34252]: fatal: fifo_listen: remove public/pickup: Permission denied
Mar 29 00:05:33 macsrv postfix/master[34253]: fatal: fifo_listen: remove public/pickup: Permission denied
Mar 29 00:05:43 macsrv postfix/master[34272]: fatal: fifo_listen: remove public/pickup: Permission denied
Mar 29 00:05:53 macsrv postfix/master[34273]: fatal: fifo_listen: remove public/pickup: Permission denied
Mar 29 00:06:03 macsrv postfix/master[34290]: fatal: fifo_listen: remove public/pickup: Permission denied
Mar 29 00:06:13 macsrv postfix/master[34291]: fatal: fifo_listen: remove public/pickup: Permission denied
Mar 29 00:06:19 macsrv postfix/postfix-script[34298]: fatal: the Postfix mail system is not running
Mar 29 00:06:21 macsrv postfix/postsuper[34318]: fatal: scan dirpush: open directory defer: Permission denied

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admilon

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Mar 28, 2009 8:32 AM in response to countermike

the log tells you, what's the problem ...
try repairing your permissions.
that will probably do the trick 😉

cheers
-mat

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countermike Author

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Mar 28, 2009 9:14 AM in response to admilon

oh.. well i changed the permission and restarted the mails service , it now shows SMTP running.
but when i try to setup a client ( Mail account ) , it shows
The SMTP server "hostname.domainname.com" failed. make sure the username and password is correct, then continue.

but im 100% sure the user details are correct 😟

oh well.. also initially my POP and Imap was not working so i did the following for it to work , will this be an effect of that ??

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sudo -s
(enter your admin password)
mkdir -p /var/spool/imap
chown -R _cyrus:mail /var/spool /imap
mkdir -p /var/imap
/usr/bin/cyrus/tools/mkimap
chown -R _cyrus:mail /var/imap
/usr/bin/cyrus/bin/reconstruct -i
serveradmin stop mail
serveradmin start mail
exit
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admilon

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Mar 28, 2009 12:00 PM in response to countermike

did you run sudo diskutil repairpermissions / ?
or did you run disutility from the gui from the startup DVD?

just changing the permissions on the one or other file/directory probably won't be sufficient enough.

Pop and IMAP you need to get the mails with your mail client.
obviously you screwed something up.

good luck
-mat

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countermike Author

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Mar 28, 2009 9:27 PM in response to admilon

yer I did sudo diskutil repairpermissions /
but still the same problem 😟

is there a way i can start the mail services form the beginning again ?

as this is the log i get for SMTP

Mar 29 11:11:37 macsrv postfix/master[54540]: fatal: fifo_listen: remove public/pickup: Permission denied
Mar 29 11:11:47 macsrv postfix/master[54546]: fatal: fifo_listen: remove public/pickup: Permission denied
Mar 29 11:11:57 macsrv postfix/master[54547]: fatal: fifo_listen: remove public/pickup: Permission denied
Mar 29 11:12:07 macsrv postfix/master[54554]: fatal: fifo_listen: remove public/pickup: Permission denied
Mar 29 11:12:17 macsrv postfix/master[54555]: fatal: fifo_listen: remove public/pickup: Permission denied
Mar 29 11:12:27 macsrv postfix/master[54556]: fatal: fifo_listen: remove public/pickup: Permission denied
Mar 29 11:12:38 macsrv postfix/master[54569]: fatal: fifo_listen: remove public/pickup: Permission denied
Mar 29 11:12:48 macsrv postfix/master[54574]: daemon started -- version 2.4.3, configuration /etc/postfix
Mar 29 11:14:50 localhost postfix/master[40]: daemon started -- version 2.4.3, configuration /etc/postfix

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countermike Author

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Mar 28, 2009 9:55 PM in response to countermike

I stopped all the service and restarted my server , and start all my services.. and un-ticked the SSL on mail services.

then tried to connect form a client " it still says username and password incorrect"

the Logs ....

SMTP

Mar 29 12:34:07 macsrv postfix/postfix-script[1739]: fatal: the Postfix mail system is not running
Mar 29 12:34:08 macsrv postfix/master[1783]: daemon started -- version 2.4.3, configuration /etc/postfix
Mar 29 12:41:18 macsrv postfix/master[1783]: terminating on signal 15
Mar 29 12:41:18 macsrv postfix/postfix-script[1951]: fatal: the Postfix mail system is not running
Mar 29 12:41:24 macsrv postfix/postfix-script[2019]: fatal: the Postfix mail system is not running
Mar 29 12:41:27 macsrv postfix/master[2064]: daemon started -- version 2.4.3, configuration /etc/postfix
Mar 29 12:42:10 macsrv postfix/tlsmgr[2079]: warning: no entropy source specified with parameter tls randomsource
Mar 29 12:42:10 macsrv postfix/tlsmgr[2079]: warning: encryption keys etc. may be predictable
Mar 29 12:42:10 macsrv postfix/smtpd[2078]: connect from unknown[172.16.18.26]
Mar 29 12:42:10 macsrv postfix/smtpd[2078]: disconnect from unknown[172.16.18.26]
Mar 29 12:46:36 macsrv postfix/master[2064]: terminating on signal 15
Mar 29 12:46:38 macsrv postfix/postfix-script[2126]: fatal: the Postfix mail system is not running
Mar 29 12:46:38 macsrv postfix/master[2170]: daemon started -- version 2.4.3, configuration /etc/postfix
Mar 29 12:49:22 macsrv postfix/smtpd[2211]: connect from unknown[172.16.18.26]
Mar 29 12:49:22 macsrv postfix/smtpd[2211]: lost connection after EHLO from unknown[172.16.18.26]
Mar 29 12:49:22 macsrv postfix/smtpd[2211]: disconnect from unknown[172.16.18.26]
Mar 29 12:49:22 macsrv postfix/smtpd[2211]: connect from unknown[172.16.18.26]

MAIL ACCESS LOG :

Mar 13 15:04:13 macsrv idled[1230]: can't read mailboxes file
Mar 29 12:50:21 macsrv master[2186]: exiting on SIGTERM/SIGINT
Mar 29 12:50:21 macsrv master[2226]: getrlimit: max processes limit set to cur=2500 max=2500
Mar 29 12:50:21 macsrv master[2226]: process started
Mar 29 12:50:21 macsrv master[2227]: about to exec /usr/bin/cyrus/bin/ctl_cyrusdb
Mar 29 12:50:31 macsrv master[2237]: getrlimit: max processes limit set to cur=2500 max=2500
Mar 29 12:50:31 macsrv master[2237]: process started
Mar 29 12:50:31 macsrv master[2238]: about to exec /usr/bin/cyrus/bin/ctl_cyrusdb
Mar 29 12:50:31 macsrv ctl_cyrusdb[2238]: verifying cyrus databases
Mar 29 12:50:32 macsrv ctl_cyrusdb[2238]: skiplist: recovered /var/imap/mailboxes.db (2 records, 472 bytes) in 1 second
Mar 29 12:50:32 macsrv ctl_cyrusdb[2238]: skiplist: recovered /var/imap/annotations.db (0 records, 144 bytes) in 0 seconds
Mar 29 12:50:35 macsrv ctl_cyrusdb[2238]: done verifying cyrus databases
Mar 29 12:50:35 macsrv master[2241]: about to exec /usr/bin/cyrus/bin/idled
Mar 29 12:50:35 macsrv master[2237]: nodename nor servname provided, or not known, disabling sieve
Mar 29 12:50:35 macsrv master[2237]: Cyrus POP/IMAP Server v2.3.8 ready for work
Mar 29 12:50:35 macsrv master[2243]: about to exec /usr/bin/cyrus/bin/ctl_cyrusdb
Mar 29 12:50:35 macsrv ctl_cyrusdb[2243]: checkpointing cyrus databases
Mar 29 12:50:35 macsrv ctl_cyrusdb[2243]: archiving database file: /var/imap/annotations.db
Mar 29 12:50:35 macsrv ctl_cyrusdb[2243]: archiving log file: /var/imap/db/log.0000000001
Mar 29 12:50:35 macsrv ctl_cyrusdb[2243]: archiving database file: /var/imap/mailboxes.db
Mar 29 12:50:35 macsrv ctl_cyrusdb[2243]: archiving log file: /var/imap/db/log.0000000001
Mar 29 12:50:35: --- last message repeated 1 time ---
Mar 29 12:50:35 macsrv ctl_cyrusdb[2243]: done checkpointing cyrus databases
Mar 29 12:50:35 macsrv master[2237]: process 2243 exited, status 0

if that helps . please need help 😟

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admilon

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Mar 28, 2009 10:47 PM in response to countermike

you have different problems here.
With ssl and tls, settings are wrong.
In main.cf this is probably missing: tls randomsource = /dev/urandom

the other problem is user/password.
reset the password amd login with the username and correct password.

good luck
-mat

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countermike Author

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Mar 29, 2009 9:38 PM in response to admilon

Hi Mat,

I think im gonna clean install the server and start form the beginning,
will comeback to you if I have any problems,

Once again thank you for all for the help provided here .

Mike

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pterobyte

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Mar 30, 2009 1:08 AM in response to countermike

I do not see any SSL issues here.

Try this:
sudo postfix set-permissions

Next, download and install mailbfr from here: http://osx.topicdesk.com/tools/ and issue:
sudo mailbfr -o
sudo mailbfr -f

HTH,
Alex

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countermike Author

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Mar 31, 2009 6:40 PM in response to pterobyte

thanks Alex

All work now .

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