I know my ISP does not block it because a) my Thunderbird accounts reach my mail servers every day, and b) the mail function on my FreeBSD box works just fine.
Here is some info from my logs...
2008-08-19 21:00:56 1KVesS-0003fD-Vw <= eric@e-mobile-2 U=eric P=local S=374
2008-08-19 21:00:58 1KVesS-0003fD-Vw **
eric.cope@gmail.com R=smarthost T=remote_smtp_smarthost: SMTP error from remote mail server after RCPT TO:<eric.c
ope@gmail.com>: host
voltampenterprises.com [
67.159.44.157]: 550-Verification failed for <eric@e-mobile-2>\n550-The mail server could not deliver mail to
eric@e-mobile-2. The account or domain may not exist, they may be blacklisted, or missing the proper dns entries.\n550 Sender verify failed
2008-08-19 21:00:59 1KVesV-0003fG-0R <= <> R=1KVesS-0003fD-Vw U=Debian-exim P=local S=1500
2008-08-19 21:00:59 1KVesS-0003fD-Vw Completed
2008-08-19 21:01:03 1KVesV-0003fG-0R ** eric@e-mobile-2 R=hub_user_smarthost T=remote_smtp_smarthost: SMTP error from remote mail server after RCPT TO:<e
ric@e-mobile-2>: host
voltampenterprises.com [
67.159.44.157]: 550-The mail server could not deliver mail to eric@e-mobile-2. The account or\n550-domain
may not exist, they may be blacklisted, or missing the proper dns\n550 entries.
2008-08-19 21:01:03 1KVesV-0003fG-0R Frozen (delivery error message)
2008-08-19 21:14:18 Start queue run: pid=14694
2008-08-19 21:14:18 1KVesV-0003fG-0R Message is frozen
2008-08-19 21:14:18 End queue run: pid=14694
2008-08-19 21:44:18 Start queue run: pid=16077
2008-08-19 21:44:18 1KVesV-0003fG-0R Message is frozen
2008-08-19 21:44:18 End queue run: pid=16077
Here is the path I expect it to take:
eric@e-mobile-2 (laptop) ->
mail.voltampenterprises.com (smtp mail server) ->
eric.cope@gmail.com (final destination)
what is a 550 dns entry?
I don't have a problem cutting out the mail server, but I thought that was the best way to get the mail out...
Thanks in advance.
Eric
On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 10:01 PM, Matt Graham
<danceswithcrows@usa.net> wrote:
After a long battle with technology, Eric Cope wrote:
> apt-get'ed exim and mailutils. I installed and ran the dpkg-reconfigure
> command. I am trying to use an external smtp server
> (mail.voltampmedia.com). I highly doubt my ISP blocks smtp
Think again. Many, many places block or silently discard traffic to port 25
that doesn't match one of @SMALLNUM destination addresses. There are far too
many damned spam zombies out there, you know. Check your logs for details.
> The mail command works. I see the mail in the queue (sudo mailq).
> However, the mail just sits in the queue, never going anywhere.
Check the logs. Crank the log level up and then force a redelivery attempt
with the exim equivalent of "postqueue -f" if there's nothing in the logs.
> The lack of google results scares me. Either it is so insanely easy, that
> its not even worth putting tutorials online, or
It sounds like you want to use a smarthost. As such, check out
http://wiki.exim.org/FAQ/Routing_to_remote_hosts/Q0304 as well as the obvious
toplevel site. The default Debian config for exim is also a complete mess,
about 10 separate files when it should really be 1 file, and there's a way to
fix that but it's been forever since I worked with it. There's a ton of
useful info in the README and on the wiki. HTH anyway,
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