qmail under 8.0-STABLE

Peter fbsdq at peterk.org
Fri Jul 16 05:40:34 UTC 2010


> I have the following config:
>
> FreeBSD ppert-zone.com 8.0-STABLE FreeBSD 8.0-STABLE #0: Wed Apr 14
> 01:44:13 UTC 2010
> root at canopus.ispsystem.net:/root/src/sys/i386/compile/ISPSYSTEM  i386
>
> it is a vps running via a jail.   I have installed mail/qmail and added
> it to rc.conf.   It starts just fine but no remote mail ever gets
> delivered/received.  DNS wise the machine is pointed to a A record for
> it's domain but the provider has not (and will not) set up a reverse.
>
> Note: According to qmail-qstat/qmail-qread the mail is not in the queue
> either like it was before adding qmail startup to the rc.conf
>
> Ideas?

What does the MX record for that domain point to?
  [dig mx domain.com]

Are you sure qmail is running/listening?
  [sockstat / netstat -an]

Did you shutoff sendmail in rc.conf?
  sendmail_enable="NONE" I think...

]Peter[



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