[sf-lug] mutt and postfix (addendum)

[Alex Kleider]

I should have mentioned that 
plug:/etc/postfix# ping mailout.easydns.com
PING mailout.easydns.com (64.68.200.141) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from mailout.easydns.com (64.68.200.141): icmp_seq=1 ttl=46 time=187 ms
64 bytes from mailout.easydns.com (64.68.200.141): icmp_seq=2 ttl=46 time=134 ms
64 bytes from mailout.easydns.com (64.68.200.141): icmp_seq=3 ttl=46 time=172 ms
64 bytes from mailout.easydns.com (64.68.200.141): icmp_seq=4 ttl=46 time=188 ms
^C
works fine. So I'm assuming it isn't a resolve issue as the error message implies.


--- On Sat, 4/24/10, Alex Kleider <a_kleider at yahoo.com> wrote:

> From: Alex Kleider <a_kleider at yahoo.com>
> Subject: mutt and postfix
> To: "Linux userGroup" <sf-lug at linuxmafia.com>
> Date: Saturday, April 24, 2010, 1:49 PM
> an old (Dell dd4500s) desktop that
> I've been using as a server at home is dying so I'm trying
> to switch over to a SheevaPlug on which I've successfully
> installed Debian Testing.
> 
> Postfix has been installed and its /etc/postfix/main.cf has
> been edited to look exactly like the functioning copy on the
> old machine.
> 
> Mail sent out using mutt never gets out! (although it still
> works fine on the old machine.)
> 
> Here's the relevant data:
> 
> plug:~# tail /var/log/mail.warn
> ....shows no problems
> 
> plug:/etc/postfix# tail /var/log/mail.info
> ....
> Apr 24 14:08:07 plug postfix/smtp[14441]: 67FE250411:
> to=<akleider at sonic.net>,
> relay=none, delay=1159, delays=1139/0.1/20/0, dsn=4.4.3,
> status=deferred (Host or domain name not found. Name service
> error for name=mailout.easydns.com type=MX: Host not found,
> try again)
> 
> .. which suggests that relayhost is not properly set in
> /etc/postfix/main.cf but it is set:
> relayhost = mailout.easydns.com:20025
> and as already mentioned this and all other entries are the
> same as on the functioning system (the dd4500s.)
> 
> If anyone has ideas where to go next, I'd be very grateful
> for any leads. 
> 
> cheers,
> alex
> 
> 
> 
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