From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jul 20 13:45:59 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E430E1065680 for ; Tue, 20 Jul 2010 13:45:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from aryeh.friedman@gmail.com) Received: from mta6.srv.hcvlny.cv.net (mta6.srv.hcvlny.cv.net [167.206.4.212]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B5AC08FC21 for ; Tue, 20 Jul 2010 13:45:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: from flosoft.no-ip.biz (ool-43542559.dyn.optonline.net [67.84.37.89]) by mta6.srv.hcvlny.cv.net (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2-8.04 (built Feb 28 2007)) with ESMTP id <0L5U00CD9ZKG0TR0@mta6.srv.hcvlny.cv.net> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Tue, 20 Jul 2010 09:45:53 -0400 (EDT) Received: from flosoft.no-ip.biz (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by flosoft.no-ip.biz (8.14.4/8.14.3) with ESMTP id o6KDk9Js031904 for ; Tue, 20 Jul 2010 09:46:09 -0400 Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2010 09:46:09 -0400 From: "Aryeh M. Friedman" In-reply-to: <20100720093328.4f1bd5d0@scorpio> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-id: <20100720094609.02f88f0baryeh.friedman%gmail.com@flosoft.no-ip.biz> MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.6 (GTK+ 2.20.1; i386-portbld-freebsd8.1) Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT References: <20100720092644.28643f19aryeh.friedman%gmail.com@flosoft.no-ip.biz> <20100720093328.4f1bd5d0@scorpio> Subject: Re: Help with setting up a mail server X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2010 13:46:00 -0000 On Tue, 20 Jul 2010 09:33:28 -0400 Jerry wrote: > On Tue, 20 Jul 2010 09:26:44 -0400 > Aryeh M. Friedman articulated: > > > I am a consultant and was retained by my client to setup qmail or > > exim on a VPS running 8.0-STABLE (i386). After setting up the DNS > > (A record and MX record) we have been unable to send or receive > > mail. The client has/had a working script for installing qmail on > > 7.1-STABLE but it seems to not work on 8.0-STABLE. They are using > > the same VPS provider who this 7.1-STABLE install script worked > > under. I have tried everything I can think of to make it work > > including asking obvious questions on -questions@. > > > > I informed the client that the task is likely beyond me capabilities > > but I would help recruit someone who would be able to do it at a > > reasonable fee paid to them (I am acting as a no cost middle man on > > this [I am helping the client for free since I was unable to get it > > done]). > > > > Please send any ideas and/or offers to do the job > > I would seriously suggest that you consider installing Postfix. It is > in the ports tree, is well maintained and works out of the box. The > Postfix forum will be glad to give you any advice you need for setting > up and securing your mail server. Qmail is no longer supported by its > author and can be a nightmare to maintain. > We had also tried sendmail and couldn't get that working either so I suspect it is a general config issue not a MTA one. (I have set sendmail up about 30 times in the past so I know a little bit about it)