Allen Sim wrote:
Hi, I am a new linux user.I jz setting up a mail server.Downloaded & Configured the components:CentOS,OpenLDAP,pam,dovecotMailServer,s endmial,squireelmail etc.... But wehn i want to check whether it works or not, so i open up my clientmail, wchi is Netscape 7.2. in Edit > Mail & Newsgroups Account Setting > server setting... i had put the ip address for the machine... but error pop out: Could not connect to mail server 10.XX.XX.XXX;the connection was refused. what's wrong wth it???
how to check wthere the mail server work?
my second question. Dovecot dead but subsys locked
aft i typed: /etc/init.d/dovecot status, it shows:dovecot dead but subsys locked. I deleted /var/lock/subsys/dovecot. but whn i start my dovecot,etc/init.d/dovecot start, same problem occur again....how to solve ths??? below is frm /var/log/maillog : Mar 19 15:17:28 hosting sendmail[3617]: m2J1EtMP003319: to=<root@localhost.localdomain>, ctladdr=<root@localhost.localdomain> (0/0), delay=06:02:32, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=local, pri=665894, dsn=4.0.0, stat=Deferred: local mailer (/usr/libexec/dovecot/deliver) exited with EX_TEMPFAIL
i am new in this. anyone can help??? appreciate ur reply....
Some small suggestions/questions to get started on understanding the problem:
what are the names and IP addresses of the computers involved, ie the server and other(s) where the mail client is running?
output of dovecot -n to see the actual dovecot configuration.
it might be easier to use Thunderbird as the mail client. More people (including me) are familiar with its IMAP configuration options, so it's easier to explain things.
are you sending/receiving email through an ISP?
John Allen