exim does not receive e-mail, sends fine

[sokolkapl]

Hi,

Before, I had DNS set up so that all e-mail would go through google apps. I changed it back to local machine (removed MX records of google, and added local MX). I also checked the option:

"Use this server to handle my emails.
If not, change the MX record and uncheck this option"




Exim's paniclog shows the following entries (the last few lines):

2010-07-13 11:01:52 1OYirf-0006Db-Vy User 0 set for local_delivery transport is on the never_users list
2010-07-13 11:01:52 1OYirf-0006Da-VV User 0 set for local_delivery transport is on the never_users list
2010-07-13 11:01:52 1OYirf-0006Dc-WF User 0 set for local_delivery transport is on the never_users list
2010-07-13 11:01:52 1OYirg-0006Dh-8S User 0 set for local_delivery transport is on the never_users list
2010-07-13 11:01:52 1OYirg-0006Df-73 User 0 set for local_delivery transport is on the never_users list
2010-07-13 11:01:52 1OYirg-0006Dk-CD User 0 set for local_delivery transport is on the never_users list





Exim's mainlog shows this:

2010-07-13 11:09:47 1OYizH-0008R8-F3 <= EMAIL FROM WHICH IM SENDING IS HERE U=mail P=spam-scanned S=2676 id=832E2D8ECF5B7941A2971FCB5440F11D1ED41E76@GDCPW1006.corp.statestr.com T="Testing if this e-mail works." from <EMAIL FROM WHICH IM SENDING IS HERE> for [email protected]
2010-07-13 11:09:47 cwd=/var/spool/exim 3 args: /usr/sbin/exim -Mc 1OYizH-0008R8-F3
2010-07-13 11:09:47 1OYizH-0008R8-F3 => admin <[email protected]> F=<EMAIL FROM WHICH IM SENDING IS HERE> R=localuser T=local_delivery S=2851
2010-07-13 11:09:47 1OYizH-0008R8-F3 Completed
2010-07-13 11:09:47 1OYizH-0008R5-AJ => admin <[email protected]> F=<EMAIL FROM WHICH IM SENDING IS HERE> R=spamcheck_director T=spamcheck S=2552
2010-07-13 11:09:47 1OYizH-0008R5-AJ Completed

 

[nobaloney]

Exim's paniclog shows the following entries (the last few lines):

2010-07-13 11:01:52 1OYirf-0006Db-Vy User 0 set for local_delivery transport is on the never_users list
2010-07-13 11:01:52 1OYirf-0006Da-VV User 0 set for local_delivery transport is on the never_users list
2010-07-13 11:01:52 1OYirf-0006Dc-WF User 0 set for local_delivery transport is on the never_users list
2010-07-13 11:01:52 1OYirg-0006Dh-8S User 0 set for local_delivery transport is on the never_users list
2010-07-13 11:01:52 1OYirg-0006Df-73 User 0 set for local_delivery transport is on the never_users list
2010-07-13 11:01:52 1OYirg-0006Dk-CD User 0 set for local_delivery transport is on the never_users list

This indicates that someone is attempting to send an email to root; exim by default doesn't send email to root, because it's considered dangerous. You need to set up a forward for your root user to accept email addressed to root. If you don't know how to do that search these forums as it's been discussed several times before.

2010-07-13 11:09:47 1OYizH-0008R8-F3 <= EMAIL FROM WHICH IM SENDING IS HERE U=mail P=spam-scanned S=2676 id=832E2D8ECF5B7941A2971FCB5440F11D1ED41E76@GDCPW1006.corp.statestr.com T="Testing if this e-mail works." from <EMAIL FROM WHICH IM SENDING IS HERE> for [email protected]
2010-07-13 11:09:47 cwd=/var/spool/exim 3 args: /usr/sbin/exim -Mc 1OYizH-0008R8-F3
2010-07-13 11:09:47 1OYizH-0008R8-F3 => admin <[email protected]> F=<EMAIL FROM WHICH IM SENDING IS HERE> R=localuser T=local_delivery S=2851
2010-07-13 11:09:47 1OYizH-0008R8-F3 Completed
2010-07-13 11:09:47 1OYizH-0008R5-AJ => admin <[email protected]> F=<EMAIL FROM WHICH IM SENDING IS HERE> R=spamcheck_director T=spamcheck S=2552
2010-07-13 11:09:47 1OYizH-0008R5-AJ Completed

When I see a log snippet without full information (in other words, with changed information designed to hide something) I don't even bother to read it. Hopefully someone else can help you by guessing. I only help when I can check, and I can't check without complete information. If you don't want to publish real information, create addresses just for checking, and delete them later. Also tell us which address is local, and which IP#s are on your server, so it's possible to understand what the logs are showing.

That all said, if you read what you included from your exim mainlog you'll see that it's saying that local delivery has been completed.

Jeff

 

[sokolkapl]

This indicates that someone is attempting to send an email to root; exim by default doesn't send email to root, because it's considered dangerous. You need to set up a forward for your root user to accept email addressed to root. If you don't know how to do that search these forums as it's been discussed several times before.

Thank you, I created forwarder and it solved the problem.

When I see a log snippet without full information (in other words, with changed information designed to hide something) I don't even bother to read it.

I found the e-mail I'm sending from is irrelevant considering same thing happens from any mail provider I send it from. I have however left the e-mail I'm having issues with.

In any case, I have "randomly" solved my issue. Turned out, the e-mails were delivered (I could check them from the console) but they were not read by webmail, I guess. I have reinstalled dovecot using directadmin's script.