I’ve tried adding an mx record to my domain, and tried this :
Still no avail, I can’t send email to gmail, icloud, or anywhere outside the server hosted domain. But if I send email to the server hosted domain it goes trough.
Here’s my mail log :
Nov 22 01:38:12 byteforceid postfix/smtp[8622]: connect to mx1.mail.icloud.com[17.57.8.139]:25: Connection timed out
Nov 22 01:38:42 byteforceid postfix/smtp[8622]: connect to mx3.mail.icloud.com[17.57.8.141]:25: Connection timed out
Nov 22 01:39:04 byteforceid postfix/smtpd[8727]: fatal: cannot handle socket type AF_INET6 with "inet_protocols = ipv4"
Nov 22 01:39:05 byteforceid postfix/master[7485]: warning: process /usr/lib/postfix/sbin/smtpd pid 8727 exit status 1
Nov 22 01:39:05 byteforceid postfix/master[7485]: warning: /usr/lib/postfix/sbin/smtpd: bad command startup -- throttling
Nov 22 01:39:12 byteforceid postfix/smtp[8622]: connect to mx4.mail.icloud.com[17.57.8.137]:25: Connection timed out
Nov 22 01:39:14 byteforceid dovecot: imap-login: Login: user=<jonathan@byteforceid.com>, method=DIGEST-MD5, rip=::1, lip=::1, mpid=8734, secured, session=<LPYbY4heRr8AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAB>
Nov 22 01:39:14 byteforceid dovecot: service=imap, user=jonathan@byteforceid.com, ip=[::1]. Logged out rcvd=44, sent=664
Nov 22 01:39:42 byteforceid postfix/smtp[8622]: connect to mx3.mail.icloud.com[17.142.163.12]:25: Connection timed out
Nov 22 01:39:43 byteforceid postfix/smtp[8622]: 35A43C243C: to=<jonathan.hosea@me.com>, relay=none, delay=414848, delays=414698/0.07/150/0, dsn=4.4.1, status=deferred (connect to mx3.mail.icloud.com[17.142.163.12]:25: Connection timed out)
Nov 22 01:40:05 byteforceid postfix/smtpd[8741]: connect from localhost.localdomain[127.0.0.1]
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They block SMTP and a few other ports for new users until we have a chance to verify them to cut down on the incidence of fraud and abuse. Please open a support ticket and they’ll review your account and get those ports unblocked.
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