I'm having trouble with my email

February 6, 2014 3.6k views
allen
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allen
I just migrated all my sites from another VPS to DO. I have everything working on ISPConfig 3, Debian 7, and just installed roundcube. I was able to send and receive emails for about 30 minutes, then updated postfix, removed spam assassin / virus scanner and emails stopped working completely. I can no longer send or receive emails. I can log in and emails show they are sent in their sent box, but they don't actually go anywhere. My server IP is 162.243.230.21, I have my PTR records fine and here is how my zone file looks: $TTL 1800 @ IN SOA NS1.DIGITALOCEAN.COM. hostmaster.sitetied.com. ( 1391706214 ; last update: 2014-02-06 17:03:34 UTC 3600 ; refresh 900 ; retry 1209600 ; expire 1800 ; ttl ) IN NS NS1.DIGITALOCEAN.COM. NS NS2.DIGITALOCEAN.COM. NS NS3.DIGITALOCEAN.COM. MX 10 mail.sitetied.com. @ IN A 162.243.230.21 www CNAME @ * CNAME @ mail IN A 162.243.230.21 sitetied.com. IN A 162.243.230.21
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7 Answers
FMCB February 7, 2014
I thought you know that postfix require spam assassin / virus scanner!!

installed them back and see if it works or not...
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kamaln7 MOD February 8, 2014
Postfix does not require such software, FMCB.
updated postfix, removed spam assassin / virus scanner and emails stopped working completely.
Have you edited postfix's config files to not try to pass the emails to spam assassin?
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allen February 8, 2014
yes, I have, I commented those lines out
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allen February 8, 2014
I have even reinstalled spam assassin / virus scanner and brought it back to the original to test and still had no luck.
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allen February 8, 2014
my PTR is mail.sitetied.com as well, is this correct or should it be my FQDN?
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allen February 8, 2014
here is another look at my zone file after updating it with the spf:

$TTL 1800
@ IN SOA NS1.DIGITALOCEAN.COM. hostmaster.sitetied.com. (
1391882114 ; last update: 2014-02-08 17:55:14 UTC
3600 ; refresh
900 ; retry
1209600 ; expire
1800 ; ttl
)
IN NS NS1.DIGITALOCEAN.COM.
NS NS2.DIGITALOCEAN.COM.
NS NS3.DIGITALOCEAN.COM.
MX 10 mail.sitetied.com.
@ IN A 162.243.230.21
www CNAME @
* CNAME @
mail IN A 162.243.230.21
@ TXT "v=spf1 mx ~all"
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FMCB February 10, 2014
@Kamal, I didn't know that. I had the idea it does, but it turned out that you are right.

Thanks for correcting me.
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