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Postfix not receiving mail or being connected to by email servers
I have setup a postfix server with dovecot, and i can connect and send emails fine. The only problem i have is when i try and receive emails; Sometimes google (test account) connects, but when it does, i get an SSL-ACCEPT error.
main.cf:
myhostname = mail.[redacted].us
myorigin = /etc/mailname
mydestination = mail.[redacted].us, [redacted].us, localhost, localhost.localdomain
relayhost =
mynetworks = 127.0.0.0/8 [::ffff:127.0.0.0]/104 [::1]/128
mailbox_size_limit = 0
recipient_delimiter = +
inet_interfaces = all
inet_protocols = ipv4
alias_maps = hash:/etc/aliases
alias_database = hash:/etc/aliases
smtpd_use_tls=yes
smtpd_tls_session_cache_database = btree:${data_directory}/smtpd_scache
smtp_tls_session_cache_database = btree:${data_directory}/smtp_scache
smtpd_tls_security_level=may
smtpd_tls_protocols = !SSLv2, !SSLv3
smtpd_tls_cert_file=/etc/letsencrypt/live/mail.[redacted].us/fullchain.pem
smtpd_tls_key_file=/etc/letsencrypt/live/mail.[redacted].us/privkey.pem
local_recipient_maps = proxy:unix:passwd.byname $alias_maps
master.cf:
codesmtp inet n - y - - smtpd
-o syslog_name=postfix/submission
-o smtpd_tls_wrappermode=yes
-o smtpd_tls_security_level=encrypt
-o smtpd_sasl_auth_enable=yes
-o smtpd_recipient_restrictions=permit_mynetworks,permit_sasl_authenticated,reject
-o milter_macro_daemon_name=ORIGINATING
-o smtpd_sasl_type=dovecot
-o smtpd_sasl_path=private/auth
#smtp inet n - y - 1 postscreen
#smtpd pass - - y - - smtpd
#dnsblog unix - - y - 0 dnsblog
#tlsproxy unix - - y - 0 tlsproxy
submission inet n - y - - smtpd
-o syslog_name=postfix/submission
-o smtpd_tls_security_level=encrypt
-o smtpd_sasl_auth_enable=yes
-o smtpd_reject_unlisted_recipient=no
# -o smtpd_client_restrictions=$mua_client_restrictions
# -o smtpd_helo_restrictions=$mua_helo_restrictions
# -o smtpd_sender_restrictions=$mua_sender_restrictions
# -o smtpd_recipient_restrictions=
# -o smtpd_relay_restrictions=permit_sasl_authenticated,reject
# -o milter_macro_daemon_name=ORIGINATING
smtps inet n - y - - smtpd
-o syslog_name=postfix/submission
-o smtpd_tls_wrappermode=yes
-o smtpd_tls_security_level=encrypt
-o smtpd_sasl_auth_enable=yes
-o smtpd_recipient_restrictions=permit_mynetworks,permit_sasl_authenticated,reject
-o milter_macro_daemon_name=ORIGINATING
-o smtpd_sasl_type=dovecot
-o smtpd_sasl_path=private/auth
#628 inet n - y - - qmqpd
pickup unix n - y 60 1 pickup
cleanup unix n - y - 0 cleanup
qmgr unix n - n 300 1 qmgr
#qmgr unix n - n 300 1 oqmgr
tlsmgr unix - - y 1000? 1 tlsmgr
rewrite unix - - y - - trivial-rewrite
bounce unix - - y - 0 bounce
defer unix - - y - 0 bounce
trace unix - - y - 0 bounce
verify unix - - y - 1 verify
flush unix n - y 1000? 0 flush
proxymap unix - - n - - proxymap
proxywrite unix - - n - 1 proxymap
smtp unix - - y - - smtp
relay unix - - y - - smtp
# -o smtp_helo_timeout=5 -o smtp_connect_timeout=5
showq unix n - y - - showq
error unix - - y - - error
retry unix - - y - - error
discard unix - - y - - discard
local unix - n n - - local
virtual unix - n n - - virtual
lmtp unix - - y - - lmtp
anvil unix - - y - 1 anvil
scache unix - - y - 1 scache
maildrop unix - n n - - pipe
flags=DRhu user=vmail argv=/usr/bin/maildrop -d ${recipient}
uucp unix - n n - - pipe
flags=Fqhu user=uucp argv=uux -r -n -z -a$sender - $nexthop!rmail ($recipient)
ifmail unix - n n - - pipe
flags=F user=ftn argv=/usr/lib/ifmail/ifmail -r $nexthop ($recipient)
bsmtp unix - n n - - pipe
flags=Fq. user=bsmtp argv=/usr/lib/bsmtp/bsmtp -t$nexthop -f$sender $recipient
scalemail-backend unix - n n - 2 pipe
flags=R user=scalemail argv=/usr/lib/scalemail/bin/scalemail-store ${nexthop} ${user} ${extension}
mailman unix - n n - - pipe
flags=FR user=list argv=/usr/lib/mailman/bin/postfix-to-mailman.py
${nexthop} ${user}
An excerpt from my logs:
May 7 13:12:29 xeanto postfix/submission/smtpd[12746]: SSL_accept error from mail-wm0-f48.google.com[74.125.82.48]: lost connection
May 7 13:12:29 xeanto postfix/submission/smtpd[12746]: lost connection after CONNECT from mail-wm0-f48.google.com[74.125.82.48]
May 7 13:12:29 xeanto postfix/submission/smtpd[12746]: disconnect from mail-wm0-f48.google.com[74.125.82.48] commands=0/0
May 7 13:20:34 xeanto postfix/submission/smtpd[12967]: connect from mail-wm0-f45.google.com[74.125.82.45]
May 7 13:21:16 xeanto postfix/submission/smtpd[12973]: connect from mail-wm0-f53.google.com[74.125.82.53]
May 7 13:25:34 xeanto postfix/submission/smtpd[12967]: SSL_accept error from mail-wm0-f45.google.com[74.125.82.45]: lost connection
May 7 13:25:34 xeanto postfix/submission/smtpd[12967]: lost connection after CONNECT from mail-wm0-f45.google.com[74.125.82.45]
May 7 13:25:34 xeanto postfix/submission/smtpd[12967]: disconnect from mail-wm0-f45.google.com[74.125.82.45] commands=0/0
May 7 13:26:16 xeanto postfix/submission/smtpd[12973]: SSL_accept error from mail-wm0-f53.google.com[74.125.82.53]: lost connection
May 7 13:26:16 xeanto postfix/submission/smtpd[12973]: lost connection after CONNECT from mail-wm0-f53.google.com[74.125.82.53]
May 7 13:26:16 xeanto postfix/submission/smtpd[12973]: disconnect from mail-wm0-f53.google.com[74.125.82.53] commands=0/0
I suspect that it is because im using certs for
instead of
```[redacted].us```
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