PTR record, mail servers = at lost

February 25, 2014 4k views
mariocrljic
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I'm trying to setup postfix and devcot on centos 6. I managed to get ssl certs done, and i can send mails to others but i cant receive them. Also i changed my PTR record on droplet but my mails when somebody recive them still have cname and not A name just. I followed few articles and guides on web but well I'm not good enough to get it work well. Any help is welcome, thank you.
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david464337 February 26, 2014
You need to perform some basic troubleshooting. No one is going to be able to assist you with such a limited amount of information, especially regarding email configuration which is complex and has a large amount of configuration options. First, check the Postfix/Dovecot log files for a hint (/var/logs/mail.log).
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mariocrljic February 26, 2014
I think i did good config of Postfix files, cant never be sure 100% but dovecot conf files just eludes me. I think there is a problem and i cant find a solution for that.
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david464337 February 26, 2014
As I said look at the logs and do some basic troubleshooting. No one is going to help you when you have provided no details. I suggest reading this article - https://library.linode.com/email/postfix/troubleshooting.
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mariocrljic February 26, 2014
Thanks for your help, i looked over troubleshooting, and i cant find errors. Everything that says in there are fine on my side. So either some more details are wrong or something else is in question. I do require help and I'm willing to provide details if somebody wants to help. We can talk over skype or my IRC if somebody wants.
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kamaln7 MOD February 27, 2014
i changed my PTR record on droplet but my mails when somebody recive them still have cname and not A name just.
That's expected. The PTR record doesn't set what domain your emails appear to come from. It'll default to your mailserver's hostname. You will have to overwrite the From: header manually.
i cant receive them
What's the output of the following command?
sudo netstat -plutn
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