problem receiving email

Hi,

I have installed Postfix on a linux machine that is also a router to the
internet for the window computers in my LAN.

For a while now I have been trying to configure the linux machine to act as
a e-mail server also.

So far I have succeeded in getting the window machines (outlook express,
pop3) to send and receive mails to and from each other. I am also able to
send emails from a local windows machine to any external email adress (e.g.
someone@yahoo.com).

However, I am not able to receive any e-mails from outside (e.g. yahoo.com).
I also do not get a mail delivery error or such on the external mail account
(I've been waiting for several days now). I'm using the same recipient
address that worked fine for the local machines.

Any help would be much appreciated.

Thanks,
Shanks

Shankz wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I have installed Postfix on a linux machine that is also a router to the
> internet for the window computers in my LAN.
>
> For a while now I have been trying to configure the linux machine to act
> as a e-mail server also.
>
> So far I have succeeded in getting the window machines (outlook express,
> pop3) to send and receive mails to and from each other. I am also able to
> send emails from a local windows machine to any external email adress
> (e.g. someone@yahoo.com).
>
> However, I am not able to receive any e-mails from outside (e.g.
> yahoo.com). I also do not get a mail delivery error or such on the
> external mail account (I've been waiting for several days now). I'm using
> the same recipient address that worked fine for the local machines.
>
> Any help would be much appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Shanks

First, since you don't give much info, how do you expect email to reach you?
Do you have a registered domain with DNS that points to the box postfix is
on? Are you retrieving from a remote server with fetchmail?

Care to provide a clue?

Hi there,

In contrast to what I said in the previous post, I do get an error message
from yahoo mail.
It says:

Sorry, I wasn't able to establish an SMTP connection. (#4.4.1)
I'm not going to try again; this message has been in the queue too
long.

Yes, I do have a registered domain with DNS that points to the box
postfix is on.


"Shankz" <xplainit2me_removethis_@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> I have installed Postfix on a linux machine that is also a router to the
> internet for the window computers in my LAN.
>
> For a while now I have been trying to configure the linux machine to act
as
> a e-mail server also.
>
> So far I have succeeded in getting the window machines (outlook express,
> pop3) to send and receive mails to and from each other. I am also able to
> send emails from a local windows machine to any external email adress
(e.g.
> someone@yahoo.com).
>
> However, I am not able to receive any e-mails from outside (e.g.
yahoo.com).
> I also do not get a mail delivery error or such on the external mail
account
> (I've been waiting for several days now). I'm using the same recipient
> address that worked fine for the local machines.
>
> Any help would be much appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Shanks
>
>
>
>