1 Topic by jorgerazo (edited by jorgerazo 2020-03-09 09:28:53)

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Topic: I can send but not receive email

==== REQUIRED BASIC INFO OF YOUR IREDMAIL SERVER ====
- iRedMail version (check /etc/iredmail-release): v1.1
- Deployed with iRedMail Easy or the downloadable installer? Downloadable installer
- Linux/BSD distribution name and version: Ubuntu Server 18.04
- Store mail accounts in which backend (LDAP/MySQL/PGSQL): MariaDB
- Web server (Apache or Nginx): Nginx
- Manage mail accounts with iRedAdmin-Pro? No
- [IMPORTANT] Related original log or error message is required if you're experiencing an issue.
====

I installed iRedMail on a new server, I migrated the data from my old server, everything was successful, there were no errors. The problem is that after resetting the information in the new server, I can send mails, they are stored correctly in the server and they arrive to the recipient but I cannot receive mails.

If I send an email to the server with iRedMail it never arrives.
I have already verified that the directories have the corresponding permissions.
The A and MX records are correct. In fact, I only had to update the IP of record A to point to the new server.



Execute the following commands:
sudo chown -R vmail:vmail /var/vmail
sudo chmod -R 755 /var/vmail
sudo chmod -R g+w /var/vmail
sudo find /var/vmail -type f -exec chmod 664 {};
sudo find /var/vmail -type d -exec chmod 775



This is the result of running the following command
sudo lsof -i -P -n | grep LISTEN

systemd-r   338 systemd-resolve   13u  IPv4    568      0t0  TCP 127.0.0.53:53 (LISTEN)
php-fpm7.   426            root    7u  IPv4  17026      0t0  TCP 127.0.0.1:9999 (LISTEN)
memcached   447        memcache   26u  IPv4  18917      0t0  TCP 127.0.0.1:11211 (LISTEN)
sshd        464            root    3u  IPv4  16967      0t0  TCP *:22 (LISTEN)
sshd        464            root    4u  IPv6  16969      0t0  TCP *:22 (LISTEN)
uwsgi       465       iredadmin    6u  IPv4  18858      0t0  TCP 127.0.0.1:7791 (LISTEN)
uwsgi       467           mlmmj    6u  IPv4  15841      0t0  TCP 127.0.0.1:7790 (LISTEN)
nginx       472            root    8u  IPv4  17842      0t0  TCP *:443 (LISTEN)
nginx       472            root    9u  IPv4  17843      0t0  TCP *:80 (LISTEN)
nginx       473        www-data    8u  IPv4  17842      0t0  TCP *:443 (LISTEN)
nginx       473        www-data    9u  IPv4  17843      0t0  TCP *:80 (LISTEN)
uwsgi       499           mlmmj    6u  IPv4  15841      0t0  TCP 127.0.0.1:7790 (LISTEN)
uwsgi       500           mlmmj    6u  IPv4  15841      0t0  TCP 127.0.0.1:7790 (LISTEN)
uwsgi       501           mlmmj    6u  IPv4  15841      0t0  TCP 127.0.0.1:7790 (LISTEN)
uwsgi       502           mlmmj    6u  IPv4  15841      0t0  TCP 127.0.0.1:7790 (LISTEN)
uwsgi       503           mlmmj    6u  IPv4  15841      0t0  TCP 127.0.0.1:7790 (LISTEN)
uwsgi       574       iredadmin    6u  IPv4  18858      0t0  TCP 127.0.0.1:7791 (LISTEN)
uwsgi       575       iredadmin    6u  IPv4  18858      0t0  TCP 127.0.0.1:7791 (LISTEN)
uwsgi       576       iredadmin    6u  IPv4  18858      0t0  TCP 127.0.0.1:7791 (LISTEN)
uwsgi       577       iredadmin    6u  IPv4  18858      0t0  TCP 127.0.0.1:7791 (LISTEN)
uwsgi       578       iredadmin    6u  IPv4  18858      0t0  TCP 127.0.0.1:7791 (LISTEN)
mysqld      579           mysql   22u  IPv4  17879      0t0  TCP 127.0.0.1:3306 (LISTEN)
python2     581         iredapd    3u  IPv4  16108      0t0  TCP 127.0.0.1:7777 (LISTEN)
dovecot     674            root   15u  IPv4  19416      0t0  TCP 127.0.0.1:4190 (LISTEN)
dovecot     674            root   21u  IPv4  19420      0t0  TCP 127.0.0.1:24242 (LISTEN)
dovecot     674            root   28u  IPv4  19426      0t0  TCP *:110 (LISTEN)
dovecot     674            root   29u  IPv4  19427      0t0  TCP *:995 (LISTEN)
dovecot     674            root   33u  IPv4  19473      0t0  TCP 127.0.0.1:24 (LISTEN)
dovecot     674            root   43u  IPv4  19483      0t0  TCP *:143 (LISTEN)
dovecot     674            root   44u  IPv4  19484      0t0  TCP *:993 (LISTEN)
dovecot     674            root   63u  IPv4  19505      0t0  TCP 127.0.0.1:12340 (LISTEN)
lmtp        769           vmail    9u  IPv4  19473      0t0  TCP 127.0.0.1:24 (LISTEN)
lmtp        775           vmail    9u  IPv4  19473      0t0  TCP 127.0.0.1:24 (LISTEN)
lmtp        777           vmail    9u  IPv4  19473      0t0  TCP 127.0.0.1:24 (LISTEN)
lmtp        778           vmail    9u  IPv4  19473      0t0  TCP 127.0.0.1:24 (LISTEN)
lmtp        779           vmail    9u  IPv4  19473      0t0  TCP 127.0.0.1:24 (LISTEN)
sogod       885            sogo    3u  IPv4  22554      0t0  TCP 127.0.0.1:20000 (LISTEN)
sogod       907            sogo    3u  IPv4  22554      0t0  TCP 127.0.0.1:20000 (LISTEN)
sogod       909            sogo    3u  IPv4  22554      0t0  TCP 127.0.0.1:20000 (LISTEN)
sogod       910            sogo    3u  IPv4  22554      0t0  TCP 127.0.0.1:20000 (LISTEN)
sogod       911            sogo    3u  IPv4  22554      0t0  TCP 127.0.0.1:20000 (LISTEN)
sogod       912            sogo    3u  IPv4  22554      0t0  TCP 127.0.0.1:20000 (LISTEN)
sogod       913            sogo    3u  IPv4  22554      0t0  TCP 127.0.0.1:20000 (LISTEN)
sogod       914            sogo    3u  IPv4  22554      0t0  TCP 127.0.0.1:20000 (LISTEN)
sogod       915            sogo    3u  IPv4  22554      0t0  TCP 127.0.0.1:20000 (LISTEN)
sogod       916            sogo    3u  IPv4  22554      0t0  TCP 127.0.0.1:20000 (LISTEN)
sogod       931            sogo    3u  IPv4  22554      0t0  TCP 127.0.0.1:20000 (LISTEN)
/usr/sbin  1388          amavis    5u  IPv4  21009      0t0  TCP 127.0.0.1:10024 (LISTEN)
/usr/sbin  1388          amavis    6u  IPv4  21010      0t0  TCP 127.0.0.1:10026 (LISTEN)
/usr/sbin  1388          amavis    7u  IPv4  21011      0t0  TCP 127.0.0.1:10027 (LISTEN)
/usr/sbin  1388          amavis    8u  IPv4  21012      0t0  TCP 127.0.0.1:9998 (LISTEN)
master     1745            root   13u  IPv4  23058      0t0  TCP *:25 (LISTEN)
master     1745            root  115u  IPv4  23159      0t0  TCP *:587 (LISTEN)
master     1745            root  127u  IPv4  23172      0t0  TCP 127.0.0.1:10025 (LISTEN)
master     1745            root  130u  IPv4  23176      0t0  TCP 127.0.0.1:10028 (LISTEN)
netdata    1755         netdata    4u  IPv4  23588      0t0  TCP 127.0.0.1:19999 (LISTEN)
netdata    1755         netdata   35u  IPv4  19833      0t0  TCP 127.0.0.1:8125 (LISTEN)
stats      2056         dovecot   11u  IPv4  19420      0t0  TCP 127.0.0.1:24242 (LISTEN)
/usr/sbin  2069          amavis    5u  IPv4  21009      0t0  TCP 127.0.0.1:10024 (LISTEN)
/usr/sbin  2069          amavis    6u  IPv4  21010      0t0  TCP 127.0.0.1:10026 (LISTEN)
/usr/sbin  2069          amavis    7u  IPv4  21011      0t0  TCP 127.0.0.1:10027 (LISTEN)
/usr/sbin  2069          amavis    8u  IPv4  21012      0t0  TCP 127.0.0.1:9998 (LISTEN)
/usr/sbin  2070          amavis    5u  IPv4  21009      0t0  TCP 127.0.0.1:10024 (LISTEN)
/usr/sbin  2070          amavis    6u  IPv4  21010      0t0  TCP 127.0.0.1:10026 (LISTEN)
/usr/sbin  2070          amavis    7u  IPv4  21011      0t0  TCP 127.0.0.1:10027 (LISTEN)
/usr/sbin  2070          amavis    8u  IPv4  21012      0t0  TCP 127.0.0.1:9998 (LISTEN)
/usr/sbin  2071          amavis    5u  IPv4  21009      0t0  TCP 127.0.0.1:10024 (LISTEN)
/usr/sbin  2071          amavis    6u  IPv4  21010      0t0  TCP 127.0.0.1:10026 (LISTEN)
/usr/sbin  2071          amavis    7u  IPv4  21011      0t0  TCP 127.0.0.1:10027 (LISTEN)
/usr/sbin  2071          amavis    8u  IPv4  21012      0t0  TCP 127.0.0.1:9998 (LISTEN)
/usr/sbin  2072          amavis    5u  IPv4  21009      0t0  TCP 127.0.0.1:10024 (LISTEN)
/usr/sbin  2072          amavis    6u  IPv4  21010      0t0  TCP 127.0.0.1:10026 (LISTEN)
/usr/sbin  2072          amavis    7u  IPv4  21011      0t0  TCP 127.0.0.1:10027 (LISTEN)
/usr/sbin  2072          amavis    8u  IPv4  21012      0t0  TCP 127.0.0.1:9998 (LISTEN)
/usr/sbin  2073          amavis    5u  IPv4  21009      0t0  TCP 127.0.0.1:10024 (LISTEN)
/usr/sbin  2073          amavis    6u  IPv4  21010      0t0  TCP 127.0.0.1:10026 (LISTEN)
/usr/sbin  2073          amavis    7u  IPv4  21011      0t0  TCP 127.0.0.1:10027 (LISTEN)
/usr/sbin  2073          amavis    8u  IPv4  21012      0t0  TCP 127.0.0.1:9998 (LISTEN)
/usr/sbin  2074          amavis    5u  IPv4  21009      0t0  TCP 127.0.0.1:10024 (LISTEN)
/usr/sbin  2074          amavis    6u  IPv4  21010      0t0  TCP 127.0.0.1:10026 (LISTEN)
/usr/sbin  2074          amavis    7u  IPv4  21011      0t0  TCP 127.0.0.1:10027 (LISTEN)
/usr/sbin  2074          amavis    8u  IPv4  21012      0t0  TCP 127.0.0.1:9998 (LISTEN)
/usr/sbin  2075          amavis    5u  IPv4  21009      0t0  TCP 127.0.0.1:10024 (LISTEN)
/usr/sbin  2075          amavis    6u  IPv4  21010      0t0  TCP 127.0.0.1:10026 (LISTEN)
/usr/sbin  2075          amavis    7u  IPv4  21011      0t0  TCP 127.0.0.1:10027 (LISTEN)
/usr/sbin  2075          amavis    8u  IPv4  21012      0t0  TCP 127.0.0.1:9998 (LISTEN)
/usr/sbin  2076          amavis    5u  IPv4  21009      0t0  TCP 127.0.0.1:10024 (LISTEN)
/usr/sbin  2076          amavis    6u  IPv4  21010      0t0  TCP 127.0.0.1:10026 (LISTEN)
/usr/sbin  2076          amavis    7u  IPv4  21011      0t0  TCP 127.0.0.1:10027 (LISTEN)
/usr/sbin  2076          amavis    8u  IPv4  21012      0t0  TCP 127.0.0.1:9998 (LISTEN)
php-fpm7. 14701        www-data   10u  IPv4  17026      0t0  TCP 127.0.0.1:9999 (LISTEN)
php-fpm7. 14703        www-data   10u  IPv4  17026      0t0  TCP 127.0.0.1:9999 (LISTEN)
php-fpm7. 14707        www-data   10u  IPv4  17026      0t0  TCP 127.0.0.1:9999 (LISTEN)
php-fpm7. 14709        www-data   10u  IPv4  17026      0t0  TCP 127.0.0.1:9999 (LISTEN)
php-fpm7. 14712        www-data   10u  IPv4  17026      0t0  TCP 127.0.0.1:9999 (LISTEN)
php-fpm7. 14801        www-data   10u  IPv4  17026      0t0  TCP 127.0.0.1:9999 (LISTEN)



I ran out of ideas, I've been consulting publications with the same problem but I still can't find a solution, could someone help me?

The ports are also open within the network, I've exhausted most of the possible causes of this problem but I can't think of what else it could be.

I've sent mail to myself from iCloud and Gmail, neither of which has returned any error messages saying that the server or mail address can't be found, so I've assumed that they arrive at the new server but aren't stored by some erroneous permission or something else.

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2 Reply by Cthulhu

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Re: I can send but not receive email

I would say, just wait.
Sending mail is something other than receiving, i guess the DNS a record is not propagated worldwide yet.
Give it at least one day before you start troubleshooing

3 Reply by jorgerazo

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Re: I can send but not receive email

Cthulhu wrote:

I would say, just wait.
Sending mail is something other than receiving, i guess the DNS a record is not propagated worldwide yet.
Give it at least one day before you start troubleshooing

I did the migration 2 days ago and only today I realized that the emails are not received.

4 Reply by MuPp3t33r

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Re: I can send but not receive email

Is there anything in in the logs that indicates anything incoming?

Check in /var/log/mail.log to see if the messages were received, and if they are then check in /var/log/dovecot/lda.log to confirm it was transferred to the correct folders

5 Reply by ZhangHuangbin

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Re: I can send but not receive email

Does your ISP block port 25?

6 Reply by jorgerazo (edited by jorgerazo 2020-03-10 23:52:50)

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Re: I can send but not receive email

Post 25 is not blocked by my ISP.

The worst solution I could think of was:

Create a virtual machine
Install iRedMail on it
Backup the information and restore the data on the local server.
Once I made sure my local server was running successfully after restoring the information, I reinstalled the OS on my production server to perform the iRedMail installation from scratch.

Now instead of restoring to the production server, I manually re-added all the domains and created the email accounts.

I changed the passwords on the local server to be able to access the emails of each account, to avoid confusion I opened each account individually, example:
hi@domain.com
Using Thunderbird I connected to the production server and the local server with the same email account. I only had to change the host so that the email client could find the account on each server. I moved the emails from the local server to the production server.

I moved the incoming and outgoing messages that are the most important.

It's too stressful because there are too many steps that I'm skipping, it took about 1 day but possibly it would have taken longer to find the solution and I couldn't waste so much time doing it because the server must always be up and running or at least most of the time.

After I moved all the information manually and account by account, I restore the information from the vmail database on the local server, the reason is so I can copy the encrypted password manually and update it on the production server so I don't have to give users a new password or do anything else.

I don't know if it was a good or bad decision, but under the stress I decided to do it, if someone in the future has this problem, this solution is stressful, tired, requires too much time, you need patience.

You also require some advanced knowledge, otherwise it will be more confusing and difficult for you to do so.

Everything's working fine now.