I'm trying to install PostgreSQL server on a server running debian8.
I installed the package postgresql-9.5 with apt, but it seems like there are missing programs.
I tried to create a cluster but initdb can not be found on the server, I tried as standard user, as postgres and even root.
When I look up /usr/lib/postgresql/9.5/bin/ there is not initdb nor pg_ctl program.
Is there any additionnal package I forgot to install to make it work ?
I recently tried setting up a mail server to be able to send mail for the websites I host with apache.
At first I tried to work with exim but I was overflown with error messages and mails I tried to send were rejected for most destination. I think only Gmail accepeted mails sent with exim but they went to spam.
I finally decided to change and start using Postfix which is said to be easier to configure for my needs.
I followed basic configuration steps and I tried a simple mail send but the same thing occured.
Jan 4 11:43:45 sd-79356 postfix/qmgr[29420]: 374A1A4D72: from=<[email protected]>, size=361, nrcpt=1 (queue active)
Jan 4 11:43:45 sd-79356 postfix/smtp[29427]: 374A1A4D72: to=<[email protected]>, relay=mx1.hotmail.com[65.54.188.94]:25, delay=0.67, delays=0.07/0/0.45/0.15, dsn=5.0.0, status=bounced (host mx1.hotmail.com$
Jan 4 11:43:45 sd-79356 postfix/smtp[29427]: 374A1A4D72: lost connection with mx1.hotmail.com[65.54.188.94] while sending RCPT TO
Jan 4 11:43:45 sd-79356 postfix/cleanup[29425]: DBBB1A4D75: message-id=<[email protected]>
Jan 4 11:43:45 sd-79356 postfix/bounce[29428]: 374A1A4D72: sender non-delivery notification: DBBB1A4D75
And for Gmail address, the message is sent, but goes to spam.
I know this is a quite recurring questions and I think I've read most of posts on SO, SF or other forums but nothing solved my problem.
The last change in configuration I tried after that is setting up TLS after I read this post, but unfortunately it didn't change anything to my problem, same errors.
I forget to mention I've checked dozen times if my server wasn't blacklisted or reported as spammer, which could explain the problem and obvisouly there's no such issue, so please don't tell me my problem is probably that (there's always someone who says to do that check in similar questions, so don't waste your time if you have nothing better to suggest).
Last point, my goal is to be able to send mail for several websites hosted in Apache Virtualhosts, this means I will need several "sender" outgoing addresses and I can't just write directly in configuration the outgoing address name.
Here is my config /etc/postfix/main.cf :
smtpd_banner = $myhostname ESMTP $mail_name (Debian/GNU)
biff = no
append_dot_mydomain = no
readme_directory = no
# What I added to use TLS support, which doesn't solve the problem
smtpd_use_tls=yes
smtpd_tls_security = may
smtpd_tls_key_file = /etc/postfix/tls/smtpd.key
smtpd_tls_cert_file = /etc/postfix/tls/smtpd.crt
smtpd_tls_CAfile = /etc/postfix/tls/cacert.pem
smtpd_tls_loglevel = 1
smtpd_tls_received_header = yes
smtpd_tls_session_cache_timeout = 3600s
tls_random_source = dev:/dev/urandom
smtpd_tls_session_cache_database = btree:${data_directory}/smtpd_scache
smtp_tls_session_cache_database = btree:${data_directory}/smtp_scache
smtp_use_tls = yes
smtp_tls_security_level = may
smtp_tls_loglevel = 1
# till here
smtpd_relay_restrictions = permit_mynetworks permit_sasl_authenticated defer_unauth_destination
myhostname = sd-xxxxx.dedibox.fr
alias_maps = hash:/etc/aliases
alias_database = hash:/etc/aliases
myorigin = /etc/mailname
mydestination = xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx.online.net, sd-xxxxx.dedibox.fr, localhost.dedibox.fr, localhost
relayhost =
mynetworks = 127.0.0.0/8 [::ffff:127.0.0.0]/104 [::1]/128
mailbox_command = procmail -a "$EXTENSION"
mailbox_size_limit = 0
recipient_delimiter = +
inet_interfaces = loopback-only
What I get in the received mail with gmail :
Received: from sd-xxxxx.dedibox.fr ([xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx])
by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 74si69449965wmm.7.2016.01.04.03.15.17
for <[email protected]>
(version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128);
Mon, 04 Jan 2016 03:15:18 -0800 (PST)
Received-SPF: neutral (google.com: xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx is neither permitted nor denied by best guess record for domain of [email protected]) client-ip=xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx;
Authentication-Results: mx.google.com;
spf=neutral (google.com: xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx is neither permitted nor denied by best guess record for domain of [email protected]) [email protected]
Received: by sd-xxxxx.dedibox.fr (Postfix, from userid 0)
id B5DA5A4D78; Mon, 4 Jan 2016 12:14:47 +0100 (CET)
I have exim installed on my server and I would like to send mails for a website hosted with apache with php's mail() function.
When I try to send an e-mail, I have no error, but the e-mail never arrives.
I've checked the exim's logs and I've got this :
2015-12-28 15:51:36 1aDZ96-00052a-5y <= [email protected] U=www-data P=local S=490
2015-12-28 15:51:37 1aDZ96-00052a-5y TLS error on connection to mx2.hotmail.com [65.54.188.72] (recv): The TLS connection was non-properly terminated.
2015-12-28 15:51:37 1aDZ96-00052a-5y TLS error on connection to mx2.hotmail.com [65.54.188.72] (send): The specified session has been invalidated for some reason.
2015-12-28 15:51:37 1aDZ96-00052a-5y ** [email protected] R=dnslookup T=remote_smtp X=TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA384:256 DN="CN=*.hotmail.com": SMTP error from remote mail server after MAIL FROM:<[email protected]> SIZE=1526: host mx2.hotmail.com [65.54.188.72]: 550 SC-002 (BAY004-MC1F20) Unfortunately, messages from xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx weren't sent. Please contact your Internet service provider since part of their network is on our block list. You can also refer your provider to http://mail.live.com/mail/troubleshooting.aspx#errors.
2015-12-28 15:51:38 1aDZ97-00052f-Uc <= <> R=1aDZ96-00052a-5y U=Debian-exim P=local S=1747
2015-12-28 15:51:38 1aDZ96-00052a-5y Completed
Each try to send an e-mail produces errors like these. I've searched what may cause this. I found that similar errors may occur when a server is blacklisted but there is no reason my server would be (and I've checked with mxtoolbox and there is no problem).
The error posted here shows an hotmail receiver address, but I get likely errors for other target domains like so :
SMTP error from remote mail server after MAIL FROM:<[email protected]> SIZE=1898: host smtp-in.orange.fr [193.252.22.65]: 501 5.1.0 Emetteur invalide. Invalid Sender. O
I've been also told to always une -f option with sendmail to provide a sender address however it only changes the sender address shown in the error log and the error is the same.
What should I do ?
I'm hosting two websites created with wordpress on a server.
Those website should be able to send mails to users, but it fails for almost receivers (except maybe gmail).
I found that the problem was that the mails was sent by the user www-data@myserver and were rejected.
I would like to configure my php.ini to use /usr/sbin/sendmail -f to provide a from value so that the emails would have a valid domain.
My problem is how to be able to specify multiple domains here so that each website would send mail with an address like [email protected] with mydomain matching to each website's one.
I saw I could use php's mail() and provide an argument with -f but it is deprecated before wordpress wp_mail()'s function.
How can I achieve what I want ?
I'm migrating a mailing service from a server to another. Before setting up new mailing list I wanted to process it through an email validtor I've setting up on the server.
I basically used this tool (Mass email validation) that works in 3 steps :
HELO and RCPT TO commansd (SMTP protocol) to simulate a mail-send to the address that grants the address in particular in reachableAfter a couple of tests I realised that there was issues with this validtion method. I tried running the process twice on the same initial batch and the results were different.
I noticed that addresses with very common domain like gmail.com, hotmail.com would tend to fail at the third step, especially at the end of the batches.
It seems like those servers simply block my requests systematically after a certain amount of requests, like my server becomes blacklisted.
If I wait a few hours before starting a new batch, emails that have failed previously will be correctly validated, like there was a cap limitation to the number of requests in a given time period.
Is there some "official guideline" about email validation to avoid such problems ?