Solved Zimbra installation and configuration (internal use only)
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[root@mail Desktop]# nslookup mail.example.com
Server: 127.0.0.1
Address: 127.0.0.1#53** server can't find mail.example.com: NXDOMAIN
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@nagendra said in Zimbra installation and configuration (internal use only):
[root@mail Desktop]# nslookup mail.yourdomain.studio
Server: 127.0.0.1
Address: 127.0.0.1#53** server can't find mail.yourdomain.studio: NXDOMAIN
Right, so we know because the first step that we said was not done, setting up and checking your DNS, that mail isn't ready to be tested yet. This is why we kept asking about the DNS over and over. We're still at the very beginning.
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Let's turn off DNS lookups and move to local since you don't have public delivery and DNS is posing an insurmountable technical hurdle. Run these commands on the Zimbra server as the zimbra user.
zmprov ms mtaserver.com zimbraMtaLmtpHostLookup native zmprov mcf zimbraMtaLmtpHostLookup native zmmtactl restart -
[zimbra@mail Desktop]$ zmprov ms mtaserver.com zimbraMtaLmtpHostLookup native
ERROR: account.NO_SUCH_SERVER (no such server: mtaserver.com) -
@nagendra am getting this error
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@scottalanmiller said in Zimbra installation and configuration (internal use only):
zmprov ms mail.yourdomain.studio zimbraMtaLmtpHostLookup native zmprov mcf zimbraMtaLmtpHostLookup native zmmtactl restartTry now.
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shall i run second command ??
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@nagendra said in Zimbra installation and configuration (internal use only):
shall i run second command ??
I updated the first one with your details in it.
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yes got it ... rewriting configuration files.... Done..
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Fingers crossed and try sending an email again.
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yes working ... am able to send and recieve emails finally....
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last one more question .. if in case my management needs a option to recieve email from outside domain (Gmail,Yahoo,etc) but cant send outside can we do it ??
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@nagendra said in Zimbra installation and configuration (internal use only):
yes working ... am able to send and recieve emails finally....
Pheww. For future reference, email (even local) depends heavily on hostname lookups. This will always be a problem with email servers so good to have that ready before even starting the email installation.
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@nagendra said in Zimbra installation and configuration (internal use only):
last one more question .. if in case my management needs a option to recieve email from outside domain (Gmail,Yahoo,etc) but cant send outside can we do it ??
Receive ONLY? Yes, that can be done. You would need to fix the DNS issues, and you would need to open port 25 on your firewall and point it to the Zimbra server, and you would need to open port 25 on the Zimbra server itself. To stop outgoing emails, block port 25 outbound on the main firewall (a good practice, anyway.)
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@scottalanmiller thanks a trillion
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@scottalanmiller said in Zimbra installation and configuration (internal use only):
(a good practice, anyway.)
will bug u again please next week once i show this to my management...
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@nagendra said in Zimbra installation and configuration (internal use only):
@scottalanmiller thanks a trillion
No problem, glad that we got all of that figured out.
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@nagendra said in Zimbra installation and configuration (internal use only):
@scottalanmiller said in Zimbra installation and configuration (internal use only):
(a good practice, anyway.)
will bug u again please next week once i show this to my management...
You are lucky that I had to build a new one of these just a few weeks ago that is used in production that I can look at live to help. It has been a while since I had these in production. I like Zimbra a lot, though. It's a good product and works well. And free is hard to beat.
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@scottalanmiller yes ports are already opened . can i send outside also now ???
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In addition to the web interface, there is a Zimbra Desktop Client that you can use. I do not use it as it uses Java and that's just silly. But it is an option.
