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<strong>ROUGH DRAFT</strong>
=Introduction=
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==Section I - General Info==
Email traffic depends on DNS MX records
==Section II - Trouble with Incoming Messages==
<strong>Why are my messages not getting delivered?</strong>
Check your DNS MX records from this linux command
<code><pre>
host –t mx yourdomain.com
</pre></code>
You should see something like…
<code><pre>
yourdomain.com is handled by 10 mail.yourdomain.com.
</pre></code>
Check to see if the MTA IP address is correct
<code><pre>
host -t a mail.yourdomain.com
</pre></code>
Is the IP correct?
==Section III - Trouble with Outgoing Messages==
Why are my messages not getting sent out?
Is your Network provider denying outbound smtp connections?
<code><pre>
telnet smtp.hp.com 25
</pre></code>
==Section IV - Troubleshooting Tools==
* /opt/zimbra/postfix/sbin/mailq
* /opt/zimbra/postfix/sbin/postqueue
* sudo /opt/zimbra/libexec/zmqstat
* /opt/zimbra/libexec/zmmsgtrace
==Section V - Differences between zimbraMtaRelayHost & zimbraSmtpHostname==
zimbraMtaRelayHost: Used by the zimbra MTA, postfix's value for postconf relayhost.
zimbraSmtpHostname: Used by the zimbra user store node not running MTA service.
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Revision as of 18:05, 11 February 2015

ROUGH DRAFT

Introduction

Section I - General Info

Email traffic depends on DNS MX records �

Section II - Trouble with Incoming Messages

Why are my messages not getting delivered? Check your DNS MX records from this linux command

host –t mx yourdomain.com

You should see something like…

yourdomain.com is handled by 10 mail.yourdomain.com.

Check to see if the MTA IP address is correct

host -t a mail.yourdomain.com

Is the IP correct?

Section III - Trouble with Outgoing Messages

Why are my messages not getting sent out? � Is your Network provider denying outbound smtp connections?

telnet smtp.hp.com 25

Section IV - Troubleshooting Tools

  • /opt/zimbra/postfix/sbin/mailq
  • /opt/zimbra/postfix/sbin/postqueue
  • sudo /opt/zimbra/libexec/zmqstat
  • /opt/zimbra/libexec/zmmsgtrace

Section V - Differences between zimbraMtaRelayHost & zimbraSmtpHostname

zimbraMtaRelayHost: Used by the zimbra MTA, postfix's value for postconf relayhost.

zimbraSmtpHostname: Used by the zimbra user store node not running MTA service.


Verified Against: Zimbra Collaboration Suite 8.6 Date Created: 01/22/2015
Article ID: https://wiki.zimbra.com/index.php?title=Troubleshooting_Course_Content_Rough_Drafts-Identify_And_Resolve_Mail_Flow_Issues Date Modified: 2015-02-11



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