Qmail strange failure

[brianbatson]

I am using PLESK 7.5 reloaded on a GoDaddy virtual dedicated server.

I cannot access mail from outside or inside.

I log on and execute telnet localhost 110 and get connection refused.

I run netstat and sure 'nuff there isn't a process listening (or otherwise listed) on port 110 or 25.

I do a ps command I can see that qmail-send is running.

I look at the log /usr/local/psa/var/logs/maillog and I see:
qmail status: local 0/10 remote 0/20
(nothing is reported that looks like an error)

I run /etc/init.d/qmail status and the report is qmail is stopped.

So it looks like there are processes running but no-one is listening on 110 or 25.

How can this be? Where should I look next?

Help please and THANKS!

 

[servertune]

Originally posted by brianbatson
I log on and execute telnet localhost 110 and get connection refused.

I run netstat and sure 'nuff there isn't a process listening (or otherwise listed) on port 110 or 25.

Make sure Ports 110 and 25 are not blocked. You also need to make sure that your server resolves. Ask your host to check on the IPs in the /etc/resolv.conf file, /etc/hosts and other files. Did you check other log files for any errors including /var/log/messages.

 

[brianbatson]

Thanks, but still stuck

It is perhaps related to this.

In the /var/log/messages file are lines like:

(earlier in the file xinetd reported 8
services - things seemed to be ok - then at 7:34 the following happened:

Mar 27 07:34:59 ip-208-109-17-209 xinetd[32108]: service imap deactivated
Mar 27 07:34:59 ip-208-109-17-209 xinetd[32108]: service imaps deactivated
Mar 27 07:35:00 ip-208-109-17-209 xinetd[32108]: service pop3 deactivated

and I look at /etc/xinetd.d directory and those three services have a zero length file. the pop3s service / file is still there.

Perhaps I need to restore those three services? Where can I get the files that are supposed to be in /etc/xinetd.d ?

mail them to my other (working email if you have them:

[email protected]

and thanks bunches.