smtp_psa file not in xinetd.d

[Matt Grant]

I had a hardware failure on my old Plesk 9.5/Centos 5 server and I had to restore from a backup on a new Plesk 9.5/Centos server. On the old server I had setup an alternate SMTP port (30) for users who's ISP's blocked port 25 and it worked fine. I have been telling most clients to change to port 587 and it has been making their outgoing mail work. I know I will have many more calls and wanted to re-enable port 30, but I am having some issues. I already edited the /etc/services file to add:

smtp 30/tcp mail
smtp 30/udp mail

I am trying to find/edit the smtp_psa file that is supposed to be in the /etc/xinetd.d folder, but there are no files named smtp_psa. I do have a ftp_psa and a poppassd_psa file. Do I need to create the smtp_psa file(s)? I still have access via rescue console on the old mail server and I see the smtp_psa, smtps_psa, smtp_nonstandard and submissions_psa files. Can I copy them from the old server into the xinetd.d folder on the new server?

The mail server is running properly otherwise, I just would like to head-off a bunch of phone calls if I can.


Thanks in advance!!!

 

[IgorG]

These files are actual in case when you have Qmail as MTA. It looks like you have Postfix now. Postfix config can be found in /etc/postfix/

 

[Matt Grant]

I could have sworn the previous server was running Qmail as the MTA. IS there a way I can check which is running for sure? Does it matter which one I use? Why is the new server now using Postfix when I restored from a complete backup of the old server running Qmail?

Sorry for all the questions, I am trying to understand why it is setup this way now.


Thanks in advance!!!

 

[IgorG]

http://kb.odin.com/en/5801

 

[Matt Grant]

Ok, I followed that KB on how to switch to Qmail and got it switched around (Thanks a million!). I then followed this KB http://kb.odin.com/837 on how to add port 30 as a SMTP port. I created the smtp_30 entry in the services file and then created a new file called smtp_30 in the xinetd.d folder and copy and pasted the contents of the old servers smtp_nonstandard file (I did have to edit the title of the file to say service smtp_30 after the copy and paste). I then restarted the xinetd service and I still cannot Telnet in or send mail on port 30. I also tried disabling the Plesk firewall and the 1&1 firewall and still nothing.

Am I missing something?


Thanks in advance!!!

 

[Matt Grant]

I figured it out. The contents of my old server's smtp_nonstandard had an entry for Port = 30. I removed that line and everything started working. If I understand correctly, the port number is controlled from editing the services file.

Thanks for the nudge in the right direction, it got made me figure it out.

I do have one last question, if you end up checking this thread again...

I want to upgrade my Centos 5 Plesk server from 9.5.3 to 10.2. Besides the port 30 addition, the server is a vanilla install of 9.5.3. Should I expect any problems upgrading that high without doing the incrementals first? I would really like to use the new 10.x CP. The screenshots I have seen of it look pretty cool. The server is a production mail server hosting about 50 domains with a couple hundred email accounts. I am concerned about having an upgrade failure or some sort of licensing issue that would have the server offline and the clients unhappy.

Thanks in advance!!!

 

[IgorG]

You can perform upgrade, of course, but I strongly recommend you to read carefully following article before upgrade - http://kb.odin.com/en/9436

 

[Amin Taheri]

10.x is very different than 9.x - Unless you really want or need a specific feature in 10 I would suggest that you stick with 9.5