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I am using a 123-reg VPS with Ubuntu. The web sites are working fine as is mySql Database, mail is another issue. I get the following error when sending a email to the new server via outlook: retry time not reached for any host after a long failure period

And through Thunderbird: An error occurred while sending mail. The mail server responded: Requested action not taken: mailbox unavailable or not local. Please check the message recipient [email protected] and try again.

The setup is thus..

VPS is at 212.xx.xx.xx7 Domain name is mydomain.com

My settings at Joker.com

A Records
Host            Target          TTL
mydomain.com        212.xx.xx.xx7       7200
www.mydomain.com        212.xx.xx.xx7       8200
mx.mydomian.com     212.xx.xx.xx7       1800
ldap.mydomian.com       212.xx.xx.xx7       1800
mail.mydomian.com       212.xx.xx.xx7       1800

MX-Records                      Priority
Mydomain.com        mail.mydomain.com   10

On VPS I used this step thru guide (http://www.pixelinx.com/2013/09/creating-a-mail-server-on-ubuntu-postfix-courier-ssltls-spamassassin-clamav-amavis/) setting mail.example.com to match above.

dig mx mydomain.com returns

mydomain.com 86400 IN MX 10 mail. mydomain.com
mail. mydomain.com 86400 IN A 212.xx.xx.xx7

authtest kev@ mydomain.com returns

Authenticated: [email protected] (uid 5000, gid 5000)

Etc etc, all looks correct

So, can anyone see where I am going wrong please?

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  • Jenny, thanks for the tidy up. Anyone got any ideas?
    – Kev
    Sep 20, 2013 at 7:45

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Telnet to your server on Port 25 telnet 212.xx.xx.xx7 25 if connected, type ehlo to see if the server is responsive as it should.

  • Have you tried restarting the mail service on the server?
  • Did you confirm that the mail address is typed correctly?
  • Can you confirm that the user is already created on the mail server?

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