Not Getting Emails

[faqall]

I am having this weird problem on my server. It seems that my whole server is not getting mail.. nor can i send mail. I have made NO changes to the server and this just starts happenning. i have sent mails with hotmail, gmail and an internal server (inside fdc) and none of the email make their way to they box, they all bounce back. When im in outlook and try to send emails. Its a no go.

I also get errors like this:

550-unrouteable mail domain "EDITED OUT"
550 Sender verify failed

And this is what my /etc/resolv.conf is set up as

search localdomain
nameserver 127.0.0.1
nameserver 66.90.68.25
nameserver 66.90.68.26

Mail test at dns stuff

Step 1: Try connecting to the following mailserver:
editedout.net. - 66.90.101.XX

Step 2: If still unsuccessful, queue the E-mail for later delivery.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Trying to connect to all mailservers:

editedout.net. - 66.90.101.xx [Could not connect: Got an unknown RCPT TO response: 550-Verification failed for
550-unrouteable mail domain "dnsreport.com"
550 Sender verify failed
]



i did a trace route to mail.thesite.net and it does go to the correct ip. all the dns's information for all the domains is correct. it just puzzles me that nothing was done to the server and it just stops working. ive been trying to figure this out for sometime now and need another point of view on this problem.

thanks in advanced

edit:

running /scripts/exim4 right now

edit #2:

ahhh i knew this rpm problem would come back and haunt me

root@sarah [~]# /scripts/exim4
Exim Setup Script Version 16.0
This is the exim 4.43 installer release number 40 for platform redhat 9

rpmdb: unable to join the environment
error: db4 error(11) from dbenv->open: Resource temporarily unavailable
error: cannot open Packages index using db3 - Resource temporarily unavailable (11)
error: cannot open Packages database in /var/lib/rpm
Using RPM Backend: RPM version 4.2
rpmdb: unable to join the environment
error: db4 error(11) from dbenv->open: Resource temporarily unavailable
error: cannot open Packages index using db3 - Resource temporarily unavailable (11)
error: cannot open Packages database in /var/lib/rpm
SIGINT recieved. Cleaning up and halting operations.

(yes im in as root su-)

[Michael]

I can't help with the exim part..but as far as the inability to access the RPM database...have the permissions changed? Are any other services behaving oddly?

Could be a sign of hardware failure.

[MQ-James]

also this should be in cpanel discussion.

[faqall]

I can't help with the exim part..but as far as the inability to access the RPM database...have the permissions changed? Are any other services behaving oddly?

Could be a sign of hardware failure.

that rpm thing started when the kernel was upgraded due to hardware change.

edit: where can one find the source for rpm perhaps to try and reinstall as i have only came across rpm for rpm (heh)

edit2:

looks like i found a way around after some reading "LD_ASSUME_KERNEL=2.4.1 ./exim4" that fixed my problem :cool:

now its realy annoying that i have to type that before every rpm related command i do :mad:

[Michael]

Ahh. The reason why is exim is built around the lesser kernel. A general rule of thumb is to NOT upgrade kernels and such if you have control panel software installed. Because you usually end up breaking things. ( Because they install thier versions of the services you use. )

[faqall]

well i guess i can thank serverwizards for that

[MQ-James]

I always prefer to manage my own servers as I know what is happening and learn from any problems as opposed to someone else doing it then telling me what was wrong.

[faqall]

I always prefer to manage my own servers as I know what is happening and learn from any problems as opposed to someone else doing it then telling me what was wrong.

it was done becuase at this point in time i was unable to watch the servers during a hardware upgrade and trusted them to do it... i cant watch my servers 24/7 so when im out for a weekend i ask someone to keep an eye on them or something :)

[AtomixNetwork]

/scripts/exim4
/scripts/reseteximtodefaults