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New to EFA setup.
I setup the system on an ESXi system. I setup the IP address but when I change the mail records to the EFA server and the firewall settings to point SMTP and POP3 to the EFA server it is not working. I refresh but don't ever see emails.

When looking at the firewall we are seeing things acccess that rule but the email doesn't show in recent messages.

I have not been able to get this running yet. Any help will be appreciated.

Thanks

Hi

First: do not point pop3 or imap4 to efa: efa is only a smtp gateway not a pop3/imap4 one.
Second: you should have a look to postfix logs, that just will tell you if a mail is accepetd or not, and why not.

Log on a console ad run:

tail -f /var/log/maillog

Then try to send mail from outside your network to domains protected by efa ad see the logs

Complete noob question
so then mail only comes in via smtp? you don't receive mail as pop3?

Where can I find out more to make sure I am configuring this application properly?

baioni

Mail are RECEIVED via smtp protocol.
POP3/IMAP4 are the protocols used for "get" the mail out of a mailbox.

That said in order to let efa process your incoming mail you MUST:

1) publish efa smtp port on a public ip address via nat of your firewall (if efa ip is not pubblic)
2) point MX DNS record to the pub ip where smtp port of efa is published in step 1)
3) configure efa to manage your domains.

test:

1) tail -f /var/log/maillog on efa shell
2) telnet public_ip_where_efa_smtp_port_is_published 25 (from outside your net)

I can't give you more hints than this.... you must try.

Thank You for the help.

We had our existing spam filter fail and it was the last straw. So we are working on getting this setup for the new system.