[plug] mail issues

[Jon Miller]

Found out it's not the imap that is the problem.  It is the hdd drive.  I did a reboot and of course the server does not come up it is reporting Grub Error 17.
After trying to boot the server with a Linux LiveCD, I see some errors message stating:
sda: Current: Sense key: Medium error  Additional Sense: Unrecovered read error  Info fld=0xa2end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 162Buffer I/O error on device sda, logical block 81
There are a few of them.  
So I tried issuing fsck -cc and I was expecting it to run for a while but instead it just went back tot he command prompt.
What I would like to do is run a utility to mark the bad blocks.
Any idea what command or utility I can run on these scsi drives?

Regards

Jon 

> From: euan at dekock.net
> To: plug at plug.org.au
> Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2011 20:34:25 +0800
> Subject: Re: [plug] mail issues
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Sounds like it may be a firewall problem.
> 
> Can you try and telnet to the server - from the cmd prompt 
> (assuming you're running outlook on Windows)
> 
> EG:
> 
> telnet MAIL_SERVER_ADDRESS 143
> 
> Then just for good measure, check if POP3 and SMTP access is also
> enabled...
> 
> telnet MAIL_SERVER_ADDRESS 110
> telnet MAIL_SERVER_ADDRESS 25
> 
> In each case, you will get a terse greeting message. You can then exit
> by pressing Ctrl-[ (Control and left bracket) and typing "quit" at the
> "telnet>" prompt.
> 
> SMTP probably does work or else you wouldn't be able to send mail.
> 
> What mail server are you trying to connect to ?
> 
> If it is not mail.mmtnetworks.com.au ignore the notes below.
> 
> A quick scan of mail.mmtnetworks.com.au reveals the following ports:
> 
> PORT    STATE    SERVICE
> 21/tcp  open     ftp
> 22/tcp  filtered ssh
> 23/tcp  filtered telnet
> 25/tcp  filtered smtp
> 53/tcp  filtered domain
> 80/tcp  open     http
> 110/tcp filtered pop3
> 139/tcp filtered netbios-ssn
> 143/tcp filtered imap
> 443/tcp open     https
> 445/tcp filtered microsoft-ds
> 
> Which looks like you have a firewall blocking access to these ports, but
> that is probably intentional to the outside world. I am surprised 25 is
> blocked, as this server is listed as your MX record.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Euan de Kock.
> 
> 
> 
> On Thu, 2011-06-16 at 17:26 +0800, Jon L Miller wrote:
> > I’ve having a problem with my imap protocol in that it does not allow
> > OL to download the folder from the server:
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > Task 'Mail: Folder:Inbox Check for new mail.' reported error
> > (0x800CCC0E) : 'Outlook is unable to download folder Inbox from the
> > IMAP e-mail server for account Mail. Error: Unable to connect to the
> > server. If you continue to receive this message, contact your server
> > administrator or Internet service provider (ISP).'
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > It appears I can send mail, but obviously I cannot receive it in my
> > mailbox.
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.
> > 
> >  
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > Jon L Miller
> > 
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> > 
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