i've configured a mail server on my was ec2 which is linux 2 ami. But unfortunately whenever I try to send a mail from my server to a gmail account or yahoo account the maillog show me that connection timed out. I've created the following steps
created a subdomain named mail.domain.com pointed to my AWS Elastic Load Balancer on route 53
installed postfix
added my_domain = domain.com and hostname = mail.domain.com inet_protocol = ipv4
created my hostname as mail.domain.com
I have checked the ports 25 is running and it is also allowed on my aws security groups.
mail status on log is deferred
Now I really need to setup the mail server but I am not being able to create it. Can anyone help me?
Try to remove SMTP throttling. You can learn more about it below.
AWS blocks outbound traffic on port 25 (SMTP) of all EC2 instances and Lambda functions by default. If you want to send outbound traffic on port 25, you can request for this restriction to be removed.
https://aws.amazon.com/premiumsupport/knowledge-center/ec2-port-25-throttle/
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I'm trying to test an email validation service on AWS EC2 instance, where my program would query the SMTP server (Mail Transfer Agent on port 25). For testing purposes, I replicated the program using Telnet connection, which works fine on my local machine:
telnet gmail-smtp-in.l.google.com 25
Trying 66.102.1.27...
Connected to gmail-smtp-in.l.google.com.
Escape character is '^]'.
220 mx.google.com ESMTP a20si12977453wrg.559 - gsmtp
HELO gmail.com
250 mx.google.com at your service
MAIL FROM:<testing#gmail.com>
250 2.1.0 OK a20si12977453wrg.559 - gsmtp
RCPT TO:<thisemailwillneverexist#gmail.com>
550-5.1.1 The email account that you tried to reach does not exist. Please try
550-5.1.1 double-checking the recipient's email address for typos or
550-5.1.1 unnecessary spaces. Learn more at
550 5.1.1 https://support.google.com/mail/?p=NoSuchUser a20si12977453wrg.559 - gsmtp
Telnet, however, doesn't work on EC2, as in the example below:
telnet gmail-smtp-in.l.google.com 25
Trying 74.125.133.26...
telnet: connect to address 74.125.133.26: Connection timed out
Trying 2a00:1450:400c:c08::1a...
telnet: connect to address 2a00:1450:400c:c08::1a: Network is unreachable
EC2 is running a linux instance and allows all outbound connection. My guess here is that AWS doesn't let you connect to SMTP server on port 25 to prevent spam, but I haven't seen the confirmation of that. Any suggestions how I could fix this? If AWS is too rigid, any alternative AWS-like services where I could migrate my project?
Thank you!
AWS blocks outbound traffic on port 25 by default for EC2 instances and Lambda functions (source: AWS support page).
You can place a request for removing restriction on port 25 for your EC2 instance following this link: https://aws-portal.amazon.com/gp/aws/html-forms-controller/contactus/ec2-email-limit-rdns-request. You have to be logged in your AWS account to be able to access this link.
I have an EC2 instance running a Go server on port 8090.
In my EC2 instance, I added a security group which accepts inbound requests from all protocols and all ports.
I created a new user on AWS, and added the Access Key and Secret Key (under Auth) of that user while making a new request through Postman.
I then tried to make a request, but the request always times out.
How can I connect to EC2 server through Postman? Am I doing something wrong?
Response:
If you created the ec2 server under the default subnet zone, then its not subnet connectivity issue.
you need to check the following
is your go server listing to all addresses or just local address
you can use the following command
netstat -anlp | grep 8090
if you see 0.0.0.0 then you're good otherwise you need to change the listener
check if your OS has a firewall, if you use centos for example:
https://linuxize.com/post/how-to-stop-and-disable-firewalld-on-centos-7/
I tried with php mail function and the email is not sent. I activated the port 25 in the aws instance network setting but no uses.
Checked the mail settings option in the plesk Controlpanel, I got the following message
You cannot send emails from Plesk because outbound connections on TCP port 25 is blocked. Check the firewall settings or contact your hosting provider.
Please give the suggestion, how to resolve it.
You need to request to amazon to open that port, by default it is blocked..After request they open it.
Here is the link to request
https://aws-portal.amazon.com/gp/aws/html-forms-controller/contactus/ec2-email-limit-rdns-request
I am trying to set up my own Email server on EC2 instance, but facing issue related reverse DNS and SMTP port 25:
Incoming Mail (SMTP/postfix) is running but is not publicly accessible at X.X.X.X:25.
Outbound mail (SMTP port 25) seems to be blocked by your network. You will not be able to send any mail. Many residential networks block port 25 to prevent hijacked machines from being able to send spam. A quick connection test to Google's mail server on port 25 failed.
Your box's reverse DNS is currently ec2-x-x-x-x.ap-south-1.compute.amazonaws.com, but it should be mail.xyz.com. Your ISP or cloud provider will have instructions on setting up reverse DNS for your box.
By googling I found Request to remove email sending limitations link, I requested by this form to AWS, but didn't getting any solution.
Please guide me on this.
I had my web app running in EC2 instance(AWS server 1). I have another AWS server 2 where the DB is. I had a verified domain and verified recipient test email address and emails were going out well. One day I did Elastic IP so that AWS 1 talk to AWS 2 for some other purpose. Not sure if that caused the issue. Now I reverted AWS 1 to normal Ipv4 address(removed Elastic IP) and all over my app and for SSH I use normal IPv4 address.
As per other posts, I also contacted AWS and increased the sending
limit.
I also set the outbound rules SMTP and SMTPS. None seems to
be working.
If I run the web app in my localhost with same SES
credentials, emails are sent out. Only when my web app is in Amazon EC2 then emails are not being sent out.
Following is the error that I am getting.
Unable to execute HTTP request: Connect to email.us-west-2.amazonaws.com:443 [email.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/52.94.209.0] failed: connect timed out
It's been 2 days and I am scratching my head to get it resolved. Please help.
PS: As per request, here are the outbound rules
Type : MYSQL/Aurora
Protocol: TCP
Port Range: 3306
Destination : //MyIP
I don't have any other outbound rule.