Cant send emails

I was trying to send some emails as usual, but some how i started getting message like “SMTP error 451: temporary local problem” please someone help me.

Are you sending your e-mails from your HestiaCP server or are you using a SMTP relay service? What does the /var/log/exim4/mainlog say?

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I am not using any SMTP relay service and using only hestiaCP server, gimme few minutes i will post the errors in log file here

Here is the mainlog. I’ve replaced the ip with a.b.c.d… actually the original ip don’t belong to me… i don’t know where did it came from.

GNU nano 4.8                             mainlog                                        2022-07-18 13:40:02 Warning: No server certificate defined; will use a selfsigned one.
 Suggested action: either install a certificate or change tls_advertise_hosts option
2022-07-18 13:40:02 1oDQyg-000lmA-8j <= www-data@ubuntu U=www-data P=local S=968
2022-07-18 13:40:02 Warning: No server certificate defined; will use a selfsigned one.
 Suggested action: either install a certificate or change tls_advertise_hosts option
2022-07-18 13:40:02 1oDQyg-000lmA-8j => /var/mail/mail <root@ubuntu> R=mail4root T=addres>2022-07-18 13:40:02 1oDQyg-000lmA-8j Completed
2022-07-18 13:44:28 exim 4.93 daemon started: pid=204306, -q30m, listening for SMTP on po>2022-07-18 13:44:29 Start queue run: pid=204307
2022-07-18 13:44:29 End queue run: pid=204307
2022-07-18 13:44:30 no host name found for IP address a.b.c.d
2022-07-18 13:44:32 no host name found for IP address a.b.c.d
2022-07-18 13:44:34 no host name found for IP address a.b.c.d
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2022-07-18 13:45:09 no host name found for IP address a.b.c.d                         2022-07-18 13:45:11 no host name found for IP address a.b.c.d
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2022-07-18 13:45:20 no host name found for IP address a.b.c.d                         2022-07-18 13:45:22 no host name found for IP address a.b.c.d
2022-07-18 13:45:24 no host name found for IP address a.b.c.d                         2022-07-18 13:45:26 no host name found for IP address a.b.c.d
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<al S=3332 id=fDNJvJ0SgLe2V9NGdtnh3u41cOwJPgsdZLrJdjkBoUU@hcp.electorkmotors.com          2022-07-18 13:46:10 no host name found for IP address a.b.c.d
2022-07-18 13:46:12 no host name found for IP address a.b.c.d
2022-07-18 13:46:13 1oDR4c-000tDT-G6 ** [email protected] R=dnslookup T=remote_smt>2022-07-18 13:46:13 1oDR4f-000tEG-CQ <= <> R=1oDR4c-000tDT-G6 U=Debian-exim P=local S=57922022-07-18 13:46:13 1oDR4c-000tDT-G6 Completed
2022-07-18 13:46:13 1oDR4f-000tEG-CQ remote host address is the local host: hcp.electorkm>2022-07-18 13:46:13 1oDR4f-000tEG-CQ == [email protected] R=dnslookup defer >2022-07-18 13:46:13 1oDR4f-000tEG-CQ Frozen

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Make sure to set an hostname for the server and request an ssl certificate for it

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I would strongly suggest you to invest looking into a SMTP relay service since many random VPS ip’s are likely to get blocked at some point. (Especially Microsoft/ Hotmail/ Live etc. tends to do this frequently…)

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