I followed the ubuntu manual, but I actually have the Debian 4.0. At some point during installing and configuring, my mail was delivered, but some later phase of conf killed it. I've been searching for solutions for 2 weeks now and I ran out of ideas. I keep getting the same fatal error in my log: Code: Jun 10 15:09:22 server postfix/smtpd[20120]: warning: dict_nis_init: NIS domain name not set - NIS lookups disabled Jun 10 15:09:23 server postfix/smtpd[20120]: fatal: unexpected command-line argument: ??o Jun 10 15:09:24 server postfix/master[19933]: warning: process /usr/lib/postfix/smtpd pid 20120 exit status 1 Jun 10 15:09:24 server postfix/master[19933]: warning: /usr/lib/postfix/smtpd: bad command startup -- throttling Jun 10 15:09:24 server amavis[20084]: (20084-01) (!) FWD via SMTP: <[email protected]> -> <[email protected]>, 450 4.4.1 Can't connect to 127.0.0.1 port 10025, (Bad file descriptor) at (eval 42) line 145, <GEN25> line 127., MTA([127.0.0.1]:10025), id=20084-01 I don't have any more ideas of how to find where this fatal error comes from. Could anybody please suggest some ways to find the problem.
The "NIS domain name not set" error pertains to your "alias_maps =" in the main.cf The "450 4.4.1 Can't connect to 127.0.0.1 port 10025" error means that Postfix is not connecting to Amavis There is a guide for Debian Etch 4.0 in the howto guides you may want to have a look at that. I believe they run diferent versions of some of the software. http://howtoforge.com/virtual_users_and_domains_with_postfix_debian_etch
I reinstalled postfix and rechecked config files using the HOWTO for debian, but it is practically identical and it didn't solve my problem. My log is still like this: Code: Jun 12 16:39:50 server postfix/smtpd[15318]: warning: dict_nis_init: NIS domain name not set - NIS lookups disabled Jun 12 16:39:51 server postfix/smtpd[15318]: fatal: unexpected command-line argument: ??o Jun 12 16:39:52 server amavis[15191]: (15191-01) (!) FWD via SMTP: <[email protected]> -> <[email protected]>, 450 4.4.1 Can't connect to 127.0.0.1 port 10025, (Bad file descriptor) at (eval 42) line 145, <GEN24> line 40., MTA([127.0.0.1]:10025), id=15191-01 Jun 12 16:39:52 server postfix/master[13003]: warning: process /usr/lib/postfix/smtpd pid 15318 exit status 1 Jun 12 16:39:52 server postfix/master[13003]: warning: /usr/lib/postfix/smtpd: bad command startup -- throttling Jun 12 16:39:52 server amavis[15191]: (15191-01) Blocked TEMPFAIL, <[email protected]> -> <[email protected]>, Message-ID: <[email protected]>, mail_id: 3feSSSF6+IhL, Hits: 1.135, 12095 ms Jun 12 16:39:52 server postfix/smtp[15308]: 1044617F3D: to=<[email protected]>, relay=127.0.0.1[127.0.0.1]:10024, delay=59990, delays=59978/0.13/0.1/12, dsn=4.4.1, status=deferred (host 127.0.0.1[127.0.0.1] said: 450 4.4.1 Can't connect to 127.0.0.1 port 10025, (Bad file descriptor) at (eval 42) line 145, <GEN24> line 40., MTA([127.0.0.1]:10025), id=15191-01 (in reply to end of DATA command)) I personally believe that problem lies behind this error: Code: Jun 12 16:39:51 server postfix/smtpd[15318]: fatal: unexpected command-line argument: ??o This is only error I see in my mali.err log and it appears every time I send mail to my server or when I flush the mail queue. I don't have "??o" in my postfix config files - at least I didn't find one. Is it possible to find the source of this problem? For me, reinstalling linux is starting to become more and more reasonable solution.
The only place I know that contains an "o" are the lines in the /etc/postfix/master.cf file. i.e. "127.0.0.1:10025 inet n - - - - smtpd -o content_filter= -o local_recipient_maps=" Here is copy of a working master.cf file for you to compare yours against. Hopefully it is just a typo and you will not have to re-install the entire system. You should be able to copy this "as is" if needed. This is how the guides specify, no changes. Hope this helps. Code: # # Postfix master process configuration file. For details on the format # of the file, see the master(5) manual page (command: "man 5 master"). # # Do not forget to execute "postfix reload" after editing this file. # # ========================================================================== # service type private unpriv chroot wakeup maxproc command + args # (yes) (yes) (yes) (never) (100) # ========================================================================== smtp inet n - - - - smtpd #submission inet n - - - - smtpd # -o smtpd_tls_security_level=encrypt # -o smtpd_sasl_auth_enable=yes # -o smtpd_client_restrictions=permit_sasl_authenticated,reject # -o milter_macro_daemon_name=ORIGINATING #smtps inet n - - - - smtpd # -o smtpd_tls_wrappermode=yes # -o smtpd_sasl_auth_enable=yes # -o smtpd_client_restrictions=permit_sasl_authenticated,reject # -o milter_macro_daemon_name=ORIGINATING #628 inet n - - - - qmqpd pickup fifo n - - 60 1 pickup cleanup unix n - - - 0 cleanup qmgr fifo n - n 300 1 qmgr #qmgr fifo n - - 300 1 oqmgr tlsmgr unix - - - 1000? 1 tlsmgr rewrite unix - - - - - trivial-rewrite bounce unix - - - - 0 bounce defer unix - - - - 0 bounce trace unix - - - - 0 bounce verify unix - - - - 1 verify flush unix n - - 1000? 0 flush proxymap unix - - n - - proxymap proxywrite unix - - n - 1 proxymap smtp unix - - - - - smtp # When relaying mail as backup MX, disable fallback_relay to avoid MX loops relay unix - - - - - smtp -o smtp_fallback_relay= # -o smtp_helo_timeout=5 -o smtp_connect_timeout=5 showq unix n - - - - showq error unix - - - - - error retry unix - - - - - error discard unix - - - - - discard local unix - n n - - local virtual unix - n n - - virtual lmtp unix - - - - - lmtp anvil unix - - - - 1 anvil scache unix - - - - 1 scache # # ==================================================================== # Interfaces to non-Postfix software. Be sure to examine the manual # pages of the non-Postfix software to find out what options it wants. # # Many of the following services use the Postfix pipe(8) delivery # agent. See the pipe(8) man page for information about ${recipient} # and other message envelope options. # ==================================================================== # # maildrop. See the Postfix MAILDROP_README file for details. # Also specify in main.cf: maildrop_destination_recipient_limit=1 # maildrop unix - n n - - pipe flags=DRhu user=vmail argv=/usr/bin/maildrop -d ${recipient} # # See the Postfix UUCP_README file for configuration details. # uucp unix - n n - - pipe flags=Fqhu user=uucp argv=uux -r -n -z -a$sender - $nexthop!rmail ($recipient) # # Other external delivery methods. # ifmail unix - n n - - pipe flags=F user=ftn argv=/usr/lib/ifmail/ifmail -r $nexthop ($recipient) bsmtp unix - n n - - pipe flags=Fq. user=bsmtp argv=/usr/lib/bsmtp/bsmtp -t$nexthop -f$sender $recipient scalemail-backend unix - n n - 2 pipe flags=R user=scalemail argv=/usr/lib/scalemail/bin/scalemail-store ${nexthop} ${user} ${extension} mailman unix - n n - - pipe flags=FR user=list argv=/usr/lib/mailman/bin/postfix-to-mailman.py ${nexthop} ${user} amavis unix - - - - 2 smtp -o smtp_data_done_timeout=1200 -o smtp_send_xforward_command=yes 127.0.0.1:10025 inet n - - - - smtpd -o content_filter= -o local_recipient_maps= -o relay_recipient_maps= -o smtpd_restriction_classes= -o smtpd_client_restrictions= -o smtpd_helo_restrictions= -o smtpd_sender_restrictions= -o smtpd_recipient_restrictions=permit_mynetworks,reject -o mynetworks=127.0.0.0/8 -o strict_rfc821_envelopes=yes -o receive_override_options=no_unknown_recipient_checks,no_header_body_checks -o smtpd_bind_address=127.0.0.1
Hi, I replaced my master.cf with your master.cf and everything works! No errors and all mail moves just as it is supposed to. Thank you very much. I really couldn't do it without your help. And here's the end of my old master.cf: Code: 127.0.0.1:10025 inet n - n - - smtpd Â*o content_filter= -o local_recipient_maps= -o relay_recipient_maps= -o smtpd_restriction_classes= -o smtpd_client_restrictions= -o smtpd_helo_restrictions= -o smtpd_sender_restrictions= -o smtpd_recipient_restrictions=permit_mynetworks,reject -o mynetworks=127.0.0.0/8 -o strict_rfc821_envelopes=yes -o receive_override_options=no_unknown_recipient_checks,no_header_body_checks -o smtpd_bind_address=127.0.0.1 Obviously this is the problem: Code: Â*o content_filter= but for some reason, it's not visible when I look at the master.cf inside a linux machine - I saw it now when I copied the file to my laptop. Then I copied the file back to linux machine and again it appeared as "-o content_filter=" when I viewed the file with either vi or mc editor. Some sort of character set translation issue I guess.
