postfix - getting started

Hi.

I got almost everything running on my new server; proftpd, bind, php and phpmyadmin etc.
Now the next problem is postfix 2.6.6

For now I'm using a very simple redirect.

I added this to main.cf
virtual_alias_domains = mydomain.com
virtual_alias_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/virtual

and this to virtual
[email protected] [email protected]
@mydomain.com [email protected]

Is there anything else i have to do?
Because postfix is running, but i think my email doesnt even reach postfix.
I also tried creating an A record and a MX record for mail.mydomain.com

Help would be much appreciated
Thanx
martin

 

Could it be my firewall?

Because when i telnet myIpAddress 25, i get this

telnet: connect to address XX.XX.XX.XXX: Connection refused
telnet: Unable to connect to remote host

I'm on centOs 6.2 and all i have in my firewall settings i only have this

Code:

# Generated by iptables-save v1.4.7 on Mon Jan 23 13:43:54 2012
*filter
:INPUT ACCEPT [267:20951]
:FORWARD ACCEPT [0:0]
:OUTPUT ACCEPT [251:23840]
-A INPUT -d 127.0.0.1/32 -p tcp -m tcp --sport 1024:65535 --dport 953 -m state --state NEW,ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT 
COMMIT
# Completed on Mon Jan 23 13:43:54 2012
# Generated by iptables-save v1.4.7 on Mon Jan 23 13:43:54 2012
*mangle
:PREROUTING ACCEPT [22310:1910799]
:INPUT ACCEPT [21420:1821360]
:FORWARD ACCEPT [0:0]
:OUTPUT ACCEPT [19832:3026581]
:POSTROUTING ACCEPT [19832:3026581]
COMMIT
# Completed on Mon Jan 23 13:43:54 2012
# Generated by iptables-save v1.4.7 on Mon Jan 23 13:43:54 2012
*nat
:PREROUTING ACCEPT [18072:1253709]
:POSTROUTING ACCEPT [11:680]
:OUTPUT ACCEPT [11:680]
COMMIT
# Completed on Mon Jan 23 13:43:54 2012

 

What's the output of

Code:

netstat -tap

?

Can you disable the firewall for testing purposes?

 

Thanx for the answer.
I figured that telnet ip 25 problem out, but it still doesnt work.
the problem btw was that in the main.cf file... i had
inet_interfaces = localhost
only
I changed it to all and now my mail reaches postfix (i think)

because now i get a mail failed message... LOL

all i want to do is
virtual_alias_domains = mydomain.com
virtual_alias_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/virtual
in the main.cf file
and
[email protected] [email protected]
at the end of virtual

 

The last 3 lines in my error log are

Jan 31 07:31:08 server postfix/smtpd[962]: fatal: open database /etc/postfix/virtual.db: No such file or directory
Jan 31 07:31:09 server postfix/master[952]: warning: process /usr/libexec/postfix/smtpd pid 962 exit status 1
Jan 31 07:31:09 server postfix/master[952]: warning: /usr/libexec/postfix/smtpd: bad command startup -- throttling

but im not refering to virtual.db in main.cf
im only refering to virtual

I also tried to rename virtual to virtualdb and restarted postfix, but that gave me even more errors.

maybe my virtual file is not configured correctly?

 

Please try

Code:

postmap /etc/postfix/virtual
/etc/init.d/postfix restart

 

Hi Falco
THANX that was it...
It works now.

There was also another problem in case sombody is having the same problem.
On default, main.cf was configured to listen to localhost only.

 

Hi Falco
THANX that was it...
It works now.

There was also another issue (in case sombody is having the same problem)
On default, main.cf was configured to listen to "localhost" only.