Email Issue - Unable to create a dot-lock

Email Forward Issue - Unable to create a dot-lock

I'm setting up my server, and have run into an issue when trying to send emails to a domain hosted on it - the email address set up is an email forward, not a mailbox.

This is the error I'm receiving in the mail log / queue:

Code:

(temporary failure. Command output: ERR: authdaemon: s_connect() failed: Permission denied sh: cannot create /var/vmail/example.com/me/ispconfig_mailsize: Directory nonexistent /usr/bin/maildrop: Unable to create a dot-lock at /var/vmail/example.com/me/7191.0.server.hostname.com.)
[email protected]

If I cd into /var/vmail/example.com I can see a mailbox I setup (support), but I can't see the name of the forward (me).

Any help would be great. Cheers!

 

I also have a forward setup for another domain name (call it [email protected]), so thought I'd check in /var/vmail - there isn't even a folder for 'example2.com' let alone a folder for 'someone'. Is this normal for forwards, or is something setup incorrectly?

 

Just tested the mailbox, and emails were in there fine, so it just looks like something wrong with email forwards.

Am I allowed to ask if anyone would be willing to setup my server for me? Obviously I'd be willing to pay / donate if required.

 

I've checked the mail_forwarding db table, and the forwards are there;

Code:

forwarding_id	sys_userid	sys_groupid	sys_perm_user	sys_perm_group	sys_perm_other	server_id	source	destination	type	active
			1	3	3	riud	riud	 	1	[email protected]	[email protected]	forward	y

Only thing I notice about the above is the 'sys_perm_other' column in blank

 

Ah I see thanks for the clarification.

Any ideas on the forwarding issue?

 

Yep, the domain is setup (example.com) with an email domain, and an email forward of [email protected]

I do have a domain alias (example.co.uk) against the .com domain, but no email setup for it.

 

I'm not using an email alias for my forwards, but applied the above anyway. The error has now changed from:

(temporary failure. Command output: ERR: authdaemon: s_connect() failed: Permission denied sh: cannot create /var/vmail/example.com/me/ispconfig_mailsize: Directory nonexistent /usr/bin/maildrop: Unable to create a dot-lock at /var/vmail/example.com/me/26050.0.host.server.com.)
[email protected]

...to:

(temporary failure. Command output: ERR: authdaemon: s_connect() failed: Permission denied /usr/bin/maildrop: Unable to create a dot-lock at /var/vmail/example.com/me/26170.0.host.server.com.)
[email protected]

 

I've just gone through the perfect server setup again, and still have the same issues. I've also gone through another howtoforge tutorial, which setups postfix etc manually, and I can't see anything that's been missed (also checking that config files have been changed correctly by ISPConfig to point to the correct database / tables).

Any ideas? I'm lost

 

What's the output of

Code:

ls -la /usr/bin/maildrop

? Is maildrop installed?

 

-rwxr-sr-x 1 root mail 175488 2010-02-02 04:43 /usr/bin/maildrop

 

Previous to seeing your post, I once again followed the install steps, but cleared down the mail queue before testing - the test email was then forwarded. However, testing it again and the email hasn't hit my forward destination, but isn't stuck in the queue as it was doing before.

 

What's in your mail log when you try this?