I'm getting rid of an older server and trying to migrate/setup a new server. This new machine is Mandrake 10.1. I have almost everything over, but I'm having problems with Postfix. I did a postconf on the old one and added what I thought was right to the new main.cf. Here is that postconf -n alias_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/aliases, hash:/var/lib/mailman/data/aliases command_directory = /usr/sbin config_directory = /etc/postfix daemon_directory = /usr/lib/postfix delay_warning_time = 4h html_directory = /usr/share/doc/postfix-2.1.4/html inet_interfaces = localhost mail_owner = postfix mailq_path = /usr/bin/mailq.postfix manpage_directory = /usr/share/man mydestination = $myhostname, localhost.$mydomain, $mydomain, mydomain.com myhostname = gate.mydomain.com mynetworks_style = subnet myorigin = $mydomain newaliases_path = /usr/bin/newaliases.postfix owner_request_special = no queue_directory = /var/spool/postfix readme_directory = /usr/share/doc/postfix-2.1.4/README_FILES recipient_delimiter = + relayhost = [smtp.sbcglobal.net] sample_directory = /usr/share/doc/postfix-2.1.4/samples sendmail_path = /usr/sbin/sendmail.postfix setgid_group = postdrop smtp_sasl_auth_enable = yes smtp_sasl_password_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/sasl_passwd smtp_sasl_security_options = noanonymous smtpd_banner = $myhostname ESMTP $mail_name ($mail_version) (Mandrake Linux) smtpd_sasl_path = /etc/postfix/sasl:/usr/lib/sasl2 unknown_local_recipient_reject_code = 450 Probably stupid, but I just copied the aliases and .db, sasl_passwd and .db, and transport and transport.db files over. I really don't get the post map thing. I remember the headaces of setting it up the first time. So I can send mail through the internet. I can't receive mail from the internet or other internal users. My domain and MX records seem okay ( I used to get mail from the other server ). There aren't any errors in my mail log. Info log shows the mail going out, but nothing is recorded when I try sending to my server. The old version of postfix was 2.0.13. My new one is 2.1.4. Can anyone steer me in the right direction? Thanks, Mike
There's nothing in the mail log when you send a mail to the server? This probably means that you use another server for sending. Please check the email client settings, especially the SMTP server, and double-check the MX records.
Connection Failed I finally got my messages bounce back. I'm not getting errors because the connection isn't even getting made. If I telnet myhost.com 25, I get "Could not open connection to host on port 25. Connection failed." netstat says tcp 0 0 127.0.0.1:25 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN I did some research. Seems I need an external interface listening for smtp. I tried adding myhost.com:25 inet n - n - - smtpd to my master.cf, but postfix wont' run. postfix status says "master not running". From that machine I can telnet localhost 25 and get a connection. How to I allow for an external connection? Thanks!
Change the value of inet_interfaces to all in /etc/postfix/main.cf. Undo this change and restart Postfix.
Migrating postfix That made so much sense. But it didn't work. I still get connection refused and only [root@gate postfix]# netstat -nl | grep 25 tcp 0 0 127.0.0.1:25 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 167825 private/lmtp-filter I reloaded postfix and the netowork interface.
Migrating Postfix here is my main.cf readme_directory = /usr/share/doc/postfix-2.1.4/README_FILES sample_directory = /usr/share/doc/postfix-2.1.4/samples html_directory = /usr/share/doc/postfix-2.1.4/html sendmail_path = /usr/sbin/sendmail.postfix setgid_group = postdrop command_directory = /usr/sbin manpage_directory = /usr/share/man daemon_directory = /usr/lib/postfix newaliases_path = /usr/bin/newaliases.postfix mailq_path = /usr/bin/mailq.postfix queue_directory = /var/spool/postfix mail_owner = postfix # User configurable parameters myhostname = gate.myhost.com myorigin = $mydomain mydestination = $myhostname, localhost.$mydomain, $mydomain, gideonweb.com mynetworks_style = subnet relayhost = [smtp.sbcglobal.net] smtp_sasl_auth_enable = yes smtp_sasl_security_options = noanonymous smtp_sasl_password_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/sasl_passwd lbox_command = /usr/bin/procmail -Y -a $DOMAIN # inet_interfaces = localhost inet_interfaces = all delay_warning_time = 4h smtpd_banner = $myhostname ESMTP $mail_name ($mail_version) (Mandrake Linux) unknown_local_recipient_reject_code = 450 smtp-filter_destination_concurrency_limit = 2 lmtp-filter_destination_concurrency_limit = 2 smtpd_sasl_path = /etc/postfix/sasl:/usr/lib/sasl2 recipient_delimiter = + owner_request_special = no alias_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/aliases
That line should read Code: mailbox_command = /usr/bin/procmail -Y -a $DOMAIN Change it and restart Postfix.
Migrating postfix That was it. A cut and paste mistake. Dang I never would have found that. Thanks! My only other problem is all root mail is being delivered to the postfix account. BUT, at least it is going somewhere. Thanks again, Mike
