hi, I installed on a Lenny a mail server according to http://www.howtoforge.com/virtual-users-domains-postfix-courier-mysql-squirrelmail-debian-lenny it is a dedicated server hosted by OVH accessible via ssh on a static address (plus a fail over) and a domain name. lenny has been updated before installing postfix I also installed webmin once everything done I get an error message connecting to squirrel mail saying ERROR: Connection dropped by IMAP server. telnet on pop and imap are OK I can send a mail to an outside account but the account created in the database does not exist and therefore I do not receive any mail. mail.warn and mail.err are empty mail.log and mail.info give Jan 5 08:04:39 r31465 imapd: Connection, ip=[::ffff:127.0.0.1] Jan 5 08:04:40 r31465 imapd: chdir r31465.ovh.net/philippe/: No such file or directory Jan 5 08:09:41 r31465 postfix/pickup[30455]: 6FD1117EE0: uid=0 from=<root> Jan 5 08:09:42 r31465 postfix/cleanup[705]: 6FD1117EE0: message-id=<[email protected]> Jan 5 08:09:42 r31465 postfix/qmgr[10832]: 6FD1117EE0: from=<[email protected]>, size=315, nrcpt=1 (queue active) Jan 5 08:09:59 r31465 postfix/smtpd[713]: connect from localhost.localdomain[127.0.0.1] Jan 5 08:09:59 r31465 postfix/smtpd[713]: 9CB5417EDF: client=localhost.localdomain[127.0.0.1] Jan 5 08:09:59 r31465 postfix/cleanup[705]: 9CB5417EDF: message-id=<[email protected]> Jan 5 08:09:59 r31465 postfix/qmgr[10832]: 9CB5417EDF: from=<[email protected]>, size=773, nrcpt=1 (queue active) Jan 5 08:09:59 r31465 postfix/smtpd[713]: disconnect from localhost.localdomain[127.0.0.1] Jan 5 08:10:00 r31465 amavis[8766]: (08766-05) Passed CLEAN, <[email protected]> -> <[email protected]>, Message-ID: <[email protected]>, mail_id: 4A-WgxwiHqfF, Hits: 1.932, size: 315, queued_as: 9CB5417EDF, 16704 ms Jan 5 08:10:00 r31465 postfix/smtp[708]: 6FD1117EE0: to=<[email protected]>, relay=127.0.0.1[127.0.0.1]:10024, delay=20, delays=2.1/0.64/0.79/16, dsn=2.0.0, status=sent (250 2.0.0 Ok, id=08766-05, from MTA([127.0.0.1]:10025): 250 2.0.0 Ok: queued as 9CB5417EDF) Jan 5 08:10:00 r31465 postfix/qmgr[10832]: 6FD1117EE0: removed Jan 5 08:10:00 r31465 postfix/smtp[716]: 9CB5417EDF: to=<[email protected]>, relay=none, delay=0.36, delays=0.32/0.04/0/0, dsn=5.4.6, status=bounced (mail for 188.165.33.158 loops back to myself) Jan 5 08:10:00 r31465 postfix/cleanup[705]: 330B117EE2: message-id=<[email protected]> Jan 5 08:10:00 r31465 postfix/bounce[717]: 9CB5417EDF: sender non-delivery notification: 330B117EE2 Jan 5 08:10:00 r31465 postfix/qmgr[10832]: 330B117EE2: from=<>, size=2611, nrcpt=1 (queue active) Jan 5 08:10:00 r31465 postfix/qmgr[10832]: 9CB5417EDF: removed Jan 5 08:10:00 r31465 postfix/smtp[716]: 330B117EE2: to=<[email protected]>, relay=none, delay=0.09, delays=0.09/0/0/0, dsn=5.4.6, status=bounced (mail for 188.165.33.158 loops back to myself) Jan 5 08:10:00 r31465 postfix/qmgr[10832]: 330B117EE2: removed the DB contains Table domains in database mail domain r31465.ovh.net Table forwardings in database mail source [email protected] destination [email protected] Table transport in database mail domain r31465.ovh.net transport smtp:[188.165.33.158] Table users in database mail email [email protected] password xxxxxxxxxx quota 10485760 DB user mail_admin localhost mail_admin localhost.localdomain mail_admin r31465.ovh.net the problem seems to be mail for 188.165.33.158 loops back to myself I could not yet find any pertinent information going throught howto forum thanks very much for any help. Philippe
Thats your first problem your imap daemon cannot access your mailstores. The second issue with the loops back to me is because you have configured the mx to point to the machine and yet you have not configured postfix to accept mail for that domain.
