Hi, I have followed the SuSE 9.2 server "The Perfect Setup". Now how do I create a mailaccount using courier imap? Michael
First you have to tell Postfix to deliver emails to a user's Maildir: Code: postconf -e 'home_mailbox = Maildir/' postconf -e 'mailbox_command =' /etc/init.d/postfix restart Then you have to create a system user and a password: Code: useradd -d /home/sample_user -g users sample_user passwd sample_user Then run Code: postconf -e 'virtual_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/virtusertable' postconf -e 'mydestination = /etc/postfix/local-host-names' /etc/postfix/local-host-names should contain all domains that you want to accept emails for, e.g.: Code: localhost your.server.name localhost.your.server.name example.com yourdomain.com /etc/postfix/virtusertable looks like this: Code: [email protected] sample_user [email protected] sample_user [email protected] sample_user Emails for [email protected], [email protected] and [email protected] will now arrive in the mailbox of sample_user. Everytime you change /etc/postfix/virtusertable you have to run the following command: Code: postmap /etc/postfix/virtusertable Now restart Postfix: Code: /etc/init.d/postfix restart and you're done!
/etc/aliases maps the mails for existing system users to another system user. virtusertable defines the email addresses that belong to a system user.
I have my /etc/aliases file mapping non-existing system users to a system user and it works fine, so I don't quite understand?
postfix config etc/postfix/local-host-names the above file contains no info and when I try and open it says new file. So do I create files that do not exist. as I ran the command prior to the above. I used webmin to add users. Again I am using just local or system users no virtual users Thanks Happy
email setup [email protected] sample_user [email protected] sample_user [email protected] sample_user Since my users are accepting mail for only one domain-WOuld it look like this [email protected] jthomas [email protected] sthad [email protected] jthompson So what I am saying is if I have only one domain and the user is accepting mail for that single domain, does each user need to be put in like above? Thanks Happy
error when trying to create the following file I am trying to create the folloing file vi /etc/postfix/local-host-names localhost your.server.name localhost.your.server.name your.domain after entering the info above I go to write the info and get the following error "etc/postfix/local-host-names" "etc/postfix/local-host-names" E212: Can't open file for writing Hit ENTER or type command to continue Get a 127 Shell error as well Any ideas on why I can not create this file Thanks Happy
error when trying to create the following file The . was the problem-not sure how it got in there Thanks Happy
creating email accounts Ok I orginally created the users mailboxes in webmin and then created them in /etc/postfix/virtusertable when I ran /etc/init.d/postfix restart I got a error/warning saying duplicate - however the users remained in /etc/postfix/virtusertable Should I expect any issue If not then I will begin testing as I am done except for doing some Spam catching/filtering Happy
error message Again the users were created in webmin Here is the error message I got root@mail:~# postmap /etc/postfix/virtusertable postmap: warning: /etc/postfix/virtusertable.db: duplicate entry: "sample.net" postmap: warning: /etc/postfix/virtusertable.db: duplicate entry: "sample.net" postmap: warning: /etc/postfix/virtusertable.db: duplicate entry: "sample.net" is this not needed since I created the users in webmin or should I delete all users out of webmin and then create them manually? I got the above waring/error when I added another user (I created the user in webmin first) and then added to the virtusertable The following file exist but nothing is in it /etc/postfix/main.cf Thanks Happy
output root@mail:~# vi /etc/postfix/main.cf # See /usr/share/postfix/main.cf.dist for a commented, more complete version # Debian specific: Specifying a file name will cause the first # line of that file to be used as the name. The Debian default # is /etc/mailname. #myorigin = /etc/mailname smtpd_banner = $myhostname ESMTP $mail_name (Ubuntu) biff = no # appending .domain is the MUA's job. append_dot_mydomain = no # Uncomment the next line to generate "delayed mail" warnings #delay_warning_time = 4h # TLS parameters smtpd_tls_cert_file = /etc/postfix/ssl/smtpd.crt smtpd_tls_key_file = /etc/postfix/ssl/smtpd.key smtpd_use_tls = yes smtpd_tls_session_cache_database = btree:${queue_directory}/smtpd_scache smtp_tls_session_cache_database = btree:${queue_directory}/smtp_scache # See /usr/share/doc/postfix/TLS_README.gz in the postfix-doc package for # information on enabling SSL in the smtp client. myhostname = mail.sample.com alias_maps = hash:/etc/aliases alias_database = hash:/etc/aliases myorigin = /etc/mailname mydestination = /etc/postfix/local-host-names relayhost = mynetworks = 127.0.0.0/8 mailbox_command = mailbox_size_limit = 0 recipient_delimiter = + inet_interfaces = all inet_protocols = all smtpd_sasl_local_domain = smtpd_sasl_auth_enable = yes smtpd_sasl_security_options = noanonymous broken_sasl_auth_clients = yes smtpd_recipient_restrictions = permit_sasl_authenticated,permit_mynetworks,reject_unauth_destination smtpd_tls_auth_only = no smtp_use_tls = yes smtp_tls_note_starttls_offer = yes smtpd_tls_CAfile = /etc/postfix/ssl/cacert.pem smtpd_tls_loglevel = 1 smtpd_tls_received_header = yes smtpd_tls_session_cache_timeout = 3600s tls_random_source = dev:/dev/urandom home_mailbox = Maildir/ virtual_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/virtusertable Happy
