Setup mailaccount

duplicates

There are no duplicates in the virtusertable. However, I entered them in webmin first so I am not sure why I got the warning

 

I think the problem is that you use Webmin AND configure email addresses manually. Webmin has a different way to set up email addresses in Postfix than the method described here.

 

duplicates

So do I need to remove all users from the virtualuserstable or leave it as is?

 

I don't know what Webmin has done, so I think it's best to reinstall the system and then opt for just one way of managing your system (either by hand or with a control panel like Webmin).

 

webmin

I just removed all users from virtualuserstable via webmin (no more duplicate warnings)and all is good, the mail server is up and running like a champ now. I want to thankyou for all your help. Another question ? I want to diasble root from telnet and also from acessing via webmin (https). I know I can turn root account to //bin/false to prevent this account from logging in via SSH on port 22. Now I need to figure out how to disable it in webmin (so it can not ;log in via the web interface). To me this is an open door as I have created another account that I use to administer the mail server with-any help would be great


Thanks

Happy

 

Is it necessary to create the user:

Code:

useradd -d /home/sample_user -g users sample_user
passwd sample_user

I skipped that step, and tried to use an already existing user?

No matter who I send mail to, mail returns no mail.

thanks,
Vince.

 

email woes

I would just use webmin to admin users add/remove/reset passwords check their mailbox etc

If you like to install and update Webmin via APT, edit the /etc/apt/sources.list file on your system and add the line : deb http://download.webmin.com/download/repository sarge contrib You will now be able to install with the commands : apt-get update
apt-get install webmin All dependencies should be resolved automatically.

 

Sounds scary. I've been doing everything manually so far, so I might as well keep it that way.

 

No, you don'T have to do that if the user's already existing.

Any errors in your mail log?

 

right, I had a domain error in postconf, but that didn't fix it:

I ran some DNS tests on the mail server, and it seems to pass all the standard mail tests.

(i replaced my actual domain with MYDOMAIN)

Sep 14 11:30:41 MYDOMAIN sendmail[27225]: l8EIUfT1027225: from=root, size=41, class=0, nrcpts=1, msgid=<[email protected]>, relay=root@localhost
Sep 14 11:30:41 MYDOMAIN postfix/smtpd[27226]: connect from localhost.localdomain[127.0.0.1]
Sep 14 11:30:41 MYDOMAIN postfix/smtpd[27226]: setting up TLS connection from localhost.localdomain[127.0.0.1]
Sep 14 11:30:41 MYDOMAIN postfix/smtpd[27226]: TLS connection established from localhost.localdomain[127.0.0.1]: TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)
Sep 14 11:30:41 MYDOMAIN sendmail[27225]: STARTTLS=client, relay=[127.0.0.1], version=TLSv1/SSLv3, verify=FAIL, cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA, bits=256/256
Sep 14 11:30:41 MYDOMAIN postfix/smtpd[27226]: 7E3EA31B02E3: client=localhost.localdomain[127.0.0.1], [email protected]
Sep 14 11:30:41 MYDOMAIN postfix/cleanup[27229]: 7E3EA31B02E3: message-id=<[email protected]>
Sep 14 11:30:41 MYDOMAIN postfix/qmgr[28376]: 7E3EA31B02E3: from=<[email protected]>, size=609, nrcpt=1 (queue active)
Sep 14 11:30:41 MYDOMAIN sendmail[27225]: l8EIUfT1027225: [email protected], ctladdr=root (0/0), delay=00:00:00, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=relay, pri=30041, relay=[127.0.0.1] [127.0.0.1], dsn=2.0.0, stat=Sent (Ok: queued as 7E3EA31B02E3)
Sep 14 11:30:41 MYDOMAIN postfix/local[27230]: 7E3EA31B02E3: to=<[email protected]>, relay=local, delay=0.43, delays=0.2/0.01/0/0.23, dsn=2.0.0, status=sent (delivered to maildir)
Sep 14 11:30:41 MYDOMAIN postfix/qmgr[28376]: 7E3EA31B02E3: removed
Sep 14 11:30:42 MYDOMAIN postfix/smtpd[27226]: disconnect from localhost.localdomain[127.0.0.1]

Note, there are files in Maildir/new, but "mail" says I have no mail.

 

Upon inspection, these files do contain my actual mail. So it's just that mail thinks I have none....

pop3 works, so I guess it's not a big deal.

 

What POP3 server do you use? What's the output of

Code:

netstat -tap

? You must use a POP3 daemon that uses Maildir.

 

Hi,

i'm new here. I found this forum cause i got some troubles configuring a fedora with postfix. i follow all the steps and i don't understaind where's the problem is.

could anyone help me please?

now i can send, via telnet an email from my server. but i can't receive.

help plz

thx

Jimmy

 

Any errors in your mail log?

Please make sure that the MX record of your domain points to the correct server. You can check that by running

Code:

dig mx yourdomain.com

 

Thanks a lot. That also worked for me.