Hi all, I followed the How-To for "the perfect server" and followed up with the "virtual mail w/ squirrel mail, etc." how-to. I am having some problems, they may be easy and I may be slow. I am fairly new to Linux as well. Problem 1: The user directories are not being created when I mailx a message to the user. Problem 2: From /etc/postfix/mail.log - (mydomain) substitued for my actual domain. to=<root@(mydomain).com>, relay=none, delay=0.12, delays=0.02/0/0.1/0, dsn=5.4.6, status=bounced (mail for mail.mydomain.com loops back to myself) And if an email is sent from a different working email server to the new server, I receive the "Mail Delivery System [MAILER-DAEMON@(mydomain).com] reply error message: "...I'm sorry to have to inform you that your message could not be delivered to one or more recipients. It's attached below..." Problem 3: Squirrel mail fails with imap connection being dropped. I suspect this is a result of the directory not being created for the user. I appreciate all help AND your patience with a "noob" Thanks EDIT: I have spent some more time scanning the forums and have determined at least one mistake I was making. I was trying to use my domain (lets call it thefqdn.com) as the virtual domain. I have tried to fix that with the /etc/host and the /etc/hostname folder and running: hostname and hostname -f have diplayed the new hostname: theqdn.net Still no luck.
Thanks for the reply, I have reloaded the entire server (I have it down to 3 hours now) since I figured out that you can't have your primary domain virtual as well. With the reload, I am getting different errors, mostly involving the connectiing to the SQL tables. I will hide the the localhostname the localdomain and the virtualdomain name but here is the most recent log info: May 6 07:35:44 localhostname postfix/cleanup[18174]: warning: E3679A4553: virtual_alias_maps map lookup problem for postmaster@[I]localhostname[/I].[I]localdomain[/I].net May 6 07:35:44 localhostname postfix/smtpd[18170]: disconnect from localhost[127.0.0.1] May 6 07:35:44 localhostname postfix/smtpd[18172]: EA014A4553: client=localhost[127.0.0.1] May 6 07:35:44 localhostname postfix/cleanup[18175]: warning: connect to mysql server 127.0.0.1: Access denied for user 'UNKNOWN_USER'@'localhost' (using password: YES) May 6 07:35:44 localhostname postfix/cleanup[18175]: warning: EA014A4553: virtual_alias_maps map lookup problem for ddawson@[I]virtualdomain[/I].com May 6 07:35:44 localhostname amavis[4771]: (04771-16) Negative SMTP resp. to data-dot (<ddawson@virtualdomain.com>): 451 4.3.0 Error: queue file write error May 6 07:35:44 localhostname amavis[4771]: (04771-16) (!)FWD via SMTP: <root@localhostname.localdomain.net> -> <ddawson@virtualdomain.com>,BODY=7BIT 451 4.6.0 Failed, id=04771-16, from MTA([127.0.0.1]:10025): 451 4.3.0 Error: queue file write error May 6 07:35:44 localhostname amavis[4771]: (04771-16) Blocked MTA-BLOCKED, <root@localhostname.localdomain.net> -> <ddawson@virtualdomain.com>, Message-ID: <20090505192046.65316A454E@localhostname.localdomain.net>, mail_id: 7zlBLHkhvaBj, Hits: 2.152, size: 324, 19255 ms May 6 07:35:44 localhostname postfix/cleanup[18174]: warning: F1627A4553: virtual_alias_maps map lookup problem for postmaster@[I]localhostname[/I].[I]localdomain[/I].net May 6 07:35:44 localhostname postfix/smtpd[18172]: disconnect from localhost[127.0.0.1] May 6 07:35:45 localhostname postfix/smtp[18161]: 08DE3A4549: to=<ddawson@virtualdomain.com>, relay=127.0.0.1[127.0.0.1]:10024, delay=61432, delays=61413/0.02/0.01/19, dsn=4.3.0, status=deferred (host 127.0.0.1[127.0.0.1] said: 451 4.3.0 Error: queue file write error (in reply to end of DATA command)) May 6 07:35:45 localhostname postfix/smtp[18162]: 65316A454E: to=<ddawson@virtualdomain.com>, relay=127.0.0.1[127.0.0.1]:10024, delay=58760, delays=58740/0.05/0.01/19, dsn=4.3.0, status=deferred (host 127.0.0.1[127.0.0.1] said: 451 4.3.0 Error: queue file write error (in reply to end of DATA command)) I think this is progress from before. So far I have checked the rights for user mail_admin, reset the password, verified it in all the /etc/postfix/virtual*.cf files, and flushed privileges in the SQL DB.
EDIT: Found a typo in /etc/postfix/mysql-virtual_email2email.cf that confused the "user" field. Added a forward in mysql to forward ddawson@[I]virtualdomain[/I].com to ddawson@[I]virtualdomain[/I].com. It may be redundant, but I wasn't sure. Also added a forward in mysql to forward postmaster@[I]localhostname[/I].[I]localdomain[/I].net to postmaster@[I]virtualhost[/I].com The /etc/postfix/mail.log now reads: May 6 10:23:45 localhostname postfix/master[19264]: terminating on signal 15 May 6 10:23:46 localhostname postfix/master[19395]: daemon started -- version 2.5.1, configuration /etc/postfix May 6 10:28:46 localhostname postfix/qmgr[19398]: CFFB1A4555: from=<root@localhostname.localdomain.net>, size=806, nrcpt=1 (queue active) May 6 10:28:46 localhostname postfix/smtp[19407]: fatal: valid hostname or network address required in server description: virtualhost.com May 6 10:28:47 localhostname postfix/qmgr[19398]: warning: private/smtp socket: malformed response May 6 10:28:47 localhostname postfix/qmgr[19398]: warning: transport smtp failure -- see a previous warning/fatal/panic logfile record for the problem description May 6 10:28:47 localhostname postfix/master[19395]: warning: process /usr/lib/postfix/smtp pid 19407 exit status 1 May 6 10:28:47 localhostname postfix/master[19395]: warning: /usr/lib/postfix/smtp: bad command startup -- throttling May 6 10:28:47 localhostname postfix/error[19409]: CFFB1A4555: to=<ddawson@virtualhost.com>, relay=none, delay=402, delays=401/1.1/0/0.03, dsn=4.3.0, status=deferred (unknown mail transport error)
Yeah! I got it running after some more careful inspection, I clearly had mislabeled the transport field in the sql db. Wrapped that up and voila! Thank You for all your help and the excellent how-tos and advice. Regards, David
