Hi folks, Ubuntu 7.04 server amd64 Postfix 2.3.8 This is a newly built server. I can't locate the Maildir after sending mail. Steps performed as follows; $ hostname Code: ubuntu $ hostname -f Code: ubuntu.mydomain.com $ cat /etc/postfix/main.cf | grep mailbox_command Code: mailbox_command = $ cat /etc/postfix/main.cf | grep home_mailbox Code: home_mailbox = Maildir/ $ cat /etc/postfix/main.cf | grep mydestination Code: mydestination = ubuntu.mydomain.com, localhost.mydomain.com, localhost.localdomain, localhost $ cat /etc/postfix/main.cf | grep inet_interfaces Code: inet_interfaces = all $ cat /etc/postfix/main.cf | grep inet_protocols Code: inet_protocols = all $ cat /etc/postfix/main.cf | grep mynetworks Code: mynetworks = 127.0.0.0/8, 192.168.1.0/24" smtpd_recipient_restrictions = permit_sasl_authenticated,permit_mynetworks,reject_unauth_destination ping both ubuntu.mydomain.com/mydomain.com works. On browser type both ubuntu.mydomain.com/mydomain.com displaying Apache2 default page. $ telnet mail.mydomain.com 25 Code: Trying 64.202.165.92... telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: Connection timed out $ telnet ubuntu.mydomain.com 25 Code: Trying 127.0.1.1... Connected to ubuntu.mydomain.com. Escape character is '^]'. 220 ubuntu.mydomain.com ESMTP Postfix (Ubuntu) ehlo mydomain.com 250-ubuntu.mydomain.com 250-PIPELINING 250-SIZE 10240000 250-VRFY 250-ETRN 250-STARTTLS 250-AUTH LOGIN PLAIN 250-AUTH=LOGIN PLAIN 250-ENHANCEDSTATUSCODES 250-8BITMIME 250 DSN mail from: [email protected] 250 2.1.0 Ok rcpt to: [email protected] 250 2.1.5 Ok data 354 End data with <CR><LF>.<CR><LF> Subject: My first mail for my domain Hi Are you there? Admin . 250 2.0.0 Ok: queued as 85354DF0168 quit 221 2.0.0 Bye Connection closed by foreign host. $ su - fmaster Password: fmaster@ubuntu:~$ ls -al Code: total 24 drwxr-xr-x 2 fmaster fmaster 4096 2007-10-28 20:16 . drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4096 2007-10-28 09:57 .. -rw------- 1 fmaster fmaster 112 2007-10-29 01:40 .bash_history -rw-r--r-- 1 fmaster fmaster 220 2007-10-28 09:57 .bash_logout Where is the Maildir ??? Do I need changing hostname as "mydomain.com"? If YES, please advice; 1) Apart from /etc/hosts and /etc/postifx/main.cf what other files I have to change as well ? 2) After changes made what command shall I run to activate the changes rather than rebooting the server ? TIA B.R. satimis
Problem solved Added already and restarted Postfix afterwards. It took me hours of working before I found "Maildir" together with subdirectories "cur, new, tmp" will be created automatically if a new mail arrived. First I ran "useradd" to create an user including its home directory and /bin/bash. I can't find Maildir on its home directory. Then I ran "telnet localhost 25" sending the user a mail. Its Maildir was created automatically with the mail delivered on "/Maildir/new/" directory. Now I encountered another problem. All users added can received mail sent on the same PC, Intranet. But they can't receive mails on Internet. I sent webmails on yahoo.com to them. All mails were returned saying users NOT found. Please advise where shall I check? TIA B.R. satimis
Please make sure that the MX record for the domains you sent the emails to is pointing to your server. You can check that with Code: dig mx yourdomain.com
# dig mx satimis.com Code: ; <<>> DiG 9.3.4 <<>> mx satimis.com ;; global options: printcmd ;; Got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 64931 ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 3, AUTHORITY: 2, ADDITIONAL: 3 ;; QUESTION SECTION: ;satimis.com. IN MX ;; ANSWER SECTION: satimis.com. 3600 IN MX 0 smtp.secureserver.net. satimis.com. 3600 IN MX 10 ubuntu.satimis.com. satimis.com. 3600 IN MX 10 mailstore1.secureserver.net. ;; AUTHORITY SECTION: satimis.com. 3600 IN NS NS6.secureserver.net. satimis.com. 3600 IN NS NS5.secureserver.net. ;; ADDITIONAL SECTION: mailstore1.secureserver.net. 2755 IN A 64.202.166.11 NS5.secureserver.net. 2376 IN A 208.109.78.180 NS6.secureserver.net. 2376 IN A 208.109.80.75 ;; Query time: 448 msec ;; SERVER: 202.14.67.4#53(202.14.67.4) ;; WHEN: Fri Nov 2 01:44:00 2007 ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 200 It is point to ubuntu.satimis.com # hostname -f ubuntu.satimis.com I don't know why it fails sending mails to this server. Users are existing include their Maildir/cur,new,tmp/ I have been trying 2 days. I can't find out the cause satimis
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Hi folko, Problem solved. The mail server is now working. I set the priority of this mail server on MX table of Godaddy as 20 and the priority of Godaddy server 30. If the mail server is running mail will be delivered to this server. If this mail server is download then mail will be delivered to Godaddy's server. To new users created on this mail server their Maildir will NOT be created simultaneously. Whenever the first mail comes Maildir together with subdirectories, cur,new,tmp, will be created automaitcally. Maybe I have to do something on /etc/skel ??? A side question is there any howto here to setup clamSMTP and spam for postfix running on Ubuntu? Ubuntu has relevant document but for Virtual Mail. TIA satimis
Hi amss, Thanks for your advice. I have courier installed including; courier-base courier-pop courier-pop-ssl courier-smtp courier-ssl etc. w/o courier-maildrop Any document on setup courier-smtp running on Ubuntu? TIA What webmail application I need to read incoming mails rather than reading them on console? TIA B.R. satimis
