Well, first off, courier is supposed to replace sendmail, so if you 
still have sendmail, get rid of it.....

Michael Carter wrote:

>I'm still stuggling to get courier to work...I'd really like to as it
>sounds like the solution I need. Nonetheless, documentation isn't really
>clear as to how to test the installation. I really would like some help
>from other Solaris admins who have successfully installed this!
>
>After installation I am proceeding with the post-installation tests.
>I've created a test account called "sophie" and added the user to my
>existing sendmail aliases file.
>
>----------
>According to the INSTALL file, I need to do the following:
>
>Log on to the test account and run maildirmake to create two maildirs:
>maildirmake $HOME/test, and maildirmake $HOME/bounces.
>
>Create $HOME/.courier-test-default, containing one line: ./test. Create
>$HOME/.courier, containing one line: ./bounces. If you previously
>selected
>.qmail compatibility, you will need to use .qmail-test-default and
>.qmail, of course. Keep that in mind as you work through the remaining
>tests.
>----------
>
>I created the files:
>
>
>----------
>drwxr-xr-x   5 sophie   users        512 Mar  3 10:11 .
>drwxr-xr-x  24 root     root         512 Mar  3 10:06 ..
>-rw-r--r--   1 sophie   users         10 Mar  3 10:10 .courier
>-rw-r--r--   1 sophie   users          7 Mar  3 10:10
>.courier-test-default
>-rw-r--r--   1 sophie   users        252 Mar  3 10:08 .cshrc
>-rw-r--r--   1 sophie   users        144 Mar  3 10:06 .profile
>drwx------   5 sophie   users        512 Mar  3 10:09 bounces
>drwxr-xr-x   2 sophie   users        512 Mar  3 10:06 public_html
>drwx------   5 sophie   users        512 Mar  3 10:09 test
>----------
>
>I then ran the perftest1 script as user sophie according to the INSTALL
>instructions:
>
>----------<
>Run the perftest1 script, which can be found in the directory containing
>Courier's source code:
>
>sh perftest1 1000 "user-test-1 user-test-2 user-test-3 user-test-4
>user-test-5"
>
>Run this script while logged on to the test account. Replace "user" with
>the name of your test account. This will send 1000 messages with five
>recipients per
>message. You should end up with exactly 5000 messages in $HOME/test/new.
>Count them.
>
>>----------
>>
>
>I ran sh perftest1 5000 "sophie-test-1 sophie-test-2 sophie-test-3
>sophie-test-4 sophite-test-5"
>
>Nothing shows up in the "test" or "bounces" maildirs!
>Checking my syslog, I see lots of "user unknown" errors and lots of
>complaints from *sendmail*!  There are some success messages from
>courier, but there is no mail to be seen in the maildir directories at
>all.
>
>----------<
>Mar  3 10:13:37 kashmir courieresmtp:
>id=0001E884.3C8267CF.000061D9,from=<>,addr=<sophie@kashmir>: 250 2.0.0
>g23ICSNn024883 Message accepted for delivery
>Mar  3 10:13:37 kashmir courieresmtp:
>id=0001E884.3C8267CF.000061D9,from=<>,addr=<sophie@kashmir>,size=2819,success:
>delivered: kashmir.aviate.org [200.1.1.5]
>ar  3 10:13:34 kashmir sendmail[25043]: g23ICSNh024883:
>to=<sophie@kashmir>, delay=00:00:04, xdelay=00:00:02, mailer=local,
>pri=32360, dsn=2.0.0, stat=Sent
>Mar  3 10:13:35 kashmir sendmail[25050]: g23ICSNk024883:
>to=<sophie@kashmir>, delay=00:00:02, xdelay=00:00:01, mailer=local,
>pri=32360, dsn=2.0.0, stat=Sent
>Mar  3 10:13:36 kashmir sendmail[24883]: g23ICSNm024883:
><sophie-test-1@kashmir>... User unknown
>Mar  3 10:13:36 kashmir sendmail[24883]: g23ICSNm024883:
><sophie-test-2@kashmir>... User unknown
>Mar  3 10:13:36 kashmir courieresmtp:
>id=0001E88B.3C8267CF.000061DB,from=<sophie@kashmir>,addr=<sophie-test-1@kashmir>:
>550 5.1.1 <sophie-test-1@kashmir>... User unknown
>Mar  3 10:13:36 kashmir courieresmtp:
>id=0001E88B.3C8267CF.000061DB,from=<sophie@kashmir>,addr=<sophie-test-1@kashmir>,status:
>failure
>Mar  3 10:13:36 kashmir courieresmtp:
>id=0001E88B.3C8267CF.000061DB,from=<sophie@kashmir>,addr=<sophie-test-2@kashmir>:
>550 5.1.1 <sophie-test-2@kashmir>... User unknown
>Mar  3 10:13:36 kashmir courieresmtp:
>id=0001E88B.3C8267CF.000061DB,from=<sophie@kashmir>,addr=<sophie-test-2@kashmir>,status:
>failure
>
>>----------
>>
>
>One thing I know for sure, there is no user "sophie-test-x" anywhere in
>the system. The script doesn't take this into account, it just blindly
>sends mail to each of the accounts provided on the command line. Unless
>I'm missing some magic here, this is doomed to fail from the outset! At
>this point in INSTALL, there isn't any mention of alias files, which is
>where you'd expect to at least find something like: sophie-test-1:sophie
>to redirect mail to the right spot.
>
>I finally found all the bounce messages in /var/mail in the user's mail
>file. Isn't the mail supposed to be in the user's maildirs? I don't
>think this is how it's supposed to work at all, yet I've followed the
>INSTALL file. It appears that sendmail should be disabled for this test
>to have even a chance of working, but there is no mention anywhere that
>existing mail servers should be disabled. In fact, at one point the docs
>suggest leaving the current mail server in operation until all
>post-install checks are complete.
>
>I would really appreciate feedback on these issues.
>
>Thanks in advance!
>
>
>--
>Mike Carter
>Systems Admin
>Aviate.Org
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>
>
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