tks for the links and tips
On Sat, 2010-07-03 at 10:15 -0500, /dev/rob0 wrote: > On Sat, Jul 03, 2010 at 08:36:03PM +0800, Hans Neukomm wrote: > > after lots of trial and error and the help of THIS mail list, > > FWIW this one is posted on the wrong list; this one's a Postfix > issue. Your hint for that should have been to see that the logs > demonstrating the problem were entirely from Postfix. > > > finally my dovecot-postfix combination seems to work > > yet > > the dovecot mail spool always is empty > > all mail forwarded to my main mail server - but i have no mail > > relay configured. > > > > why is the mail NOT in the dovecot inbox but forwarded to > > another mail server ?? > > Because the kriyayoga host does not know it's supposed to be the > final destination for kriyayoga.com. Anything not recognized as a > locally-hosted destination will be routed as per DNS lookup. > > http://www.postfix.org/ADDRESS_CLASS_README.html > http://www.postfix.org/VIRTUAL_README.html > > > and why does postconf -A show cyrus and NOT dovecot ?? > > Irrelevant to your issue, this is normal. Dovecot does not have a > client SASL implementation. > > > below some relevant config data. > > > > my goal is to have a clean simple dovecot+postfix mail system > > with nothing else (cyrus or so) involved when ever possible. > > > > ---------- DNS MX stuff > > > > dig mx kriyayoga.com > > ;; ANSWER SECTION: > > kriyayoga.com. 3600 IN MX 10 smtp.kriyayoga.com. > > kriyayoga.com. 3600 IN MX 0 mail.kriyayoga.com. > > The dual MX is usually not a good idea. To do it right is far from > simple. Your lower priority MX host will be a spam magnet. > > > the new dovecot setup is tested on smtp.kriyayoga.com and when > > successfully working shall be used on both mail MX servers. > > Two mailstores? Again, this is not simple to set up. > > > ---------- > > > > postfix stuff relevant to dovecot > > > > > postconf -A > > cyrus > > > > > postconf -a > > cyrus > > dovecot > > > > my postconf -n shows nothing about cyrus in the config > > NOR > > anything about mail-relay to my main MX > > > > relayhost = > > mailbox_transport = > > mailbox_command = > > Those all being default settings, they do not belong in main.cf. > > > smtpd_sasl_type = dovecot > > virtual_transport = dovecot > > > > ---------- below the mail log for sending mail to my dovecot box > > > > Jul 3 20:31:08 kriyayoga postfix/smtpd[27801]: connect from > > unknown[124.108.51.96] > > Jul 3 20:31:08 kriyayoga dovecot: auth(default): new auth connection: > > pid=27801 > > Jul 3 20:31:09 kriyayoga dovecot: auth(default): client in: > > AUTH#0111#011PLAIN#011service=smtp#011nologin#011lip=78.46.101.111#011rip=124.108.51.96#011resp=aGFucwBoYW5zAEk4Q3Nhd084MUR4Y1JlTTh1QmgwTA== > > Jul 3 20:31:09 kriyayoga dovecot: auth(default): > > passwd-file(hans,124.108.51.96): lookup: user=hans > > file=/etc/dovecot/passwd > > Jul 3 20:31:09 kriyayoga dovecot: auth(default): client out: > > OK#0111#011user=hans > > Okay, those are Dovecot logs, but not entirely relevant to the > problem. The user hans authenticated successfully and is being > permitted to relay to an external domain, kriyayoga.com. > > > Jul 3 20:31:09 kriyayoga postfix/smtpd[27801]: BC90129D9F: > > client=unknown[124.108.51.96], sasl_method=PLAIN, sasl_username=hans > > Jul 3 20:31:10 kriyayoga postfix/cleanup[27807]: BC90129D9F: > > message-id=<[email protected]> > > Jul 3 20:31:10 kriyayoga postfix/qmgr[14627]: BC90129D9F: > > from=<[email protected]>, size=1287, nrcpt=2 (queue active) > > Jul 3 20:31:10 kriyayoga postfix/smtp[27808]: BC90129D9F: > > to=<[email protected]>, relay=mail.kriyayoga.com[88.198.14.45]:25, > > delay=0.95, delays=0.5/0.01/0.17/0.26, dsn=2.0.0, status=sent (250 Ok: > > queued as 97FCE138024) > > Jul 3 20:31:10 kriyayoga postfix/smtp[27808]: BC90129D9F: > > to=<[email protected]>, relay=mail.kriyayoga.com[88.198.14.45]:25, > > delay=0.95, delays=0.5/0.01/0.17/0.26, dsn=2.0.0, status=sent (250 Ok: > > queued as 97FCE138024) > > According to the MX records you posted, mail.kriyayoga.com. is the > highest priority ("0") MX host for kriyayoga.com. So the rest of the > non-spamming world is going to send all kriyayoga.com. mail there as > well. > > > Jul 3 20:31:10 kriyayoga postfix/qmgr[14627]: BC90129D9F: removed > > > > > > at this point the mail is gone already - NO mail in my dovecot > > inbox - NO error - just automatically relayed to my main MX > > If you need to followup on this to the Postfix list, see: > http://www.postfix.org/DEBUG_README.html#mail
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