On Monday February 7 2005 18:30, shlomo Solomon wrote: > On Monday 07 February 2005 02:51, Shaul Karl wrote: > > Is an MTA installed? If so, aren't there log files? > > Yes to both questions - postfix is running but /var/log/mail/errors had no > error messages > > BUT, after looking again, I discovered the problem in /var/log/mail/info (a > strange place for error messages). So I now know that the problem is that > postfix is trying to send mail to the wrong domain. But I don't know how to > fix it. Here's some more information. > > > 1 - solomon sends a message to shlomo (no error message) > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] solomon]$ mail -s"test message" shlomo > this is a test message > Cc: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] solomon]$ > > > 2 - /var/log/mail/info shows that the message-id seems OK but then > [EMAIL PROTECTED] seems to want to send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > so both the sender and destination domains are wrong > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] solomon]# tail -9 /var/log/mail/info > Feb 7 18:19:49 shlomo1 postfix/pickup[13569]: 6AB358D84: uid=501 > from=<solomon> > Feb 7 18:19:49 shlomo1 postfix/cleanup[22673]: 6AB358D84: > message-id=<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Feb 7 18:19:49 shlomo1 postfix/qmgr[13570]: 6AB358D84: > from=<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, size=314, nrcpt=1 (queue active) > Feb 7 18:19:49 shlomo1 postfix/smtp[22675]: 6AB358D84: > to=<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, orig_to=<shlomo>, relay=none, delay=0, > status=bounced (Host or domain name not found. Name service error for > name=solomon.solomon type=A: Host not found) > Feb 7 18:19:49 shlomo1 postfix/cleanup[22673]: A01AE8D85: > message-id=<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Feb 7 18:19:49 shlomo1 postfix/qmgr[13570]: A01AE8D85: from=<>, size=2143, > nrcpt=1 (queue active) > Feb 7 18:19:49 shlomo1 postfix/qmgr[13570]: 6AB358D84: removed > Feb 7 18:19:49 shlomo1 postfix/smtp[22675]: A01AE8D85: > to=<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, orig_to=<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, relay=none, > delay=0, status=bounced (Host or domain name not found. Name service error > for name=solomon.solomon type=A: Host not found) > Feb 7 18:19:49 shlomo1 postfix/qmgr[13570]: A01AE8D85: removed > [EMAIL PROTECTED] solomon]# > > > 3 - domainname and hostname show the correct values > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] solomon]$ domainname > solomon > [EMAIL PROTECTED] solomon]$ > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] solomon]$ hostname > shlomo1.solomon > [EMAIL PROTECTED] solomon]$ > > > 4 - the postfix configuration file also seems OK - or am I missing > something? > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] solomon]$ tail -8 /etc/postfix/main.cf > myhostname = shlomo1.solomon > mydestination = $myhostname, localhost.$mydomain > alias_database = hash:/etc/postfix/aliases > virtual_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/virtual > canonical_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/canonical > mydomain = solomon > masquerade_domains = solomon > myorigin = solomon
Look, look! ^^ myorigin should be set to your hostname (shlomo1) for local mail to go and bounce properly. (hence the wrong solomon.solomon full hostname) -- Sincerely Yours, Vasiliev Michael NP: XMMS is not loaded. ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
