Eric Lalonde wrote:
>
> I am trying to switch to set up virtual domains via vpopmail.
> In my startup script i have:
> env - PATH="/var/qmail/bin:/usr/local/bin" \
> tcpserver -uvpopmail_uid -gvpopmail_gid 0 pop-3 \
> /var/qmail/bin/qmail-popup daylightfading.org \
> /home/vpopmail/bin/vchkpw /var/qmail/bin/qmail-pop3d Maildir &
>
> I installed vpopmail, ran bin/vadddomain daylightfading.org
> ran bin/vadduser mordac (password)
> Sent an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Tried to check the mail via outlook express but couldn't. what should the
> login to check the email be? I was under the assumption that it was
> domainname-username so it would be daylightfading-mordac. But this doesn't
> work. In maillog it says:
> Feb 25 16:10:15 damacles qmail: 951513015.486755 new msg 40216
> Feb 25 16:10:15 damacles qmail: 951513015.487131 info msg 40216: bytes 860
> from <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> qp 3751 uid 505
> Feb 25 16:10:15 damacles qmail: 951513015.491353 starting delivery 69: msg
> 40216 to local [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Feb 25 16:10:15 damacles qmail: 951513015.491477 status: local 1/10 remote
> 0/20
> Feb 25 16:10:15 damacles qmail: 951513015.510021 delivery 69: success:
> did_0+0+1/
> Feb 25 16:10:15 damacles qmail: 951513015.510290 status: local 0/10 remote
> 0/20
> Feb 25 16:10:15 damacles qmail: 951513015.510999 end msg 40216
> Feb 25 16:11:27 damacles vpopmail[3756]: vchkpw: No user found
> [daylightfading-mordac@] from 169.233.15.76
>
> The trailing @ also confuses me. Doesn't look like it should be there. can
> it mean that the login to get email using the vpopmail system is
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] , instead of just
> 'daylightfading-mordac'?
>
> When I use the username [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> qmail-pop3d authenticates correctly, and checks for mail, but doesn't find
> the mail that was sent to the account, and doesn't log anything in my
> maillog, so I don't know what is really happening there.
>
> What am I doing wrong?
> Thanks,
>
> Eric
POP wasn't built to understand virtual domains. vpopmail gets around
that by having the pop user name include the domain name.
For example: mordac%daylightfading.org as the pop user name
try that
Ken Jones
