Thanks for the help.
> > > > Possibly the mode/etc of the trigger is incorrect. Stop qmail, do
"make
> > > > setup check" from the qmail source directory again.
> > >
> > > Actually, I am glad you mentioned this, because I have been looking
for
> > > the "correct" way to stop qmail. I can't find "stop" in the index of
> > > "Running Qmail," and the pages on the web I have looked at seem to be
> > > dealing with an unsupervised environment, so when I use the methods
they
> > > show, my qmail programs just pop up again. I'm sure there must be a
> > > standard way to shut it down, but if you could enlighten me there, I'd
> > > really appreciate it. I have managed to get it down in the past, but
it
> > > was very messy.
>
> If you're using svscan, then "svc -d /service/<servicename>" will do the
> trick. If you installed according to "Life with qmail", then the command
> would be
>
> svc -d /service/qmail-send
Thanks.
Output of make setup check is:
chicken# make setup check
./install
./instcheck
chicken#
> > > > > I'm afraid I wasn't
> > > > > able to deliver your message to the following addresses. This is
a
> > > > > permanent error; I've given up. Sorry it didn't work out.
> > > > >
> > > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Sorry. Although I'm listed as a
> > > > > best-preference MX or A for that host, it isn't in my
control/locals
> > > > > file, so I don't treat it as local. (#5.4.6)
>
> It looks like somehow a Maildir delivery instruction is being confused for
a
> forwarding directive -- I don't quite understand how this is happening.
Ok, at least I'm not the only one then. :-)
Again, this was all working "perfectly" until I hard-rebooted...
> > > rcpthosts:
> > > SMTP clients may send messages to recipients at local.
> > > SMTP clients may send messages to recipients at splat.or.jp.
> > > SMTP clients may send messages to recipients at mr.splat.or.jp.
> > > SMTP clients may send messages to recipients at chicken.or.jp.
>
> This is one of your problems -- "chicken.splat.or.jp" should be in
rcpthosts.
> It's not the main one, though.
Corrected. Thank you.
> > > virtualdomains: (Default.) No virtual domains.
> > > virtualdomain: I have no idea what this file does.
>
> Did you intend to create some virtualdomains? If so, you misnamed the
file.
> qmail will ignore this file.
Renamed.
> Post an exact copy of the script you use to start qmail -- the one that
> actually calls qmail-start. We need to see what you're supplying as an
> argument to qmail-start -- if that argument is read from a file, post the
> contents of that file as well.
chicken# cat /var/qmail/rc
#!/bin/sh
exec env - PATH="/var/qmail/bin:$PATH" \
qmail-start "`cat /var/qmail/control/defaultdelivery`" 2>&1
Thanks again,
Shawn
