Strike two on this batter (me). Both "locate africaalive|grep qmail" and "locate
.qmail-default" turned up nothing.
Your second suggestion is one that I hadn't thought of that I'm now going to seriously
consider. This might be the quick and dirty fix for now. However, even this is
somewhat puzzling. Doing a nslookup, with type set to any, for "africaalive.org"
reveals that there's no MX records whatsoever. I think I remember being told that, in
the absence of any MX records, the system defaults to sending the mail to the host
itself. This seems to be what is happening.
Ahh, "Life with qmail". I've read it cover to cover twice, annotated it with all the
ways that aliases can be implemented, and still have not found how this forwarding is
working.
Thanks, again, for your help, Jeff.
-Kevin
>>> Jeff Garvas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 04/25/01 11:02AM >>>
Kevin,
I would suggest, if this is a linux box, to do 'locate <domain>'
Maybe look for a .qmail-default file.
This may help you find the files you're looking for. If not,
I would suggest the easiest solution might be to change your MX
entry and point the domain to a sendmail box where you may be
able to solve the issue faster.
Then, save qmail for another day. I love sendmail, but I am
learning the power of qmail and becoming very impressed with it
as each day goes by.
You may also be able to learn quite a bit by searching the net for
a document called "Life With Qmail". This document is very useful.
good luck.
-jeff
On Wed, 25 Apr 2001, KEVIN ZEMBOWER wrote:
> Thanks, Jeff, for trying to give me a hand. Through no fault of you own, it failed,
>because:
>
> I have a /home/vpopmail/bin directory, but it's empty, and
> "find / -name vpasswd -print" found nothing.
>
> Thanks, though, again, for suggesting this. I'm sure this was obvious to experienced
>qmail administrators, but I didn't know it. I'll save it for future reference.
>
> -Kevin
>
> >>> Jeff Garvas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 04/25/01 10:45AM >>>
>
> Kevin,
>
> Find the vpopmail/bin directory. Its quite likely /home/vpopmail/bin.
>
> Otherwise, try to find "vpasswd"
>
> Then, do this: vpasswd [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> You'll be prompted for a new password. Once you change this you should
> be able to login as postmaster through the web interface to make changes.
>
> I'm not a qmail expert (at all) but I'm pretty sure this is what you
> need to do ;-)
>
> -jeff
>
> On Wed, 25 Apr 2001, KEVIN ZEMBOWER wrote:
>
> > On my new job, I inherited one host that receives mail for africaalive.org and
>forwards it to one of my coworkers. My bosses want to change that coworker to
>another. This host is the only one I manage that uses qmail; all the rest use
>sendmail. This host also has installed vpopmail and qmailadmin. I can bring up the
>qmailadmin web page, but of course, no one here remembers the password.
> >
> > I suspect that qmailadmin controls the forwarding to my coworker. I can't find any
>configuration files for qmailadmin. All the configuration files for qmail and
>vpopmail don't contain my coworkers address. Is there any way to edit the
>configuration of qmailadmin directly to either change the password on the web page,
>or change this forwarding mechanism.
> >
> > Thanks for helping this newbie with what I hope is a straightforward question.
> >
> > -Kevin Zembower
> >
> > -----
> > E. Kevin Zembower
> > Unix Administrator
> > Johns Hopkins University/Center for Communications Programs
> > 111 Market Place, Suite 310
> > Baltimore, MD 21202
> > 410-659-6139
> >
>
>
