Hello. First of all, I set up qmail (tcpserver, cdb, et al) and vpopmail on a new linux-mandrake box (shoulda used OpenBSD, yeah yeah, but I'll keep things really familiar 'til I get QMail-adjusted... ;) It all starts up and runs (from rc.local)! Good so far. A /etc/passwd user (namely, me) on the default domain (mail.foo.bar), can receive mail sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED], and can check it using POP-3 (vpopmail). I can also respond using SMTP. Great. Now, the virtual stuff - I'm a tad lost. I set up a fake user using vpopmail ([EMAIL PROTECTED]). I did the following, as per the well- written vpopmail FAQ: (to make mail.foo.bar virtual?) rm /home/vpopmail/users mkdir /home/vpopmail/domains/mail.foo.bar ln -s /home/vpopmail/domains/mail.foo.bar /home/vpopmail/users then... (add the user jimmy) cd /home/vpopmail/bin ./vadduser [EMAIL PROTECTED] <passwd> Now, my fake user jimmy can check mail with POP-3. But he cannot RECEIVE any mail. > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: failure notice > > Hi. This is the qmail-send program at mail.foo.bar. > 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, no mailbox here by that name. (#5.1.1) So, I take it qmail is looking for an /etc/passwd user, since this is the default domain. I don't really want ANY /etc/passwd users, but then would a real account user (me) have to use a different passwd for mail? That's ok, but I'd kindof like to know how to do this. Once I get this licked, it's on to trying out the virtual domains, then installing qmailadmin. Wish me luck. Thanks for your collective patience. For what it's worth, we're moving from a Mac-based mail server (try not to laugh too hard!). It's SLOOOOWWWW. Needless to say, I didn't wanna fool with sendmail for this - I think qmail / vpopmail will serve my needs well once I get past the stoopid stage. ;) Thanks, -Josh BTW, qmailadmin works with any web server, not just Apache, right? I'm thinking Apache might be a bit overkill for internal access only (I have external connections to httpd blocked with ipchains). Any suggestions for something smaller (xitami, perhaps)?
