Set up postfix

[rocky <rocky2winnie@gmail.com>]

Hey,

I'm trying to follow the tutorial from http://workaround.org/articles/ispmail-etch
to set up the postfix. dpkg -l | grep postfix gives me the following
information:

LIJIANG:~# dpkg -l | grep postfix
ii  postfix                          2.3.8-2+b1                      A
high-performance mail transport agent
ii  postfix-mysql                    2.3.8-2+b1
MYSQL map support for Postfix

But  ps aux | grep postfix tells me there's no process called postfix
running. Even after /etc/init.d/postfix restart I got the same result.
The /var/log/mail.log tells me the following information:

Aug  7 23:02:19 woody sm-mta[24462]: l77DqINI023401: SYSERR(root):
hash map "Alias0": missing map file /etc/mail/aliases.db: No such file
or directory

Then I tried to use telnet to test by entering telnet 127.0.0.1 25 and
it gives me the below result:

LIJIANG:~# telnet 127.0.0.1 25
Trying 127.0.0.1...
Connected to 127.0.0.1.
Escape character is '^]'.
220 ;; ESMTP connection timed out; no servers could be reached
Sendmail 8.13.8/8.13.8/Debian-3; Tue, 7 Aug 2007 23:09:18 +0800; (No
UCE/UBE) logging access from: woody.2ndsite.in(OK)-root@woody.
2ndsite.in [127.0.0.1]
ehlo 2ndsite.in
250-;; connection timed out; no servers could be reached Hello
root@woody.2ndsite.in [127.0.0.1], pleased to meet you
250 ENHANCEDSTATUSCODES


Can any of you help me to correctly set up the postfix please?

Blessings,
Rocky