Re: Set up postfix
On Aug 8, 12:50 am, Wayne Topa <linux...@intergate.com> wrote:
> rocky(rocky2win...@gmail.com) is reported to have said:> Hey,
>
> > I'm trying to follow the tutorial fromhttp://workaround.org/articles/ispmail-etch
> > to set up the postfix. dpkg -l | grep postfix gives me the following
> > information:
>
> I am following the same Tutorial, along with other things, and am at
> the virtual alias maps section. I do not have the problems you show
> below.
>
> How far into the Tutorial are you when you got the below messages?
>
> > 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
>
> Mine are newer
>
> postfix & postfix-mysql 2.4.3-1
>
> but the below coments "should" still be valid.
>
> > 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
>
> Do you have a file called /etc/aliases? What is in it?
> Check out the postalias man page. man postalias
>
> I am adapting the Tutorial to testing so this may not mean anything,
> but at the point I am in the tutorial, I do not have a
> /etc/mail/aliases.db file either.
>
> Greping for "aliases" in the /etc/postfiix dir, I only come up with
> /etc/aliases in the main.cf file. I do have an aliases and a
> aliases.db file, but in /etc/.
>
>
>
> > 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
> > r...@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?
>
> Wayne
>
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Hey Thank you very much for your reply! I reinstalled the postfix on
my machine again. But it still not work out. I still got the error
stated above. can any of you help me out please?
Blessings,
Rocky
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