Helo with missing e-mail messages
DiGRem
www.lifewithqmail.com and now have a small problem with sorting out my
e-mail. I can't send local to local and if i send a mail message to root
(I have setup the alias's so root should got DiGRem; my other account)
like :-
#echo "Hello" Ś mail root
I don't ever see the e-mail again.
If I send the following
#echo "Hello" Ś mail digr...@hotmail.com
I get the message at hotmail.com
If I use outlook 2002 to send e-mail via my linux box (IP - 192.168.1.1)
to digr...@hotmail.com, it work fine.
I kind of understand what i need to do. Let me explain.
My domain name is example.co.uk and this is hosted with 123-reg.co.uk.
My e-mail for example.co.uk is forwarded to my ADSL provider, F9 with
who I have several pop3 mail boxes with. This allows me to reply to
different e-mail with different from: address.
I have a static IP address at force9.
I haven't a clue about MX records (All that I know is that I can change
them at 123-reg) or i can force smtp delievery at force9 (I could use
serialmail as force9's servers use qmail)
One question, at force9 i can have Mailboxes that allow me to create
individual e-mail addresses around your main address, so
any...@username.force9.co.uk can have their own unique, password-
protected e-mail address. How can i get this up with qmail, or i may
look at IMAP but i would like to have a backup of my e-mail.
I have installed qmail-conf and djbdns. I haven't installed a DNS server
yet, as i don't quite understand MX records and stuff.
Thanks
DiGRem
P.S.
Heres a copy of whats in my control files.
defaulddelivery
./Maildir/
defaulthost
me
mystaticipaddress.force9.co.uk
*this is just an example, the main format is the same. this is not my
real ip address*
rcpthosts
defaultdomain
locals
localhost
example.co.uk
plusdomain
claire.local
Dave Sill
> Hi all. I have just installed qmail following the guide @
> www.lifewithqmail.com and now have a small problem with sorting out my
> e-mail. I can't send local to local
Why not? What Do The Logs Say? (tm) (hint: /var/local/qmail/current)
> and if i send a mail message to root
> (I have setup the alias's so root should got DiGRem; my other account)
> like :-
>
> #echo "Hello" Ś mail root
>
> I don't ever see the e-mail again.
WDTLS? What exactly is in ~alias/.qmail-root?
> My domain name is example.co.uk and this is hosted with
> 123-reg.co.uk.
No it isn't.
> One question, at force9 i can have Mailboxes that allow me to create
> individual e-mail addresses around your main address, so
> any...@username.force9.co.uk can have their own unique, password-
> protected e-mail address. How can i get this up with qmail, or i may
> look at IMAP but i would like to have a backup of my e-mail.
Look at VMailMgr or Vpopmail--both are qmail add-ons.
> I have installed qmail-conf
Why? You said you followed LWQ...
> Heres a copy of whats in my control files.
No it isn't.
> *this is just an example, the main format is the same. this is not my
> real ip address*
Do you want real answers, or example answers in the same format?
If your domain/IP address are secret, hire a consultant under an NDA
to answer your questions.
--
Dave Sill Oak Ridge National Lab, Workstation Support
Author, The qmail Handbook <http://web.infoave.net/~dsill>
<http://lifewithqmail.org/>: Almost everything you always wanted to know.
DiGRem
MaxFr...@sws5.ctd.ornl.gov says...
> DiGRem <digrem2k@hot[remove]mail.com> writes:
>
> > Hi all. I have just installed qmail following the guide @
> > www.lifewithqmail.com and now have a small problem with sorting out my
> > e-mail. I can't send local to local
>
> Why not? What Do The Logs Say? (tm) (hint: /var/local/qmail/current)
my logs are at /var/log/qmail/current
a full copy of this is at
http://www.kcoventry.co.uk/current.txt
>
> > and if i send a mail message to root
> > (I have setup the alias's so root should got DiGRem; my other account)
> > like :-
> >
> > #echo "Hello" Ś mail root
> >
> > I don't ever see the e-mail again.
>
> WDTLS? What exactly is in ~alias/.qmail-root?
DiGRem - which is my other user
Followed your guide. Ref 2.8.4.
DiGRem for postmaster, mailer-daemon and root
>
> > My domain name is example.co.uk and this is hosted with
> > 123-reg.co.uk.
>
> No it isn't.
Ok, my domain name is - kcoventry.co.uk and my static ip address is -
keithcoventry.force9.co.uk
>
> > One question, at force9 i can have Mailboxes that allow me to create
> > individual e-mail addresses around your main address, so
> > any...@username.force9.co.uk can have their own unique, password-
> > protected e-mail address. How can i get this up with qmail, or i may
> > look at IMAP but i would like to have a backup of my e-mail.
>
> Look at VMailMgr or Vpopmail--both are qmail add-ons.
I have just d/l VMailMgr as i could use it with counter IMAP and in
place of checkpassword. I am currently reading about VMailMgr
>
> > I have installed qmail-conf
>
> Why? You said you followed LWQ...
This is what someone suggested. I haven't used it yet.
>
> > Heres a copy of whats in my control files.
>
> No it isn't.
Here is a copy of my control files.
http://www.kcoventry.co.uk/control.txt
> > *this is just an example, the main format is the same. this is not my
> > real ip address*
>
> Do you want real answers, or example answers in the same format?
>
> If your domain/IP address are secret, hire a consultant under an NDA
> to answer your questions.
>
I just didn't want to had out my IP address to all until someone asked
for it !
Thanks for your help.
DiGRem
Dave Sill
> In article <wx0vfz8...@sws5.ctd.ornl.gov>,
> MaxFr...@sws5.ctd.ornl.gov says...
> > DiGRem <digrem2k@hot[remove]mail.com> writes:
> >
> > > Hi all. I have just installed qmail following the guide @
> > > www.lifewithqmail.com and now have a small problem with sorting out my
> > > e-mail. I can't send local to local
> >
> > Why not? What Do The Logs Say? (tm) (hint: /var/local/qmail/current)
>
> my logs are at /var/log/qmail/current
>
> a full copy of this is at
>
> http://www.kcoventry.co.uk/current.txt
OK, I see lots of Sorry,_no_mailbox_here_by_that_name messages. I take
it "keith" is a valid Unix user, so the question is why qmail doesn't
consider it valid. The qmail-getpw man page specifies the
characteristics required of a qmail user:
qmail-getpw considers an account in /etc/passwd to be a
user if (1) the account has a nonzero uid, (2) the
account's home directory exists (and is visible to qmail-
getpw), and (3) the account owns its home directory.
qmail-getpw ignores account names containing uppercase
letters. qmail-getpw also assumes that all account names
are shorter than 32 characters.
Are all of these true of "keith"?
> > > (I have setup the alias's so root should got DiGRem; my other account)
> > > like :-
> > >
> > > #echo "Hello" Ś mail root
> > >
> > > I don't ever see the e-mail again.
> >
> > WDTLS? What exactly is in ~alias/.qmail-root?
>
> DiGRem - which is my other user
>
> Followed your guide. Ref 2.8.4.
>
> DiGRem for postmaster, mailer-daemon and root
See:
http://www.lifewithqmail.org/lwq.html#uppercase-usernames
> > > My domain name is example.co.uk and this is hosted with
> > > 123-reg.co.uk.
> >
> > No it isn't.
>
> Ok, my domain name is - kcoventry.co.uk and my static ip address is -
> keithcoventry.force9.co.uk
No, keithcoventry.force9.co.uk isn't an IP address, it's a domain
name. But we don't really need your IP address.
> Here is a copy of my control files.
>
> http://www.kcoventry.co.uk/control.txt
OK, but next time it'd be better to provide the output of qmail-showctl.
Your logs showed addresses @claire.local, but I don't see that
claire.local is listed in control/locals. I also don't see why
claire.local is listed in plusdomain.