well, if you are using postfix, go to /etc/postfix and edit main.cf that file is very heavily commented, so just reading it is usually enough to understand what you need to do..
also, postfix.org has links to heaps of pages, lists of error messages with explanations on how to fix them, and lots of more technical stuff... basically, you have to setup: main.cf myorigin=mydomain.com mydomain=mydomain.com (this will be detected if you don't add it..) inet_interfaces = all mydestination=(put your domain names that you are collecting for here.) mynetworks=(a big list of all the Ip's and/or blocks that you want postfix to listen on.) relay_host=(if you are handing mail to an ISP mail server, put them here..) That will get the basics happening... If you want to do some redirection and address rewriting happening, then add these... virtual_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/virtual then create a file called virtual if you don't already have one, and in that you can put redirections to other domains that you listen for that you want to go to another external domain, (ie I collect for many domains and redirect the mail to outside domains,, that file will probably already exist, and if so it will be commented.. so read the comments. do the same except change instances of virtual with canonical (ie canonical_maps=...../canonical if you want to rewrite the headers,, so that mail that from [EMAIL PROTECTED] goes though and gets rewritten to being from [EMAIL PROTECTED] aliases is in /etc/postfix and that is used to deliver mail to local uses,, in there you can redirect local mail to other mail accounts, (like having all mail for root delivered to local user foo, and having mail for foo directed to an external ISP mail account.... aliases is for stuff to do with local users.. the commands you want to use to update stuff... to start/stop/restart/reload/status of postfix: service postfix start/stop/reload..... (only chose one, ie start or restart or reload, you get the idea.) to update your aliases database, (do this after making changes...) postalias /etc/postfix/aliases to update virtual or canonical mapping DB: postmap /etc/postfix/canonical postmap /etc/postfix/virtual once you have done that, issue a reload to get things happening straight away...: service postfix reload I think there is some other stuff to do if you have a dynamic IP dial up account, you have to add: defer_transport = smtp and then put the command: /usr/sbin/sendmail -q in your /etc/ppp/ip-up.local file that way, all mail sent is queued until you are connected to the internet... That should be enough to get you started, I learned all this from reading all the docs, and web pages, and I joined the postfix mailing list, (don't join and ask questions that you could get the answers to from the docs, or you will get flamed with lots of RTFM messages...) rgds Frank PS, if you still have trouble, tell us what the problems are, and run this command and email the output to the lost.. postconf -n That will give a summary of your settings enabling us to see potential problems. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Theo Brinkman Sent: Wednesday, 3 October 2001 7:46 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [expert] Sendmail or Postfix config help Well, I'm trying to set the system to serve mail for a domain. I've tried adding an alias through webmin, and sending the address a test message, but I get a 550 message saying the user doesn't exist. - Theo Mark Weaver wrote: >Theo Brinkman wrote: > >>Hello. Can anybody out there help me get either sendmail or postfix set >>up? or point me to a tutorial? or point me to instructions to do it >>using webmin? >> >> - Theo >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? >>Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com >> > >Theo, > >specifically, what is it you want to do cause Sendmail and Postfix both >work pretty much right out of the box? > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? >Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > > message.footer > > Content-Type: > > text/plain > Content-Encoding: > > 8bit > >
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