* Tim Johnson <t...@akwebsoft.com> [10-10-11 17:57]: > In the meantime, I also executed the > following: > bash-3.2$ sudo postfix check > postfix: fatal: bad string length 0 < 1: mydomain_fallback = > bash-3.2$ sudo postfix start > postfix: fatal: bad string length 0 < 1: mydomain_fallback = > I find no reference to `mydomain_fallback' in man postfix, man > postconf or in main.cf itself. > > I gotta say, even tho' I have used postfix for years, I've done > minimal trouble-shooting (if any) on ubuntu, so I'm a total noob > here.
I also do minimal trouble-shooting as I set up my postfix many years ago and now only do changes which apply to new boxes. My main.cf contains: # The fallback_transport specifies the optional transport in master.cf # to use for recipients that are not found in the UNIX passwd database. # This parameter has precedence over the luser_relay parameter. # # Specify a string of the form transport:nexthop, where transport is # the name of a mail delivery transport defined in master.cf. The # :nexthop part is optional. For more details see the sample transport # configuration file. # # NOTE: if you use this feature for accounts not in the UNIX password # file, then you must update the "local_recipient_maps" setting in # the main.cf file, otherwise the SMTP server will reject mail for # non-UNIX accounts with "User unknown in local recipient table". # #fallback_transport = lmtp:unix:/file/name #fallback_transport = cyrus #fallback_transport = I don't use it. Look in (do grep -ir fallback /etc/postfix/*) for reference to fallback. You may have it configured and didn't know it. I didn't bother to google to see what function it provides. gud luk -- (paka)Patrick Shanahan Plainfield, Indiana, USA HOG # US1244711 http://wahoo.no-ip.org Photo Album: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/gallery2 http://en.opensuse.org openSUSE Community Member Registered Linux User #207535 @ http://linuxcounter.net