I have a Linux box connected to an ISP vvia ppp and I am trying
to install qmail+serialmail. I am running slackware 7.0 with
named daemon and I have several problems.
I created var/qmail and the users and group and compiled and installed
the programs. Then I try ./config which fails
Mandrake:~/qmail-1.03# ./config
Your hostname is mandrake.
soft error
Sorry, I couldn't find your host's canonical name in DNS.
You will have to set up control/me yourself.
Mandrake:~/qmail-1.03#
This is in a way unexcpected because I am running named and in /etc/hosts
I have
127.0.0.1 localhost
127.0.0.1 Mandrake.tin.it Mandrake
127.0.0.1 clubnet.tin.it
# End of hosts.
but I am not a real expert so.....
Having read "Mail with qmail" by D. L. Vander Woude
I followed the suggestion and did
Mandrake:~/qmail-1.03# echo 'Mandrake.tinit' > /var/qmail/control/me
and I created the alias.
Then I moved /var/spool/mail/root to /root/Mailbox (I did this also
for another user just in case....)
and did a
Mandrake:~/qmail-1.03# ln -s ~/Mailbox /var/spool/mail/root
I copy /var/qmail/boot/home /var/qmail/rc and I launch /var/qmail/rc
then I pass to TEST.deliver
In /var/adm messages I read
Aug 31 16:18:42 Mandrake qmail: 967731522.987914 status: local 0/10 remote 0/20
and ps aux | grep qmail gives me
Mandrake:~/qmail-1.03# ps aux | grep qmail
qmails 10287 1.4 2.6 1080 380 tty1 S 16:18 0:00 qmail-send
qmaill 10288 0.2 2.8 1056 408 tty1 S 16:18 0:00 splogger qmail
root 10289 0.3 2.2 1048 324 tty1 S 16:18 0:00 qmail-lspawn ./Maqmailr
10290 0.1 2.2 1048 324 tty1 S 16:18 0:00 qmail-rspawn
qmailq 10291 0.1 2.3 1040 340 tty1 S 16:18 0:00 qmail-clean
root 10293 2.0 2.8 1124 400 tty1 S 16:18 0:00 grep qmail
Mandrake:~/qmail-1.03#
then in local to local test I do
Mandrake:~/qmail-1.03# echo to: root | /var/qmail/bin/qmail-inject
and in /var/adm/messages I have
Aug 31 16:20:08 Mandrake qmail: 967731608.155147 new msg 51107
Aug 31 16:20:08 Mandrake qmail: 967731608.156201 info msg 51107: bytes 211 from
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> qp 10307 uid 0
Aug 31 16:20:08 Mandrake qmail: 967731608.288595 starting delivery 1: msg 51107
to local [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Aug 31 16:20:08 Mandrake qmail: 967731608.289410 status: local 1/10 remote 0/20
Aug 31 16:20:08 Mandrake qmail: 967731608.522444 delivery 1: success: did_1+0+0/Aug 31
16:20:08 Mandrake qmail: 967731608.523365 status: local 0/10 remote 0/20
Aug 31 16:20:08 Mandrake qmail: 967731608.523843 end msg 51107
which seems OK but /root/Mailbox is empty !!!!
I tried several variations, I have for root a .qmail file
reading
./Mailbox | /var/qmail/bin/qbiff
I tried the longname dns patch, I did a ./config-fast Mandrake.tin.it
but the result is the same.
Can someone help me ?
Sorry for the long message
Alberto Meroni
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
