Single UID mailboxes - mail getting lost

[Jay Kline]

I need to have a mail server that accepts mail from several domains. I read
through your HOWTO and thought that would be the best way to implement it, however
I have not had any success with it.  When I try to send a message, it seems to go
ok, there are no errors in the log files or anything, but the message seems to
just disappear.  To save time and space, I will give you the basic setup I have,
listing only one user.  The rest use the same setup, just change the names, etc.

I created a user/group popuser (both have ID 101)
The email address I will use is [EMAIL PROTECTED]  The host machine is
dogbert.slushpupie.com

/var/qmail/control/users/assign:
=jay-tarsk-com:popuser:101:101:/var/qmail/popboxes/tarsk-com/tarsk-jay:::

/var/qmail/control/users/poppasswd: (the password in this case is tarsk)
tarsk-jay:W.I8jJCHbKvBQ:popuser:/var/qmail/popboxes/tarsk-com/tarsk-jay

/var/qmail/control/virtualdomains:
tarsk.com:tarsk-com

/var/qmail/control/rcpthosts:
localhost
dogbert.slushpupie.com
slushpupie.com
tarsk.com

/var/qmail/popboxes/tarsk-com/tarsk-jay/.qmail:
./Maildir/



And here is what the syslog looks like when I try to send a message:

Jul 30 13:22:21 dogbert qmail: 996517341.588676 new msg 109593
Jul 30 13:22:21 dogbert qmail: 996517341.589130 info msg 109593: bytes 233 from <>
qp 4889 uid 64011
Jul 30 13:22:21 dogbert qmail: 996517341.596701 starting delivery 39: msg 109593
to local @dogbert.slushpupie.com
Jul 30 13:22:21 dogbert qmail: 996517341.597090 status: local 1/10 remote 0/20
Jul 30 13:22:21 dogbert qmail: 996517341.600277 delivery 39: success:
Jul 30 13:22:21 dogbert qmail: 996517341.600649 status: local 0/10 remote 0/20
Jul 30 13:22:21 dogbert qmail: 996517341.600799 end msg 109593


After sending the message there is nothing.  No error, nothing bounces back, I
check the queue dirs, and nothing in there.  I am afraid this is a bit over my
head, and could really use some help.  Any help you can provide would be greatly
appreciated.

Thanks,

Jay

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Jay Kline
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.slushpupie.com/

Re: Single UID mailboxes - mail getting lost

[Jay Kline]

I agree...  because I just got it working finally! I dont know what was 
wrong, but I reinstalled and started over.  That seemed to work. About the 
only disadvantage to not using a vpop type manager is the automation. But 
even a simple perl script can solve that problem.

Jay

On Monday 30 July 2001  8:56 pm, you wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 30, 2001 at 10:55:10PM +0200, Henning Brauer wrote:
> > Singe UID setups, usually called Virtual User Setups, are requiring a
> > virtual user manager.
>
> That's not true. I've been using a roll-my-own single UID setup for ages,
> with no vpopmail or vmailmgr or anything but a custom checkpassword. It
> works beautifully and I don't have to worry about the security of non-DJB
> code (except for the cdb-enabled checkpassword, which I wrote myself).
>
> For someone with a small set of domains and a user base that doesn't change
> that often, I'd recommend a single-UID setup. It'll be more secure, and
> it'll give him a better understanding of how all the pieces of qmail work.
>
> Chris


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Jay Kline
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http://www.slushpupie.com

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