1) Use a mysql admin tool like phpmyadmin, or mysqlcc to go into the database to see if the mail is in there. If it's there, then it's getting delivered to DBMail.. if not, then it isn't. Postfix might be accepting the mail and putting it somewhere else, like in a maildir, or just holding it in a queue.
2) Learn to use man pages. Type 'man dbmail-pop3d' to read about the pop3d daemon. This is a program that you run on the command line. If it's installed as mine is, which is should be, you can type: /usr/local/bin/dbmail-pop3d to start it. To see if the dbmail-pop3d program is running, type: ps -A | grep pop3d This should return some results, probably 5. 3) A single colon is used in the transport table. -Micah On Monday 06 September 2004 03:44 pm, Kirti S. Bajwa wrote: > Micah: > > (1) I think SMTP is working. I have read the mail logs and SMTP is doing > its job. I also sent email messages to the mail.tibinternet.net server and > it rejected the invalid email addresses (intentional bad email addresses) > and accepted the valid email addresses/messages. I have also manually > created email messages on the Postfix mail server (mail.tibinternet.net) > and they are delivered to the remote mail server. > > (2) I tried: > > #telnet mail.tibinternet.net 110 > > from Postfix mail server. It refused the connection. This might be my > problem. I guess the POP is not running. Please HELP in directing me to > start POP daemon? dbMail documentation does not seem to explain it. > > (3) Peter suggested to add: > > tibinternet.net dbmail:: > > to /etc/postfix/transport. I had this line included except only one ":". > Please verify which is correct entry in /etc/postfix/transport: > > tibinternet.net dbmail:: (two ":") > -or- > tibinternet.net dbmail: (one ":") > > Thanks. > > Kirti > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Micah [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, September 06, 2004 5:18 PM > To: DBMail mailinglist > Subject: Re: [Dbmail] RE:dbMail - First Try - Problems > > > > POP and IMAP are seperate daemons than Postfix. They need to be run > seperately, that would explain why pop is not connecting. > > Here's what happens when the mail enters the system, more or less: > > Postfix's SMTP server will look up the email address, and decide if a) it's > going to accept it or not. If it accepts it, it will then send it according > to the transport mechanism that corresponds to that email address. This is > Peter was speaking of. > > If the transport mechanism is DBMail, and main.cf is configured for DBMail, > then it will start up dbmail-smtp and send the mail to it via a pipe. > Dbmail > > then stores the email in the database. > > That's all that postfix will ever do. > > IF you wish to retrieve mail via POP or IMAP, you must start the > dbmail-pop3d > or dbmail-imapd programs, that will then listen on the proper port for > connections. > > to check with telnet if the pop3 server is running, you can telnet to the > pop > port: > > telnet hostname 110 > > This should answer with: > Connected to hostname. > Escape character is '^]'. > +OK DBMAIL pop3 server ready to rock > > along with some other stuff. > > I hope that helps. > -Micah > > On Monday 06 September 2004 09:21 am, Kirti S. Bajwa wrote: > > Hello List: > > > > I am trying to install Postfix, MySQL, dbMail on a freshly installed RH9 > > box as follows: > > > > Postfix Server: mail.tibinternet.net > > IP Address: 12.21.237.16 > > > > I installed Postfix (with MySQL) & tested it by sending an email to > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] This message is forwarded to my email in > > /etc/aliases) & I did receive the message. Then I created a manual > > message: > > > > telnet localhost 25 > > > > >MAIL FROM: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >RCPT TO: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >DATA > > >. > > >QUIT > > > > The message was forwarded to my email. I did more testing by sending > > messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] & they all were received. > > > > Then I installed dbMail & by following the installation in > > "http://www.helgrim.com/dbmaildocs/installation.html";. I added a user > > account: > > > > #dbmail-adduser a testmail testmail 0 25000000 > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Now I am running into problems. First of all I can not make a connection > > to > > > pop.tibinternet.net server from another PC. The connection is refused > > saying that either the IP address is wrong or server is not responding. I > > can PING pop.tibinternet.net. I can also "telnet" server > > pop.tibinternet.net. > > > > I have checked into the logs (/var/log/maillog) there is nothing there. > > Postfix is running. > > > > One more interesting thing: I sent an email to a wrong address > > "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" and it is logged into the log on the Postfix > > server as a rejected message (no such email address. I have not received > > the rejected message yet. > > > > I do have a firewall but both ports 25 & 110 are open. > > > > So PLEASE help. Why I can't connect to port 110 to retrieve messages? > > > > Thanks in advance. > > > > Kirti > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Dbmail mailing list > > Dbmail@dbmail.org > > https://mailman.fastxs.nl/mailman/listinfo/dbmail > > _______________________________________________ > Dbmail mailing list > Dbmail@dbmail.org > https://mailman.fastxs.nl/mailman/listinfo/dbmail > _______________________________________________ > Dbmail mailing list > Dbmail@dbmail.org > https://mailman.fastxs.nl/mailman/listinfo/dbmail
