On 08/06/12 15:30, Benjamin Martin wrote: > On 08/06/12 13:52, Tony van der Hoff wrote: >> Hi, >> >> Running squeeze on my VPS, and using postfix/dovecot/cyrus as my MTA, >> for a number of users, who pick up mail via IMAP (mostly Thunderbird). >> Postfix is configured to accept mail for [email protected], as well as >> a few other domains. > > I don't know dovecot or cyris, but I too run postfix on my VPS. > >> The hostname for the server is set to vanderhoff.org.uk. This has been >> running fine for a number of years, but I am rationalising my domains, >> and want to change the hostname to vanderhoff.org. Nothing to do with >> the MTA really, or so I thought. > When you mention changing the domain but not changing any config, I > would think looking into postfix config is a good place to start. > > >> I expected this to be as simple as editing /etc/hostname, and updating >> the live hostname via the hostname command. I now have no mail coming >> in. Changing the hostname back to the .uk version reverts operation to >> normal. >> >> So some misconfiguration somewhere, but I'm blowed if I can find it. Has >> anyone any hints, please? >> >> > > Have a check in the logs and see if you can see mail coming in and > getting rejected: > tail -f /var/log/mail.* > > The location of postfix config files is likely to be different from mine > so check in your postfix config > cat /etc/postfix/main.cf > > Do you use virtual_domains?? .. if so, ensure the domain is in the > virtual domain file: > vi /usr/local/postfix/etc/virtual_domains > > What about mappings? .. you might need to alter and regenerate the db: > vi /usr/local/postfix/etc/virtual_alias > postmap /usr/local/postfix/etc/virtual_mailbox > > If you make and changes, ensure you reload postfix: > postfix reload > > > Not sure if that helps at all, but thought I'd chip in my 2pence worth :)
Thanks for the pointers; I can't find any postfix config files anywhere other than in /etc/postfix/* Looking in /var/log/syslog reveals this: -------------------------------------------------------------------- Jun 8 16:54:15 shell postfix/smtpd[10955]: CC39922C162: client=bendel.debian.org[82.195.75.100] Jun 8 16:54:15 shell postfix/cleanup[10958]: CC39922C162: message-id=<[email protected]> Jun 8 16:54:15 shell postfix/cleanup[10958]: CC39922C162: resent-message-id=<Ys1TOJhNrBL.A.hnG.DAi0PB@bendel> Jun 8 16:54:15 shell postfix/qmgr[10932]: CC39922C162: from=<[email protected]>, size=5968, nrcpt=1 (queue active) Jun 8 16:54:15 shell postfix/trivial-rewrite[10957]: warning: do not list domain vanderhoff.org in BOTH mydestination and virtual_mailbox_domains Jun 8 16:54:15 shell pipe[10964]: fatal: pipe_command: execvp /usr/sbin/cyrdeliver: No such file or directory Jun 8 16:54:15 shell postfix/pipe[10960]: CC39922C162: to=<[email protected]>, orig_to=<[email protected]>, relay=cyrus, delay=0.07, delays=0.06/0/0/0, dsn=4.3.0, status=deferred (temporary failure. Command output: pipe: fatal: pipe_command: execvp /usr/sbin/cyrdeliver: No such file or directory ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- So, yes, a config error (or maybe two), but where to look to correct it? -- Tony van der Hoff | mailto:[email protected] Ariège, France | -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
