Trying to complete initial setup of postfix. My box is on a dynamic ip internet connection. I have a FQDN and DNS forwarding service through no-ip.com. I am starting with this one domain, and one virtual user. Thus far, postfix is not receiving mail and when I try send email by testing with "telnet localhost 25", I receive a "connected" message but cannot complete transmission of message to an external email address.
The postfix version is 2.6.1 on Slackware 13.1. postconf -n: command_directory = /usr/sbin config_directory = /etc/postfix daemon_directory = /usr/libexec/postfix data_directory = /var/lib/postfix debug_peer_level = 2 html_directory = /usr/doc/postfix-2.6.1/html mail_owner = postfix mailq_path = /usr/bin/mailq manpage_directory = /usr/man newaliases_path = /usr/bin/newaliases queue_directory = /var/spool/postfix readme_directory = /usr/doc/postfix-2.6.1/README_FILES sample_directory = /etc/postfix sendmail_path = /usr/sbin/sendmail setgid_group = postdrop unknown_local_recipient_reject_code = 550 virtual_gid_maps = static:2000 virtual_mailbox_base = /var/spool/vmailbox virtual_mailbox_domains = example.com virtual_mailbox_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/vmaps virtual_minimum_uid = 100 virtual_uid_maps = static:2000 tcpdump -i eth0 port 25 (demonstrating incoming mail from a gmail account to the postfix box on eth0 -- provided "zeros" to the ip address for security): listening on eth0, link-type EN10MB (Ethernet), capture size 96 bytes 18:05:16.000223 IP mail-iy0-f180.google.com.60882 > c-71-000-000-249.hsd1.ct.comcast.net.smtp: Flags [S], seq 2243640472, win 5720, options [mss 1430,sackOK,TS val 748956439 ecr 0,nop,wscale 6], length 0 18:05:16.000328 IP c-71-000-000-249.hsd1.ct.comcast.net.smtp > mail-iy0-f180.google.com.60882: Flags [S.], seq 2891381781, ack 2243640473, win 2096, options [mss 536,sackOK,TS val 2828404683 ecr 748956439,nop,wscale 6], length 0 18:05:16.073426 IP mail-iy0-f180.google.com.60882 > c-71-000-000-249.hsd1.ct.comcast.net.smtp: Flags [.], ack 1, win 90, options [nop,nop,TS val 748956511 ecr 2828404683], length 0 18:05:40.264808 IP mail-iw0-f180.google.com.46911 > c-71-000-000-249.hsd1.ct.comcast.net.smtp: Flags [.], ack 443680673, win 90, options [nop,nop,TS val 624960568 ecr 2828368878], length 0 18:05:40.264891 IP c-71-000-000-249.hsd1.ct.comcast.net.smtp > mail-iw0-f180.google.com.46911: Flags [.], ack 1, win 33, options [nop,nop,TS val 2828428947 ecr 624780432], length 0 18:06:01.621471 IP mail-iy0-f180.google.com.50022 > c-71-000-000-249.hsd1.ct.comcast.net.smtp: Flags [.], ack 1716017503, win 90, options [nop,nop,TS val 749002060 ecr 2828390236], length 0 18:06:01.621552 IP c-71-000-000-249.hsd1.ct.comcast.net.smtp > mail-iy0-f180.google.com.50022: Flags [.], ack 1, win 33, options [nop,nop,TS val 2828450304 ecr 748881991], length 0 18:06:16.086920 IP mail-iy0-f180.google.com.60882 > c-71-000-000-249.hsd1.ct.comcast.net.smtp: Flags [.], ack 1, win 90, options [nop,nop,TS val 749016525 ecr 2828404683], length 0 18:06:16.087011 IP c-71-000-000-249.hsd1.ct.comcast.net.smtp > mail-iy0-f180.google.com.60882: Flags [.], ack 1, win 33, options [nop,nop,TS val 2828464770 ecr 748956511], length 0 18:06:40.335045 IP mail-iw0-f180.google.com.46911 > c-71-000-000-249.hsd1.ct.comcast.net.smtp: Flags [.], ack 1, win 90, options [nop,nop,TS val 625020638 ecr 2828428947], length 0 18:06:40.335125 IP c-71-000-000-249.hsd1.ct.comcast.net.smtp > mail-iw0-f180.google.com.46911: Flags [.], ack 1, win 33, options [nop,nop,TS val 2828489018 ecr 624780432], length 0 And here's the /var/log/maillog on the slackware/postfix box: Apr 17 18:01:28 sato postfix/master[22043]: warning: process /usr/libexec/postfix/smtpd pid 22105 exit status 1 Apr 17 18:01:28 sato postfix/master[22043]: warning: /usr/libexec/postfix/smtpd: bad command startup -- throttling Apr 17 18:02:28 sato postfix/smtpd[22108]: fatal: open database /etc/aliases.db: No such file or directory Apr 17 18:02:29 sato postfix/master[22043]: warning: process /usr/libexec/postfix/smtpd pid 22108 exit status 1 Apr 17 18:02:29 sato postfix/master[22043]: warning: /usr/libexec/postfix/smtpd: bad command startup -- throttling Apr 17 18:03:29 sato postfix/smtpd[22111]: fatal: open database /etc/aliases.db: No such file or directory Apr 17 18:03:30 sato postfix/master[22043]: warning: process /usr/libexec/postfix/smtpd pid 22111 exit status 1 Apr 17 18:03:30 sato postfix/master[22043]: warning: /usr/libexec/postfix/smtpd: bad command startup -- throttling Apr 17 18:04:30 sato postfix/smtpd[22113]: fatal: open database /etc/aliases.db: No such file or directory Apr 17 18:04:31 sato postfix/master[22043]: warning: process /usr/libexec/postfix/smtpd pid 22113 exit status 1 Apr 17 18:04:31 sato postfix/master[22043]: warning: /usr/libexec/postfix/smtpd: bad command startup -- throttling Apr 17 18:05:31 sato postfix/smtpd[22116]: fatal: open database /etc/aliases.db: No such file or directory Apr 17 18:05:32 sato postfix/master[22043]: warning: process /usr/libexec/postfix/smtpd pid 22116 exit status 1 Apr 17 18:05:32 sato postfix/master[22043]: warning: /usr/libexec/postfix/smtpd: bad command startup -- throttling Apr 17 18:06:32 sato postfix/smtpd[22118]: fatal: open database /etc/aliases.db: No such file or directory Apr 17 18:06:33 sato postfix/master[22043]: warning: process /usr/libexec/postfix/smtpd pid 22118 exit status 1 I am not using any alias addresses so I have not run the postmap command for aliases. And here's what a telnet attempt looks like: ~# telnet localhost 25 Trying 127.0.0.1... Connected to localhost. Escape character is '^]'. I do not receive the suggested "220 mail.example.com ESMTP Postfix" as I've seen in other examples. I have specifically set iptables to accept incoming/outgoing tcp and udp packets on eth0 port 25. I can ping the host by manually stating the ip address or by FQDN. Postfix appears to be listening: ~# netstat -t -a | grep LISTEN tcp 0 0 *:smtp *:* LISTEN I cannot determine what I have failed to configure. Your help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
