On Thursday 01 March 2001 10:27 am, Olivier M. wrote:
> have you _really_ followed all the steps of the LWQ ?
> if yes, root would have a mailbox in /var/qmail/alias/Mailbox.
> Does this directory exists ?
The directory /var/qmail/alias exists, with a file called 'Mailbox'.
Actually, I found two problems with my setup:
1) I hadn't installed dot-forward, so the attempt to deliver to any mail box
died with the mail box didn't exist (it was really that it couldn't find
dot-forward). I found the proper error message by trying a '.qmail-default'
mailbox.
Compiling and then installing dot-forward into /usr/bin/dot-forward fixed it.
2) my links were (naively) pointing the wrong direction from the
~user/Mailbox file to /var/spool/mail/$user, rather than the other direction.
Duh.
> Please show us the qmail users from /etc/passwd.
They're in there:
alias:x:508:101::/var/qmail/alias:/bin/bash
qmaild:x:509:101::/var/qmail:/bin/bash
qmaill:x:510:101::/var/qmail:/bin/bash
qmailp:x:511:101::/var/qmail:/bin/bash
qmailq:x:512:102::/var/qmail:/bin/bash
qmailr:x:513:102::/var/qmail:/bin/bash
qmails:x:514:102::/var/qmail:/bin/bash
> Good luck :)
Actually, it must be said that this is coming together in less than 12 hours.
Remarkable for a full internet capable mail client! Kudos all around!
> PS: if you followed the INSTALL file of the qmail-1.03 tar.gz,
> it would work... :)
Ah, I followed the wrong document, then...but it never explicitly states that
you should install the dot-forward. It only refers to it in the FAQ, and the
error message isn't illuminating in this case.
Also, the wording of the link text confused me. Not that that takes a great
deal of effort these days...;^)
Now "all" I need to do is get pop3 working, and I'm set...
--
Ken Corey, CTO Atomic Interactive, Ltd.
