Building and testing a parallel replacement server

2016-10-26 Thread Bernard T. Higonnet
I want to build and test (at least a little) a new server to replace an existing, production one. The old one is on machine xxx.xxx.xxx.A running FreeBSD10/Postfix 3.0.2 and the new one on xxx.xxx.xxx.B running FreeBSD11/Postfix 3.1.3. I would much appreciate advice on how best to define the

Postfix seems to deliver mail and then remove it

2014-12-08 Thread Bernard T. Higonnet
System FreeBSD 8.3-RELEASE FreeBSD 8.3-RELEASE #0 Postfix version 2.9.1 After screwing up a working postfix server (by erasing main.cf and various tables and then restoring out-of-date backups...) I find that incoming mail is seemingly "(delivered to maildir)" and then removed from same! Her

Cannot force Postfix to require password

2011-11-25 Thread Bernard T. Higonnet
Hello, I would like to force all users sending mail to provide a name and password. As of this moment, if, in the mail client (Thunderbird anyway), I specify that the smtp server requires name and password it works fine (that is: name is requested and proper password required (duh)). But if in t

Re: canonical.db: Inappropriate file type or format - SOLVED

2011-11-13 Thread Bernard T. Higonnet
On 11/11/11 20:47, Noel Jones wrote: On 11/11/2011 1:30 PM, Bernard T. Higonnet wrote: Hello, Here is the system: freebsd2.higonnet.net 8.2-RELEASE FreeBSD 8.2-RELEASE #0: Thu Feb 17 02:41:51 UTC 2011 r...@mason.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC amd64 I have just built postfix

Re: canonical.db: Inappropriate file type or format

2011-11-11 Thread Bernard T. Higonnet
On 11/11/11 20:47, Noel Jones wrote: On 11/11/2011 1:30 PM, Bernard T. Higonnet wrote: Hello, Here is the system: freebsd2.higonnet.net 8.2-RELEASE FreeBSD 8.2-RELEASE #0: Thu Feb 17 02:41:51 UTC 2011 r...@mason.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC amd64 I have just built postfix

canonical.db: Inappropriate file type or format

2011-11-11 Thread Bernard T. Higonnet
Hello, Here is the system: freebsd2.higonnet.net 8.2-RELEASE FreeBSD 8.2-RELEASE #0: Thu Feb 17 02:41:51 UTC 2011 r...@mason.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC amd64 I have just built postfix from source Nov 11 20:12:41 freebsd2 postfix/master[64285]: reload -- version 2.8.7, co

Puzzled by installation message on obsolete files/directories

2011-08-07 Thread Bernard T. Higonnet
In connection with various other problems I shall probably need help with later, I thought I might re-install Postfix 2.8.3 from ports in FreeBSD 8.2. As part of the install I get the following messages: Note: the following files or directories still exist but are no longer part of Post

Don't see why I have Client host rejected: cannot find your hostname problem

2010-07-26 Thread Bernard T. Higonnet
I'm having a terrible problem with Client host rejected: cannot find your hostname All error messages, config options etc are below First trivial question: Why is the rejection message printed three times? (I am running postfix -v) Second, important question: I do not understand why my chec

Re: duplicate emails using always_bcc and amavisd-new

2009-05-17 Thread Bernard T. Higonnet
Noel Jones wrote: Bernard Higonnet wrote: Hello, I have my own little family mail server running postfix under FreeBSD 7.1-RELEASE #0. I keep a journal of all ingoing and outgoing mail using always_bcc which I'm happy with. I recently installed amavisd-new and ever since I get duplicate email