Raw postfix newbie here...

2020-08-09 Thread cfs_postfix
Hello. I am migrating from an ancient version of sendmail to a new machine using postfix on CentOS 7, and am having problems with what I thought would be the simplest of things - I've already started over multiple times (thank heavens for default config file backups!) but even walking one st

Re: Raw postfix newbie here...

2020-08-09 Thread cfs_postfix
My sincere thanks for the reply. Viktor Dukhovni wrote .. > - As much as possible ask one question at a time. Yeah, my general philosophy is to break large problems down to component parts and fix those one-at-a-time; that generally makes the large problem eventually disappear. >

Re: Raw postfix newbie here...

2020-08-09 Thread cfs_postfix
Viktor Dukhovni wrote .. > When not material (i.e. not resolving a problem with a particular > domain), you can choose to consitently lightly obfuscate domain names > and email addresses, in a consistent manner, a=>a, b=>b, ... Would require a lot of search & replace. Whattheheck, it isn't li

Current problems solved, but question...

2020-08-10 Thread cfs_postfix
Folks; The initial problems I was concerned about are now completely fixed, literally by my writing them up for you to read. (I used to call this, "restating the problem," and I'm embarrassed I didn't do exactly that on my own.) Briefly, the second test I made, creating a one-line virtuserta

Re: Current problems solved, but question...

2020-08-10 Thread cfs_postfix
Viktor Dukhovni wrote .. > You're indeed falling into the very trap I tried to steer you away > from, that is, describing problems only in free-from prose, rather > than clearly stated data (logs, configs, ...). No, I'm really not, and I'm a little insulted that you would accuse me of such.

RE: Raw postfix newbie here...

2020-08-10 Thread cfs_postfix
Scott Techlist wrote .. > It's a little dated now, but I can't recommend enough "The Book of Postfix" > ISBN > 1-59327-001-1 It helped me a good deal when I was learning postfix. I have to buy books for the kid's upcoming school term this week or next, so I'll add it to the list, thanks.

Re: Current problems solved, but question...

2020-08-10 Thread cfs_postfix
Viktor Dukhovni wrote .. > Without *context* your question was and remains much too vague. Since there is no good way to answer this, I won't. Thank you for your help; I will try not to bother the list any more than absolutely necessary in the future. Charlie

Re: Current problems solved, but question...

2020-08-10 Thread cfs_postfix
Viktor Dukhovni wrote .. > The intention is not to suggest you avoid the list. Please keep asking, Since I have been able to thus far fix all of the problems I've had (and indeed mostly caused) myself; activate the complete virtusertable successfully; set up the mean-ugly sendmail access