Re: [toaster] postmaster alias problem

[Dan Scrimpsher]

>>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 5/17/2005 9:41:26 AM >>> >On Tue, 2005-05-17 at 09:25 -0600, Dan Scrimpsher wrote: >> Howdy All- >>  >> I have a problem with the aliases for postmaster, root, and >> mailer-daemon. >>  >> I have followed the step that creates the aliases: >>  >>  # Setup the primary administrator's email address. >> # This address will receive mail for root, postmaster, and >> mailer-daemon. >> # Replace "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" with your email address >> (cd ~alias; echo "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > .qmail-postmaster ;\ >> echo "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > .qmail-mailer-daemon ;\ >> echo "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > .qmail-root ) >> chmod 644 ~alias/.qmail* >>  >> I changed the [EMAIL PROTECTED] to the email address that I want that >> mail to go to. >> I looked in the .qmail-postmaster file in the /var/qmail/alias folder >> and it shows the address that I want the mail sent to. >>  >> When I send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] I get this message in >> return: >>  >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (511 sorry, no mailbox here by that name >> (#5.1.1 - chkuser)) >>  >>  >> What the heck did I miss????? ((dan says with a confused look on his >> face)) >>  >> Thanks for the assist. >> dan >The instructions you followed above are for the fqdn of the system only. >Anything you have configured to use vpopmail needs to have >the .qmail-files created in the /home/vpopmail/domains/domain.name >folder. Do almost the same thing as you did above but in the vpopmail >domains dir and chown the files vpopmail:vchkpw and chmod 600. > >cheers >Shane >-- >The cause of the problem is: /dev/clue was linked to /dev/null   Thanks Shane, that did the trick.  :)