[Mailman-Users] Postfix not sending mail

Thomas Murphy murphy at thepanemgroup.com
Tue Dec 16 12:49:54 CET 2003


Simon White wrote:
> Setting permissions like that is rarely a good idea. 777 means readable,
> writable, and executable. You only need something like 644 for aliases,
> because you run newaliases as root anyway. 777 may, in some cases, cause
> programs NOT to work due to security checks (file permissions wrong)... 

hmm jep, im meant 666 not 777 ...

> Now, if the aliases are correct, and you have run newaliases, and mail
> is still going to the catchall, then you'll have to show an extract of
> your aliases file, the email address you are sending to, and the
> delivery success in the mail log for any further troubleshooting.

the email address i am sending is the mailing list:
netmilk-general at netmilk.de

and i'm sending from:
murphy at thepanemgroup.com


/usr/local/mailman/aliases:
---------------------------
# The ultimate loop stopper address
mailman-loop: /usr/local/mailman/data/owner-bounces.mbox

# STANZA START: netmilk-general
# CREATED: Tue Dec 16 12:47:53 2003
netmilk-general:             "|/usr/local/mailman/mail/mailman post 
netmilk-general"
netmilk-general-admin:       "|/usr/local/mailman/mail/mailman admin 
netmilk-general"
netmilk-general-bounces:     "|/usr/local/mailman/mail/mailman bounces 
netmilk-general"
netmilk-general-confirm:     "|/usr/local/mailman/mail/mailman confirm 
netmilk-general"
netmilk-general-join:        "|/usr/local/mailman/mail/mailman join 
netmilk-general"
netmilk-general-leave:       "|/usr/local/mailman/mail/mailman leave 
netmilk-general"
netmilk-general-owner:       "|/usr/local/mailman/mail/mailman owner 
netmilk-general"
netmilk-general-request:     "|/usr/local/mailman/mail/mailman request 
netmilk-general"
netmilk-general-subscribe:   "|/usr/local/mailman/mail/mailman subscribe 
netmilk-general"
netmilk-general-unsubscribe: "|/usr/local/mailman/mail/mailman 
unsubscribe netmilk-general"
# STANZA END: netmilk-general
----------------------------

/var/log/mail:
----------------------------
Dec 16 12:48:56 p15135765 postfix/smtpd[1531]: connect from 
smtprelay01.ispgateway.de[62.67.200.156]
Dec 16 12:48:56 p15135765 postfix/smtpd[1531]: 9AD3234C187: 
client=smtprelay01.ispgateway.de[62.67.200.156]
Dec 16 12:48:56 p15135765 postfix/cleanup[1532]: 9AD3234C187: 
message-id=<3FDEEF91.3080605 at thepanemgroup.com>
Dec 16 12:48:56 p15135765 postfix/qmgr[1240]: 9AD3234C187: 
from=<murphy at thepanemgroup.com>, size=985, nrcpt=1 (queue active)
Dec 16 12:48:56 p15135765 postfix/smtpd[1531]: disconnect from 
smtprelay01.ispgateway.de[62.67.200.156]
Dec 16 12:48:56 p15135765 postfix/local[1534]: 9AD3234C187: 
to=<web1p1 at p15135765.pureserver.info>, relay=local, delay=0, status=sent 
(mailbox)
----------------------------

web1p1 is the catchall address

thanks for your help so far, im working on this for more than three days 
... i'm totally stuck.

bye,
Murphy




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