Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2001 18:17:30 -0800 From: Rob <europax@home.com> To: kris@grinz.com Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Problem with MAIL, but not mail server software issue (very odd-please help) Message-ID: <3A8DDF3A.ABA89937@home.com> References: <20010216165158.EF69716E08@otonabee.pixelhammer.com>
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kris@grinz.com wrote: > > Hi, > > First of all, please reply directly to me, as I am not subscribed to the > list. My email is kris@grinz.com . > > I was running 4.1R and CVSUP'd my ports and the OS to 4.2STABLE. > > I dont know if the upgrade to 4.2 caused the prob or something else.. > anyway, here is "the deal". I was running qmail and it worked fine until > the upgrade via cvsup to 4.2stable. I thought the prob was qmail so I > switched to Postfix. The guy that set it up for me is Freebsd/postfix > guru so I know its set up right. Anyway, The actual problem is that, as > any user on the command line, type "mail [user]" to email yourself, > well, the message doesn't go anywhere... nothing added to > /var/log/maillog, nothing in the postfix queue, nothing anywhere. > > Incoming mail is fine so my POP users are not affected, since they do > not use this box as their SMTP server. When mail comes in, it gets > logged in /var/log/maillog and shows postfix/smtpd, postfix/cleanup, > and then postfix/qmgr, and finally postfix/local.. so I know postfix isn't > the problem - - so it must be a local config problem within the box/OS > itself. > > So far, the only suggestion was for me to change > /etc/sshd/sshd_config to UseLogin yes, which someone else said that > fixed the same problem for them. Unfortunately, that change didn't fix > my problem. > > Sorry I have not included any more information. I do not know how to > troubleshoot this problem and do not know what info I need to send > this mailing list in order to help you help me. Though I'm not really a > newbie in the unix world, I guess I am still sort of a FreeBSD newbie. > > Let me know what info would be helpful and I will provide. > > Regards, > > Kris > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message Hi Kris. I posted that note about SSH config. Well it turns out that I am now getting my mail with the original SSH settings. Something automagical happened but I don't know what. For me, Qmail was trying to deliver my mail via defaultdelivery, but it would discard it after a triple bounce as it couldn't find my home directory. So I'm still investigating this. Rob. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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