Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2014 01:56:37 +0200 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: "Dale Scott" <dalescott@shaw.ca> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: postfix config - root not receiving mail, but others are Message-ID: <20140919015637.73dd4854.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <008901cfd394$939f87c0$bade9740$@shaw.ca> References: <008901cfd394$939f87c0$bade9740$@shaw.ca>
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On Thu, 18 Sep 2014 17:02:10 -0600, Dale Scott wrote: > Hi, I'm building a self-contained proof-of-concept, and configuring Postfix > in place of Sendmail. I'm using Mutt on the command line view mail sent by > the local web apps to the users (step #2 will be providing IMAP/POP3 access > via Dovecot). Just using Mutt, it seems root can email local users, and > local users can email each other, but local users can't email root - or at > least mail to root isn't received. > > Any ideas? Where might I have gone wrong? Fwiw, I have *not* set an alias > for root in /etc/mail/aliases, on the basis that all mail to root needs to > end up in root's Maildir What does # sendmail -bv root say? Is root's mailbox present in /var/mail? Can root properly execute "mail -f" (local mailbox /root/mbox)? -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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