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Operating Systems Linux Debian cannot send any mails using mailx Post 302088687 by ccc on Wednesday 13th of September 2006 10:27:45 PM
Old 09-13-2006
I cannot send any mails to the root user;
Code:
ext:/var/mail#  echo "Message" | mailx -s "this is a test mail" root@localhost
ext:/var/mail# mail
No mail for root

other user get mails without problems.
I have debian sarge stable with postfix installed.
Code:
ext:/# newaliases

ext:/# postmap /etc/aliases
postmap: warning: /etc/aliases, line 2: record is in "key: value" format; is this an alias file?
postmap: warning: /etc/aliases, line 3: record is in "key: value" format; is this an alias file?
postmap: warning: /etc/aliases, line 4: record is in "key: value" format; is this an alias file?
postmap: warning: /etc/aliases, line 5: record is in "key: value" format; is this an alias file?
postmap: warning: /etc/aliases, line 6: record is in "key: value" format; is this an alias file?
postmap: warning: /etc/aliases, line 7: record is in "key: value" format; is this an alias file?
postmap: warning: /etc/aliases, line 8: record is in "key: value" format; is this an alias file?
postmap: warning: /etc/aliases, line 9: record is in "key: value" format; is this an alias file?
postmap: warning: /etc/aliases, line 10: record is in "key: value" format; is this an alias file?
postmap: warning: /etc/aliases, line 11: record is in "key: value" format; is this an alias file?
postmap: warning: /etc/aliases, line 12: record is in "key: value" format; is this an alias file?
postmap: warning: /etc/aliases, line 14: record is in "key: value" format; is this an alias file?

ext:/# postalias /etc/aliases

ext:/# cat /etc/aliases
# /etc/aliases
mailer-daemon: postmaster
postmaster: root
nobody: root
hostmaster: root
usenet: root
news: root
webmaster: root
www: root
ftp: root
abuse: root
noc: root
security: root

ext:/# postconf alias_maps
alias_maps = hash:/etc/aliases

ext:/# /etc/init.d/postfix restart
Stopping mail transport agent: Postfix.
Starting mail transport agent: Postfix.

greetings
cc
Last edited by ccc; 09-13-2006 at 11:51 PM..
 

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nisplus_table

NISPLUS_TABLE(5)						File Formats Manual						  NISPLUS_TABLE(5)

NAME

       nisplus_table - Postfix NIS+ client

SYNOPSIS

       postmap -q "string" "nisplus:[name=%s];name.name."

       postmap -q - "nisplus:[name=%s];name.name." <inputfile

DESCRIPTION

       The  Postfix  mail  system uses optional lookup tables.	These tables are usually in dbm or db format.  Alternatively, lookup tables can be
       specified as NIS+ databases.

       To find out what types of lookup tables your Postfix system supports use the "postconf -m" command.

       To test Postfix NIS+ lookup tables, use the "postmap -q" command as described in the SYNOPSIS above.

QUERY SYNTAX

       Most of the NIS+ query is specified via the NIS+ map name. The general format of a Postfix NIS+ map name is as follows:

	   nisplus:[name=%s];name.name.name.:column

       Postfix NIS+ map names differ from what one normally would use with commands such as niscat:

       o      With each NIS+ table lookup, "%s" is replaced by a version of the lookup string.	There can be only one "%s" instance in	a  Postfix
	      NIS+ map name.

       o      Postfix  NIS+  map  names  use  ";"  instead  of	",", because the latter character is special in the Postfix main.cf file.  Postfix
	      replaces ";" characters in the map name by "," before making NIS+ queries.

       o      The ":column" part in the NIS+ map name is not part of the actual NIS+ query. Instead, it specifies the number of the  table  column
	      that provides the lookup result. When no ":column" is specified the first column (1) is used.

EXAMPLE

       A NIS+ aliases map might be queried as follows:

	   alias_maps = dbm:/etc/mail/aliases,
	       nisplus:[alias=%s];mail_aliases.org_dir.$mydomain.:1

       This queries the local aliases file before the NIS+ file.

SEE ALSO

       postmap(1), Postfix lookup table manager

README FILES

       Use "postconf readme_directory" or "postconf html_directory" to locate this information.
       DATABASE_README, Postfix lookup table overview

LICENSE

       The Secure Mailer license must be distributed with this software.

AUTHOR(S)
       Geoff Gibbs
       UK-HGMP-RC
       Hinxton
       Cambridge
       CB10 1SB, UK

       Adopted and adapted by:
       Wietse Venema
       IBM T.J. Watson Research
       P.O. Box 704
       Yorktown Heights, NY 10598, USA

       Wietse Venema
       Google, Inc.
       111 8th Avenue
       New York, NY 10011, USA

																  NISPLUS_TABLE(5)
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