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fetchmail and postfix mail setup on Snow Leopard - request for guidance
Post 302584931 by butterbaerchen on Monday 26th of December 2011 09:15:23 PM
12-26-2011
that is exactly what I want to happen. I read that link just yesterday, thank you for posting it. Now, I have a file: /var/root/.forward
and it says: /dev/null (I have not found a root mailbox so far ... where do I create it and with which permissions etc?)
and when I send mail to root from the commandline it gets rewritten to:
root @ mydomain.org and postfix sends it off... and it bounces.
and if I put roadie (my username) into that /var/root/.forward file instead of /dev/null - it gets rewritten to roadie @ mydomain.org - and, since that mail account actually exists on the server, - I do get the mail - but from fetchmail - not what I want - the mail should not leave the machine.
in the article it says to put username@localhost into roots .forward file. good, makes sense but still gets rewritten and sent out. I am reading on how mailqueue and local delivery actually works - but I am slow. Have not found a thread so far that tells how someone set it up in words I understand. What am I missing? ... is it the local_recipient_map in postfix and the postmap command? I get confused with virtual, forward, aliases and all of that.
to me it looks as if roadie and roadie @ domain.org are 2 different identities to postfix - where do I glue them together so that they share the /var/mail/roadie inbox file and local mail arrives direct and not via the mailserver of my hosting company? thank you for giving your time. I am learning heaps btw - great undertaking.
and it says: /dev/null (I have not found a root mailbox so far ... where do I create it and with which permissions etc?)
and when I send mail to root from the commandline it gets rewritten to:
root @ mydomain.org and postfix sends it off... and it bounces.
and if I put roadie (my username) into that /var/root/.forward file instead of /dev/null - it gets rewritten to roadie @ mydomain.org - and, since that mail account actually exists on the server, - I do get the mail - but from fetchmail - not what I want - the mail should not leave the machine.
in the article it says to put username@localhost into roots .forward file. good, makes sense but still gets rewritten and sent out. I am reading on how mailqueue and local delivery actually works - but I am slow. Have not found a thread so far that tells how someone set it up in words I understand. What am I missing? ... is it the local_recipient_map in postfix and the postmap command? I get confused with virtual, forward, aliases and all of that.
to me it looks as if roadie and roadie @ domain.org are 2 different identities to postfix - where do I glue them together so that they share the /var/mail/roadie inbox file and local mail arrives direct and not via the mailserver of my hosting company? thank you for giving your time. I am learning heaps btw - great undertaking.
Last edited by butterbaerchen; 12-26-2011 at 10:19 PM.. Reason: flatten email address
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local.users
local.users(4) Kernel Interfaces Manual local.users(4) NAME
local.users - Specifies mail recipients on the local host. DESCRIPTION
The local.users file contains a list of user names whose mail is to be delivered to the local host and whose return address is user- name@hostname. Entries in the local.hosts file are in addition to other local users (such as root and postmaster). See sendmail.cf(4) for a description of other local users. You can add entries to this file if the host is configured as a simple client and either of the following is true: The user wants their mail delivered on this machine rather than being forwarded to the mail server. You are adding aliases to the /var/adm/sendmail/aliases file. When the host is configured as a simple client, the alias must be added to this file and the aliases file. A simple client is defined as a host that had the mail system configured using the MailConfig application from the System Management utili- ties or configured using the mailsetup utility's Quick Setup menu. The format of the file is as follows: User names are separated by blanks or new lines. Multiple user name can be specified on a line. Blank lines are ignored. A comment mark (#) ends the line. After modifying the local.users file, you must restart the sendmail daemon to apply the changes. Use the following command: # /sbin/init.d/sendmail restart EXAMPLES
root postmaster rw # A comment followed by an ignored blank line. # Another comment. mariah # Another comment. carey # Leading blanks are acceptable. FILES
Specifies the path name for the file. RELATED INFORMATION
Files: sendmail.cf(4). delim off local.users(4)