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12-26-2011
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I am learning to use RMAIL, reading the postfix.users mailinglist newsgroup in gnus and a book on postfix. Thunderbird is still in place but I am downloading with fetchmail.
Whats left to do:
get postfix to verify the servercertificate when sending mail (so TLS connection is trusted).
sort out local delivery so mail to root and system mail gets forwarded to user (domain gets appended for one thing when writing to root).
the rest is personal preferences on which mbox/rmail files for what mail.
and then I will write it all down so that I would understand it.
Whats left to do:
get postfix to verify the servercertificate when sending mail (so TLS connection is trusted).
sort out local delivery so mail to root and system mail gets forwarded to user (domain gets appended for one thing when writing to root).
the rest is personal preferences on which mbox/rmail files for what mail.
and then I will write it all down so that I would understand it.
12-26-2011
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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
12-27-2011
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01-07-2012
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project paused
I am leaving sunny cairns for sunny dry india end of february. I have not setup the local mail 100% correct - missing something, but email works fine.
So I am getting used to rmail and mbox logistics for the moment and will dig into the postfix setup in India. Thank you dude2cool for helping - much appreciated. I will get back on this and then hopefully be able to post a complete howto covering installing unix old school mail on snow leopard.
Happy New Year everyone.
So I am getting used to rmail and mbox logistics for the moment and will dig into the postfix setup in India. Thank you dude2cool for helping - much appreciated. I will get back on this and then hopefully be able to post a complete howto covering installing unix old school mail on snow leopard.
Happy New Year everyone.