I have apparently installed virtualmin successfully and have created a mail user under my new domain, choked.ca:
[root@cserver homes]# pwd
/home/choked/homes
[root@cserver homes]# tree
.
-- dave
– Maildir
|-- cur
|-- new
`-- tmp
5 directories, 0 files
My mail to this address is bouncing and I don’t know why. I have read the virtualmin file:
http://www.virtualmin.com/documentation/id,email_troubleshooting
I am advised there to check logs for useful messages. ok:
[root@cserver log]# pwd
/var/log
[root@cserver log]# tail maillog
Jul 7 17:00:10 cserver postfix/pickup[30708]: 093BD2AF5F5: uid=0 from=<root>
Jul 7 17:00:10 cserver postfix/cleanup[32164]: 093BD2AF5F5: message-id=<20080708000010.093BD2AF5F5@cserver.davedomain>
Jul 7 17:00:10 cserver postfix/qmgr[2470]: 093BD2AF5F5: from=<root@cserver.davedomain>, size=664, nrcpt=1 (queue active)
Jul 7 17:00:10 cserver postfix/local[32166]: 093BD2AF5F5: to=<root@cserver.davedomain>, orig_to=<root>, relay=local, delay=0.08, delays=0.07/0/0/0.01, dsn=2.0.0, status=sent (delivered to command: /usr/bin/procmail-wrapper -o -a $DOMAIN -d $LOGNAME)
Jul 7 17:00:10 cserver postfix/qmgr[2470]: 093BD2AF5F5: removed
Jul 7 17:03:34 cserver postfix/pickup[30708]: E587D2AF5F5: uid=0 from=<root>
Jul 7 17:03:34 cserver postfix/cleanup[32240]: E587D2AF5F5: message-id=<20080708000334.E587D2AF5F5@cserver.davedomain>
Jul 7 17:03:34 cserver postfix/qmgr[2470]: E587D2AF5F5: from=<root@cserver.davedomain>, size=673, nrcpt=1 (queue active)
Jul 7 17:03:34 cserver postfix/local[32242]: E587D2AF5F5: to=<root@cserver.davedomain>, orig_to=<root>, relay=local, delay=0.14, delays=0.11/0.02/0/0.01, dsn=2.0.0, status=sent (delivered to command: /usr/bin/procmail-wrapper -o -a $DOMAIN -d $LOGNAME)
Jul 7 17:03:34 cserver postfix/qmgr[2470]: E587D2AF5F5: removed
[root@cserver log]#
But if this is supposed to be meaningful, I am missing something. From the bounced mail comes:
Return-Path: <>
Received: from mstore1a.uniserve.ca ([unix socket])
by mstore1a.uniserve.ca (Cyrus v2.3.7) with LMTPA;
Mon, 07 Jul 2008 17:03:30 -0700
X-Sieve: CMU Sieve 2.3
Envelope-to: geek@uniserve.com
Delivery-date: Mon, 07 Jul 2008 17:03:30 -0700
Received: from snat1.lb.vwc.uniserve.ca ([204.239.42.247] helo=mx13.uniserve.ca)
by mstore1a.uniserve.ca with esmtp (Exim 4.62)
id 1KG0g6-0000Lp-8L
for geek@uniserve.com; Mon, 07 Jul 2008 17:03:30 -0700
Received: from smtp-relay1f.uniserve.ca ([216.113.194.200] helo=smtp-relay1.uniserve.ca)
by mx13.uniserve.ca with esmtp (Exim 4.63)
id 1KG0g5-0005og-Up
for geek@uniserve.com; Mon, 07 Jul 2008 17:03:30 -0700
Received: from exim by smtp-relay1.uniserve.ca with local (Exim 4.63)
id 1KG0fe-0002oQ-Qt
for geek@uniserve.com; Mon, 07 Jul 2008 17:03:02 -0700
X-Failed-Recipients: dave@choked.ca
Auto-Submitted: auto-replied
From: Mail Delivery System <Mailer-Daemon@uniserve.com>
To: geek@uniserve.com
Subject: Mail delivery failed: returning message to sender
Message-Id: <E1KG0fe-0002oQ-Qt@smtp-relay1.uniserve.ca>
Date: Mon, 07 Jul 2008 17:03:02 -0700
X-Scanner: OK. Scanned.
X-Uniserve-Spam-Score: 0.0 0 (/)
X-Uniserve-Spam-Report: Spam detection software, running on this mail system has
identified this incoming email as possible spam. An
analysis of the message is below.
Content analysis details: (0.0 points)
pts rule name description
Status: R
X-Status: NC
X-KMail-EncryptionState:
X-KMail-SignatureState:
X-KMail-MDN-Sent:
This message was created automatically by mail delivery software.
A message that you sent could not be delivered to one or more of its
recipients. This is a permanent error. The following address(es) failed:
dave@choked.ca
retry time not reached for any host after a long failure period
------ This is a copy of the message, including all the headers. ------
Return-path: <geek@uniserve.com>
Received: from mbr.uniserve.ca ([216.113.192.21] helo=mail3.uniserve.ca)
by smtp-relay1.uniserve.ca with esmtp (Exim 4.63)
(envelope-from <geek@uniserve.com>)
id 1KG0fe-0002oN-IS
for dave@choked.ca; Mon, 07 Jul 2008 17:03:02 -0700
Received: from www by mail3.uniserve.ca with local (Exim 3.35 #1)
id 1KG0g5-000O7T-00
for dave@choked.ca; Mon, 07 Jul 2008 17:03:29 -0700
Received: from 142.179.54.37 ( [142.179.54.37])
as user geek@pop.uniserve.com by members.uniserve.com with HTTP;
Mon, 7 Jul 2008 17:03:29 -0700
Message-ID: <1215475409.4872aed147819@members.uniserve.com>
Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2008 17:03:29 -0700
From: Dave Stevens <geek@uniserve.com>
To: dave@choked.ca
Subject: test from webmail
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
User-Agent: Internet Messaging Program (IMP) 3.1
X-Originating-IP: 142.179.54.37
X-Scanner: OK. Scanned.
X-Uniserve-Spam-Score: 0.0 0 (/)
X-Uniserve-Spam-Report: Content analysis details: (0.0 points)
pts rule name description
then:
[root@cserver log]# host -t mx choked.ca
choked.ca mail is handled by 0 choked.ca.
[root@cserver log]# host mail.choked.ca
mail.choked.ca is an alias for choked.ca.
choked.ca has address 142.179.54.37
choked.ca mail is handled by 0 choked.ca.
[root@cserver log]#
which looks reasonable but not very useful.
So I don’t know where to look next. Ideas? more docs?
Dave