postfix not delivering mail
This is my first attempt at running postfix, or any
email server for that matter. I have it installed and running on redhat 7.3. Installed from source. I did specify a few things so its not completely default. The only thing I actually changed was where the queue's are. I put them in /usr/postfix/queues. I have since moved the queues around and updated such information in main.cf but the mail never makes it to the mail box. It is accepting mail and I turned on soft bounce and I get the following message in the defer queue "<matt@gfccall.int>: cannot access mailbox /user/postfix/queues/matt for user matt. cannot create file exclusively: No such file or directory". Matt is the account name I'm trying to send the mail to. gfccall.int is the domain. The mail servers name is red_box. MX records are working correctly, like I said I know mail is getting to its just not getting to the users mail box. Do I need to have the queues in any special location, or is there something else that I'm missing? Thanks in advanced for any help. |
Is there a reason for making changes?
If you just use the default install locations it is more likely to work right. Changing things can make for unforseen problems. Maybe the subfolder is not there or has incorrect permissions. anyway try this.. /etc/postfix/post-install create-missing also I would recommend /var/spool/postfix That's where stuff like this is supposed to go on a unix system |
Thanks for the help.
I found the problem late yesterday. I didn't specify the mail_spool_directory in my main.cf. The reason I moved the postfix queues around is because I partitions my HD like a newbie and so things are a little tight on space right now. Its just a test bed server so I'm going to re-install and do it right this time. :-) |
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