hi all,
this is all about postfix. My distro mandrake 10.1
i am not getting telnet response on port 23.i am sure postfix is running.what shoould i do now ?
pls advice

Postfix (and other mail servers) doesn't listen on port 23, it listens on port 25.

that was mistyped pls ignore it.as i told i am able to connect on port 25 but no banner what should i do ?

/var/log/mail/errors log.

Aug 11 22:42:36 server1 postfix/smtpd[29537]: fatal: open database /etc/postfix/
aliases.db: Invalid argument
Aug 11 22:43:37 server1 postfix/smtpd[29574]: fatal: open database /etc/postfix/
aliases.db: Invalid argument
Aug 11 22:44:38 server1 postfix/smtpd[29614]: fatal: open database /etc/postfix/
aliases.db: Invalid argument
[root@server1 root]#

/var/log/mail/warnings log shows,

Aug 11 22:43:38 server1 postfix/master[26410]: warning: /usr/lib/postfix/smtpd:
bad command startup -- throttling
Aug 11 22:44:39 server1 postfix/master[26410]: warning: process /usr/lib/postfix
/smtpd pid 29614 exit status 1
Aug 11 22:44:39 server1 postfix/master[26410]: warning: /usr/lib/postfix/smtpd:
bad command startup -- throttling
Aug 11 22:45:40 server1 postfix/master[26410]: warning: process /usr/lib/postfix
/smtpd pid 29661 exit status 1
Aug 11 22:45:40 server1 postfix/master[26410]: warning: /usr/lib/postfix/smtpd:
bad command startup -- throttling
[root@server1 root]#

[root@server1 root]# telnet 192.168.2.2 25
Trying 192.168.2.2...
Connected to server1.vareesh.linuxhome.org (192.168.2.2).
Escape character is '^]'.


pls advice

hi,

Now i am getting error:
Aug 12 01:37:09 server1 postfix/smtpd[4358]: fatal: open database /var/lib/mailman/data/aliases.db: No such file or directory
Aug 12 01:38:11 server1 postfix/smtpd[4395]: fatal: open database /var/lib/mailman/data/aliases.db: No such file or directory
Aug 12 01:39:12 server1 postfix/smtpd[4433]: fatal: open database /var/lib/mailman/data/aliases.db: No such file or directory
Aug 12 01:40:13 server1 postfix/smtpd[4477]: fatal: open database /var/lib/mailman/data/aliases.db: No such file or directory
[root@server1 data]# cp /etc/postfix/ali
aliases aliases.db aliases.db.db

any idea about this now ..
as before this error i was getting eror as /etc/postfix/aliases.db: Invalid argument

which has been resolved ...i just added a file aliases.db and done.

Edit your aliases file (might be /etc/aliases or /etc/postfix/aliases) if necessary, and then run newaliases.

Now i am able to get response by giving telnet on port 25 .
[root@server1 root]# telnet 192.168.2.2 25
Trying 192.168.2.2...
Connected to server1.vareesh.linuxhome.org (192.168.2.2).
Escape character is '^]'.
220 server1.vareesh.linuxhome.org ESMTP Postfix (2.1.4) (Mandrake Linux)
ehlo localhost
250-server1.vareesh.linuxhome.org
250-PIPELINING
250-SIZE 10240000
250-VRFY
250-ETRN
250-STARTTLS
250-AUTH GSSAPI
250-AUTH=GSSAPI
250 8BITMIME
mail from:vareesh@vareesh.linuxhome.org
250 Ok
rcpt to:vareesh@vareesh.linuxhome.org
250 Ok
data
354 End data with <CR><LF>.<CR><LF>
test mail
.
250 Ok: queued as F313A102E6
quit
221 Bye
Connection closed by foreign host.
[root@server1 root]#
[root@server1 root]# telnet 192.168.2.2 pop3
Trying 192.168.2.2...
Connected to server1.vareesh.linuxhome.org (192.168.2.2).
Escape character is '^]'.
+OK POP3 server1.vareesh.linuxhome.org 2004.87mdk server ready
user vareesh
+OK User name accepted, password please
pass #password
+OK Mailbox open, 0 messages
quit
+OK Sayonara
Connection closed by foreign host.
[root@server1 root]#


so where is my mail ?

It's confusing talking to a person using two different accounts.

Your mail logs will show which delivery agent did the final delivery, which should give you a good idea where your mail went. Then, you just have to make sure your POP3 server looks for the mail in that place.

i am getting /var/log/mail/info
Aug 12 22:09:05 server1 postfix/smtpd[29795]: connect from server1.vareesh.linuxhome.org[192.168.2.2]
Aug 12 22:09:05 server1 postfix/smtpd[29795]: match_list_match: server1.vareesh.linuxhome.org: no match
Aug 12 22:09:05 server1 postfix/smtpd[29795]: match_list_match: 192.168.2.2: no match
Aug 12 22:09:05 server1 postfix/smtpd[29795]: match_list_match: server1.vareesh.linuxhome.org: no match
Aug 12 22:09:05 server1 postfix/smtpd[29795]: match_list_match: 192.168.2.2: no match
Aug 12 22:09:05 server1 postfix/smtpd[29795]: > server1.vareesh.linuxhome.org[192.168.2.2]: 220 server1.vareesh.linuxhome.org ESMTP Postfix (2.1.4) (Mandrake Linux)
Aug 12 22:09:05 server1 postfix/smtpd[29795]: watchdog_pat: 0x80858c8
nothing in /var/log/mail/errors

I think you've turn on debugging, which isn't necessary here. Anyway, notice that while submitting your mail test you, postfix gave you its queue id number (highlighted below in bold type):grep your mail logs for that queue id. Toward the end, you should see the logs of the delivery agent. For example, if the local delivery agent was called, you might see a line that looks like this:This means that the delivery agent was local, but that it in turn called procmail.

Aug 12 23:06:27 server1 postfix/smtpd[32034]: connect from server1.vareesh.linuxhome.org[192.168.2.2]
Aug 12 23:07:22 server1 postfix/smtpd[32034]: 18E16102E6: client=server1.vareesh.linuxhome.org[192.168.2.2]
Aug 12 23:07:31 server1 postfix/cleanup[32107]: 18E16102E6: message-id=<20070812173701.18E16102E6@server1.vareesh.linuxhome.org>
Aug 12 23:07:31 server1 postfix/qmgr[31197]: 18E16102E6: from=<vareesh@vareesh.linuxhome.org>, size=434, nrcpt=1 (queue active)
Aug 12 23:07:32 server1 postfix/local[32114]: 18E16102E6: to=<vareesh@server1.vareesh.linuxhome.org>, orig_to=<vareesh@vareesh.linuxhome.org>, relay=local, delay=31, status=sent (delivered to mailbox)
Aug 12 23:07:32 server1 postfix/qmgr[31197]: 18E16102E6: removed
Aug 12 23:07:35 server1 postfix/smtpd[32034]: disconnect from server1.vareesh.linuxhome.org[192.168.2.2]
[root@server1 /]#

Ok. This means that your mail is probably in the spool directory (/var/spool/mail/vareesh, or something similar). See if you can find it there. Otherwise, we'll have to check your postfix config.

ya ./..it is
[root@server1 root]# cat /var/mail/vareesh
[root@server1 root]# cd /var/mail/
[root@server1 mail]# ls
vareesh
[root@server1 mail]# cat /var/mail/vareesh
[root@server1 mail]#

but i am not able to open it ..and a folder Mailbox has been created in vareesh. but it is not opening as well seems it need some kind of athentication .

Is /var/mail/vareesh a directory? What's the output of "ls -ld /var/mail/vareesh"?

Edit: You also should also post the output of "postconf -n". I have to go, but hopefully, someone else will pickup the thread here. If your mail isn't in /var/mail of /var/spool somewhere (either in mbox or maildir format), it may be in your home directory somewhere. Anyway, good luck.

no ..its a file i mean at /home/vareesh


[root@server1 mail]# cd /var/spool/mail/
[root@server1 mail]# ls
vareesh

[root@server1 mail]# ls -ld /var/mail/vareesh
-rw-rw---- 1 vareesh mail 0 Aug 12 18:04 /var/mail/vareesh
[root@server1 mail]#