Postfix store and forward configuration
 

Hi,

I would like to store a copy of all mails that pass through my Postfix mail-relay to a local mailbox on the mail server.

I did the following

created a user 'mailstore"

this is a part of main.cf

mydestination = $myhostname
myhostname = mailer
always_bcc = mailstore@mailer
local_recipient_maps = proxy:unix:passwd.byname


I get these errors in /var/log/mail.log

Jan 29 21:38:17 mailer postfix/qmgr[22821]: 8D305CA348:
to=<mailstore@mailer>, relay=none, delay=0.29,

delays=0.22/0.06/0/0, dsn=4.3.0, status=deferred (mail transport
unavailable)

Jan 29 21:39:58 mailer postfix/qmgr[22821]: warning: connect to transport local: Connection refused

Please, how do I make Postfix store the bcc copy to the local mailbox?

Thanks for your help.

Is this what you actually have?

How about trying

I tried to switch the mydestination and myhostname lines, but it does not work either. Shall I add anything to my configuration?

Thanks

Can you post the output of postconf -n

I have already solved the problem. It was in master.cf (local was not running), but now I have another one.

Jan 29 23:55:02 mailer postfix/local[25030]: EE8CBCA2A5: to=<mailstore@mailer>, relay=local, delay=0.38, delays=0.21/0.06/0/0.11, dsn=5.2.0, status=bounced (cannot update mailbox /var/mail/mailstore for user mailstore. cannot create file exclusively: No such file or directory)


The directory /var/mail/ exist. I tried to change to directory permission to 777 but without any success.

This is postconf -n


alias_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/aliases
always_bcc = mailstore@mailer
append_dot_mydomain = no
biff = no
command_directory = /usr/sbin
config_directory = /etc/postfix
daemon_directory = /usr/lib/postfix
delay_warning_time = 12h
disable_vrfy_command = yes
local_transport = local:$myhostname
mail_name = Mailer
mail_spool_directory = /var/mail
mailbox_size_limit = 0
mydestination = $myhostname
mydomain = localhost.localdomain
myhostname = mailer
mynetworks = 192.168.58.0/24 127.0.0.0/8
queue_minfree = 536870912
setgid_group = postdrop
smtpd_banner = $myhostname $mail_name

Thanks

Have you tried creating the file with touch /var/mail/mailstore? Do you have selinux running? If sot try turning it off for a test with setenforce 0

Yes I tried to create /var/mail/mailstore manually by touch, with the same result. I don't have selinux.

I also changed the mail_spool_directory, but it does not work either. I am running postfix chrooted, do you think it could be the problem?

I won't claim to know anything about running postfix chrooted, but did you read http://www.postfix.org/BASIC_CONFIGU...l#chroot_setup and note

"Note that a chrooted daemon resolves all filenames relative to the Postfix queue directory (/var/spool/postfix)"

Don't know if that helps

The problem is solved. It must be explicitly said, not to run local service chrooted