Hello all,
I just set up Postfix using the guides on gentoo.org. I'm having some issues I'm not able to find answers to.
I am able to send mail.
I type:
mutt -x root
and away the message goes. Scanning my /var/log/messages, I see that it is sent and there are no errors. However, when I start Mutt it tells me /root/.maildir does not exist and if I would like to create it. Sure. So I eneter 'y'. Now it complains /root/.maildir is not a mailbox. Hmm. I thought Mutt would take care of creating that when I said yes to the first question. I can't seem to find the message I sent above anywhere. It's not listed in /var/spool/mail/root either.
If I use the same command above to send mail to an internet address (me@whatever.com) I get the message.
I've gone through my /etc/postfix/main.cf file many times now and compared it with all that I've seen on this site and cannot come up with a reason why I'm not getting mail locally or I'm having issues starting Mutt and accessing .maildir.
postfix check shows no errors. hostname and domainname are set, etc.
Here is a snipets from my /etc/postfix/main.cf that I think are relavant to this. Let me know if more is needed to help me solve this.
Thanks to everyone.
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# INTERNET HOST AND DOMAIN NAMES
#
# The myhostname parameter specifies the internet hostname of this
# mail system. The default is to use the fully-qualified domain name
# from gethostname(). $myhostname is used as a default value for many
# other configuration parameters.
#
myhostname = dove.mail.home
#myhostname = virtual.domain.tld
# The mydomain parameter specifies the local internet domain name.
# The default is to use $myhostname minus the first component.
# $mydomain is used as a default value for many other configuration
# parameters.
#
mydomain = mail.home
# SENDING MAIL
#
# The myorigin parameter specifies the domain that locally-posted
# mail appears to come from. The default is to append $myhostname,
# which is fine for small sites. If you run a domain with multiple
# machines, you should (1) change this to $mydomain and (2) set up
# a domain-wide alias database that aliases each user to
#
user@that.users.mailhost.
#
# For the sake of consistency between sender and recipient addresses,
# myorigin also specifies the default domain name that is appended
# to recipient addresses that have no @domain part.
#
myorigin = $myhostname
#myorigin = $mydomain
# RECEIVING MAIL
# The inet_interfaces parameter specifies the network interface
# addresses that this mail system receives mail on. By default,
# the software claims all active interfaces on the machine. The
# parameter also controls delivery of mail to user@[ip.address].
#
# See also the proxy_interfaces parameter, for network addresses that
# are forwarded to us via a proxy or network address translator.
#
# Note: you need to stop/start Postfix when this parameter changes.
#
#inet_interfaces = all
#inet_interfaces = $myhostname
inet_interfaces = $myhostname, localhost
mydestination = $myhostname, localhost.$mydomain
>>>>>
# DELIVERY TO MAILBOX
#
# The home_mailbox parameter specifies the optional pathname of a
# mailbox file relative to a user's home directory. The default
# mailbox file is /var/spool/mail/user or /var/mail/user. Specify
# "Maildir/" for qmail-style delivery (the / is required).
#
#home_mailbox = Mailbox
home_mailbox = .maildir/
# The mail_spool_directory parameter specifies the directory where
# UNIX-style mailboxes are kept. The default setting depends on the
# system type.
#
#mail_spool_directory = /var/mail
#mail_spool_directory = /var/spool/mail
# The mailbox_command parameter specifies the optional external
# command to use instead of mailbox delivery. The command is run as
# the recipient with proper HOME, SHELL and LOGNAME environment settings.
# Exception: delivery for root is done as $default_user.
#
# Other environment variables of interest: USER (recipient username),
# EXTENSION (address extension), DOMAIN (domain part of address),
# and LOCAL (the address localpart).
#
# Unlike other Postfix configuration parameters, the mailbox_command
# parameter is not subjected to $parameter substitutions. This is to
# make it easier to specify shell syntax (see example below).
#
# Avoid shell meta characters because they will force Postfix to run
# an expensive shell process. Procmail alone is expensive enough.
#
# IF YOU USE THIS TO DELIVER MAIL SYSTEM-WIDE, YOU MUST SET UP AN
# ALIAS THAT FORWARDS MAIL FOR ROOT TO A REAL USER.
#
#mailbox_command = /usr/bin/procmail
mailbox_command = /usr/bin/procmail -a "$EXTENSION" DEFAULT=$HOME/.maildir/ MAILDIR=$HOME/.maildir
