Re: mail server setup

[Laurent CREPET <laurent crepet quadratec fr>]

On Thu, May 31, 2001 at 10:08:01PM -0700, Matt Whiteley wrote:
> I have installed postfix and procmail.  Some things are working but I am
> running into some problems:
> 
> Do I have to create directories in /var/spool/mail for every user?
> 

That's not directories that are used... In /var/spool/mail, you'll find
one file per user that received e-mail on this system.

In most cases, files are created automatically...

> I am this error
> 
> can't create user output file. Command output:
>     procmail: Couldn't create "/var/spool/mail/matt" procmail: Lock failure
> on
>     "/var/spool/mail/matt.lock" procmail: Error while writing to
>     "/var/spool/mail/matt"

I had the same problem with netscape, using the movemail option to download
new mails from /var/spool/mail/<user> to ~/nsmail/inbox. I checked and changed
the permission of the directory /var/spool/mail. But, it can be dangerous to do
this.

> I have imap installed and would like to be able to send mail from my windows
> box to anywhere (through the linux server) or from my linux box to anywhere.
> 
> My last problem (right now) is that mail sent from the linux box says it is
> coming from user hostname <mailto:user hostname>  when I want it to say
> user domainname <mailto:user domainname>  by chopping off the first bit.  I
> set the myorigin=mydomainname in the postfix/main.cf file and ran postfix
> reload.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Matt Whiteley
> 
> 
> 
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