The 2004-03-10 at 09:58 +0100, Koenraad Lelong wrote:
It's indeed ace-electronics.be, but I made an alias (I'm using a virtual domain) that should redirect koenraad.lelong@belgacom.net to k.lelong@ace-electronics.be.
Ah, but postfix must be told about it, not only in /etc/aliases.
I'm not using /etc/aliases. I'm using an MySQL backend, I only have 'virtual' users. But I think I have complicated the setup. You mentioned I should not run the two servers in parallel, I could get removed from the list.
Only if mail bounces back :-)
So I created a free mail account (that belgacom.net thing) and used that to test. I think I'm going to try it again like before, those mails from the list were getting to me via the postmaster, they were not bounced. Or am I missing something ?
Yes, I think I saw on your log the other day that they were sent to the postmaster because (probably) postfix found no recipient. So, trying with debug info (probably for the local interface, 127.0.01) should help to pinpoint why. You should run your tests using test-list ampersand SuSE.com, and that way your working SLE subscription doesn't get compromised. Otherwise, a procmail recipe on the postmaster account (or better a separate postmaster for each multidrop box) would catch those. But I'm guessing that in your case that might be a lot of work (too many users?).
[private answers] I understand; no, it doesn't. I use a procmail rule to avoid that mistake - well, actually, three:
... Is it possible to automate this ? I mean, that seems to be specific for one mailing-list (suse), but I don't know if and when my users will subscribe to a mailing-list. It will be possible of course, but I would need to do some more 'programming'.
Er... no, I would not automate that, even if possible. Reason: if a user sets up the "vacation" program, auto answers would go back to the list, creating a loop... if the SuSE server is fast at that time, and yours is as well, you will get thousands of mad screaming list-people in a question of minutes :-p Better to leave that to each user on his own.
Actually this points back to my initial problem : how do I deliver mails from mailinglists to those virtual users ? With Fetchmail & Postfix. B.T.W. I did manage to get more debug-info from Postfix, but I didn't learn anything more for the moment. I need more time.
True; maybe with extended log info you can see why. I can not help with multidrop boxes, no experience there. Read carefully the man page for multidrop boxes, maybe something jumps to mind. -- Cheers, Carlos Robinson