Thanks for sticking with me on this one, what a wonderful group of folks I have stumbled onto Roger that did it!! Both messages have shown up in the appropriate mailboxes!!! (now I am off to figure out how to get the thing to accept mail for usr@xxxxxxxxx) Thanks for all the helpful responses, patience and seeing me through this process. I surely learned a lot and also have set myself up to learn a whole lot more in the coming months. And before to long I hope to be able to contribute to this list as opposed to taking. Slowly prying myself from the grasp of bill gates, JP > -----Original Message----- > From: fedora-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:fedora-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx] > On Behalf Of Roger Beever > Sent: Sunday, February 08, 2004 3:09 PM > To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > Subject: RE: Dumb Newbie > > On Sun, 2004-02-08 at 19:56, Roger Beever wrote: > > On Sun, 2004-02-08 at 19:05, Jwp wrote: > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: fedora-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:fedora-list- > admin@xxxxxxxxxx] > > > > On Behalf Of Roger Beever > > > > Sent: Sunday, February 08, 2004 1:23 PM > > > > To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > > > Subject: RE: Dumb Newbie > > > > > > > > On Sun, 2004-02-08 at 17:23, Jason Dixon wrote: > > > > > On Sun, 2004-02-08 at 12:21, Jwp wrote: > > > > > > Well after a fresh install of postfix, setting my > inet_interfaces = > > > > all and > > > > > > restarting postfix has allowed me to telnet to port 25 with the > linux > > > > box > > > > > > itself, through localhost and I was also able to connect a > telnet > > > > session > > > > > > from another box on my lan to port 25. > > > > > > > > > > All of which means zilch, as far as the rest of the world is > concerned. > > > > > Everyone else still has to traverse through your ISP's routers. > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > Jason Dixon, RHCE > > > > > DixonGroup Consulting > > > > > http://www.dixongroup.net > > > > Did you set up postmaster@xxxxxxxxxx > > > > You may have to let us know a real e-mail address @b-dub.org. > > > > I think I actually received a rejection for your machine from a test > > > > message to postmaster@xxxxxxxxx > > > > You can test up a test user for email under users and select > > > > /sbin/nologin. > > > > that way you can delete it when testing is done. > > > > Regards Roger > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > fedora-list mailing list > > > > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > > > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > > > > > > Thanks Roger, > > > Try smitty@xxxxxxxxx (this is an ftp user account who's shell is set > to a > > > copy shell of /bin/false) by setting up postmaster@xxxxxxxxx?? what > ever > > > do you mean, I assume that you are referring to the aliases? Setting > > > postmaster : someuser? > > > > > > Again I have < 100 hrs with Unix/linux systems. I realize that > running a > > > mail server may be a bit out of my league and probably unadvisable but > I do > > > want to see if it is possible and then use it as a learning tool. So > far > > > this has been a great learning exercise on my end and I do apologize > for the > > > waste of bandwidth that I am sure some of you see this as. > > > > > > Thanks again for all the helpful advice, > > > JP > > > OK that failed as well but the fail message I'm getting is. > > > > SMTP error from remote mailer after RCPT TO:<smitty@xxxxxxxxx>: > > host cosmo.b-dub.org [24.44.190.85]: 554 <smitty@xxxxxxxxx>: > > Relay access denied > > Which I take to mean the reject came from your machine as it was "after > > RCPT" > > I could be wrong I not an expert. > > Re Postmaster (There are others) it is the account anyone with a problem > > should be able to send mail to and unless you chose to set up a user of > > postmaster and log on to the collect the mail you would need to aliases > > it to your normal account. E.G. smitty@ gives an error message I send > > message to postmaster@ you get the message sort smitty's account out and > > he gets his mail on the second attempt and is none th wiser when he gets > > back for an extended lunch (ideal world situation ;-) ) > > You probably should make sure that you know where root messages go to > > when you get the rest sorted. > > I think you complicated it a bit by the machine being cosmo.b-dub.org > > and not plain b-dub.org but I see others have offered help with that. > > Which I shall note in case I need it myself one day. > > > > I'm a sendmail user so this is about as far as I go except I'm happy to > > send further test mails if required. > > I reckon with the right people on the list tonight you might get it > > sorted today > > regards Roger > As a further test I sent one message each to > postmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx and smitty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > And I have not received rejections yet. > > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
