[olug] Postfix with aliases or .forward

[Shaughn]

Terry wrote:

>Interesting, I am running postfix-1.1.12-1 on RH9 and
>it seems to work just fine.
>
>I am curious what happens when you type:
>postqueue -f
>
>This will flush your queue.  Check your maillog for
>errors.  I would think that if all other mail is
>working for you then the queue manager is working.
>
>Paste some logs of this transaction taking place. 
>Might want to turn some debugging up.  Perhaps postfix
>is throwing these items into a queue due to a soft
>error that it is waiting to clear up before delivery.
>
>Also, the value in your aliases must be compatible
>with RFC 822, therefore, simply putting @hotmail.com
>won't cut it.  You need the full myname at hotmail.com
>like you said below in your .forward.
>  
>

thanks for the whole -f thing.. but seriously.. You think i'm stupid 
enough to try to send an email to @hotmail.com ? Seriously? That's like 
telling me, oh yeah you cann't put your pants on OVER YOUR FUCKING 
HEAD... It's common sense and all.. Ya know?

>--- Shaughn <shaughn at emosai.net> wrote:
>  
>
>>hey... spent all day on irc, and google and such...
>>
>>for some strange reason, whenever i have an alias ->
>>@hotmail.com or 
>>.forward goes to @hotmail.com
>>
>>so like i .forward all my mail to myname at hotmail.com
>>
>>then i receieve something it the /var/log/maillog
>>says it's been sent to 
>>hotmail, with the status, 250 - queued for
>>delievery..
>>
>>it just sits in the cue and doesn't work... am i
>>doing something wrong?
>>
>>here is my postconf -n :(
>>
>>broken_sasl_auth_clients = yes
>>command_directory = /usr/local/sbin
>>config_directory = /usr/local/etc/postfix
>>daemon_directory = /usr/local/libexec/postfix
>>home_mailbox = Maildir/
>>local_recipient_maps = unix:passwd.byname
>>$alias_maps
>>mailq_path = /usr/local/bin/mailq
>>manpage_directory = /usr/local/man
>>mydestination = $mydomain, $myhostname,
>>savagesquirrel.com, emosai.net, 
>>dailyoptions.net, bhspage.com, kayl.com,
>>furniture-2-go.com
>>myhostname = mail.ibusol.com
>>myorigin = ibusol.com
>>newaliases_path = /usr/local/bin/newaliases
>>readme_directory = no
>>sample_directory = /usr/local/etc/postfix
>>sendmail_path = /usr/local/sbin/sendmail
>>setgid_group = maildrop
>>smtp_tls_note_starttls_offer = yes
>>smtp_use_tls = yes
>>smtpd_banner = $myhostname ESMTP $mail_name
>>smtpd_enforce_tls = no
>>smtpd_recipient_restrictions =
>>permit_sasl_authenticated, 
>>reject_unauth_destination
>>smtpd_sasl_auth_enable = yes
>>smtpd_sasl_local_domain =
>>smtpd_sasl_security_options = noanonymous
>>smtpd_tls_CAfile = /usr/local/certs/post.pem
>>smtpd_tls_auth_only = yes
>>smtpd_tls_cert_file = /usr/local/certs/post.pem
>>smtpd_tls_key_file = /usr/local/certs/post.pem
>>smtpd_tls_loglevel = 1
>>smtpd_tls_received_header = yes
>>smtpd_use_tls = yes
>>tls_random_source = dev:/dev/urandom
>>unknown_local_recipient_reject_code = 550
>>
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~Shaughn
Network Administrator / Web Design
Ibusol Computer
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