Re: Getting started

[Magnus Bäck <magnus@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sunday, October 17, 2004 at 11:38 CEST,
     Adrian Wells <adrian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Can someone help please?
> 
> Running postfix, fetchmail, qpopper, DNS on a LAMP (linux9.0 +
> suppiled RPMs and online updates), 2NICs sitting in the DMZ -
> adminstration via webmin.
> 
> The LAMP is supposed to be acting as an MTA for a WIN2000 box running
> CMail (computalynx). I appear to be connecting the LAMP+WIN2000
> without problems.  i.e system mail created for root on the LAMP is
> being collected by the 2K box and outbound emails are being passed to
> the LAMP.
> 
> However - The LAMP does not recieve any external emails,

Is Postfix reachable from the outside? If yes, is there anything in your
logs?

> and when I have managed (in the past) to get emails to leave the
> queue, they never arrive at their destination!

Read your logs.

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> virtual_alias_maps = spannerhammer.co.uk

That's nonsense.

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Magnus Bäck
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