From: /dev/rob0 (rob0gmx.co.uk)
Date: Sat Jun 10 2006 - 15:33:19 CDT

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On Saturday 2006-June-10 12:50, M. Fioretti wrote:
> Jun 10 13:27:09 fm postfix/smtpd[735]: mail_addr_find:
> marcomyowndomain.net -> myowndomain.net/marco ....
> Jun 10 13:27:09 fm postfix/virtual[741]: 5E209C19C:
> to=<marcomyowndomain.net>, relay=virtual, delay=0, status=deferred
> (mailbox /var/mail/vhosts/myowndomain.net/marco: cannot create file
> exclusively: No such file or directory)
>
> ################################################################
>
> which, if I understand it correctly, basically means "postfix
> receives email for myowndomain.net correctly, recognized addresses
> listed in /etc/postfix/vmailbox, but doesn't know what to make of the
> corresponding addresses".

Wrong. The mail is queued, but Postfix cannot deliver it. There was
probably a warning about needing to create the maildirs in advance?

> My question now is, at this point, what other exact pieces do I need
> to study/install/configure to have those messages delivered in
> mailboxes which I can:
>
> read with squirrelmail or other webmail client when traveling
> read via IMAP from my home Linux box

You could fix the virtual(8) problem, or scrap it all and use local(8)
delivery. I'd recommend the latter. If you want to add virtual mailbox
domains later, you sure can. But why not keep it simpler at this point?

> Also, how do I authorize my home linux MUA and that only to _send_
> email via postfix running on my VPS?

$mynetworks (put your home IP in there) or SMTP AUTH. What I did:
openvpn, so that I always had a secure address in $mynetworks.

> IMPORTANT: I _have_ already found and printed several "complete email
> howtos" for postfix+courier+whatnot, but all of them seem geared to
> scenarios waaaaaaay bigger and MORE complicated than what I need.

Indeed. People see HOWTOs featuring ISP-style email service, and that
appeals to them, when in fact good old fashioned local(8) delivery to
Unix accounts would suit their needs better.

> I do want to do things right and learn, but AT LEAST for the next
> 6/10 months I will be the ONLY person to read those mailboxes and
> authorized to send email through this postfix server. Do I REALLY
> need to set up an enterprise-level databases, certificate systems,

You already know the answer.
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