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Re: New Postfix install

From: Alexander Frimmel (cyrilsneer.at)
Date: Thu Oct 02 2008 - 02:02:58 CDT


On Wed, 1 Oct 2008, Ujjval K wrote:

> Date: Wed, 1 Oct 2008 14:51:49 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Ujjval K <ujjval_kyahoo.com>
> To: Wietse Venema <wietseporcupine.org>
> Cc: postfix users list <postfix-userspostfix.org>
> Subject: Re: New Postfix install
>
> Thx I was able to change MTAs to point to postfix...
> However , here is teh next error when trying to send email to myself..
>
> Again I am using smtp.comcast.net:587 as my relayhost
>
> Oct 1 15:48:38 fedoracore2uk postfix/pickup[8658]: D34AF170AF0: uid=0 from=<root>
> Oct 1 15:48:38 fedoracore2uk postfix/cleanup[8701]: D34AF170AF0: message-id=<20081001214838.D34AF170AF0ujjvalk=.xxxxx,net>
> Oct 1 15:48:38 fedoracore2uk postfix/nqmgr[8659]: D34AF170AF0: from=<rootuxxxx.net>, size=314, nrcpt=1 (queue active)
> Oct 1 15:48:38 fedoracore2uk postfix/nqmgr[8659]: warning: connect to transport smtp: Connection refused
> Oct 1 15:48:39 fedoracore2uk postfix/error[8703]: D34AF170AF0: to=<ujjval_kyahoo.com>, relay=none, delay=0.3, delays=0.11/0.05/0/0.14, dsn=4.3.0, status=deferred (mail transport unavailable)

Show your main.conf, maybe you did some configuration errors.

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>
> --- On Thu, 10/2/08, Wietse Venema <wietseporcupine.org> wrote:
>
>> From: Wietse Venema <wietseporcupine.org>
>> Subject: Re: New Postfix install
>> To: ujjval_kyahoo.com
>> Cc: "postfix users list" <postfix-userspostfix.org>
>> Date: Thursday, October 2, 2008, 3:14 AM
>> Ujjval K:
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Thx for the reply..I have the "mail"
>> Program, but it tries to use/usr/sbin/sendmail to send the
>> email...
>>
>> That is the correct pathname
>>
>>> Can that be configured to use postfix?
>>
>> No, you should instead configure the system MTA type so
>> that
>> everything will use Postfix.
>>
>> See:
>>
>> $ alternatives --config mta
>>
>> Wietse
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Grüße Alex