problem with postfix/mailman

[Tony Arnold]

You probably want to check the settings of parameters 'myhostname' and
'mydestination' in /etc/postfix/main.cf.

In your case the relevant lines should read something like:

myhostname = cdsfilesrv.shacknet.nu
mydesitnation = cdsfilesrv.shacknet.nu, localhost.localdomain, localhost

That way postfix will know that mail addressed to
@cdsfilesrv.shacknet.nu should be delivered locally and not via the
network.

Edit the config file as root and restart your postfix server.

What is happening at the moment, is that mail to cdsfilesrv.shacknet.nu
from the same machine is going via the network. I suspect you are beind
a NAT router and making a connection from the NAT side to the WAN IP
address is not usually supported by most home routers.

Hope this helps.

Regards,
Tony.

On Tue, 2006-07-11 at 23:17 +0100, njcox wrote:
> Jul 11 08:26:39 localhost postfix/qmgr[5381]: 013944AC6F4:
> from=<njcox at cdsfilesrv.shacknet.nu>, size=338, nrcpt=1 (queue active)
> 
> Jul 11 08:27:09 localhost postfix/smtp[6747]: 013944AC6F4:
> to=<gandalf at cdsfilesrv.shacknet.nu>, orig_to=<gandalf>, relay=none,
> delay=317316, status=deferred (connect to
> cdsfilesrv.shacknet.nu[69.229.246.38]: Connection timed out)
> 
> Jul 11 09:49:59 localhost postfix/qmgr[5381]: 013944AC6F4:
> from=<njcox at cdsfilesrv.shacknet.nu>, size=338, nrcpt=1 (queue active)
> 
> Jul 11 09:50:30 localhost postfix/smtp[6790]: 013944AC6F4:
> to=<gandalf at cdsfilesrv.shacknet.nu>, orig_to=<gandalf>, relay=none,
> delay=322317, status=deferred (connect to
> cdsfilesrv.shacknet.nu[69.229.246.38]: Connection timed out)
> 
> Jul 11 11:13:19 localhost postfix/qmgr[5381]: 013944AC6F4:
> from=<njcox at cdsfilesrv.shacknet.nu>, size=338, nrcpt=1 (queue active)
> 
> Jul 11 11:13:49 localhost postfix/smtp[8912]: 013944AC6F4:
> to=<gandalf at cdsfilesrv.shacknet.nu>, orig_to=<gandalf>, relay=none,
> delay=327316, status=deferred (connect to
> cdsfilesrv.shacknet.nu[69.229.246.38]: Connection timed out)
> 
> Jul 11 12:36:39 localhost postfix/qmgr[5381]: 013944AC6F4:
> from=<njcox at cdsfilesrv.shacknet.nu>, size=338, nrcpt=1 (queue active)
> 
> Jul 11 12:37:10 localhost postfix/smtp[12540]: 013944AC6F4:
> to=<gandalf at cdsfilesrv.shacknet.nu>, orig_to=<gandalf>, relay=none,
> delay=332317, status=deferred (connect to
> cdsfilesrv.shacknet.nu[69.229.246.38]: Connection timed out)
> 
> Jul 11 13:59:59 localhost postfix/qmgr[5381]: 013944AC6F4:
> from=<njcox at cdsfilesrv.shacknet.nu>, size=338, nrcpt=1 (queue active)
> 
> Jul 11 14:00:29 localhost postfix/smtp[15277]: 013944AC6F4:
> to=<gandalf at cdsfilesrv.shacknet.nu>, orig_to=<gandalf>, relay=none,
> delay=337316, status=deferred (connect to
> cdsfilesrv.shacknet.nu[69.229.246.38]: Connection timed out)
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> and ...
> 
> 
> 
> Jul 11 08:26:39 localhost postfix/qmgr[5381]: 0C9834AC236:
> from=<njcox at lindero.creativedigitalsys.com>, size=344, nrcpt=1 (queue
> active)
> 
> Jul 11 08:27:09 localhost postfix/smtp[6748]: 0C9834AC236:
> to=<gandalf at cdsfilesrv.shacknet.nu>, relay=none, delay=413397,
> status=deferred (connect to cdsfilesrv.shacknet.nu[69.229.246.38]:
> Connection timed out)
> 
> Jul 11 09:49:59 localhost postfix/qmgr[5381]: 0C9834AC236:
> from=<njcox at lindero.creativedigitalsys.com>, size=344, nrcpt=1 (queue
> active)
> 
> Jul 11 09:50:30 localhost postfix/smtp[6789]: 0C9834AC236:
> to=<gandalf at cdsfilesrv.shacknet.nu>, relay=none, delay=418398,
> status=deferred (connect to cdsfilesrv.shacknet.nu[69.229.246.38]:
> Connection timed out)
> 
> Jul 11 11:13:19 localhost postfix/qmgr[5381]: 0C9834AC236:
> from=<njcox at lindero.creativedigitalsys.com>, size=344, nrcpt=1 (queue
> active)
> 
> Jul 11 11:13:49 localhost postfix/smtp[8913]: 0C9834AC236:
> to=<gandalf at cdsfilesrv.shacknet.nu>, relay=none, delay=423397,
> status=deferred (connect to cdsfilesrv.shacknet.nu[69.229.246.38]:
> Connection timed out)
> 
> Jul 11 12:36:39 localhost postfix/qmgr[5381]: 0C9834AC236:
> from=<njcox at lindero.creativedigitalsys.com>, size=344, nrcpt=1 (queue
> active)
> 
> Jul 11 12:37:10 localhost postfix/smtp[12541]: 0C9834AC236:
> to=<gandalf at cdsfilesrv.shacknet.nu>, relay=none, delay=428398,
> status=deferred (connect to cdsfilesrv.shacknet.nu[69.229.246.38]:
> Connection timed out)
> 
> Jul 11 13:59:59 localhost postfix/qmgr[5381]: 0C9834AC236:
> from=<njcox at lindero.creativedigitalsys.com>, size=344, nrcpt=1 (queue
> active)
> 
> Jul 11 14:00:29 localhost postfix/smtp[15276]: 0C9834AC236:
> to=<gandalf at cdsfilesrv.shacknet.nu>, relay=none, delay=433397,
> status=deferred (connect to cdsfilesrv.shacknet.nu[69.229.246.38]:
> Connection timed out)
> 
> Jul 11 14:00:29 localhost postfix/qmgr[5381]: 0C9834AC236:
> from=<njcox at lindero.creativedigitalsys.com>, status=expired, returned
> to sender
> 
> Jul 11 14:00:30 localhost postfix/qmgr[5381]: 0C9834AC236: removed
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> sorry, i'm fairly new to linux and don't know exactly where to look for
> log files, i had been using 'mailq' before.
> 
> 
> -- 
> njcox
> 
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