Fwd: Postfix, Mutt And No Root Mail?

Mon Oct 29 21:30:47 UTC 2007

--- Hal Burgiss <hal at burgiss.net> wrote:

> On Sun, Oct 28, 2007 at 09:02:57PM -0700, Leonard
> Chatagnier wrote:
> > 
> > Well Ed, I sent root at ubuntu an email via mutt. It
> went
> > just like every other time I used mutt to send
> mail,
> > no errors, but mutt didn't show it in the listing
> even
> > after closing and reopening mutt.  I don't claim
> to
> > know much about mutt usage and may have done it
> wrong.
> > BTW, sudo mail shows no mail for root and $mail
> shows
> > no mail for user but I have user mail in mutt from
> > fetachyahoo and I'm just as confused as ever.
> 
> Each application has a different idea of where to
> look for a default
> mailbox. mail if probably looking in standard unix
> places like
> /var/mail/$user (where system mail accounts
> typically have their
> incoming mail spools before they get popped or
> routed elsewhere), and
> mutt probably has created $HOME/mail/. 
> 
> After you send a mail to root at localhost, check the
> postfix
> mail log file: "sudo tail /var/log/mail.log", and
> post the results.
> That should give a hint on which way its going. 
> 
Hi Hal,
Thanks for the input. I followed your instructions
before installing mailx as Ed suggested to keep things
the same.  I did this:
Composed mail to root at ubuntu using mutt which defaults
to the nano editor.  The composition shows up in mutt
as soon as I write and close nano.  I see the message
I typed in with nano immediately in mutt even before I
type 'y' to send it.  I didn't see a mail entry for
root at ubutntu in the list even after I closed and
reopened mutt.  I have 2 'tails' attached; one before
I typed 'y' and one after which looked the same to me
after a quick look.  The tails follow:
lchata at ubuntu:/var/log$ sudo tail /var/log/mail.log
Password:
Oct 29 16:02:50 ubuntu postfix/qmgr[5393]:
14354108118: from=<logcheck at sbcgobal.net>, size=5469,
nrcpt=1 (queue active)
Oct 29 16:02:50 ubuntu postfix/local[10484]:
BED94108119: to=<root at ubuntu>, relay=local,
delay=0.47, delays=0.39/0.06/0/0.02, dsn=2.0.0,
status=sent (forwarded as 14354108118)
Oct 29 16:02:50 ubuntu postfix/qmgr[5393]:
BED94108119: removed
Oct 29 16:02:50 ubuntu postfix/smtp[10485]:
14354108118: to=<lchata at sbcgobal.net>,
orig_to=<root at ubuntu>,
relay=smtp.sbcglobal.yahoo.com[68.142.198.11]:25,
delay=0.67, delays=0.02/0.13/0.45/0.07, dsn=5.0.0,
status=bounced (host
smtp.sbcglobal.yahoo.com[68.142.198.11] said: 530
authentication required - for help go to
http://help.yahoo.com/help/us/sbc/dsl/mail/pop/pop-11.html
(in reply to MAIL FROM command))
Oct 29 16:02:50 ubuntu postfix/cleanup[10480]:
CAC2210811A:
message-id=<20071029210250.CAC2210811A at ubuntu>
Oct 29 16:02:50 ubuntu postfix/qmgr[5393]:
CAC2210811A: from=<>, size=7449, nrcpt=1 (queue
active)
Oct 29 16:02:50 ubuntu postfix/bounce[10487]:
14354108118: sender non-delivery notification:
CAC2210811A
Oct 29 16:02:50 ubuntu postfix/qmgr[5393]:
14354108118: removed
Oct 29 16:02:51 ubuntu postfix/smtp[10485]:
CAC2210811A: to=<logcheck at sbcgobal.net>,
relay=smtp.sbcglobal.yahoo.com[68.142.198.11]:25,
delay=0.53, delays=0.03/0/0.42/0.08, dsn=5.0.0,
status=bounced (host
smtp.sbcglobal.yahoo.com[68.142.198.11] said: 530
authentication required - for help go to
http://help.yahoo.com/help/us/sbc/dsl/mail/pop/pop-11.html
(in reply to MAIL FROM command))
Oct 29 16:02:51 ubuntu postfix/qmgr[5393]:
CAC2210811A: removed
lchata at ubuntu:/var/log$ sudo tail /var/log/mail.log
Oct 29 16:02:50 ubuntu postfix/qmgr[5393]:
14354108118: from=<logcheck at sbcgobal.net>, size=5469,
nrcpt=1 (queue active)
Oct 29 16:02:50 ubuntu postfix/local[10484]:
BED94108119: to=<root at ubuntu>, relay=local,
delay=0.47, delays=0.39/0.06/0/0.02, dsn=2.0.0,
status=sent (forwarded as 14354108118)
Oct 29 16:02:50 ubuntu postfix/qmgr[5393]:
BED94108119: removed
Oct 29 16:02:50 ubuntu postfix/smtp[10485]:
14354108118: to=<lchata at sbcgobal.net>,
orig_to=<root at ubuntu>,
relay=smtp.sbcglobal.yahoo.com[68.142.198.11]:25,
delay=0.67, delays=0.02/0.13/0.45/0.07, dsn=5.0.0,
status=bounced (host
smtp.sbcglobal.yahoo.com[68.142.198.11] said: 530
authentication required - for help go to
http://help.yahoo.com/help/us/sbc/dsl/mail/pop/pop-11.html
(in reply to MAIL FROM command))
Oct 29 16:02:50 ubuntu postfix/cleanup[10480]:
CAC2210811A:
message-id=<20071029210250.CAC2210811A at ubuntu>
Oct 29 16:02:50 ubuntu postfix/qmgr[5393]:
CAC2210811A: from=<>, size=7449, nrcpt=1 (queue
active)
Oct 29 16:02:50 ubuntu postfix/bounce[10487]:
14354108118: sender non-delivery notification:
CAC2210811A
Oct 29 16:02:50 ubuntu postfix/qmgr[5393]:
14354108118: removed
Oct 29 16:02:51 ubuntu postfix/smtp[10485]:
CAC2210811A: to=<logcheck at sbcgobal.net>,
relay=smtp.sbcglobal.yahoo.com[68.142.198.11]:25,
delay=0.53, delays=0.03/0/0.42/0.08, dsn=5.0.0,
status=bounced (host
smtp.sbcglobal.yahoo.com[68.142.198.11] said: 530
authentication required - for help go to
http://help.yahoo.com/help/us/sbc/dsl/mail/pop/pop-11.html
(in reply to MAIL FROM command))
Oct 29 16:02:51 ubuntu postfix/qmgr[5393]:
CAC2210811A: removed
lchata at ubuntu:/var/log$ sudo tail /var/log/mail.log
Oct 29 16:10:29 ubuntu postfix/qmgr[5393]:
E3E77108118: from=<lchata at sbcgobal.net>, size=558,
nrcpt=1 (queue active)
Oct 29 16:10:29 ubuntu postfix/local[10518]:
CF897108119: to=<root at ubuntu>, relay=local,
delay=0.14, delays=0.08/0.03/0/0.03, dsn=2.0.0,
status=sent (forwarded as E3E77108118)
Oct 29 16:10:29 ubuntu postfix/qmgr[5393]:
CF897108119: removed
Oct 29 16:10:30 ubuntu postfix/smtp[10519]:
E3E77108118: to=<lchata at sbcgobal.net>,
orig_to=<root at ubuntu>,
relay=smtp.sbcglobal.yahoo.com[68.142.198.11]:25,
delay=0.65, delays=0.01/0.05/0.5/0.08, dsn=5.0.0,
status=bounced (host
smtp.sbcglobal.yahoo.com[68.142.198.11] said: 530
authentication required - for help go to
http://help.yahoo.com/help/us/sbc/dsl/mail/pop/pop-11.html
(in reply to MAIL FROM command))
Oct 29 16:10:30 ubuntu postfix/cleanup[10516]:
AC8BA10811A:
message-id=<20071029211030.AC8BA10811A at ubuntu>
Oct 29 16:10:30 ubuntu postfix/qmgr[5393]:
AC8BA10811A: from=<>, size=2534, nrcpt=1 (queue
active)
Oct 29 16:10:30 ubuntu postfix/bounce[10521]:
E3E77108118: sender non-delivery notification:
AC8BA10811A
Oct 29 16:10:30 ubuntu postfix/qmgr[5393]:
E3E77108118: removed
Oct 29 16:10:31 ubuntu postfix/smtp[10519]:
AC8BA10811A: to=<lchata at sbcgobal.net>,
relay=smtp.sbcglobal.yahoo.com[68.142.198.11]:25,
delay=0.53, delays=0.02/0/0.39/0.11, dsn=5.0.0,
status=bounced (host
smtp.sbcglobal.yahoo.com[68.142.198.11] said: 530
authentication required - for help go to
http://help.yahoo.com/help/us/sbc/dsl/mail/pop/pop-11.html
(in reply to MAIL FROM command))
Oct 29 16:10:31 ubuntu postfix/qmgr[5393]:
AC8BA10811A: removed
lchata at ubuntu:/var/log$  


Leonard Chatagnier
lenc5570 at sbcglobal.net