Giulio Troccoli wrote:
Giulio Troccoli wrote:
I have just installed CentOS 5.1 on my home server and I am trying to set a mail server.
I have diligently followed the instructions on the Wiki - How To on the CentOS website (http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/postfix). However I cannot send internal email (I haven't yet tried externally).
Do you have any suggestions on what to check? To test it I used two normail user: giulio and federica. I logged in as federica and sent an email to giulio with the mail programme. Is this correct (i.e. using the mail programme)?
There is one thing that I don't quite understand from the instructions. In section 3.1 it's suggested to set
mynetworks = 192.168.0.0/24, 127.0.0.0/8
in the /etc/postfix/main.cf file. My home network however is 192.168.69.0 and actually the IP assigned to any computers in the networks start from 192.168.69.20. So I changed mynetworks to 192.168.69.0/24 and also 192.168.69.19/30 (as my server IP address is actully 192.168.69.25). I don't think this is the cause of my problem anyway, because it didn't work even with the value suggested by the Wiki page.
Thanks for you help Giulio
Well,
after putting the correct settings in /etc/postfix/main.cf
mynetworks = 192.168.69.0/24, 127.0.0.0/8
AND commented out the line
#mailbox_transport = lmtp:unix:/var/lib/imap/socket/lmtp
restarted postfix and I can download my email with Thunderbird. I cannot read them on the server with mail but I don't care about that
Thanks everybody for your help Giulio
Hi Giulio,
First up, glad to hear you have it working. I apologize for being late to join the discussion - it was just pointed out to me.
I am the author of the postfix/dovecot Wiki guide. If you feel the guide is inaccurate or misleading in any way, or any aspects could be improved to make it easier to follow or understand, please do not hesitate to offer feedback - we are always looking to constantly improve the quality of documentation.
I'm not sure why you needed to commented out mailbox_transport = lmtp:unix:/var/lib/imap/socket/lmtp, this should have been commented out by default unless you'd uncommented it at some point.
Regards,
Ned