on 3-27-2008 3:38 PM Giulio Troccoli spake the following: > > > 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 Welcome to what might become your biggest nightmare! A mailserver attached to the internet. ;-P Spammers will probably find you within a week. -- MailScanner is like deodorant... You hope everybody uses it, and you notice quickly if they don't!!!! -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 250 bytes Desc: OpenPGP digital signature URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20080327/fd6c10a4/attachment-0004.sig>