Mail server - setup virtual mail boxes

[satimis]

Hi folks,

AMD Athlon54 X2 512Kx2 socket AM2 3800
slamd64-11.0

Just completed installing the captioned OS with everything installed except GAME. This is an experiment. slamd64 is now running on the box.

I'm going to setup virtual mail boxes on this server, allowing my friends using the mail server sending and receiving mails. Please advise;

1) how to check whether sendmail is running and configured properly.
2) how to setup virtual mail boxes. Where can I find relevant tutorial.

TIA


B.R.
satimis

[falko]

Originally Posted by satimis

1) how to check whether sendmail is running and configured properly.

You can run

netstat -tap

to see if sendmail is running. Also check the mail log to see if there are problems.

Originally Posted by satimis

2) how to setup virtual mail boxes. Where can I find relevant tutorial.

I don't know such a tutotirla for sendmail, only for Postfix. Why don't you use Postfix instead of sendmail? Postfix is easier to manage.

[satimis]

Hi falko]

Tks for your advice.

You can run

netstat -tap

to see if sendmail is running. Also check the mail log to see if there are problems.

$ netstat -tap

(Not all processes could be identified, non-owned process info
 will not be shown, you would have to be root to see it all.)
Active Internet connections (servers and established)
Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address           Foreign Address         State       PID/Program name
tcp        0      0 *:time                  *:*                     LISTEN     -
tcp        0      0 *:submission            *:*                     LISTEN     -
tcp        0      0 *:x11                   *:*                     LISTEN     -
tcp        0      0 *:http                  *:*                     LISTEN     -
tcp        0      0 *:auth                  *:*                     LISTEN     -
tcp        0      0 *:domain                *:*                     LISTEN     -
tcp        0      0 *:ipp                   *:*                     LISTEN     -
tcp        0      0 *:smtp                  *:*                     LISTEN     -
tcp        0      0 host.satimis.com:34873  63.150.131.35:http      ESTABLISHED3132/firefox-bin
tcp        0      0 host.satimis.com:47681  jp-in-f99.google.c:http ESTABLISHED3132/firefox-bin
tcp        0      0 host.satimis.com:47684  jp-in-f99.google.c:http ESTABLISHED3132/firefox-bin
tcp        0      0 host.satimis.com:53864  63.150.131.26:http      ESTABLISHED3132/firefox-bin
tcp6       0      0 *:x11                   *:*                     LISTEN     -
tcp6       0      0 *:domain                *:*                     LISTEN     -
tcp6       0      0 *:ssh                   *:*                     LISTEN     -

# tail /var/log/maillog

Feb 11 08:09:33 host sm-msp-queue[2913]: starting daemon (8.13.8): queueing@00:25:00
Feb 11 19:33:15 host sm-mta[2910]: starting daemon (8.13.8): SMTP+queueing@00:25:00
Feb 11 19:33:15 host sm-msp-queue[2913]: starting daemon (8.13.8): queueing@00:25:00
Feb 11 19:49:43 host sm-mta[3200]: l1BBnfPP003200: ruleset=check_rcpt, arg1=<myself@satimis.com>, rela                   y=d137175.upc-d.chello.nl [213.46.137.175], reject=550 5.7.1 <myself@satimis.com>... Relaying denied
Feb 11 19:49:43 host sm-mta[3200]: l1BBnfPP003200: lost input channel from d137175.upc-d.chello.nl [21                   3.46.137.175] to MTA after rcpt
Feb 11 19:49:43 host sm-mta[3200]: l1BBnfPP003200: from=<telephusion.com@greatcallcenter.com>, size=0,                    class=0, nrcpts=0, proto=SMTP, daemon=MTA, relay=d137175.upc-d.chello.nl [213.46.137.175]
Feb 11 20:11:45 host sm-mta[3448]: l1BC9PtG003448: from=host@satimis.com, size=31, class=0, nrcpts=1,                    msgid=<200702111211.l1BC9PtG003448@host.satimis.com>, proto=ESMTP, daemon=MTA, relay=localhost [127.0.                   0.1]
Feb 11 20:11:50 host sm-mta[3450]: l1BC9PtG003448: to=satimis@yahoo.com, delay=00:00:37, xdelay=00:00:                   05, mailer=esmtp, pri=120031, relay=e.mx.mail.yahoo.com. [216.39.53.1], dsn=2.0.0, stat=Sent (ok dirde                   l)
Feb 11 21:37:51 host sm-mta[2910]: starting daemon (8.13.8): SMTP+queueing@00:25:00
Feb 11 21:37:51 host sm-msp-queue[2913]: starting daemon (8.13.8): queueing@00:25:00

I tried "telnet localhost 25" to send a mail to satimis@yahoo.com. The said mail arrived without problem.

I don't know such a tutotirla for sendmail, only for Postfix. Why don't you use Postfix instead of sendmail? Postfix is easier to manage.

slamd64-11.0 runs sendmail as default.

$ ps aux | grep sendmail

root      2910  0.0  0.1  28068  2328 ?        Ss   21:37   0:00 sendmail: accepting connections      
smmsp     2913  0.0  0.0  19308  1896 ?        Ss   21:37   0:00 sendmail: Queue runner@00:25:00 for /var/spool/clientmqueue
satimis   3173  0.0  0.0   1184   400 pts/1    R+   21:44   0:00 grep sendmail

$ ps ax | grep sendmail

 2910 ?        Ss     0:00 sendmail: accepting connections
 2913 ?        Ss     0:00 sendmail: Queue runner@00:25:00 for /var/spool/clientmqueue
 3175 pts/1    R+     0:00 grep sendmail

$ ps aux | grep postfix

satimis   3169  0.0  0.0   1184   400 pts/1    R+   21:43   0:00 grep postfix

$ ps ax | grep postfix

 3171 pts/1    R+     0:00 grep postfix

B.R.
satimis

[martinfst]

Don't know what you are trying to say, but you can not run both Postfix AND Sendmail on the same box without extensive tweaking and modifying either postfix or sendmail. It would be of little use either. Run only one MTA on your (production) systems. And run one MTA consistently, e.g. do not mix sendmail and postfix, other then for learning. Really, don't make it more complicated. Both Postfix and Sendmail require a significant amount of knowledge to run safely on the Internet now-a-days. By using only one flavor, you knowledge will grow more rapidly.

[satimis]

Originally Posted by martinfst

Don't know what you are trying to say, but you can not run both Postfix AND Sendmail on the same box without extensive tweaking and modifying either postfix or sendmail. It would be of little use either. Run only one MTA on your (production) systems. And run one MTA consistently, e.g. do not mix sendmail and postfix, other then for learning. Really, don't make it more complicated. Both Postfix and Sendmail require a significant amount of knowledge to run safely on the Internet now-a-days. By using only one flavor, you knowledge will grow more rapidly.

Hi martinfst,

I'm not prepared to run Sendmail and Postfix simultaneously on the same server. In response to falko's advice to run Postfix I tried to make it clear to him that Sendmail, being default MTA of slamd64, was already running. Postfix was not.

B.R.
satimis