[ilug] Postfix error -> this is easy...not for me though

[Philip Reynolds]

show the output of postconf -n,

typing:

$ postconf -n | grep alias_maps

should give you something like

alias_maps = hash:/etc/aliases

Edit the file that's mentioned here (in this example case, it's
/etc/aliases), and add the following line:

wynnec: cwynne

It is possible that you specified this in a transport map as well 

the output of ``postconf -n'' see if there's a ``transport_maps''
line and if there is, have a look at the file specified there. 

More than likely however this is a simple addition to the aliases
file.

Once you have added the above alias, run

postalias hash:/etc/aliases 

(where /etc/aliases is the location of your aliases file).

Phil.

Wynne, Conor's [conor_wynne at maxtor.com] 39 lines of wisdom included:
> Hi all,
> 
> I downloaded all my mail last night after the holliers, took ages & ages.
> Then I went to me inbox, and it said, you have no new mail or something.
> Here in work where I sent some of them from, I received these errors
> 
> This is the Postfix program at host daddybear.daisynet.ie.
> 
> I'm sorry to have to inform you that the message returned
> below could not be delivered to one or more destinations.
> 
> For further assistance, please send mail to <postmaster>
> 
> If you do so, please include this problem report. You can
> delete your own text from the message returned below.
> 
> 			The Postfix program
> 
> <wynnec at daisynet.ie>: unknown user: "wynnec"
> 
> Now I obviously changed something but I dont know what [probably something
> to do with aliases] -still a mail newbie- 
> I'll explain, the error is correct as there is no user called wynnec. I used
> to have wynnec mapped to cwynne. Why? Because my login to me pop mail is
> wynnec, and fetchmail collects it and supposed to send it on to the local
> user cwynne. So how do I fix that? 
> 
> I know your all laughing at me but I don't care, I have this mental block
> with mail servers. I even bought the sendmail batbook of Nialler, not that
> it did me any good :)
> 
> I'm off to read the register

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