[vox-tech] postfix mailman

[Wade Pinkston]

Yes i have run newalias many times.  At first the time stamp was not 
updating on the aliases.db file.  After setting the aliases_database and 
alias_maps the time stamps started to update, however postfix still does 
not seem to be following the /etc/aliases directions since I still don't 
get roots emails.

I just sent an email to root from the localhost and got this
<root at bugs.osu.edu>: data format error. Command output: root: Mailbox 
does not exist
Witch is what I get when trying to send to mailman lists.


Secondly yes I am an entomologist.  I got my MS at OSU with David 
Shetlar and am working now at Davis with Larry Godfrey.


Eric Engelhard wrote:
> Hi Wade,
> 
> Did you run the newlalias command after you editted /etc/aliases?
> 
> Is it possible that there is another entomologist on this list? :)
> 
> Eric
> 
> On Thu, Oct 19, 2006 at 05:15:31PM -0700, Wade Pinkston wrote:
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>> Hello,
>>
>> I'm new to the list and apparently a week late but I am in desperate
>> need of help with my mail/mailman server.
>>
>> I'm not sure where the problem lies but first off I cant get post fix to
>> send mail from the correct virtual domain.
>>
>> The server has a domain name of
>>
>> "extent0006.entomology.ohio-state.edu"
>> and a virtual name of
>> "bugs.osu.edu
>>
>> I want all the mail to appear to be from user at bugs.osu.edu not
>> extent00.... (for obvious reasons)
>>
>>
>> secondly when ever I create a mailing list in mail man and try to send
>> mail to it I get this:
>>
>> data format error. Command output: ****: Mailbox does not exist
>>
>> Google insists this is an aliasing issue and I can believe it but I can
>> see that the lists are listed in /etc/mailman/aliases
>>
>> but along with that postfix doesn't seem to be paying any attention to
>> /etc/aliases since I'm not getting any root email sent to my aliased
>> address.
>>
>> I understand that this is confusing and I would be more then willing to
>> share any config or files.
>>
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