[NTLUG:Discuss] Another qmail question

[Keith From]

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From: Shane Wickson <grover at kludge.org>
To: <discuss at ntlug.org>
Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 1999 12:46 PM
Subject: Re: [NTLUG:Discuss] Another qmail question


>
>
> On Wed, 1 Sep 1999, Keith From wrote:
>
> > I am trying to set up virtual hosts in qmail and am
> > hitting a brick wall. I have read the qmail virtual-hosts
> > qmail-send man pages, and it seems like it should be
> > pretty simple. Here is what is happening.
> >
> > I CREATED a /var/qmail/controls/virtualdomains file and
> > put this entry into it:
> >
> > laiken.com:brian
> >
> > And I ADDED this line to my /'var/qmail/controls/rcpthosts file:
> >
> > laiken.com
> >
> > I then did a killall -1 qmail-send.
> >
> > When I email brian at laiken.com, it bounces and I get this:
> >
> > _______________________________________________________________
> > Hi. This is the qmail-send program at mail.cbssolutions.com.
> > I'm afraid I wasn't able to deliver your message to the following
addresses.
> > This is a permanent error; I've given up. Sorry it didn't work out.
> >
> > <brian at laiken.com>:
> > Sorry, no mailbox here by that name. (#5.1.1)
> > _______________________________________________________________
>
> Two silly questions to start with:
>
> 1. Does the user 'brian' exist on mail.cbssolutions.com?
> 2. What .qmail files are there in ~brian, if there are any?
>
> You may need to have a .qmail-brian in ~brian that contains the line:
>
> &brian at mail.cbssolutions.com
>
> This seems a bit redundant, but that's how I always set that kinda stuff
> up on my system.
>
> Shane
>
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I should have stated in the begining I did an "adduser brian"
then I "su brian -c '/var/qmail/bin/maildirmake ~/Maildir'"

Brian does exist in /home
There does not appear to be any qmail files in /home/brian

Keith