Re: [gentoo-server] qmail virtual domains + virtual users

[Dadi]

Happy to say I installed qmail+vpopmail+courier-imap+squirrelmail and most important, it works :-) both with local users and with virtual users on virtual domains.
The problem may be that you don't have .maildir as it says.
You should simply go into a user's homedir and do a: makemaildir  .maildir
But don't forget to chown .maildir to the user.
Even better, log with the user and do it in your homedir.

Also check the logs of qmail to see what's the problem.
/var/log/qmail/qmail-send/current

I don't really know about mutt, but it would be a good idea to put USE="maildir" in your make.conf and emerge mutt again.
Don't get confused by webmin. I got and it did not do any good :-)

Good luck,
Dadi


On Sunday 02 May 2004 19:30, Ben Munat wrote:
> I'm trying to set up qmail for the first time and I'm stuck. I
> appreciate the links that people have posted in this thread, but
> unfortunately, they've only made me more confused.
>
> So, here's a specific question I hope someone can answer: why doesn't my
> qmail know how to get messages to a user? In other words, I've
> successfully sent emails (from the webmin qmail module on the pages of a
> couple different users) and I can see my messages in the qmail queue (in
> webmin), but they just die there.
>
> I suppose my problem is with the mail directories... that's one thing
> that has been confusing. The gentoo guide says I should "makemaildir
> .maildir", but webmin says it's checking "/home/username/Maildir" and
> mutt complains that there's no "Mail" directory in the user's home
> directory. I've looked through all the qmail config files I can find and
> I don't see anything about how to set what mail directory to use.
>
> Then again, I may be off on a wild goose chase.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ben
>
>
> gentoo@××××××.com wrote:
> > The best solution (running on my server) is IMO - qmail + vpopmail +
> > courier-imap (I use this server also as pop3, pop3s, imap, imaps server).
> > I also use web interfaces like squirrelmail and qmailadmin. In te
> > beginning, VERY helpful page was this one for me:
> > http://www.pipeline.com.au/staff/mbowe/isp/webmail-server.htm , but if you
> > use gentoo ebuilds the configuration files will be a bit different and you
> > should also read more - for example original qmail howto from gentoo.org:
> > http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/qmail-howto.xml
> > When you compile vpopmail use version 5.4.0-rc1 or higher, because lower
> > doesn't support qmailadmin - the VERY USEFULL tool for managing the qmail
> > virtual domains and one more notice - when I compiled vpopmail - the
> > ebuild had one bug - simple to repair (if you need some help just mail
> > me).
> > One question that you should also consider - how many users and domains
> > will you have on the server? user/password storage depends on the answer
> > (pure file system, mysql etc.)
> >
> > Bye Petr Sp.
> >
> >
> >>Hello,
> >>I have a question regarding qmail.
> >>I have found some articles on google on how to manage virtual domains and
> >>virtual users in qmail.
> >>Some of this articles advised to use vmailmgr, but since the article is
> >>from 2000 and vmailmgr doesn't compile(known bug) I think I should use
> >>some other sollution.
> >>The big question is how can I do this? Do I need the aid of any additional
> >>program, or is qmail enough. I also need imap(with virtual server and
> >>users) to install squirrelmail.
> >>Could someone point me to a link or something?
> >>
> >>Thanks in advance,
> >>Dadi
> >>
> >
> >
>
>