[nflug] Postfix-MySQL/Amavisd-New/Ubuntu Feisty

[Darin Perusich]

You need to edit /etc/amavisd.conf and set $myhostname for the fully 
qualified host name of the server, or the IP address.

Which POP daemon are you running?

Wolfe, Robert wrote:
> Hi all, and good morning!
> 
> Trying to set up the combination mentioned in the subject line.
> However, when I go to start amavisd, I get the following:
> 
> root at userver7:/var/spool/mail# amavisd-new hostname: Unknown host The
> value of variable $myhostname is "", but should have been a fully
> qualified domain name; perhaps uname(3) did not provide such. You
> must explicitly assign a FQDN of this host to variable $myhostname in
> amavisd.conf, or fix what uname(3) provides as a host's network name!
>  root at userver7:/var/spool/mail#
> 
> Where is amavisd-new pulling the $myhostname value from?  I have
> tried setting it up in as many places as I have been told to (via
> various pieces of documentation), however I am still getting this
> error.
> 
> Another question I have is about the Courier POP3 daemon.  When I go
> to telnet to the pop3 server and log in, I get the following:
> 
> root at userver7:/var/spool/mail# telnet localhost 110 Trying
> 127.0.0.1... Connected to localhost. Escape character is '^]'. +OK
> Hello there. USER root +OK Password required. PASS ******** -ERR
> chdir Maildir failed Connection closed by foreign host.
> 
> My question is simple:  Where should the maildir files be located on
> the server?
> 
> TIA for any assistance anyone can provide!
> 

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Darin Perusich
Unix Systems Administrator
Cognigen Corporation
395 Youngs Rd.
Williamsville, NY 14221
Phone: 716-633-3463
Email: darinper at cognigencorp.com