[Eug-lug] receiving email on Debian

[Allen Brown]

Allen Brown wrote:
> What packages/daemons to I need to receive email over the LAN?
> 
> I have a RedHat7.2 system that I am trying to reboot as
> Debian Sarge 3.1.  A lot works.  Mail forwarded from
> the HPUX system makes it to the system when it is booted
> as RedHat7.2 but not when it is Debian.
> 
>   cvuxec <------> cvlx21
>   HPUX            either RedHat or Debian
> 
> Note that I can ssh from cvuxec to cvlx21 in either OS.
> I just can't get email in.

I installed postfix.  But I still couldn't talk to port 25.
It was listed in /etc/services.

I finally found the problem.  The /etc/postfix/main.cf file
was wrong.  It had a syntax error.  Interestingly enough,
it was automatically generated.  Once I fixed that, the
system came up.  I am running Debain on cvlx21 now.
-- 
Allen Brown
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