Postfix fails to work

[satimis]

Hi folks,


ubuntu-6.06.1-LAMP-server-amd64

Postfix fails to work

$ sudo postconf -e 'inet_interfaces = all'
bash: postconf: command not found

$ which postconf
No printout

$ ls /usr/sbin/ | grep postconf
No printout

# dpkg -l | grep postfix
rc postfix 2.2.10-1ubuntu0.1
A high-performance mail transport agent
* end *

It is there.

$ sudo /etc/init.d/postfix restart
$ sudo /etc/init.d/postfix status
both no printout.


This happened after installing "sendmail" which was to satisfy another problem. Now "sendmail" has been erased with;

$ sudo apt-get remove sendmail

postfix still fails to work. Pls advise. TIA


B.R.
satimis

[olddocks]

check the log first /var/log/mail.log

see here on nice postfix install tutorial

re-install using apt-get

also, install email program like mutt to see whether email is received/sent.

[satimis]

Hi olddocks,

check the log first /var/log/mail.log

see here on nice postfix install tutorial

re-install using apt-get

Tks for your advice and URL.

I already have my problem solved by erasing Sendmail and reinstalling Postfix. Ubuntu allows only one MTA.

also, install email program like mutt to see whether email is received/sent.

$ dpkg -l | grep mutt
No printout

$ sudo apt-cache show mutt

Password:
Package: mutt
Priority: optional
Section: mail
Installed-Size: 4784
Maintainer: Adeodato Simó <dato@the-barrel.org>
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.5.11-3ubuntu2.2
Replaces: mutt-i, mutt-utf8
Provides: mail-reader, imap-client
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.3.4-1), libdb4.3 (>= 4.3.28-1), libgnutls12 (>= 1.2.5), libidn11 (>= 0.5.18), libncursesw5 (>= 5.4-5), libsasl2 (>= 2.1.19.dfsg1), postfix | mail-transport-agent
Recommends: locales, mime-support
Suggests: urlview, aspell | ispell, gnupg, mixmaster, openssl, ca-certificates
Conflicts: suidmanager (<< 0.50), mutt-i, mutt-utf8
Filename: pool/main/m/mutt/mutt_1.5.11-3ubuntu2.2_amd64.deb
Size: 961092
MD5sum: 6c7028e9a210d3cfb19ae8233598f2a9
SHA1: 937eef06fff431451579a22b8c7e2124f9232ad4
SHA256: 209f978872df7ff553d0e72be6ecb89bee638ff6c01506cbaa3e5c1f96b85a9a
Description: Text-based mailreader supporting MIME, GPG, PGP and threading
 Mutt is a sophisticated text-based Mail User Agent. Some highlights:
  o MIME support (including RFC1522 encoding/decoding of 8-bit message
    headers and UTF-8 support).
  o PGP/MIME support (RFC 2015).
  o Advanced IMAP client supporting SSL encryption and SASL authentication.
  o POP3 support.
  o Mailbox threading (both strict and non-strict).
  o Default keybindings are much like ELM.
  o Keybindings are configurable; Mush and PINE-like ones are provided as
    examples.
  o Handles MMDF, MH and Maildir in addition to regular mbox format.
  o Messages may be (indefinitely) postponed.
  o Colour support.
  o Highly configurable through easy but powerful rc file.
Bugs: mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com
Origin: Ubuntu

Package: mutt
Priority: optional
Section: mail
Installed-Size: 4784
Maintainer: Adeodato Simó <dato@the-barrel.org>
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.5.11-3ubuntu2
Replaces: mutt-i, mutt-utf8
Provides: mail-reader, imap-client
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.3.4-1), libdb4.3 (>= 4.3.28-1), libgnutls12 (>= 1.2.5), libidn11 (>= 0.5.18), libncursesw5 (>= 5.4-5), libsasl2 (>= 2.1.19), postfix | mail-transport-agent
Recommends: locales, mime-support
Suggests: urlview, aspell | ispell, gnupg, mixmaster, openssl, ca-certificates
Conflicts: suidmanager (<< 0.50), mutt-i, mutt-utf8
Filename: pool/main/m/mutt/mutt_1.5.11-3ubuntu2_amd64.deb
Size: 959814
MD5sum: cfa2da84189f9dbce29b5f0cd70f421e
Description: Text-based mailreader supporting MIME, GPG, PGP and threading
 Mutt is a sophisticated text-based Mail User Agent. Some highlights:
  o MIME support (including RFC1522 encoding/decoding of 8-bit message
    headers and UTF-8 support).
  o PGP/MIME support (RFC 2015).
  o Advanced IMAP client supporting SSL encryption and SASL authentication.
  o POP3 support.
  o Mailbox threading (both strict and non-strict).
  o Default keybindings are much like ELM.
  o Keybindings are configurable; Mush and PINE-like ones are provided as
    examples.
  o Handles MMDF, MH and Maildir in addition to regular mbox format.
  o Messages may be (indefinitely) postponed.
  o Colour support.
  o Highly configurable through easy but powerful rc file.
Bugs: mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com
Origin: Ubuntu

Is it this package? Tks


B.R.
satimis

[olddocks]

yes indeed,

apt-get update
apt-get install mutt

Mutt should be easy to work. thanks and take care.