On Sun Apr 21, 2002 at 09:23:25PM -0700, Steve Cooper wrote: > Hello, > > I have a working stand-alone Debian Unstable system with a DSL > internet connection. It happily receives email from my ISP's POP > server using getmail. I have no problem sending mail with postfix, > configured for a smarthost. What doesn't work, and hasn't for a while > is local mail delivery. > > Mail I send to myself, or that gets automatically sent by installation > scripts, goes into the "bit bucket". Nothing ever gets appended to > /var/spool/mail/<user>. Note that I have getmail dumping emails right > into my user directory hierarchy. So it doesn't touch > /var/spool/mail/<user>. > > I have studied the postix FAQ. I assume postfix can be configured for > both local and smarthost delivery, or am I mistaken? > > I'd appreciate any hints.
It works for me but I'm no expert. Do you have /usr/bin/mail? maybe scripts are trying to use that. On my box /usr/bin/mail is a link to /usr/sbin/sendmail (postfix's), but I suspect I may possibly have made that link myself. Not sure. -- -CraigW "You stole fizzy lifting drinks! You bumped into the ceiling which now has to be washed and sterilized, so you get nothing! You lose! Good day sir!" -Willy Wonka -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]