Arron;
One of the ahndiest things to have when running Postfix is the book, "Postfix by Richard Blum, ISBN 0-672-32114-9. It is well written in plain language and it an emense help in configuring the Postfix MTA. Good luck.
Joe
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On 11/2/2002 at 1:08 PM Aaron Steimle wrote:
>Thank for the only repsonse Todd.
>I would have expected more by the amount of talk that went around about how
>great Postfix is.
>Turns out that at the very end of the main.cf file there was this ( below)
>...I skip over it.( won't do that agian) ..I just commented it out and it
>works fine for now.( still testing )..don't know if it is going to cause
>issues or not...find out soon....still not sure why that is in there.
>
>
>
># INSTALL-TIME CONFIGURATION INFORMATION
>#
># The following parameters are used when installing a new Postfix version.
>#
># sendmail_path: The full pathname of the Postfix sendmail command.
># This is the Sendmail-compatible mail posting interface.
>#
>sendmail_path =
>
># newaliases_path: The full pathname of the Postfix newaliases command.
># This is the Sendmail-compatible command to build alias databases.
>#
>newaliases_path =
>
># mailq_path: The full pathname of the Postfix mailq command. This
># is the Sendmail-compatible mail queue listing command.
>#
>mailq_path =
>
># setgid_group: The group for mail submission and queue management
># commands. This must be a group name with a numerical group ID that
># is not shared with other accounts, not even with the Postfix account.
>#
>setgid_group =
>
># manpage_directory: The location of the Postfix on-line manual pages.
>#
>manpage_directory =
>
># sample_directory: The location of the Postfix sample configuration files.
>#
>sample_directory =
>
># readme_directory: The location of the Postfix README files.
>#
>readme_directory =
>
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Todd Robinson" <mtrob@penguix.com>
>To: <slug@nks.net>
>Sent: Friday, November 01, 2002 10:33 AM
>Subject: Re: [SLUG] Postfix-1.1.11
>
>
>>
>> > When I tried to create the aliases database by :
>> > Postalias /etc/postifx/aliases
>> > I get the error:
>> > "postalias: fatal: bad string length (0 < 1): setguid_group ="
>> > when I try to start postfix by:
>> > postfix start
>> > I get the same error:
>> > "postfix: fatal: bad string length (0 < 1): setguid_group ="
>> >
>> > any ideas?
>>
>> Not familiar with that error, but...
>>
>> aliases file should be owner/group root/root and permissions should be
>> 644. Are there any values in it? Is this where postfix is expecting it
>> to be? (postconf alias_maps) The default is /etc/aliases.
>>
>> My $.02
>>
>> Todd
>>
>>
>>
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