OK, I think I was clearly in the phase of dealing with errors caused by my attempts to deal with previous errors. So I backed out and did a clean install. Again, the installl seemed to go without a problem.
Then:
I set up a mailinglist (tradfp@forensicpath.us) for "old school" forensic pathologists to discuss cases.
I added a couple of users: oliver@billoblog.com on the same box as the mailinglist, though on different virtual domains, and william.oliver@knoxcounty.org, a local government domain not associated with my box.
Results:
The welcome message did not get delivered to either address.
When I send email from those addresses to tradfp@forensicpath.us, I get the following error from both:
Your message couldn't be delivered The message you sent to tradfp@forensicpath.us couldn't be delivered due to: Recipient email address is possibly incorrect.
Further information 5.1.1 <tradfp@forensicpath.us>: Recipient address rejected: User unknown in virtual mailbox table
If you sent this message to multiple addresses, you'll receive a notification like this for every one that didn't arrive.
That is when I started going down the dovecot rabbit hole.
Here's the (what I think is relevant) part of the mail.cf file:
virtual_mailbox_domains = proxy:mysql:/etc/postfix/sql/mysql_virtual_domains_maps.cf virtual_mailbox_maps =
proxy:mysql:/etc/postfix/sql/mysql_virtual_mailbox_maps.cf, proxy:mysql:/etc/postfix/sql/mysql_virtual_alias_domain_mailbox_maps.cf
virtual_alias_maps = proxy:mysql:/etc/postfix/sql/mysql_virtual_alias_maps.cf, proxy:mysql:/etc/postfix/sql/mysql_virtual_alias_domain_maps.cf, proxy:mysql:/etc/postfix/sql/mysql_virtual_alias_domain_catchall_maps.c f
virtual_mailbox_base = /var/vmail virtual_minimum_uid = 900 virtual_uid_maps = static:900 virtual_gid_maps = static:900
transport_maps = hash:/opt/mailman/mm/var/data/postfix_lmtp local_recipient_maps = hash:/opt/mailman/mm/var/data/postfix_lmtp relay_domains = hash:/opt/mailman/mm/var/data/postfix_domains
In my previous attempt, I added
hash:/opt/mailman/mm/var/data/postfix_lmtp
to both virtual_mailbox_maps and virtual_alias_maps, but I haven't done that yet here. I thought I'd ask and make sure I should.
Should that be my next step?
Thanks,
billo