[SOLVED] Zimbra+Mailman Howto

[marfix]

From time to time postfix doesn't deliver mails to the lists correct and response with:

PERM_FAILURE: SMTP Error (state 9): 554 <addr@domain.net>: Relay access denied

or if i will send a mail direct from zimbra with:

mail for <domain.net> loops back to myself

the problem came's that postfix recreate the main.cf file after every restart.. how can i stop that?

[chenthil]

Originally Posted by marfix

From time to time postfix doesn't deliver mails to the lists correct and response with:

PERM_FAILURE: SMTP Error (state 9): 554 <albula@lists.xiala.net>: Relay access denied

or if i will send a mail direct from zimbra with:

mail for lists.xiala.net loops back to myself

the problem came's that postfix recreate the main.cf file after every restart.. how can i stop that?

postfix configuration main.cf file gets rewritten ..

After restart , please follow these steps....

vi /opt/zimbra/postfix/conf/main.cf

please add few parameter as given below in the line ( virtual_alias_maps , alias_maps )

virtual_alias_maps=ldap:/opt/zimbra/conf/ldap-vam.cf,hash:/usr/local/mailman/data/virtual-mailman

alias_maps = hash:/etc/aliases,hash:/usr/local/mailman/data/aliases


chown zimbra /usr/local/mailman/Mailman/mm_cfg.py

#chown mailman:mailman /usr/local/mailman/data/aliases*

#chown mailman:mailman /usr/local/mailman/data/virtual-mailman*


after that you will b able to send / receieve mail properly

[briansrapier]

Thank you for the insightful information. I followed the instructions as above with a few minor exceptions. Mainly, since I am running a single node cluster, I created the mailman directory under /opt/zimbra-cluster/mountpoints/clustername/mailman and sym-linked it back to /usr/local/mailman. The pages work just fine and become available during failover.

The main issue is that the emails to any given list keep bouncing back:

#######################################
Received: by mx.domain.com (Postfix)
id 31FA21DB8046; Fri, 27 Jul 2007 09:42:52 -0400 (EDT)
Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2007 09:42:52 -0400 (EDT)
From: MAILER-DAEMON@mx.domain.com (Mail Delivery System)
Subject: Undelivered Mail Returned to Sender
To: briasrapier@domain.com
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: multipart/report; report-type=delivery-status;
boundary="1E6391DB8045.1185543772/mx.domain.com"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
Message-Id: <20070727134252.31FA21DB8046@mx.domain.com>

This is a MIME-encapsulated message.

--1E6391DB8045.1185543772/mx.domain.com
Content-Description: Notification
Content-Type: text/plain

This is the Postfix program at host mx.domain.com.

I'm sorry to have to inform you that your message could not
be delivered to one or more recipients. It's attached below.

For further assistance, please send mail to <postmaster>

If you do so, please include this problem report. You can
delete your own text from the attached returned message.

The Postfix program

<tlcsysadmins@tlcdelivers.com>: domain.com

--1E6391DB8045.1185543772/mx.domain.com
Content-Description: Delivery report
Content-Type: message/delivery-status

Reporting-MTA: dns; mx.domain.com
X-Postfix-Queue-ID: 1E6391DB8045
X-Postfix-Sender: rfc822; briansrapier@domain.com
Arrival-Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2007 09:42:52 -0400 (EDT)

Final-Recipient: rfc822; tlcsysadmins@domain.com
Action: failed
Status: 5.0.0
Diagnostic-Code: X-Postfix; domain.com

--1E6391DB8045.1185543772/mx.domain.com
Content-Description: Undelivered Message
Content-Type: message/rfc822
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit

Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1])
by mx.domain.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1E6391DB8045
for <tlcsysadmins@domain.com>; Fri, 27 Jul 2007 09:42:52 -0400 (EDT)
X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at
X-Spam-Score: -4.399
X-Spam-Level:
X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.399 tagged_above=-10 required=6.6
tests=[ALL_TRUSTED=-1.8, BAYES_00=-2.599]
Received: from mx.domain.com ([127.0.0.1])
by localhost (mx.domain.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024)
with ESMTP id qzQsr-plHqok for <tlcsysadmins@domain.com>;
Fri, 27 Jul 2007 09:42:46 -0400 (EDT)
Received: from mx.domain.com (mx.domain.com [10.10.22.10])
by mx.domain.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id E87711DB8044
for <tlcsysadmins@domain.com>; Fri, 27 Jul 2007 09:42:46 -0400 (EDT)
Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2007 09:42:46 -0400 (EDT)
From: B A <briansrapier@domain.com>
To: tlcsysadmins <tlcsysadmins@domain.com>
Message-ID: <15643654.101185543766858.JavaMail.root@wsl-mx1.domain.com>
Subject: Test
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
X-Originating-IP: [10.10.57.107]

--1E6391DB8045.1185543772/mx.tlcdelivers.com--

#######################################

These servers are still being built/tested, so the domain mx record does not point to them. But, I didn't think that mattered since it is being delivered to localhost.

Also, I've noticed that any changes I make to the postfix main.cf are being over written somehow. I save the changes, check the file and it's ok - go back a few minutes later and it's back like it was originally. Ideas?

[chenthil]

a) Postfix /opt/zimbra/postfix/conf/main.cf is rewritten for every restart of the server .
just write a script and invoke them after every restart to update the changes in the main.cf file.

b) The distribution list is not recognized because the following line in the main.cf is rewritten for every restart.



Please make the below changes ..

vi /opt/zimbra/postfix/conf/main.cf

please add few parameter as given below in the line ( virtual_alias_maps , alias_maps )

virtual_alias_maps=ldap:/opt/zimbra/conf/ldap-vam.cf,hash:/usr/local/mailman/data/virtual-mailman

alias_maps = hash:/etc/aliases,hash:/usr/local/mailman/data/aliases

after this change , things will be fine .

[briansrapier]

I had no issues making the changes stick using 'zmlocalconfig'. However, that did fix the issue for me. If I changed the 'virtual_' setting, mail stopped working.

[SleepyNeko]

I see that this HowTo was written some time ago, and I was wondering if anyone has tested this against the current release, and if so if there were any caveats to the install.

Thanks!

[beermaster]

Originally Posted by SleepyNeko

I see that this HowTo was written some time ago, and I was wondering if anyone has tested this against the current release, and if so if there were any caveats to the install.

Thanks!

It works correctly with the release 4.5.6, I installed it today.

Only considers to use this:

# ./configure --with-cgi-gid=zimbra

instead of this (It happens an error if you copy and paste from the HowTo):

# ./configure –with-cgi-gid=zimbra

[beermaster]

Originally Posted by montievv

Thank you so much for the step by step instructions.

2) On accessing http://myhostname.mydomainname.com:7780/mailman/listinfo

Mailman CGI error!!!
The Mailman CGI wrapper encountered a fatal error. This entry is being stored in your syslog:

...

providing the command line option `--with-cgi-gid=zimbra'.

Can you help me out with this?

Considers to use this:

# ./configure --with-cgi-gid=zimbra

instead of this (It happens an error if you copy and paste from the HowTo):

# ./configure –with-cgi-gid=zimbra

[SleepyNeko]

Okay... maybe I'm being stupid, but how do you use zmlocalconfig to make the changes in postfix/conf/main.cf stick? This seems to be my main sticking point at this point in time x.x;;

Thanks!

[phoenix]

Use the --edit option, details in the wiki.