Install paclink-unix
- Configure a single MTA
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| ===== E-mail client & MTA (postfix) config ===== | ===== E-mail client & MTA (postfix) config ===== | ||
| * Compose an e-mail with your e-mail client & send e-mail | * Compose an e-mail with your e-mail client & send e-mail | ||
| + | * [[plu:email_client_config | set up an e-mail client]] | ||
| * A file should appear in the paclink-unix outbox waiting for a pending transport operation via wl2ktelnet, wl2kax25 or wl2kserial | * A file should appear in the paclink-unix outbox waiting for a pending transport operation via wl2ktelnet, wl2kax25 or wl2kserial | ||
| <code bash> | <code bash> | ||
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| ====== Common Problems ====== | ====== Common Problems ====== | ||
| - | ** Check permissions on the outbox file: Make sure user is in group | ||
| - | mail. Note if you ever send mail as root you will screw up the | ||
| - | permissions. Type: | ||
| + | == Make sure user is in group mail == | ||
| + | * Type: | ||
| + | <code bash> | ||
| groups | groups | ||
| + | </code> | ||
| + | == Check permissions on the outbox file== | ||
| + | * Note if you ever send mail as root you will screw up the permissions. | ||
| + | * Check your permissions in your outbox directory like this: | ||
| + | <code bash> | ||
| ls -salt /usr/local/var/wl2k/outbox/ | ls -salt /usr/local/var/wl2k/outbox/ | ||
| total 16 | total 16 | ||
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| 4 drwxrwsr-x 3 gunn mail 4096 Sep 21 15:55 .. | 4 drwxrwsr-x 3 gunn mail 4096 Sep 21 15:55 .. | ||
| 4 -rw------- 1 gunn mail 196 Sep 21 15:55 H51W38_N7NIX | 4 -rw------- 1 gunn mail 196 Sep 21 15:55 H51W38_N7NIX | ||
| + | </code> | ||
| + | <code bash> | ||
| ls -salt /usr/local/var/wl2k/ | ls -salt /usr/local/var/wl2k/ | ||
| total 20 | total 20 | ||
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| 8 -rw------- 1 gunn mail 12288 Sep 21 15:55 mid.db | 8 -rw------- 1 gunn mail 12288 Sep 21 15:55 mid.db | ||
| 4 drwxr-sr-x 4 root staff 4096 Jul 7 12:49 .. | 4 drwxr-sr-x 4 root staff 4096 Jul 7 12:49 .. | ||
| + | </code> | ||
| - | ** Check /etc/postfix/transport file | + | == Check /etc/postfix/transport file == |
| - | Note hactar & brox are machines on my net. | + | * Note hactar is the local machine & brox is a machine on my local net. |
| - | The last line is important | + | * The last line is important |
| + | <file> | ||
| # cat transport | # cat transport | ||
| # | # | ||
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| # | # | ||
| * wl2k:localhost | * wl2k:localhost | ||
| + | </file> | ||
| - | ** Make sure you are addressing To: person with winlink.org | + | == Make sure you are addressing To: person with winlink.org == |
| - | + | ||
| - | ** Make sure your /etc/postfix/master.cf entry is correct especially | + | |
| - | user. | + | |
| + | == Make sure your /etc/postfix/master.cf entry is correct especially user == | ||
| + | * Example: | ||
| + | <file> | ||
| wl2k unix - n n - 1 pipe | wl2k unix - n n - 1 pipe | ||
| flags=XFRhu user=gunn argv=/usr/local/libexec/mail.wl2k -m | flags=XFRhu user=gunn argv=/usr/local/libexec/mail.wl2k -m | ||
| + | </file> | ||
| - | + | == Open 2 console windows for debugging == | |
| - | ** In one console window type: | + | * In one console window type: |
| + | <code bash> | ||
| tail -f /var/log/mail.log | tail -f /var/log/mail.log | ||
| + | </code> | ||
| - | ** In another type: | + | * In another console window type: |
| + | <code> | ||
| echo "test mail from command line" | mutt -s "Test12:56" n7nix@winlink.org | echo "test mail from command line" | mutt -s "Test12:56" n7nix@winlink.org | ||
| - | + | </code> | |
| - | * send me the output created by this command from the | + | * or using the //mail// program |
| - | /var/log/mail.log file. | + | <code bash> |
| + | # from command line or script | ||
| + | echo “This will go into the body of the mail” | mail -s '//WL2K cmd line test' -a "From: yourcallsign@winlink.org" -a "Reply-To: yourcallsign@winlink.org" some_regular_email_address | ||
| + | </code> | ||
| + | * [[plu:email_client_config#mutt_and_mail | Link to set up]] //mutt// or //mail// | ||
| + | * Look for problems in the /var/log/mail.log file | ||
| + | * Open up another console window and do this: | ||
| + | <code bash> | ||
| + | tail -f /var/log/mail.log | ||
| + | </code> | ||
