I hate being here but am coming up empty and kept looking to see if David ever figured out what his problem was (in last month's arvhive)

I believe I am going down the very same road he did. ( http://genco.gen.tc/postfix_virtual.php )

I started with a clean install of fedora 4 and installed the missing packages per the instructions on that page. ==================================================================== berkley db 4.4 courier imap 4.0.6 courier maildrop 2.0.2 courier authlib 0.58 I also upgraded mysql to 5.0.18 and just for the fun of it, updated postfix to 2.2.8 . I can send mail from this box with no problem.

I am not running dns locally

postfix/master.cf was changed =====================. . maildrop unix - n n - - pipe flags=Ru user=vmail argv=/usr/local/bin/maildrop -d ${recipient} . .

besides the 'standard' changes to main.cf, this was also added (and the appropriate .cf files created and database populated): ========================================== myhostname = nbruno.thisblueplanet.net mydomain = thisblueplanet.net mydestination = $myhostname local_recipient_maps = $alias_maps $virtual_mailbox_maps unix:passwd.byname home_mailbox = Maildir/

smtpd_sasl_auth_enable = yes smtpd_sasl2_auth_enable = yes smtpd_sasl_security_options = noanonymous smtpd_sasl_local_domain = $myhostname broken_sasl_auth_clients = yes

# The above line must be fitted in one line DONT FORGET

smtpd_sender_restrictions = check_sender_access mysql:/etc/postfix/mysql-sender.cf smtpd_client_restrictions = check_client_access mysql:/etc/postfix/mysql-client.cf

alias_maps = mysql:/etc/postfix/mysql-aliases.cf relocated_maps = mysql:/etc/postfix/mysql-relocated.cf

transport_maps = mysql:/etc/postfix/mysql-transport.cf maildrop_destination_recipient_limit = 1 virtual_transport = maildrop virtual_mailbox_domains = mysql:/etc/postfix/mysql-virtual-domains.cf virtual_alias_maps = mysql:/etc/postfix/mysql-virtual.cf virtual_mailbox_base = /home/vmail virtual_mailbox_maps = mysql:/etc/postfix/mysql-virtual-maps.cf virtual_uid_maps = mysql:/etc/postfix/mysql-virtual-uid.cf virtual_gid_maps = mysql:/etc/postfix/mysql-virtual-gid.cf

# If you want to use TLS add three lines below smtpd_use_tls = yes smtpd_tls_cert_file = /etc/postfix/postfix.pem smtpd_tls_key_file = $smtpd_tls_cert_file

# OPTIONAL PART smtpd_helo_required = yes disable_vrfy_command = yes smtpd_data_restrictions = reject_unauth_pipelining smtpd_etrn_restrictions = reject

/etc/maildroprc reads: ======================== if ( $SIZE < 26144 ) { exception { xfilter "/usr/bin/spamassassin --prefspath=$HOME/$DEFAULT/.spamassassin/user_prefs " } }

if (/^X-Spam-Flag: *YES/) { exception { to "$HOME/$DEFAUT/.Spam/" } } else { exception { to "$HOME/$DEFAULT" } }

All the damons are running ( and returning no errors) #/etc/rc.d/init.d/mysql.server start #/usr/local/sbin/authdaemond start #/usr/lib/courier-imap/libexec/imapd.rc start #postfix start

So...I've verified the passwords and re-read all of the config files (found a few typos and fixed them) but get the same error message trying to deliver mail to local (virtual) users:

Feb 23 21:34:43 nbruno postfix/postfix-script: refreshing the Postfix mail system Feb 23 21:34:43 nbruno postfix/master[3980]: reload configuration /etc/postfix Feb 23 21:34:48 nbruno postfix/qmgr[6392]: E0BB244F70D: from=<ro...@thisblueplanet.net>, size=335, nrcpt=1 (queu e active) Feb 23 21:34:48 nbruno postfix/qmgr[6392]: 581E544F707: from=<ro...@thisblueplanet.net>, size=352, nrcpt=1 (queu e active) Feb 23 21:34:48 nbruno postfix/qmgr[6392]: D5D9D44F709: from=<byt...@thisblueplanet.net>, size=455, nrcpt=1 (qu eue active) Feb 23 21:34:48 nbruno postfix/qmgr[6392]: D9C1944F70C: from=<bar...@thisblueplanet.net>, size=425, nrcpt=1 (que ue active) Feb 23 21:34:48 nbruno postfix/qmgr[6392]: 382FB44F702: from=<ro...@thisblueplanet.net>, size=324, nrcpt=1 (queu e active) Feb 23 21:34:48 nbruno postfix/pipe[6402]: 581E544F707: to=<tes...@thisblueplanet.net>, relay=maildrop, delay=1 2142, status=deferred (temporary failure. Command output: /usr/local/bin/maildrop: Temporary authentication fai lure. ) Feb 23 21:34:48 nbruno postfix/pipe[6401]: E0BB244F70D: to=<badd...@thisblueplanet.net>, relay=maildrop, delay =9662, status=deferred (temporary failure. Command output: /usr/local/bin/maildrop: Temporary authentication fa ilure. ) Feb 23 21:34:48 nbruno postfix/pipe[6403]: D5D9D44F709: to=<tes...@thisblueplanet.net>, relay=maildrop, delay=9 3379, status=deferred (temporary failure. Command output: /usr/local/bin/maildrop: Temporary authentication fai lure. ) Feb 23 21:34:48 nbruno postfix/pipe[6404]: D9C1944F70C: to=<tes...@thisblueplanet.net>, relay=maildrop, delay=8 870, status=deferred (temporary failure. Command output: /usr/local/bin/maildrop: Temporary authentication fail ure. ) Feb 23 21:34:48 nbruno postfix/pipe[6405]: 382FB44F702: to=<tes...@thisblueplanet.net>, relay=maildrop, delay=8 7132, status=deferred (temporary failure. Command output: /usr/local/bin/maildrop: Temporary authentication fai lure. )

I'm sure I've done something stupid and obvious but I just can't see it. Suggestions? (thanks in advance!)

Barry