I am able to send mail but i can’t receive mail

[Anonymous]

I am running OS X Server 10.3.4 on a G4 Cube. I am able to send an email to an address @hotmail.com but unable to send one back. i am using the standard postfix/cyrus apps. I get this in my SMTP log:

Jul 13 20:54:26 www postfix/smtpd[6361]: connect from bay19-f37.bay19.hotmail.com[64.4.53.87]
Jul 13 20:54:26 www postfix/smtpd[6361]: DCE9621EEB: client=bay19-f37.bay19.hotmail.com[64.4.53.87]
Jul 13 20:54:27 www postfix/cleanup[6364]: DCE9621EEB: message-id=<BAY19-F37mibfvTqPKG00053677@hotmail.com>
Jul 13 20:54:27 www postfix/qmgr[6132]: DCE9621EEB: from=<fearsimon@hotmail.com>, size=1315, nrcpt=1 (queue active)
Jul 13 20:54:27 www postfix/smtpd[6361]: disconnect from bay19-f37.bay19.hotmail.com[64.4.53.87]
Jul 13 20:54:27 www postfix/local[6366]: DCE9621EEB: to=<root@lightning-concepts.com>, orig_to=<postmaster@lightning-concepts.com>, relay=local, delay=1, status=sent (/dev/null)

i guess i think it looks like to goes through, status = sent, not sure about the /dev/null though. after sending from my hotmail account i check my other mail, and it looks like it checks it fine, just nothing comes in and i don’t get any kickback to the hotmail account. so it appears to be lost in space. Maybe someone has come across this or knows a way to fix it. Thanks.

[Anonymous]

It looks from your logs you are trying to send mail from the hotmail account to postmaster@lightning-concepts.com this is then being forwarded by the /etc/postfix/aliases file to root@lightning-concepts.com. Root should not be receiving mail so it is dumping the mail and that is what the /dev/null is doing.

So to fix it edit your aliases file and send postmaster to a valid account ie bob@lightning-concepts.com

Matt

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