Postfix not forwarding emails

Question

I followed the guide here: http://library.linode.com/email/postfix/gateway-ubuntu-10.04-lucid which has similar points to the question here simple postfix configuration - forward all incoming email to single address but I'm still having problems.

I running Ubuntu on Linode and have several domains which I simply want to forward any email to those domains to a gmail account.

My virtual postfix file has the following:

@domain1.com email@gmail.com
@domain2.com email@gmail.com
@domain3.com email@gmail.com

My main.cf is exactly as in the guide:

myhostname = jamie.mydomain.com
mydestination = localhost, li1121-21.members.linode.com, localhost.members.linode.com, lochahost
virtual_alias_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/virtual
home_mailbox = mail/

My FQDN (when I run hostname -f) is: jamie.mydomain.com and for the DNS records for mydomain.com I have an A record named jamie pointing to my IP address and an MX record named jamie.mydomain.com with priorty 0 as I also have other MX records.

All other domains that point to this IP address are setup with linode defaults, which is an A record called mail pointing to the IP address and an MX record named mail.mydomain1.com.

I feel like I have it setup as per the guide but whenever I send an email to any of the domains it just bounces.

Any help would be much appreciated.

Ok found the log. It says "550 Failed: User does not exist". Looks like it's trying to send to `root@jamie.mydomain.com` — peacemaker, Feb 25 '13 at 17:01
Interestingly, I have some entries in the mail.log that say messages were sent to the gmail account I have mapped in `virtual` but nothing has arrived, not in spam either — peacemaker, Feb 25 '13 at 17:06
you need to post at least the contents of /etc/postfix/main.cf. Have you postmap'ed the virtual file and restartet postfix? — Tim Haegele, Feb 25 '13 at 17:06
I just tried sending more mail and the log doesn't even update now, as if the mail isn't even reaching the server. — peacemaker, Feb 25 '13 at 17:22

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 23 '14 at 13:34

I ended up fixing this by completely removing all of sendmail and postfix and reinstalling. I followed this guide exactly and it worked first time.

https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-install-and-setup-postfix-on-ubuntu-14-04

Still not sure what the original error was but I wanted to add an answer here just in case others come across this question.

Postfix not forwarding emails

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