I started again and installed as per Life with Qmail...
things are now MUCH worse. I selected Maildirs as the default delivery BTW.
Now when I do the qmail-inject test the message just sits in the queue but
saying it is for root, not the user I sent it to!
smtp works, I can send to any user but those messages just sit on the queue
as well. It claims that none are "preprocessed" if that makes any difference.
What is going on now?
Howard
(getting most unimpressed with qmail)
At 11:46 31/10/00 -0500, you wrote:
>Wow..Ok, have you looked at Life with Qmail?
>
>http://web.infoave.net/~dsill/lwq.html
>
>It's good. And long.
>
>Ok, if fred is also a regular user on your system, this might be giving you
>trouble. userdel fred or vadduser some_other_fred
>
>So you are using vpopmail and its passwd checking program vchkpw?
>
>Could be your inetd.conf screwing you. Here's mine:
>
>pop3 stream tcp nowait root /var/qmail/bin/tcp-env tcp-env
>/var/qmail/bin/qmail-popup your.realhostname.com /home/bin/vchkpw
>/var/qmail/bin/qmail-pop3d Maildir
>
>yeah, that's all one line.
>Notice you must tell it to use vchkpw and not checkpassword or some other.
>
>I agree, the docs are suckful, but let's be fair, qmail and vpopmail are
>totally separate programs that do a lot of complicated things. Once you get
>this running you will love how easy it is to admin.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Howard Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Date: Tuesday, October 31, 2000 11:16 AM
>Subject: Re: Can't get POP3 Authorisation to work
>
>
> >I'm sorry... I'm losing the plot here completely.
> >
> >I got vpopmail. Installed it no problems, and off we go...
> >
> >added a user 'fred' with password 'pass' using vadduser.. worked/
> >
> >tried POP3 access from a PC on the network....made no difference
> >whatsoever, password/username incorrect still.
> >
> >What might I be doing wrong?
> >
> >I frankly don't understand this virtual domain thing, and I have been
> >reading about it for days. If you can indulge me...
> >
> >We currently have a mailserver called (names changed to protect the
> >innocent) mail.somedomain.com. This machine has (a) problems and (b) no
> >documentation and needs to go. So I set up a machine at
> >test.somedomain.com. I installed qmail and can send mail from the new
> >machine to the old and back again, using an ordinary user on the new
> >machine to an arbitrary user on the old. I do this using the ordinary mail
> >program, it doesn't work with these "Maildir" things, something else that
> >isn't explained very well.
> >
> >I won't be using local users on test.somedomain.com, users will connect
> >using SMTP and POP3 and don't need to have IDs on the linux box. I will
> >want their usernames to be [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
> >What is the easiest way to do this? I have been at this for a week, and am
> >no further forward. I am ceasing to be impressed with qmail as it is FAR
> >too hard to set up. Win2000 and Exchange will have to be the answer if I
> >can't get this working very soon.
> >
> >Cheers... Howard
> >PS Sorry if I sound grumpy... I just need to get this working and its like
> >hitting my head of a brick wall. Is there no decent documentation for this
> >stuff?
> >
> >
> >At 11:00 31/10/00 -0500, you wrote:
> >>Oh...you need to get the vpopmail package to do virtuals. Really, it's
> >>great.
> >>
> >>-----Original Message-----
> >>From: Howard Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >>Date: Tuesday, October 31, 2000 10:30 AM
> >>Subject: Re: Can't get POP3 Authorisation to work
> >>
> >>
> >> >Errr... thanks,
> >> >
> >> >BUT I don't have any executables call "vadduser" or "vadddomain"!!!
> >> >
> >> >Where do I find these? Does this work with the password checking program
> >> >that comes with the standard download of wmail?
> >> >
> >> >Thanks again.
> >> >
> >> >At 09:25 31/10/00 -0500, you wrote:
> >> >>If you've run
> >> >>vadduser some_user
> >> >>then it asked you for a password and that's how you will authenticate.
> >> >>user: user
> >> >>pass: pass
> >> >>
> >> >>If you've run
> >> >>vadddomain some_domain
> >> >>vadduser some_user@some_domain
> >> >>
> >> >>then you authenticate as follows:
> >> >>user: some_user%some_domain
> >> >>pass: pass
> >> >>
> >> >>Make sense?
> >> >>
> >> >>-----Original Messag
> >> >>e-----
> >> >>From: Howard Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >> >>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >> >>Date: Tuesday, October 31, 2000 8:28 AM
> >> >>Subject: Re: Can't get POP3 Authorisation to work
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> >Sorry, I'm very new to setting mail servers and I'm not sure what you
> >>mean!
> >> >> >
> >> >> >Where do I put these settings? I don't really understand what is
>meant
> >>by a
> >> >> >virtual domain in this context.
> >> >> >
> >> >> >My goal is to pruduce a mail server for a windows 98 network. All my
> >>users
> >> >> >will access by SMTP and POP3 and will not have IDs on the unix box. I
> >> >> >assume this makes them virtual users (yes?). I am having a lot of
> >>trouble
> >> >> >understanding how to do this. Any help at all will be appreciated.
> >> >> >
> >> >> >Howard
> >> >> >
> >> >> >At 11:13 31/10/00 +0100, you wrote:
> >> >> >>Hello Howard,
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >>Tuesday, October 31, 2000, 6:27:30 PM, you wrote:
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> > I have installed qmail and it seems to more or less work.
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> > I can connect to POP3 but my usernames/passwords are never
> >>authorised.
> >> >> >> I am
> >> >> >> > using the setup as described in the FAQ.
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >>If you run a virtuell domain you probably have to set the user login
> >> >> >>format like user%domain.com
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >>Hans-Juergen
> >> >> >
> >> >
> >
