/usr/lib/smail/logsumm bug
Not sure how to report this (I am not on this list).
There is a problem with this script when it does not set STATS_LOGS
(no old rotated files present) but carries on anyway. I have
log rotation turned off on my system.
I think that it needs to exit is there is no work to do:
if [ -f ${LOGFILE}.0 ]; then
STATS_LOGS=${LOGFILE}.0
elif [ -f ${LOGFILE}.0${DOT_Z} ]; then
STATS_LOGS=${LOGFILE}.0${DOT_Z}
elif [ -f ${OLD_LOGFILE}.0 ]; then
STATS_LOGS=${OLD_LOGFILE}.0
elif [ -f ${OLD_LOGFILE}.0${DOT_Z} ]; then
STATS_LOGS=${OLD_LOGFILE}.0${DOT_Z}
else# <
exit 0 # <
fi
Or we could process the active ${LOGFILE} in that case.
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Smail, exim vs exim4, etc.
For now, I removed the qmail stuff since I had not the foggiest on how to make use of it. Smail was removed when qmail was installed so I tried to get that back. This attempted to install exim as well, OK, but the exim would not install--FCQN identity did not agree. I do not recall ever having set or changed that. So I put exim4 on instead and that configured fine with my original machine identity. (Needed one or the other for anacron and a few others, apparently--love these convoluted dependencies!) OK, might as well make use of it. I installed a clamav - helper, amavis-ng, which will work with MTAs. This is not doing anything useful right now. How do I set that to scan emails on the smail MTA. Now: Can the exim4 daemon be configured to service external email and feed that to mailbox and then I would run Kmail of the mailbox instead? How do I set that up--I have exim4 sitting on localhost right now as defaulted. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
mutt/smail - please help
Hi - I can't get mail (sending) to work. With ssmtp I got the message: no recipients supplied. Than I changed to another MTA (smail) - here I got the message: Usage: smail [flags] address ... It seems that mutt doesn't deliver the recipients address. * How can I tell mutt to do this? * How can I try to send a mail direct from the MTA (smail or ssmtp) without MUA? Thanks for any help or recommendation Dieter -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: smail drops off; what to replace it with? exim?
dman said: > | Ah, yes, I think you're right: > | > | timshel# apt-get install -d exim > ... > | I just tried the above and then exited. I didn't actually run it yet, > > See the '-s' option. It tells apt to simulate the operation, but to > not actually try to execute it. It also gives more details (versions > and which release the package will be pulled from). Ah, thanks! I did't know that option. It didn't seem to complain. I won't actualy try the installation tonight because we're in the middle of a snowstorm and the lights are flickering like crazy... timshel# apt-get -s install exim Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done The following packages will be REMOVED: smail The following NEW packages will be installed: exim 0 packages upgraded, 1 newly installed, 1 to remove and 423 not upgraded. Remv smail (3.2.0.114-4 Debian:unstable) [courier-imap mutt at qpopper mailx ] Inst exim (3.35-1 Debian:unstable) Conf exim (3.35-1 Debian:unstable) ...RickM... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: smail drops off; what to replace it with? exim?
On Thu, May 02, 2002 at 06:02:23PM -0600, Rick Macdonald wrote: | Vineet Kumar said: | > * Rick Macdonald ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [020502 15:31]: | >> I've never tried to replace a package that has many packages that | >> require it. What do I tell apt to get it to remove smail and install | >> its replacement? | > | > apt-get install exim | | Ah, yes, I think you're right: | | timshel# apt-get install -d exim ... | I just tried the above and then exited. I didn't actually run it yet, See the '-s' option. It tells apt to simulate the operation, but to not actually try to execute it. It also gives more details (versions and which release the package will be pulled from). -D -- One OS to rule them all, one OS to find them, One OS to bring them all and in the darkness bind them, In the Land of Redmond, where the Shadows lie. GnuPG key : http://dman.ddts.net/~dman/public_key.gpg pgp2dffQXhx8x.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: smail drops off; what to replace it with? exim?
Vineet Kumar said: > * Rick Macdonald ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [020502 15:31]: >> I've never tried to replace a package that has many packages that >> require it. What do I tell apt to get it to remove smail and install >> its replacement? > > apt-get install exim Ah, yes, I think you're right: timshel# apt-get install -d exim Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done The following packages will be REMOVED: smail The following NEW packages will be installed: exim I just tried the above and then exited. I didn't actually run it yet, but it looks like it should do the right thing. Thanks! ...RickM... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: smail drops off; what to replace it with? exim?
* Rick Macdonald ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [020502 15:31]: > > smail keeps dropping off my woody system and I have to continually restart > it. > > Rather than deal with the problem I thought I'd just replace it. A newer > woody system seems to have exim. The system with smail has been running > Debian _before_ the first offical release (buzz I think). > > Should I switch to exim, or sendmail? > > If it matters, I run fetchmail/procmail to get mail from various places. The > mail goes into maildirs which I read with squirrelmail and apache with > courier-imap. I think smail started having problems when I added > procmail/imap to my system. > > I've never tried to replace a package that has many packages that require > it. What do I tell apt to get it to remove smail and install its > replacement? apt-get install exim That should take care of everything. In fairness, I haven't used sendmail in quite some time, so I may not have the most balanced perspective on the issue of which MTA to use. Exim is a breeze to set up, can do any "powerful" thing I've ever wanted it to, and is well- documented and -supported. good times, Vineet -- Currently seeking opportunities in the SF Bay Area Please see http://www.doorstop.net/resume.shtml pgpbetKC4tEA8.pgp Description: PGP signature
smail drops off; what to replace it with? exim?
smail keeps dropping off my woody system and I have to continually restart it. Rather than deal with the problem I thought I'd just replace it. A newer woody system seems to have exim. The system with smail has been running Debian _before_ the first offical release (buzz I think). Should I switch to exim, or sendmail? If it matters, I run fetchmail/procmail to get mail from various places. The mail goes into maildirs which I read with squirrelmail and apache with courier-imap. I think smail started having problems when I added procmail/imap to my system. I've never tried to replace a package that has many packages that require it. What do I tell apt to get it to remove smail and install its replacement? ...RickM... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Mutt + smail
Ensure that use_from is set in mutt. It defaults to yes, and your posted config file left it unchanged, but if unset it would give behaviour like you describe. From within mutt just type :set use_from You could see if setting edit_headers (in mutt) helps anything. It should enable you to see and edit the From: header in nano with the body of the message. Then in the confirmation screen, you should see the correct From: line (instead of a blank). If it still doesn't work, then something along the way (smail, perhaps) is rewriting it. Vineet * monolith ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [010629 00:31]: > I've tried it, thought I had written that in my previous mail. Any other > ideas? > > David > > On Fri, Jun 29, 2001 at 08:55:02AM +0200, Matthias Richter wrote: > > monolith wrote on Fri Jun 29, 2001 at 01:02:17AM: > > > No matter how I edit my .muttrc (using realname/from variables or even > > > using my_hdr) I cannot get it to display the from line properly. > > [...] > > > set from = '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > > > > what about setting: > > my_hdr From: David Orman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > hth, > > Matthias > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > pgpJ7DjBXd6ee.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Mutt + smail
I've tried it, thought I had written that in my previous mail. Any other ideas? David On Fri, Jun 29, 2001 at 08:55:02AM +0200, Matthias Richter wrote: > monolith wrote on Fri Jun 29, 2001 at 01:02:17AM: > > No matter how I edit my .muttrc (using realname/from variables or even > > using my_hdr) I cannot get it to display the from line properly. > [...] > > set from = '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > > what about setting: > my_hdr From: David Orman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > hth, > Matthias
Re: Mutt + smail
monolith wrote on Fri Jun 29, 2001 at 01:02:17AM: > No matter how I edit my .muttrc (using realname/from variables or even > using my_hdr) I cannot get it to display the from line properly. [...] > set from = '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' what about setting: my_hdr From: David Orman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> hth, Matthias pgpQ8xFKo8xqs.pgp Description: PGP signature
Mutt + smail
Hi,
I'm using smail as my mda on this debian machine, fetchmail to grab the
mail off my mailserver (running postfix). I use mutt as my mailreader.
No matter how I edit my .muttrc (using realname/from variables or even
using my_hdr) I cannot get it to display the from line properly. In the
send window, just before I confirm sending, at the top where it lists
From:, it is blank. I'm using the stock smail config file that is
generated by the debian installation of the package. Does anybody have
any insight as to why? It seems to be using the email address i manually
specified in the smail config and the realname from /etc/password on all
outgoing mail. I specified the email in the smail config because
regardless of what I set in mutt, all outgoing mail looked like it was
coming from quasar.orblivion.com instead of just orblivion.com (quasar
being this workstation). Am I doing something wrong here? My muttrc is
coming from quasar.orblivion.com instead of just orblivion.com (quasar
being this workstation). Am I doing something wrong here? My muttrc is
as follows:
#reset all
source "~/.mail_aliases"
# User description
set realname = 'David Orman'
set reply_to = ask-yes
#set reverse_name = no
#set reverse_realname = yes
set from = '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
#set gecos_mask = "^[^,]*"
#set hidden_host = no
set hostname = 'orblivion.com'
#set alternates = ""
# General mutt options
#set wait_key = yes
#set weed = yes
#set status_on_top = no
#set suspend = yes
#set timeout = 600
#set beep = yes
#set user_agent = yes
#set delete_untag = yes
#set prompt_after = yes
#set quit = yes
#set read_inc = 10
#set mail_check = 5
#set menu_scroll = no
#set meta_key = no
#set help = yes
#set history = 10
#set read_only = no
#set date_format = "!%a, %b %d, %Y at %I:%M:%S%p %Z"
set delete = yes
#set dotlock_program = "/usr/local/bin//mutt_dotlock"
#set beep_new = no
#set charset = "iso-8859-1"
#set check_new = yes
# OS Specifiques options
##
#set tmpdir = ""
#set print = ask-no
#set print_command = "lpr"
#set print_decode = yes
#set ispell = "ispell"
#set locale = "C"
#set shell = ""
#set spoolfile = ""
# Menu index
##
#set wrap_search = yes
#set sort_re = yes
#set status_chars = "-*%A"
#set status_format = "-%r-Mutt: %f [Msgs:%?M?%M/?%m%?n? New:%n?%?o?
Old:%o?%?d?$#set strict_threads = no
#set thorough_search = no
#set to_chars = " +TCF"
#set simple_search = "~f %s | ~s %s"
set sort = threads
set sort_aux = date-sent
#set resolve = yes
#set index_format = "%4C %Z %{%b %d} %-15.15L (%4l) %s"
#set mark_old = yes
#set allow_8bit = yes
#set arrow_cursor = no
#set ascii_chars = no
#set auto_tag = no
#set collapse_unread = yes
#set uncollapse_jump = no
# Internal Pager
##
#set visual = ""
#set sig_dashes = yes
#set smart_wrap = yes
#set smileys = "(>From )|(:[-^]?[][)(><}{|/DP])"
#set quote_regexp = "^([ \t]*[|>:}#])+"
#set pager = "builtin"
#set pager_context = 0
#set pager_format = "-%Z- %C/%m: %-20.20n %s"
#set pager_index_lines = 0
#set pager_stop = no
#set markers = yes
#set escape = "~"
#set tilde = no
# Composing
###
#set use_domain = yes
#set signature = "~/.signature"
#set postpone = ask-yes
#set postponed = "~/postponed"
#set query_command = ""
#set recall = ask-yes
set editor = "nano"
#set fast_reply = no
#set abort_nosubject = ask-yes
#set abort_unmodified = yes
#set askbcc = no
#set askcc = no
# Replying
#set post_indent_string = ""
#set reply_regexp = "^(re([\\[0-9\\]+])*|aw):[ \t]*"
#set reply_self = no
#set indent_string = "> "
#set in_reply_to = "%i; from %a on %{!%a, %b %d, %Y at %I:%M:%S%p %Z}"
#set honor_followup_to = yes
#set ignore_list_reply_to = no
#set include = ask-yes
#set attribution = "On %d, %n wrote:"
#set bounce_delivered = yes
# Forwarding
##
#set forward_decrypt = yes
#set forward_decode = yes
#set forward_format = "[%a: %s]"
#set forward_quote = no
# Folder and Mailbox
##
#set write_inc = 10
#set sort_browser = alpha
set record = "~/mail/sent-mail"
#set pipe_split = no
#set pipe_decode = no
#set pipe_sep = "\n"
#set move = ask-no
#set mask = "!^\\.[^.]"
#set mbox = &quo
Re: HELP! Sendmail/smail not working SOLVED!!
I have it working. I was able to remove ssmtp and it removed a logrotate file that may have been the problem. Seems to work fine. Dale Morris [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I seem to have screwed up my mail transfer abilities. I had sendmail > installed, also ssh and whatever kde2 program that was similar. I > installed the xterm package from 'woody' and noticed that sendmail was > being replaced. When I try to send a mail in mutt, I can't, get > 'operating system error' message. So I apt-get install smail and it says > it can't find the package but I can use ssmtp instead. When I try to > send a mail with it I get 'error unable to open port smtp port 25' > message. I tried removing ssh but that didn't make any difference, also > installing exim, but that didn't work either. Any suggestions? > > Debian 2.2 system with potato and woody packages. > > thanks > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
HELP! Sendmail/smail not working
I seem to have screwed up my mail transfer abilities. I had sendmail installed, also ssh and whatever kde2 program that was similar. I installed the xterm package from 'woody' and noticed that sendmail was being replaced. When I try to send a mail in mutt, I can't, get 'operating system error' message. So I apt-get install smail and it says it can't find the package but I can use ssmtp instead. When I try to send a mail with it I get 'error unable to open port smtp port 25' message. I tried removing ssh but that didn't make any difference, also installing exim, but that didn't work either. Any suggestions? Debian 2.2 system with potato and woody packages. thanks
Re: exim or smail?
Anthony Campbell wrote: > > > I thought I had exim working well, but then I found I was unable to send > mail to the mail server at one of my ISPs. Eventually I commented out > "qualify_domain" in /etc/exim.conf and this seemed to fix the problem, > but I didn't understand why. > Usually it's the reverse: you set it so that your ISP's SMTP server accepts your mail as coming from a valid Internet domain. As in the case where your mail server is itself not permanently connected (a dialup), and has a "made up" domain name. Yours is probably already a valid domain, and 'qualify_domain' was set to something invalid.
Re: exim or smail?
On 27 Sep 2000, Colin Watson wrote: > Anthony Campbell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Why does Debian install exim by default? I've always had slight > >difficulties with configuring it, whereas smail always works for me > >faultlessly. > > What difficulties have you had? I've never had any problems, and the > configuration is lovely. > > With regard to it being the default, I guess that's why there are > alternatives. :) > > -- > Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] > I thought I had exim working well, but then I found I was unable to send mail to the mail server at one of my ISPs. Eventually I commented out "qualify_domain" in /etc/exim.conf and this seemed to fix the problem, but I didn't understand why. Smail always seems to work without problems for me. Anthony -- Anthony Campbell - running Linux Debian 2.2 (Windows-free zone) Book Reviews: http://www.cix.co.uk/~acampbell/bookreviews/ Skeptical articles: http://www.cix.co.uk/~acampbell/freethinker/ "Palo y tente tieso." (Spanish proverb) Free translation: "Holdfast is your only dog."
Re: exim or smail?
Anthony Campbell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Why does Debian install exim by default? I've always had slight >difficulties with configuring it, whereas smail always works for me >faultlessly. What difficulties have you had? I've never had any problems, and the configuration is lovely. With regard to it being the default, I guess that's why there are alternatives. :) -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
exim or smail?
Why does Debian install exim by default? I've always had slight difficulties with configuring it, whereas smail always works for me faultlessly. I used exim at first when I upgraded to potato but now that smail has reappeared in woody I've gone back to it with some relief. Anyone else had a similar experience? Anthony -- Anthony Campbell - running Linux Debian 2.2 (Windows-free zone) Book Reviews: http://www.cix.co.uk/~acampbell/bookreviews/ Skeptical articles: http://www.cix.co.uk/~acampbell/freethinker/ "Palo y tente tieso." (Spanish proverb) Free translation: "Holdfast is your only dog."
Re: smail error on setup- FQDN does not match
>>>>> "cxpx" == cxpx <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
cxpx> I get the following error after 'apt-get install linuxconf' (which in
turn
cxpx> wants smail or exim- both get the same error).
cxpx> Setting up smail (3.2.0.111-1) ...
cxpx> Error: system's FQDN hostname (the_kernel) doesn't match
cxpx> RFC1035 syntax; cannot configure the mail system.
cxpx> Can't execute smailconfig.
cxpx> /usr/doc/smail/New-Config-Features.gz: No such file or directory
cxpx> dpkg: error processing smail (--configure):
cxpx> subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
cxpx> Why does it say the system's FQDN doesn't match? Doesn't match what?
It doesn't say "doesn't match", it says "doesn't match RFC1035
syntax". So go RTF RFC1035 ;-) You'll see that underscores in
hostnames (= fqdn) are not permitted. Only letters, digits and the
hyphen ("-") are allowed.
So, name your machine "the-kernel" and try again. Should work then.
Bye, J
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smail error on setup- FQDN does not match
I get the following error after 'apt-get install linuxconf' (which in turn wants smail or exim- both get the same error). Setting up smail (3.2.0.111-1) ... Error: system's FQDN hostname (the_kernel) doesn't match RFC1035 syntax; cannot configure the mail system. Can't execute smailconfig. /usr/doc/smail/New-Config-Features.gz: No such file or directory dpkg: error processing smail (--configure): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 Why does it say the system's FQDN doesn't match? Doesn't match what? cxpx
ATTENTION UPGRADING SMAIL
Hi list, i'm writing this mail from a fake box so please don't replay here i've to do this since the last smail pkg is seriously broken After upgrading it in woody (i guess it's also on potato) is no more working it reports the following error: laptop# smail -bd -q10m smail: [1655] main: bad stat() of smail binary /home/bunk/Debian/smail/smail-3.2.0.111/debian/tmp/usr/sbin/smail laptop# After that upgrade i'm still able to receive localmail to postmaster only running smail in inetd but no way to receive outside mails (from fetchmail) or to send mail to the public internet. please if anyone know how to urgently fix it send me an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] thanks to everyone Fabio
Re: smail says "550 You are not permitted to send mail"
On Thu, Jul 20, 2000 at 01:39:40PM -0700, Krzys Majewski wrote: > Aha, smailconfig. OK, I tried reinstalling smail before and now running > smailconfig, same error. Guess I'll try exim next. exim is the standard MTA for Debian these days - in fact, smail was removed from potato due to a number of severe bugs. > > [BTW, could you please quote and trim your messages properly? It makes > > them much easier to read.] > Not sure what you mean by this, can you clarify? You should quote mails like you did this one, interspersing new text with old and cutting any quoted text not needed for context. -- Mark Brown mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Trying to avoid grumpiness) http://www.tardis.ed.ac.uk/~broonie/ EUFShttp://www.eusa.ed.ac.uk/societies/filmsoc/ pgpVg6hUufqYu.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: smail says "550 You are not permitted to send mail"
Bwahahaha upon removing smail apt-get installed sendmail which comes with its own e-z konfiguration skrypt and runs great. Can't see why anyone would want to use anything else. Can't see either why anyone would want to have a mail daemon on their box other than for mailing cron output, given that any isp will gladly do that boring shit for you. Unless of course you are an isp in which case Hello! why aren't you using Solaris. *bait* *bait* *bait* chris
Re: smail says "550 You are not permitted to send mail"
> You should try reconfiguring smail - there's probably a program called > smailconfig in /usr/sbin that will do that for you, or failing that > removoing and reinstalling should do the trick. If smail doesn't > configure itself I'd try another MTA (exim is the default choice for > recent Debian versions). Aha, smailconfig. OK, I tried reinstalling smail before and now running smailconfig, same error. Guess I'll try exim next. > [BTW, could you please quote and trim your messages properly? It makes > them much easier to read.] Not sure what you mean by this, can you clarify? -chris
Re: smail says "550 You are not permitted to send mail"
On Thu, Jul 20, 2000 at 09:39:08AM -0700, Krzys Majewski wrote: > Sendmail (which is smail, anyway) doesn't work either. Invoking the sendmail binary gets you the same MTA but it bypasses many of the checks MTAs perform > It neither sends the mail nor returns it to the sender like it claims to. > 09:33:06$ sendmail root > aoeusnaohe I'm not surprised that failed - what you typed doesn't really approximate a valid message. Looking at the bounce that got generated and moved into the error directory it seems that smail can't figure out how to deliver to local users (the bounce said that it didn't know anything about a user root, and the non-delivery of the bounce would suggest that it couldn't find your user account either. You'll probably see some complaints in your mail logs (/var/log/mail.log unless smail doesn't use syslog). You should try reconfiguring smail - there's probably a program called smailconfig in /usr/sbin that will do that for you, or failing that removoing and reinstalling should do the trick. If smail doesn't configure itself I'd try another MTA (exim is the default choice for recent Debian versions). [BTW, could you please quote and trim your messages properly? It makes them much easier to read.] -- Mark Brown mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Trying to avoid grumpiness) http://www.tardis.ed.ac.uk/~broonie/ EUFShttp://www.eusa.ed.ac.uk/societies/filmsoc/
Re: smail says "550 You are not permitted to send mail"
Sendmail (which is smail, anyway) doesn't work either. It neither sends the mail nor returns it to the sender like it claims to. -chris 09:33:06$ sendmail root aoeusnaohe 09:33:20$ smail: mail moved to /var/spool/smail/error/13FJGC-0006PKC 09:33:43# cat /var/spool/smail/error/13FJGC-0006PKC !root !0 1000 !-oem !-f !<+> !-oMs !cr275960-a.crdva1.bc.wave.home.com !-oMr !bsmtp !-oMP !smail ! From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: krzys Subject: mail failed, returning to sender Reference: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> |- Message log follows: -| no valid recipients were found for this message |- Failed addresses follow: -| root ... unknown user |- Message text follows: | Received: from localhost (69 bytes) by cr275960-a.crdva1.bc.wave.home.com via sendmail with P:stdio/T:error (sender: ) (ident using unix) id <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> for ; Thu, 20 Jul 2000 09:33:12 -0700 (PDT) (Smail-3.2.0.102 1998-Aug-2 #2 built 2000-Feb-23) Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2000 09:33:12 -0700 (PDT) From: krzys (Krzys Majewski) To: root aoeusnaohe 09:33:47# cd /var/spool/mail/ 09:34:22# la total 2 drwxrwsr-x2 root mail 1024 Mar 1 09:59 ./ drwxr-xr-x9 root root 1024 Jul 9 16:24 ../ -rw-rw-r--1 krzysmail0 Feb 6 11:58 krzys On Thu, 20 Jul 2000, Mark Brown wrote: > On Wed, Jul 19, 2000 at 09:58:47AM -0700, Krzys Majewski wrote: > > > 550 You are not permitted to send mail > > localhost isn't in the list of systems that smail will allow to forward > mail through it. How you tell smail about that I don't know. > > > What gives? The only reason I'm trying to set this up is so that > > things like cron jobs will send email to root, as advertised. > > Most things of that sort will use /usr/sbin/sendmail rather than SMTP > to inject mail, bypassing this check. > > -- > Mark Brown mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Trying to avoid grumpiness) > http://www.tardis.ed.ac.uk/~broonie/ > EUFShttp://www.eusa.ed.ac.uk/societies/filmsoc/ >
Re: smail says "550 You are not permitted to send mail"
On Wed, Jul 19, 2000 at 09:58:47AM -0700, Krzys Majewski wrote: > 550 You are not permitted to send mail localhost isn't in the list of systems that smail will allow to forward mail through it. How you tell smail about that I don't know. > What gives? The only reason I'm trying to set this up is so that > things like cron jobs will send email to root, as advertised. Most things of that sort will use /usr/sbin/sendmail rather than SMTP to inject mail, bypassing this check. -- Mark Brown mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Trying to avoid grumpiness) http://www.tardis.ed.ac.uk/~broonie/ EUFShttp://www.eusa.ed.ac.uk/societies/filmsoc/ pgpTFjR2IhQYT.pgp Description: PGP signature
smail says "550 You are not permitted to send mail"
Since everyone else is asking questions that are completely unrelated to Debian I'll do my bit and ask one that's only slightly related. I've got Smail-3.2.0.102 1998-Aug-2 #2 with the default (ie empty) config files. Here's the problem: 09:54:21# ./smail restart Restarting mail transport agent: smail. 09:54:25# !tel telnet localhost 25 Trying 127.0.0.1... Connected to cr275960-a. Escape character is '^]'. 220-cr275960-a.crdva1.bc.wave.home.com Smail-3.2.0.102 (#2 2000-Feb-23) ready at Wed, 19 Jul 2000 09:54:28 -0700 (PDT) 220 ESMTP supported helo crdva1.bc.wave.home.com 550 You are not permitted to send mail What gives? The only reason I'm trying to set this up is so that things like cron jobs will send email to root, as advertised. -chris
Re: exim, sendmail, smail, qmail .... ???
you can find the comparison among the products above at http://www.linuxcare.com/products/prodmore.epl?PRODUCT_GROUP=Mail+Transfer+A gents
Re: exim, sendmail, smail, qmail .... ???
t.bedlam writes: > Exim is GPL and Sendmail is BSD ; *and* currently administered by Allman's > Sendmail, Inc., or some such joint stock for profit corporation. Big diff > to a Debian. No. It may or may not be a "big diff" to a small minority of Debian developers, but it is no diff at all to Debian. -- John Hasler [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Hasler) Dancing Horse Hill Elmwood, WI
Re: exim, sendmail, smail, qmail .... ???
On Fri, Jun 16, 2000 at 11:59:49AM +0930, John Pearson was only escaped alone to tell thee: > Additionally, at one stage Eric Allman definitely had his nose > out of joint over Linux; while that may be long past, people > take these things personally and that may have contributed. Personality issues aside, Exim is GPL and Sendmail is BSD ; *and* currently administered by Allman's Sendmail, Inc., or some such joint stock for profit corporation. Big diff to a Debian. -- i'm determined to stand, whether god |=| [EMAIL PROTECTED] will deliver me or not. -- bob dylan |=| www.cris.com/~bedlam
Re: exim, sendmail, smail, qmail .... ???
On Fri, Jun 16, 2000 at 09:08:07AM +1000, Richard Lindner wrote > Would someone explain Debian's logic behind choosing exim over sendmail > or smail for slink and potato (and I presume woody). The exim web page > is excruciatingly coy regarding comparisons between it an the other > mainstream MTAs. What's exims advantage (other than a simplified config) > that warrants it's use over the other industry standards? > I can only speak for myself, but I like it best. - It's better-maintained and more flexible than smail; - It's easier to build, modify and debug configurations than with sendmail; - It doesn't have weird licensing issues like qmail; - Exim's bundled documentation is far better than the others. Additionally, at one stage Eric Allman definitely had his nose out of joint over Linux; while that may be long past, people take these things personally and that may have contributed. John P. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.mdt.net.au/~john Debian Linux admin & support:technical services
exim, sendmail, smail, qmail .... ???
Would someone explain Debian's logic behind choosing exim over sendmail or smail for slink and potato (and I presume woody). The exim web page is excruciatingly coy regarding comparisons between it an the other mainstream MTAs. What's exims advantage (other than a simplified config) that warrants it's use over the other industry standards? -- Richard Lindner Intrepid Adventurer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ph:+61 (0)419 354 310 What a long, strange trip it's been
Re: How to smail
I think I did it when I installed smail. Currently I can send emails through mail.snacker.net ( my mail server), but I can't receive emails when someone sends to e.g [EMAIL PROTECTED](guest is regular user on smail.snacker.net) Do I forget to configure something on smail? Here is my DNS records. mail.snacker.net. IN A 216.228.130.214 snacker.net. IN MX 10 mail.snacker.net. I appreciate your help. Daniel Yang -Original Message- From: Anthony Campbell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Daniel Yang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tuesday, February 22, 2000 7:42 AM Subject: Re: How to smail >On 22 Feb 2000, Daniel Yang wrote: >> Does anyone suggest some documents on how to configure smail to send and receive emails. Thanks. >> Daniel > >The man page is pretty good. If you're using Debian, why not just run >smailconfig as root and follow the instructions on screen? > >Anthony > > >-- >Anthony Campbell - running Linux Debian 2.1 (Windows-free zone) >Book Reviews: http://www.pentelikon.freeserve.co.uk/bookreviews/ >Skeptical articles: http://www.freethinker/uklinux.net/ > >"To be forced by desire into any unwarrantable belief is a calamity." >I.A. Richards >
How to smail
Does anyone suggest some documents on how to configure smail to send and receive emails. Thanks. Daniel
smail can't receive mails
Hi, everyone I installed smail on my linux server. I didn't do a lot of configuration on smail and I am able to send email through smail. However, I can't receive any email from outside of domain.Here is the details.The domain is called snacker.net Here is my DNS record looks like. mail.snacker.net. IN A 216.228.130.214 snacker.net. IN MX 10 mail.snacker.net. smail has been isntalled on mail.snacker.net. If there is a user called guest on the domain and someone send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]. How smail receives the emails.I don't know what I need to configure to make it work. Does anyone has any suggestions. My next step is to setup POP3 on mail.snacker.net. I appreciate you give any suggestion on installation and configuration on POP3 or point me to some good documents on how to setp up mail server or pop server. I haven't found any good practical documents yet. Thanks a lot Daniel
is 'smail' sleeping ?
In the last days I disturbed you all about exim, because I wasn't able to send e-mail. A lot of you helped me and I wish to thank you all for the attention. But exim didn't work anyway on my system. I SOLVED my problem using 'smail' than 'exim' and BINGO !!! When I tried to use exim, fetchmail showed me some error messages like : "error 550, I can't deliver mail for the following addresses:..."). Now using 'smail', fetchmail works fine too, though my $HOME/.fetchmailrc is the same of when I tried to use exim...?!!? Ok. Now I have got another little problem with 'smail': I have got Debian 2.1 (slink) on a PC (Pentium), and my MUA (mail user agent) is 'mutt'. Does 'smail' put outgoing e-mails in /var/spool/smail/input ? I think that is true, and I think when 'smail complete the delivering, it removes files from the folder above. Well. When I send e-mail on-line (connected to internet), 'smail' often SEEMS sleeping and it takes al lot of time for removing files in /var/spool/smail/input, and then (I think) it takes a lot of times to deliver them too. Is that true ? How can I get 'smail' working faster ? Thank you.
Help: smail not sending outgoing mail
I'm having trouble sending mail with smail (Smail-3.2.0.102 1998-Aug-2 #2) from my Debian (potato) system. I can receive mail, and can send to local users, but mail to anywhere else just goes to a temporary file in /var/spool/smail/input/. Empty files with the same name as the above temp files then get created in /var/spool/smail/msglog (eg, "128t6n-0006JdC"). Nothing happens when I type "runq", and "runq -v" gives messages like: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: offsite.edu matched by smart_host router: routed [EMAIL PROTECTED] --> [EMAIL PROTECTED] at mail.myisp.net transport smtp uses driver tcpsmtp I'm getting lines in /var/log/smail/logfile like the following: 01/13/2000 18:20:00: [m128tX6-0006LnC] Received FROM:root PROGRAM:send-mail SIZE:98 01/13/2000 18:21:37: [m128tYf-0006M0C] Received FROM:root PROGRAM:send-mail SIZE:99 01/13/2000 18:31:52: [m128tiZ-0006M2C] Received FROM:root PROGRAM:send-mail SIZE:76 I noticed the bug report at <http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/48/48614.html>: If you really must call kill -HUP `pidof inetd` in the postinst at least check first that it is running. The existance of inetd.conf is NOT enough to know this. For users of xinetd (and other inetd alikes) this call to kill will fail (`pidof inetd` == "") and prevent configuration of smail on upgrade, leaving the system with a broken MTA. I figure that this has something to do with it, but I ran the suggested new postinst on that page, restarted and reloaded inetd, but to no avail: the temp files keep piling up and no mail goes out. In /etc/inetd.conf: #:MAIL: Mail, news and uucp services. smtpstream tcp nowait root/usr/sbin/tcpd /usr/sbin/in.smtpd
Re: smail routing
Hi, I tried that, and indeed when I have set this sort of thing up before using TIS Gauntlet this is what you do. However, because I am on a dial-up line smail is delivering to the smarthost as soon as it sees that the mail is not local ie it never checks DNS. So the problem appears to be, how can I overide the smarthost thingy so that it will know to send the mail for the specific mail to my internal mailserver?? Thanks, Steve On Mon, Nov 29, 1999 at 08:47:13AM +0700, Moe Thu Kyaw wrote: > Create a zone for that doamin in your DNS ,put the address of the zone to > the machine that you want to receive mail and also put the MX record in > that zone. > > Rgds, > > Moe > > At 11:57 PM 11/28/99 +, you wrote: > >Hi, > > > >I am using smail to receive mail to my machine which acts as the gateway > for my LAN. I have a new domain and would like to send the mail for this > domain through my gateway to a machine on the LAN. Problem is that smail > seems to be processing the mail fine but then sends it back out to the > smarthost. Is there some way to tell smail that domain X is an exception > and that it should send mail to the inside server rather than out to the > Internet smarthost? > > > >Thanks, > > > >Steve > > > > > >-- > >Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < > /dev/null > > > >
smail staff
Hi I want to block the messages bigger than 150K in size.I've setup "max_message_size=150K" option in smail config file and it's not blocking.What should i change to make it enable?Could anybody plase give me some solution? Thanks & Regards, Moe Thu Kyaw
smail routing
Hi, I am using smail to receive mail to my machine which acts as the gateway for my LAN. I have a new domain and would like to send the mail for this domain through my gateway to a machine on the LAN. Problem is that smail seems to be processing the mail fine but then sends it back out to the smarthost. Is there some way to tell smail that domain X is an exception and that it should send mail to the inside server rather than out to the Internet smarthost? Thanks, Steve
something misconfigured in smail?
I seem to be misunderstanding something about configuring smail. My email address is [EMAIL PROTECTED] If I try to send mail to anyone else at doctors.org.uk the mail is always bounced by my system with the message: "no valid recipients found" I think this is saying that it is looking for an alias in my setup corresponding to the name of the person I am trying to send to. How can I tell it that this isn't what is wanted? Anthony -- Anthony Campbell - running Linux Debian 2.1 (Windows-free zone) Book Reviews: http://www.pentelikon.freeserve.co.uk/bookreviews/ "It's no go the Yogi Man, it's no go Blavatsky" - Louis MacNeice
SMAIL Relaying
Dearest people, I want to know how I can denied relay of mails in SMAIL 3.1. I will appreciate if you people reply. Regards, Jaff, Arif [Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] How to block mail relaying in smail (bo distribution)? To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: How to block mail relaying in smail (bo distribution)? From: Wojciech Marek Zabolotny <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sun, 28 Jun 98 10:59:01 +0200 Old-Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Organization: The Agnese Gateway Hi! I would like to limit the possibility of mail relaying in one of my bo boxes. I would like to be able to use this box as a smart host for my home machine (connected to Internet via dialup with dynamically assigned IP :-(). The same possibility should be available for other legal users. Therefore the machines authorized to use this box as mail relay should use a kind of password authentication (something like APOP in POP-3 protocol). Mail originating from unauthorized machines should be rejected if not addressed to one of local users. How to do it? What methods of access control are available for mail relaying? TIA Wojtek Zabolotny [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null Prev by Date: Re: installing a modem under debian 1.3 Next by Date: installing a modem under debian 1.3 Prev by thread: Re: older debian release? Next by thread: installing a modem under debian 1.3 Index(es): Date Thread
Re: How to diable mail relaying in smail
This is fixed in later versions (i.e., 3.2.0.102-1 in potato). You might want to get the Debian source package of that and build your own slink package. exim is another possibility. I don't personally think sendmail would be a step backwards--I use it. On Tue, Oct 19, 1999 at 11:42:04AM -0700, Tom Kuiper wrote: > I need to disable mail relaying on my system. I have smail 3.2.0.92-3, > which came as the default with my Debian system, installed. We cannot figure > out how to turn off mail relaying (an institutionally required anti-spam > measure), since smail does not use a sendmail.cf file. Can anyone advise? > > The only alternative would be to install sendmail in place of smail, but > wouldn't that be a step backwards? > > Thanks and regards > > Tom Kuiper > -- > Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (137.79.89.31) > SnailMail: Jet Propulsion Lab 169-506, Pasadena, CA 91109 > Phone/fax: (818) 354-5623/8895 > WWW:http://DSNra.JPL.NASA.gov/~kuiper/ > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > -- Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] DM42nh http://www.primenet.com/~nielsen
Re: How to diable mail relaying in smail
On Tue, Oct 19, 1999 at 11:42:04AM -0700, Tom Kuiper wrote: > I need to disable mail relaying on my system. I have smail 3.2.0.92-3, > which came as the default with my Debian system, installed. We cannot figure > out how to turn off mail relaying (an institutionally required anti-spam > measure), since smail does not use a sendmail.cf file. Can anyone advise? > > The only alternative would be to install sendmail in place of smail, but > wouldn't that be a step backwards? I don't know how to do it from smail, but both exim and postfix allow you to specify what networks you'll relay for - if you want to relay only for machines in 192.168.1.* for example, you specify 192.168.1.0/24 jpb -- Joe Block <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> CREOL System Administrator Social graces are the packet headers of everyday life.
How to diable mail relaying in smail
I need to disable mail relaying on my system. I have smail 3.2.0.92-3, which came as the default with my Debian system, installed. We cannot figure out how to turn off mail relaying (an institutionally required anti-spam measure), since smail does not use a sendmail.cf file. Can anyone advise? The only alternative would be to install sendmail in place of smail, but wouldn't that be a step backwards? Thanks and regards Tom Kuiper -- Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (137.79.89.31) SnailMail: Jet Propulsion Lab 169-506, Pasadena, CA 91109 Phone/fax: (818) 354-5623/8895 WWW:http://DSNra.JPL.NASA.gov/~kuiper/
RE: Smail help needed from newbie
Abdul, I had a similar problem with exim. It complained about relaying mail when I tried to send mail through it using Outlook on a networked PC. I would recommend re-running exim.conf. Try selecting another option at the first question, server type. This took care of the problem for me. -paul -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Abdul Aziz Sent: Sunday, October 17, 1999 1:25 PM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Smail help needed from newbie "Dwayne C . Litzenberger" wrote: > > How far does the mail get before it bounces? (does it get to your ISP's mail > server?) It could be that your machine name is not a valid domain name, and > therefore DNS confirmation fails. Thanks for the reply - it does not get to the ISP's mail server but stays in local machine, and gets bounced back to user who sent it. I did try exim but had exactly the same problem, so installed smail instead. -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
Re: Smail help needed from newbie
"Dwayne C . Litzenberger" wrote: > > How far does the mail get before it bounces? (does it get to your ISP's mail > server?) It could be that your machine name is not a valid domain name, and > therefore DNS confirmation fails. Thanks for the reply - it does not get to the ISP's mail server but stays in local machine, and gets bounced back to user who sent it. I did try exim but had exactly the same problem, so installed smail instead.
Re: Smail help needed from newbie
How far does the mail get before it bounces? (does it get to your ISP's mail server?) It could be that your machine name is not a valid domain name, and therefore DNS confirmation fails. BTW I use exim instead of smail, and it works like a charm. On Fri, Oct 15, 1999 at 07:16:53PM +, Abdul Aziz wrote: > Hi, I'm new to Debian and am trying to get smail working (using Elm) on > 2.1 Slink - standard install from CD's. I keep getting the message > cannot parse fully qualified domain. I filled in the name of my ISP > (lineone.net) for the smarthost part of the config (I also tried > smtp.lineone.net which got the same message). I'm a bit lost, here as > you'll see straightaway. > I have the DNS of the ISP in /etc/resolv.conf and can connect OK to the > net and send e-mail from netscape (please help me get smail working!). > Any information to get me on the right track much appreciated - or point > me to some info. I've read the man, which didn't mean much to me, and > the docs in /usr/doc - ditto. Is the smarthost my ISP and do I have to > configure another file or files somewhere to get smail working? Thanks. > > -- "I already have all the latest software." -- Laura Winslow, "Family Matters" Dwayne C. Litzenberger - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Advertising Policy: http://DLitzPower.tripod.com/spamoff.htm GnuPG Public Key: http://DLitzPower.tripod.com/gpgkey.asc Fingerprint: 0535 F7CF FF5F 8547 E5A5 695E 4456 FB6C BC39 A4B0 pgpTYyvBVuX2l.pgp Description: PGP signature
Smail help needed from newbie
Hi, I'm new to Debian and am trying to get smail working (using Elm) on 2.1 Slink - standard install from CD's. I keep getting the message cannot parse fully qualified domain. I filled in the name of my ISP (lineone.net) for the smarthost part of the config (I also tried smtp.lineone.net which got the same message). I'm a bit lost, here as you'll see straightaway. I have the DNS of the ISP in /etc/resolv.conf and can connect OK to the net and send e-mail from netscape (please help me get smail working!). Any information to get me on the right track much appreciated - or point me to some info. I've read the man, which didn't mean much to me, and the docs in /usr/doc - ditto. Is the smarthost my ISP and do I have to configure another file or files somewhere to get smail working? Thanks.
Re: smail misconfigured?
Markus Reuscher wrote: > > Hi all! > > I want to receive mails on my server with the addresse > [EMAIL PROTECTED] When I send mails to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > or to [EMAIL PROTECTED] everything is allright. > But when I send mails to [EMAIL PROTECTED] I get this > reply: > >- Transcript of session follows - > ... while talking to ns.node.at.: > >>> RCPT To:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > <<< 550 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>... User unknown > 550 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>... User unknown > > 'markus' exists as user on this machine. What must I > write in the config file to be able to receive mails > on all 3 domain names? > This is a cut from my smail/config: > Its not totally a matter of config for smail. DNS also needs to be set up. You need to contact whomever administers DNS for the htu.at domain and ask them to put in a mail exchange line for the domain htu.at. This will only work if the htu.at domain belongs to you. Meaning no one else but you can use the htu.at domain with their computers. Hope this helps, -- Paul Miller [EMAIL PROTECTED] Where do all the bits go when the computer is done with them?
smail misconfigured?
Hi all! I want to receive mails on my server with the addresse [EMAIL PROTECTED] When I send mails to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or to [EMAIL PROTECTED] everything is allright. But when I send mails to [EMAIL PROTECTED] I get this reply: - Transcript of session follows - ... while talking to ns.node.at.: >>> RCPT To:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <<< 550 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>... User unknown 550 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>... User unknown 'markus' exists as user on this machine. What must I write in the config file to be able to receive mails on all 3 domain names? This is a cut from my smail/config: visible_name=www.htu.tuwien.ac.at more_hostnames=localhost -domains hostnames=www.htu.tuwien.ac.at:htu.at:www.htu.at Many thanks Markus
Re: Smail rewrite From address
Steve George ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Any pointers to info along these lines would be great - atm I've had to giveup > mutt for Netscape mailer :-( Mutt can rewrite the From: header for you. In my ~/.muttrc (sort of) I have this: my_hdr From: Greg Wooledge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I don't use smail, though, so if smail is overwriting the From: header after it gets the message, you may have to switch to a different MTA. (exim, qmail and sendmail should be fine.) -- Greg Wooledge| Distributed.NET http://www.distributed.net/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] | because a CPU is a terrible thing to waste. http://www.kellnet.com/wooledge/ | pgpCvsPFrhmUq.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Smail rewrite From address
On Mon, 11 Oct 1999, Steve George wrote: > Hi, > > I currently use a Debian machine as my main machine at work but am having a > problem with mail. The problem is that I need the from address to be > [EMAIL PROTECTED] .com but smail keeps making the From address > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Because we have a firewall (and for some other > weird reasons) I am not allowed to use th subdomain part. So is there any > way I can rewrite the From address on all outoing mail (or just the stuff from > my account) so that it is [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Any pointers to info along these lines would be great - atm I've had to giveup > mutt for Netscape mailer :-( If there is nothing against using exim instead of smail, this problem is quit easyli solved with exim. have a look at the bottom lines of the file /etc/exim.conf Martin -- If the box says 'Windows 95 or better', it should run on Linux, right? - anonymous For public PGP-key: finger [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Smail rewrite From address
I once used smail (use sendmail now). If the "From" header rewrite problem is the same as it was, you can go to the www.debian.org site, follow the "Documentation" link, then follow the "FAQ-O-MATIC" link to find your answer. Yes, you can change a smail configs to rewrite the "From" header to get what you want. Art On Mon, Oct 11, 1999 at 07:20:26PM +0100, Steve George wrote: > Hi, > > I currently use a Debian machine as my main machine at work but am having a > problem with mail. The problem is that I need the from address to be > [EMAIL PROTECTED] .com but smail keeps making the From address > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Because we have a firewall (and for some other > weird reasons) I am not allowed to use th subdomain part. So is there any > way I can rewrite the From address on all outoing mail (or just the stuff from > my account) so that it is [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Any pointers to info along these lines would be great - atm I've had to giveup > mutt for Netscape mailer :-( > > Thanks, > > Steve > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
Smail rewrite From address
Hi, I currently use a Debian machine as my main machine at work but am having a problem with mail. The problem is that I need the from address to be [EMAIL PROTECTED] .com but smail keeps making the From address [EMAIL PROTECTED] Because we have a firewall (and for some other weird reasons) I am not allowed to use th subdomain part. So is there any way I can rewrite the From address on all outoing mail (or just the stuff from my account) so that it is [EMAIL PROTECTED] Any pointers to info along these lines would be great - atm I've had to giveup mutt for Netscape mailer :-( Thanks, Steve
smail misconfigured?
Hi all! I want to receive mails on my server with the addresse eg [EMAIL PROTECTED] This is a cut from my smail/config: - visible_name=www.htu.tuwien.ac.at more_hostnames=localhost -domains hostnames=www.htu.tuwien.ac.at:htu.at:www.htu.at - When I send mails to [EMAIL PROTECTED] I get this reply: - Transcript of session follows - ... while talking to ns.node.at.: >>> RCPT To:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <<< 550 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>... User unknown 550 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>... User unknown - 'markus' exists as user on this machine. What must I write in the config file to be able to receive mails on all 3 domain names? Many thanks Markus
Re: One last time: smail problem
Ooooh! Only a guess -- but make a crontab entry that runs every five minutes that runs "runq". Probably it should run as 'mail', but I can't be sure. See what this does. :) On Wed, Sep 29, 1999 at 09:39:27AM -0500, David Kanter wrote: > I'll post this problem one last time: I must type runq at the console after > running fetchmail in order for my e-mail reader to see my new mail. This > never happened before, that is until I installed Netscape 4.61 the other day; > before, I would run fetchmail and smail ran the queue automatically. > > This is more an inconvenience than anything else---my system isn't broken. > But what can I do to remedy this? > > Some info: When installing Netscape, the configuration script said that smail > may have to be restarted, and so it was. Also, when reconfiguring smail last > night (smailconfig), a message that "There is no crontab" came up. My smail > daemon is run via a inet.d. > > Should I bag smail and use another MTA? > > Thanks all, > Dave > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null -- Seth Arnold | http://www.willamette.edu/~sarnold/ Hate spam? See http://maps.vix.com/rbl/ for help Hi! I'm a .signature virus! Copy me into your ~/.signature to help me spread!
Re: One last time: smail problem
On Wed, Sep 29, 1999 at 09:39:27AM -0500, David Kanter wrote: [Please keep your lines udner 80 characters] > I'll post this problem one last time: I must type runq at the console after > running fetchmail in order for my e-mail reader to see my new mail. This > never happened before, that is until I installed Netscape 4.61 the other day; > before, I would run fetchmail and smail ran the queue automatically. > Some info: When installing Netscape, the configuration script said that smail > may have to be restarted, and so it was. Also, when reconfiguring smail last > night (smailconfig), a message that "There is no crontab" came up. My smail > daemon is run via a inet.d. This Shouldn't Happen and is probably a bug somewhere. It is possible that you've edited your smail configuration in the past to turn off instantaneous delivery attempts and the restart picked this up. Either that or you somehow lost your crontab and the delivery attempts were just happening regularly rather than instantaneously. You could create a new crontab which runs runq every 15 minutes or so - this is probably what the standard one does. > Should I bag smail and use another MTA? Probably. Exim is now the Debian standard and is designed to resemble smail. I imagine it would be much easier to get help with exim. -- Mark Brown mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Trying to avoid grumpiness) http://www.tardis.ed.ac.uk/~broonie/ EUFShttp://www.eusa.ed.ac.uk/societies/filmsoc/ pgp5yEnaxocIl.pgp Description: PGP signature
One last time: smail problem
I'll post this problem one last time: I must type runq at the console after running fetchmail in order for my e-mail reader to see my new mail. This never happened before, that is until I installed Netscape 4.61 the other day; before, I would run fetchmail and smail ran the queue automatically. This is more an inconvenience than anything else---my system isn't broken. But what can I do to remedy this? Some info: When installing Netscape, the configuration script said that smail may have to be restarted, and so it was. Also, when reconfiguring smail last night (smailconfig), a message that "There is no crontab" came up. My smail daemon is run via a inet.d. Should I bag smail and use another MTA? Thanks all, Dave
smail problem
After installing Netscape 4.61, via dselect using Slink, a message came up during the configuration of the packages that smail might have to be restarted . So I let smail restart. However, now when I run fetchmail I must runq in order for smail to pick up the mail fetchmail received and get it to register with Mutt. (Before, I would just run fetchmail and my mail would magically appear in Mutt when I started it.) What has happened, and what can I do to fix this inconvenience? -Dave
Smail/runq problem after installing Netscape
After installing Netscape 4.61, via dselect using Slink, a message came up during the configuration of the packages that smail might have to be restarted . So I let smail restart. However, now when I run fetchmail I must runq in order for smail to pick up the mail fetchmail received and get it to register with Mutt. (Before, I would just run fetchmail and my mail would magically appear in Mutt when I started it.) What has happened, and what can I do to fix this inconvenience? -Dave
Re: Need help configuring smail
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- On Wed, 15 Sep 1999, David Kanter wrote: > When getting mail via fetchmail, at one point I got this error from > fetchmail: > .fetchmail: SMTP doesn't like recipient address [EMAIL PROTECTED]' > In the message header of all remotely received mail, I get this error: > X-Fetchmail-Warning: ; SMTP listener rejected local recipient addresses: > pcr387 It seems like smail is set up OK, but fetchmail is not. You don't actually have a user on your local machine named pcr387, do you? You need to tell fetchmail to deliver mail to your username, 'david'. So your fetchmail stuff should look something like: poll hecky.acns.nwu.edu proto POP3 user pcr387 pass [secret] is david here Note the 'is david here' line. That's what tells fetchmail where to who gets the mail on the local machine. Give that a try and see if the error goes away. Noah PGP public key available at http://lynx.dac.neu.edu/home/httpd/n/nmeyerha/mail.html or by 'finger -l [EMAIL PROTECTED]' -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: 2.6.2 iQCUAwUBN9+9DIdCcpBjGWoFAQHofwP48veW6ioOHR1Uz/M2ykeNwU5WYsfvFTXF iM7zQaGNKqVNxEPTgg+CI2trh/QNfYGKCQmA8UnEzBMX8Z6p6JWlb5EydccZICPC rL7149myTaqKnQ5C/xVymdaWxKayyiMvt8VRMcZQTYWnzNDYcuQgVJDd7WLQPREp T7OtAtOVuA== =XL/q -END PGP SIGNATURE-
Need help configuring smail
Last night I set up fetchmail and smail. At first smail bounced back all my remote messages (local messages were OK). But I made some changes and both are working, I think, but I have some questions so that I'll get less error messages. Perhaps someone could give me hints on how to answer the smailconfig prompts? Here's the info. I've got: I connect to the Internet via modem (TCP/IP). I send mail via SMTP and receive mail via POP3. *My SMTP/POP3 server is called hecky.acns.nwu.edu. *My login ID for the SMTP/POP3 server is pcr387. *My Linux username is david. *My Linux hostname is milwaukee. When getting mail via fetchmail, at one point I got this error from fetchmail: .fetchmail: SMTP doesn't like recipient address [EMAIL PROTECTED]' In the message header of all remotely received mail, I get this error: X-Fetchmail-Warning: ; SMTP listener rejected local recipient addresses: pcr387 Please, how should I answer the smailconfig prompts? I assume I want to choose option 1 when starting, the Internet only. But what are my "smarthosts"? There isn't much to configure with smail, which is why I chose it, but I need some help. Thanks, Dave
Smail in an old debian distribution.
Hi, I'm a happy debian user with an old server that i haven't figured until this weekend that it was open relayed, and even worse, the version of smail it's currently using doesn't support relay options, my system is a Debian 1.2, and i really would like to stick on the libc5, the machine is quite old, theres little hd space too. Thanks for the support, please answer to my email, [EMAIL PROTECTED] as i'm not subscribed to the list. João Gonçalves
smail delays messages
I use apt-get to keep my system up to date. Suddenly, smail shows an annoying behaviour: When mail for local users arrives, it is stored in /var/spool/smail/input and only delivered to /var/spool/mail the next time smail runs through the queue (about 10 to 15 minutes later). Any idea why smail doesn't deliver mails immediately anymore? Stef
RE: smail relay spamming
On 24-Aug-99 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Hi > > I am having problems with spam relay. I am using smail 3.2 1996-Jul-4 #2 > which doesn't seem to support the security attribute "smtp_remote_allow". > What do i need in order to make this attribute work? is there any other > viable alternative to smail... qmail perhaps? Or Exim. -- Andrew - GnuPG Public KeyID: 0x48109681 http://www.keyserver.net
smail relay spamming
Hi I am having problems with spam relay. I am using smail 3.2 1996-Jul-4 #2 which doesn't seem to support the security attribute "smtp_remote_allow". What do i need in order to make this attribute work? is there any other viable alternative to smail... qmail perhaps? Ps. does anyone know what a file with an extension ".unk" is??? I think it is an archived file but i am unsure to its format. thanx
smail permissions problem
I have two computers with Debian stable up to date version and smail. One works fine, but the other gives the following error message in the smail logfile whenever mail is received. What file is the output file that it can't open? Working on the assumption that it was the mail file /var/spool/mail/dmacdoug I have looked for any reason why permission would be denied and haven't found any. Smail is running suid root and the permissions on the mail file are -rw-r--r-- and it is owned by root. I don't know if these things are right or wrong but they are the same as on the machine that works. Any ideas? 08/12/1999 17:57:47: [m11F5fG-00273zC] Received FROM:[EMAIL PROTECTED] HOST:petunia.hsc.usc.edu[128.125.32.85] PROTOCOL:esmtp PROGRAM:in.smtpd ORIG-ID:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> SIZE:1828 IDENT:root ID-METHOD:rfc1413 08/12/1999 17:57:47: [m11F5fG-00273zC] Failed TO:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> DIRECTOR:user TRANSPORT:local ERROR:(ERR133) transport local: failed to open output file: Permission denied 08/12/1999 17:57:47: [m11F5fH-00274OC] Received FROM:<+> HOST:medweb.hsc.usc.edu PROTOCOL:bsmtp PROGRAM:smail SIZE:2588 08/12/1999 17:57:47: [m11F5fH-00274OC] Failed TO:dmacdoug DIRECTOR:user TRANSPORT:local ERROR:(ERR133) transport local: failed to open output file: Permission denied 08/12/1999 17:57:47: [m11F5fH-00274OC] mail moved to /var/spool/smail/error/11F5fH-00274OC 08/12/1999 17:57:49: [m11F5fG-00273zC] Sent error FOR:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> TO:postmaster 08/12/1999 17:57:49: [m11F5fG-00273zC] Completed. Donald MacDougall
Re: Does smail have an "expensive" option like sendmail?
According to John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Andy writes: > > Is there an equivalent option for smail? > > Put 'queue_only' in /etc/smail/config . I did that right away and it works great. Just one thing is too bad now: local mails aren't delivered anymore either. Is there a way to tell smail to deliver local mails right away, but queue everything that requires dialing out, i.e. has a destination outside the local network/computer? General question: How about switching to exim? I found out that debian now recommends exim as MTA. Is it worth the switch? Thanks a lot! Andy. -- E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] URL: http://www.spiegl.de Finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] for my PGP key o _ _ _ - __o __o /\_ _ \\o (_)\__/o (_) --- _`\<,__`\<,__>(_) (_)/<_\_| \ _|/' \/ -- (_)/ (_) (_)/ (_) (_)(_) (_)(_)' _\o_ ~~~
Re: Does smail have an "expensive" option like sendmail?
Andy writes: > Is there an equivalent option for smail? Put 'queue_only' in /etc/smail/config . -- John HaslerThis posting is in the public domain. [EMAIL PROTECTED]Do with it what you will. Dancing Horse Hill Make money from it if you can; I don't mind. Elmwood, Wisconsin Do not send email advertisements to this address.
Does smail have an "expensive" option like sendmail?
Hi! A while ago I switched from sendmail to the Debian-defaulted smail. I am pretty happy with it except for one thing: As soon as any user sends a mail my system dials my ISP. With sendmail I could specify an "expensive" option so that all mails were queued and only sent out with the next runq or sendmail -q. Is there an equivalent option for smail? I can't find it anywhere? Thanks a lot in advance! Andy. -- E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] URL: http://andy.spiegl.de Finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] for my PGP key o _ _ _ - __o __o /\_ _ \\o (_)\__/o (_) --- _`\<,__`\<,__>(_) (_)/<_\_| \ _|/' \/ -- (_)/ (_) (_)/ (_) (_)(_) (_)(_)' _\o_ ~~~
Re: smail doesn't read ~/.forward file
On Sun, Aug 01, 1999 at 08:52:58AM +0200, you wrote:
> Hi,
> I am using smail on my debian slink box with 2.2.10 kernel.
> I set up my ~/.forward file in order to sort my mail through procmail
> ("|/usr/bin/procmail") but it didn't work.
> Trying various .forward files, I figured out that this file is not
> read at all.
You don't need to use a .forward file in this case. Read section 2c of
/usr/doc/procmail/examples/advanced. You just have to add the following
two lines to your /etc/smail/transports file, replace the existing "local"
entry:
local: return_path, local, from, driver=pipe; user=root,
cmd="/usr/bin/procmail -d $($user$)"
Gene
smail doesn't read ~/.forward file
Hi,
I am using smail on my debian slink box with 2.2.10 kernel.
I set up my ~/.forward file in order to sort my mail through procmail
("|/usr/bin/procmail") but it didn't work.
Trying various .forward files, I figured out that this file is not
read at all.
My /etc/smail/config includes a line corresponding to the directors
file (director_file="directors") and /etc/smail/directors contains
dotforward:
driver=forwardfile, owner=$user, nobody, sender_okay;
file=~/.forward, checkowner, owners=root, modemask=002,
caution=0-10:uucp:daemon,
unsecure=0-99:~ftp:~uucp:/tmp:/var/tmp,
My ~/.forward file is chmoded 600 and owned by me (melyan) and my
group (melyan).
I tried commenting line 'caution=0-10...' due to the UID procmail
runs with (root) but it didn't work also.
What could be wrong with my configuration ?
I would be grateful for your help.
Pawel Mazur (Melyan)
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
ICQ #8096952
Re: How do I setup smail as a gateway for another email program
George Bonser wrote: > > On Fri, 9 Jul 1999, Bruce Jackson wrote: > > > messages are allowed in to the Groupwise. I have tried various things > > and have gotten various 5xx error messages on smail. The novell machine > > does not have a fully qualified dns entry. It is on a private class B > > network. I desparately need the current situation fixed. > > > > Any help would be very much appreciated. > > > > I am not familliar with Groupwise but you may be able to: 1. Masquerade > the outbound SMTP with the Debian gateway and using rinetd redirect > connections on port 25 to the debian box directly to port 25 on the > internal groupwise server. > How exactly would you do this? Would the debian box still be able to receive mail addressed directly to it? I need this capability. > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null -- Bruce Jackson Linux: because reboots are for hardware upgrades!
How do I setup smail as a gateway for another email program
I have a network that consists of a debian slink machine as a firewall running smail. It has local email on it for some users. These users can access their email either through POP3 or IMAP. It works great. The problem is that I have a Novell machine inside the network running Groupwise 5.5 that needs to be able to send and receive email to the Internet through the debian machine. The debian machine can currently relay the messages out. The problem that I am having is that the no messages are allowed in to the Groupwise. I have tried various things and have gotten various 5xx error messages on smail. The novell machine does not have a fully qualified dns entry. It is on a private class B network. I desparately need the current situation fixed. Any help would be very much appreciated. Thanks in advance -- Bruce Jackson Linux: because reboots are for hardware upgrades!
smail example for mail between local hosts.
I have two boxes on my network that are IP masqed to the net. From the non-Linux box I can send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and it works but whenever I try to send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] it does not work. I always get a mail from my ISP about the delivery failing and the host being unknown, so it is shipping the mail off to my ISP when it should just be sending it to NON_LINUX_BOX. If anyone reading this is using smail and mails boxes on their own LAN, could you show me the relevent snippits of your /etc/smail/* files? Thanks, Christopher
Smail queue
Hi all. Running recent potato, using fetchmail to get my mail. When fetchmail has done its job, mail is stuck in smail's input queue (the one you see with mailq) and not immediately forwarded to /var/spool/mail/myname, which is the behaviour I would like in combination with fetchmail. How can I get smail to behave that way? TIA, Stefan (Please cc me)
smail: either wait or run runq manually
I upgraded libc6_2.1, libwraster1, xlib6g from potato so I could upgrade to wmaker_0.60. While I was at it I upgraded gnome to the latest in potato. After that, I ran fetchmail, then tried to get my mail using Netscape. Netscape told me I didn't have any new messages. After 5 or 10 minutes, the mail appeared. I didn't have this problem prior to the upgrade. I can get my mail right away if I run "runq", so I think the problem is that smail is queing the mail instead of running in foreground, but I can't find where the delivery_modes is set. I looked at the /etc/smail/config file but didn't see it there. Tried adding it but that didn't help. Looked at /etc/smail/crontab, I don't want to screw with queing. Hmmm. What am I doing wrong? Thanks.
Re: smail immediate delivery
On Mon, 14 Jun 1999, Max wrote: > AFAIK, smail will not work properly with libc later than 2.0.7t. I > had the same problem as you and was forced to switch to exim. But I > don't regret the switch because exim is an actively supported MTA that > performs better and is easier to configure than exim anyway. I > recommend you make the switch as well. > > BTW, there is currently 1 grave outstanding bug on smail, and the > problem you described has also been reported as a bug 253 days ago. I > don't think it'll ever be fixed. Just switch to exim. > > Max Thanks Max, for solving my problem. I also switched to exim and it seems to work very well. I had already spent too much time trying to figure out what's the problem with my smail. Now I also checked the Debian bug reporting system, of which I didn't know previously. Daniel
Re: smail immediate delivery
* [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > smail used to work on my 'slink'-debian system to my full > satisfaction: incoming mail was delivered into my INBOX > /var/spool/mail/$USER immediately and xbiff beeped. > > Now this changed (apparently after I installed a few packages from > 'potato' to get licq version 0.61). Incoming mail now remains in > /var/spool/smail/input for too long. I don't now how long since it > doesn't seem to be the parameter supplied in the options ( -q10m ) > which I changed temporarily to 1s without result. > > In short, I don't understand what happened and I didn't succeed to > solve the problem. > > Anyone can help? AFAIK, smail will not work properly with libc later than 2.0.7t. I had the same problem as you and was forced to switch to exim. But I don't regret the switch because exim is an actively supported MTA that performs better and is easier to configure than exim anyway. I recommend you make the switch as well. BTW, there is currently 1 grave outstanding bug on smail, and the problem you described has also been reported as a bug 253 days ago. I don't think it'll ever be fixed. Just switch to exim. Max -- The hopeful depend on a world without end Whatever the hopeless may say Neil Peart, 1985 pgpPeBV4gtMTr.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: smail immediate delivery
Same behavior here (Full Potato from the I-net) Please let me know if you have a solution to this with best regards Reiner Stallknecht ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
smail immediate delivery
smail used to work on my 'slink'-debian system to my full satisfaction: incoming mail was delivered into my INBOX /var/spool/mail/$USER immediately and xbiff beeped. Now this changed (apparently after I installed a few packages from 'potato' to get licq version 0.61). Incoming mail now remains in /var/spool/smail/input for too long. I don't now how long since it doesn't seem to be the parameter supplied in the options ( -q10m ) which I changed temporarily to 1s without result. In short, I don't understand what happened and I didn't succeed to solve the problem. Anyone can help? Here some possibly relevant data: SG:~>uname -a Linux SG 2.0.34 #2 Thu Jul 9 10:57:48 EST 1998 i686 unknown SG:~>smail -V Smail-3.2.0.102 1998-Aug-2 #2 SG:~>grep ^FLA /etc/init.d/smail FLAGS="-bd -q10m" My configurations are mostly standard, just that I start the smail at boot. (I tried the other option as well) I can mail the configuration files anyhow if someone is ready to look at them. Thanks in advance, Daniel
Re: Smail hosed.
On Sat, 5 Jun 1999, Dan Willard wrote: > I've apparently hosed smail. Mail still comes in, but doesn't get put into > my mailbox, it just sits in /var/spool/smail/input. I must have killed it > while getting a Wascom tablet to work last weekend, played with libs. Can > anyone point me in the right direction? Should I just kill smail and use a > different mta? I've reinstalled it with no luck, found my old smail config > files and set them up. Are you running 'potato'? I am, and I have the same problem. I think the problem is the combination of smail and glibc 2.1. On my system, the user 'mail' has a crontab[1] that runs the 'runq' command every twenty minutes. This command will deliver all e-mail that was left in the spool directory. This not the real solution to the problem, of course. But until the problem is solved, it works for me. Installing another MTA would also be a solution to your problem, of course. The Debian distribution includes several MTAs. Remco [1] run 'crontab -e -u mail' as root to edit it -- rd1936: 9:25pm up 7:07, 8 users, load average: 1.37, 1.31, 1.26
Re: smail config for outfoing mail
>> "AC" == Anthony Campbell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: AC> I'm registering for an ISP which gives the server for outgoing mail AC> (relay.force9.net). AC> Can anyone tell me where this has to be configured please? Run smailconfig, use Option "Internet site" and enter the name as the smarthost. AC> The ISP also provides dotted quad addresses for primary and secondary DNS AC> servers; should these be entered anywhere? In /etc/resolv.conf as nameserver ip.add.re.ss Ciao, Martin
smail config for outfoing mail
I'm registering for an ISP which gives the server for outgoing mail (relay.force9.net). Can anyone tell me where this has to be configured please? I thought it should be in /etc/hosts but I don't know what format it should have. The ISP also provides dotted quad addresses for primary and secondary DNS servers; should these be entered anywhere? Anthony -- Anthony Campbell - running Linux Debian 2.1 (Windows-free zone) Book Reviews: www.achc.demon.co.uk/bookreviews/ "The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ, Moves on..." - Edward Fitzgerald (Rubaiat of Omar Khayyam)
smail problem
I've a linux server with debian 1.3 and smail 3.2-3, when I'm trying to put in smail config the parameter: smtp_remote_allow=[IP range] the server respond that the comand smtp_remote_allow is unknown. Help Me!!!
Smail hosed.
I've apparently hosed smail. Mail still comes in, but doesn't get put into my mailbox, it just sits in /var/spool/smail/input. I must have killed it while getting a Wascom tablet to work last weekend, played with libs. Can anyone point me in the right direction? Should I just kill smail and use a different mta? I've reinstalled it with no luck, found my old smail config files and set them up. --Dano
Smail not working after initial install
I'm relatively new to the unix world, so please forgive me if this is a stupid question. I keep getting messages that mail is being placed in the /var/spool/smail/error directory. When I look at the /var/log/smail/logfile, the errors say "Failed TO: ERROR:(ERR100) unknown user". Root definitely exists, so why am I getting this error? smail was set up by dselect upon installation, I haven't touched it. --- Mark Wright [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
smail config
I want to be able to send mail to another server and have that server send the mail to it's appropriate address on the internet. I ran smailconfig and used option: 3 (No mail is to be delivered or routed here. Any mail generated on this system is sent to a central mail switch using SMTP. This configuration is for workstation, which have mounted /var/spool/mail from a central server) which sounds like what I wanted to do. I setup to run smail as a daemon at boottime. After entering the information needed, I tried to send a test message only to have it not work. I then stopped the smail daemon figuring it might need to be restarted. When I try to restart it, it fails. Can anyone help me out? TIA. Rob === [EMAIL PROTECTED] : Role-Player, Babylon 5 fanatic 1998-99 Aka Khyron the Backstabber : ICQ# 2325055 Homepage: www.cs.purdue.edu/homes/ratirh "Happiness comes in short spurts. Don't be fooled." ===
Re: smail problem
>> "SZ" == Shao Zhang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: SZ> Some sites block the emails sent from an unqualified domain. How SZ> do I configure smail so that I can send the mail via a qualified SZ> smtp, or as it looks like my domain is qualified. First make sure you don't deliver mail directly to the destination, but use your ISP's mailhost. This will save you some trouble. If you have a smart_host entry in /etc/smail/routers, then this is set up this way, otherwise rerun smail-config. Then, make sure masquerade your host on smtp handshaking. In /etc/smail/config you should use visible_name=cia.com.au or such some. You may also want to rewrite your Sender: header if it contains an internal hostname (can't check this, I read the list through a local mail2news gateway). See http://www.debian.org/fom/137.html If hostname --fqdn doesn't show a hostname in the form of host.net for your box, then you should fix this as well. Refer to this list about it. Ciao, Martin
Re: smail/exim/qmail/zmailer/... which MTA?
>> "ML" == Michael Laing <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: ML> In the near future I may need to handle daily bulkmail to a list ML> of users in the 20,000-100,000 range. I would check the documentation on www.exim.org. debian.org runs with exim, and it does pretty well. Ciao, Martin
Regarding Smail installation...
Please help me in installing Smail in my unix machine through UUCP. Please give me detailed instructions. Thanks in advance. - Anil [EMAIL PROTECTED] begin:vcard n:J I;Anil Kumar tel;pager:9612-316762 tel;fax:+91-40-3730652 tel;home:+91-8712-26887 tel;work:+91-40-3735430 x-mozilla-html:TRUE org:Software Technology Parks of India;NMC version:2.1 email;internet:[EMAIL PROTECTED] title:MTSS adr;quoted-printable:;;407, HUDA Complex, =0D=0AMaitrivanam, Ameerpet;Hyderabad;Andhra Pradesh;500 038;INDIA fn:Anil end:vcard
Re: help on configring smail
>> "SZ" == Shao Zhang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: SZ> Some sites do a smtp look up and I cannot send mails to these SZ> sites because my local domain name is not qualified. How do I fix SZ> this?? By putting a qualified domain name does not fix the SZ> problem. You didn't say what your hostname is. What is the output of hostname --fqdn ? The message that generated this error: What was the content of the From: header and the To: header? Who is [EMAIL PROTECTED] and <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ? YOu can try to set visible_name=linuxfreak.com into the smail config. And you may try out the header rewriting mentioned in http://www.debian.org/fom/137.html Ciao, Martin
help on configring smail
Hi, I tried this for many times and still does not work. Some sites do a smtp look up and I cannot send mails to these sites because my local domain name is not qualified. How do I fix this?? By putting a qualified domain name does not fix the problem. Here is the error message: |- Failed addresses follow: -| [EMAIL PROTECTED] ... transport smtp: 551 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>... invalid host name virge,check your +configuration. |- Message text follows: | Thanks. Shao. -- Shao Zhang - Running Debian 2.1 ___ _ _ Department of Communications/ __| |_ __ _ ___ |_ / |_ __ _ _ _ __ _ University of New South Wales \__ \ ' \/ _` / _ \ / /| ' \/ _` | ' \/ _` | Sydney, Australia |___/_||_\__,_\___/ /___|_||_\__,_|_||_\__, | Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] |___/ _
Re: smail problem
You'll have to find docs to make your email headers be rewritten with yoour qualified domain name -Original Message- From: Shao Zhang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Debian Mail List Date: Friday, 7 May 1999 11:41 Subject: smail problem >Hi, > Some sites block the emails sent from an unqualified domain. > How do I configure smail so that I can send the mail via a qualified smtp, or as it > looks like my domain is qualified. > > Thanks. > >Shao. >-- >___ _ >Shao Zhang - Running Debian 2.1 ___ _ _ >Department of Communications/ __| |_ __ _ ___ |_ / |_ __ _ _ _ __ _ >University of New South Wales \__ \ ' \/ _` / _ \ / /| ' \/ _` | ' \/ _` | >Sydney, Australia |___/_||_\__,_\___/ /___|_||_\__,_|_||_\__, | >Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] |___/ >___ __ > > >-- >Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > >
smail problem
Hi, Some sites block the emails sent from an unqualified domain. How do I configure smail so that I can send the mail via a qualified smtp, or as it looks like my domain is qualified. Thanks. Shao. -- Shao Zhang - Running Debian 2.1 ___ _ _ Department of Communications/ __| |_ __ _ ___ |_ / |_ __ _ _ _ __ _ University of New South Wales \__ \ ' \/ _` / _ \ / /| ' \/ _` | ' \/ _` | Sydney, Australia |___/_||_\__,_\___/ /___|_||_\__,_|_||_\__, | Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] |___/ _
smail/exim/qmail/zmailer/... which MTA?
Can someone make a recommendation to me of which to use? I am going to be handling email for 30-100 busy users. There are 3 domains, but only one user list, i.e. [EMAIL PROTECTED] is the same as [EMAIL PROTECTED] I am using smail right now and a text '/etc/aliases' file, generally there is one alias per user - seems a little clunky to administer. In the near future I may need to handle daily bulkmail to a list of users in the 20,000-100,000 range. Thanks, Michael
Re: smail, not open email relay
:-) Done, and with the new version the attrib you suggested is exactly what I needed :-) I put this link in /usr/lib: /usr/lib/libnsl.a -> libident.a Compilation of smail-3.2.0.102-1 needed libnsl, none of the packages in the Debian1.3.1 binary CD contained such file, but I started thinking it could belong to a more recent bind/libident/libident-devel package... if none of the Debian1.3.1 packages had that library, maybe the required functions were already in some other libraries... I could eliminate -lnsl everywhere from the smail source tree, or just put that link. Notice: I had this warning at compile time (but it was not the only one): domain.c: In function nslookup': domain.c:119: warning: passing arg 7 of res_mkquery' from incompatible pointer type _THANK_YOU_ Martin (I would be going mad on the docs of the old smail version without your clue, assuming that smail, conceived for the uni*es and adopted by Debian, sure has been offering that feature since its very first versions). Nicola On 25 Apr 1999, Martin Bialasinski wrote: > > >> "NB" == Nicola Bernardelli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > NB> Alas I fear that the version string "Smail-3.2 1996-Jul-4 #2" > NB> means _before_ that feature was added, sendmail does not work any > NB> more, the above line is what I got when I tried to send out mail > NB> as a user of the box. > > You said you hae Debian 1.3, so yes, the smail package is too old for > that. > > You can recompile smail. Get the new sources from the current Debian > stable tree (dists/stable/main/source), that is all three packages > (.diff.gz. .dsc .tar.gz - use a ftp programm, Netscape will decompress > them). > > Then run > dpkg-source -x smail*.dsc > cd into the created smail directory > fakeroot debian/rules binary > > >From the dependencies, you need at least libident-dev to build > it. Check the INSTALL/README file. > > Ciao, > Martin >
Re: smail, not open email relay
>> "NB" == Nicola Bernardelli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: NB> Alas I fear that the version string "Smail-3.2 1996-Jul-4 #2" NB> means _before_ that feature was added, sendmail does not work any NB> more, the above line is what I got when I tried to send out mail NB> as a user of the box. You said you hae Debian 1.3, so yes, the smail package is too old for that. You can recompile smail. Get the new sources from the current Debian stable tree (dists/stable/main/source), that is all three packages (.diff.gz. .dsc .tar.gz - use a ftp programm, Netscape will decompress them). Then run dpkg-source -x smail*.dsc cd into the created smail directory fakeroot debian/rules binary >From the dependencies, you need at least libident-dev to build it. Check the INSTALL/README file. Ciao, Martin
