Re: Problem building maildrop with exim as MTA
On Wed, 10 Jun 2015, Carmel NY wrote: I have a question regarding backscatter. Why are you accepting mail for non existent clients? Is this the same Carmel NY who once took offence to my simple signature, saying that it wasn't compliant or something? I'm sure that I can find that in my mail somewhere... -- Dave ___ freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-ports-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Problem building maildrop with exim as MTA
On 09/06/2015 23:59, Jim Trigg wrote: Any suggestions as to how to fix this? I'm attempting to migrate from one host running Postfix to a new host running Exim but want to continue my maildrop support. (The switch is an attempt to reduce backscatter by doing more antispam during the SMTP session rather than after message acceptance.) Try using milter-spamass with postfix -- does all the spamassassin checks during the SMTP dialogue. Works for me. Cheers, Matthew signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Re: Problem building maildrop with exim as MTA
On 06/10/15 05:59, Jim Trigg wrote: When I try to build maildrop after installing exim as my primary mta I get the following error: checking location of system mailboxes... configure: error: Cannot determine default mailbox configure: error: ./configure failed for libs/maildrop === Script configure failed unexpectedly. Please report the problem to madpi...@freebsd.org [maintainer] and attach the /usr/ports/mail/maildrop/work/maildrop-2.8.2/config.log including the output of the failure of your make command. Also, it might be a good idea to provide an overview of all packages installed on your system (e.g. a /usr/local/sbin/pkg-static info -g -Ea). *** Error code 1 Any suggestions as to how to fix this? I'm attempting to migrate from one host running Postfix to a new host running Exim but want to continue my maildrop support. (The switch is an attempt to reduce backscatter by doing more antispam during the SMTP session rather than after message acceptance.) Hi, I have to look at this, can you also send me the file /usr/ports/mail/maildrop/work/maildrop-2.8.2/config.log mentioned in the error message? It contains details of the failed check which can help me understand what is happening. Thanks! -- Guido Falsi madpi...@freebsd.org ___ freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-ports-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Problem building maildrop with exim as MTA
On Tue, 09 Jun 2015 23:59:29 -0400, Jim Trigg stated: Any suggestions as to how to fix this? I'm attempting to migrate from one host running Postfix to a new host running Exim but want to continue my maildrop support. (The switch is an attempt to reduce backscatter by doing more antispam during the SMTP session rather than after message acceptance.) I have a question regarding backscatter. Why are you accepting mail for non existent clients? -- Carmel ___ freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-ports-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Problem building maildrop with exim as MTA
On 2015-06-10 15:45, Carmel NY wrote: On Tue, 09 Jun 2015 23:59:29 -0400, Jim Trigg stated: Any suggestions as to how to fix this? I'm attempting to migrate from one host running Postfix to a new host running Exim but want to continue my maildrop support. (The switch is an attempt to reduce backscatter by doing more antispam during the SMTP session rather than after message acceptance.) I have a question regarding backscatter. Why are you accepting mail for non existent clients? I'm not. I'm accepting mail for the request interface of the mailing lists I host, and the return addresses are forged so the automated replies can't go through. Thanks, Jim Trigg ___ freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-ports-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Problem building maildrop with exim as MTA
On Wed, 10 Jun 2015 18:07:20 -0400, Jim Trigg stated: I'm not. I'm accepting mail for the request interface of the mailing lists I host, and the return addresses are forged so the automated replies can't go through. This doesn't sound right, and I use Postfix. Check out: http://www.postfix.org/DEBUG_README.html; specifically http://www.postfix.org/DEBUG_README.html#mail and post the results on the Postfix forum. You will get a lot faster and more accurate help there. -- Carmel ___ freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-ports-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
