Re: [newbie] forwarding mail w postfix, procmail & fetchmail -woe is this newbie
Hi!Using postfix, procmail & fetchmail on Mandrake 8.0 I got fetchmail to poll other addresses and to ostensibly forward mail to another account. Fetchmail polls successfully but the following code in .procmailrc doesn't seem to do the trick: :0 H *^From.*Janet@uvic\.ca ! somemailaddress.com So fetchmail polls Janet at the uvic.ca account and successfully finds mail (when it is, in fact there). Then procmail ought to send the mail snagged to Janet. IF I ASK procmail to forward internal mail to an internal account it is happy to do so and everything is perfect. If I ask procmail to forward mail polled from elsewhere, it seems to send it off into cyberspace somewhere because the mail disappears off the server, is announced to me, and then is gone forever. External forwards do not work for me. I have a feeling that the problem is a lack of consistency of settings between postfix, procmail and fetchmail. For example in the documentation I noted something in postfix about the prepend_delivered_header with a setting of command, file, forward. However I didn't fully understand the explanation of this and whether it would bear on my problem. Any suggestions? Thankx! -warren Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] open ports: explanation requested
Hi! I have some open ports, as indicated by an nmap localhost scan. 2 main questions: a) Is there a console or terminal command that lets me shut a port down? and another command to reinstate the port ? b) Can anyone take a moment to explain whether these are necessary: port 111 sunrpc (what is sunrpc?) 617 & port 631 Unknown(likely these are eth0 and lo, my ethernet and cable connections??) 1024 kdm (is this kde's connection? can I make this stealth instead of an open port??) 1026 nterm (can I make this stealth?) 6000 X11 (can I make this stealth?) Thanks for your time! Cheers! -warren Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Postfix / Fetchmail problems solved!
Hi! So that others may not have to go through the same silliness that I brought upon myself, here is a recap and a solution: setup: I'm running Mandrake 8.0. Tried to get fetchmail to fetch pop3. I have a mailbox and it appeared to be set up properly (after advice from David Fox). background: I've posted before about this problem and then gave up for a day. Earlier Mark (Dark Matter) had astutely asked me how I got mail via Mozilla to work. I recalled the settings incorrectly (stupid me!). Tonight I reviewed my situation. My pop3 server name is mail and NOT mail.home.com. Settings/configuration: My .fetchmailrc file is as follows: set bouncemail set no spambounce set properties "" poll mail protocol POP3 user 'femail.bc.wave.home.com' there with password '' is zorba here options fetchall outcome upon launch: SENDING MAIL WORKED! THE KEY was thinking about what Mark had said. I put in the "mail" (which is the name of my mail server on the @Home system) above. I got an error message that included something I'd seen in my e-mail headers before: authorization failure: [EMAIL PROTECTED]@femail.bc.wave.home.com So I then realized that the "femail.bc.wave.home.com" is what I've seen in my own headers, so likely that is what I ought to be using instead of @home.com. I made the changes to make the .fecthmailrc as it is above, and Bob was my cousin, er, uncle. THANKS EVERYONE! Cheers! -warren Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Bastille-related problem: can't log in as su . . .
Hi! I used InteractiveBastille. Subsequently I could not go into a terminal in a non-root account and log in as su. As soon as I enter the correct password I get the message "File size limit exceeded". I don't think that the log files could be so big (I only re-installed a few days ago and have not been on the system much) Also, when I returned to Interactive-Bastille in another session, to reset some options, there seemed to be no effect. . . Is there something like a "Bastille-reload"? I'm clearly clobbering myself but I'm not sure how. Cheers! -warren Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] fetchmail & pine not receiving (still, again, always)
Hi Mark (and anyone else who might be entertained by/curious about this saga)! Today I did a complete re-install of Mandrake 8.0 and the picture below represents my current state. I will yet try again on the morrow! I recently got a message from Postfix (YEAH!) from the system. So I get internal mail now. First, here is my .fetchmailrc file: = SNIP = set postmaster "WeAreUs" set bouncemail set no spambounce set properties "" poll home.com proto POP3 via eth0 user 'WCBaker' there with password 'xxx' is WeAreUs here = SNIP = Issuing fetchmail with -v flag: message that comes back is: "fetchmail: couldn't find canonical DNS name of home.com" Issuing from the console: "fetchmail mail.home.com" message that comes back is: "fetchmail: couldn't find canonical DNS name of mail.home.com" Issuing from the console: "fetchmail home.com" message that comes back is: "fetchmail: couldn't find canonical DNS name of home.com" For all the attempts above, I watched both the status lights on the ethernet card attached to the cable modem and also the desktop Network Monitoring tool, and fetchmail does appear to be doing the DNS query (well, it is certainly doing something on the net but I have no certainty about what it is doing). Neither my host name nor my domain name on the Linux box are home.com (which I figure would really shoot me in the foot, or even higher up). I did call myself "WarrenB.com", if that is ok?? It does appear that "there's something scwewy going on awound here!" Those wascawy winux pwobwems. . . Thanks to all for tolerating this continuing (seemingly forever) thread. . . Cheers! -wowen (that's warren if you are not a bugs bunny fan) - Original Message - From: "Mark Weaver" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2001 8:12 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] fetchmail & pine not receiving (still) > WC, try typing the fetchmail command and use the "-v" flag and post the > results of the attempt. It sounds as though you're not telling fetchmail > the correct information, or theres something scwewy going on awound here! > > -- > daRcmaTTeR > =/\=??? > |%C++ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] pending outcome on Postfix/Fetchmail/Pine receiving problem
Tim & Paul I will get back to the list with the outcome and what worked. Thankx for all your suggestions! Cheers! -w Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Using fetchmail/postfix/pine on Mandrake 8.0. Can send. Can't receive.
Sorry Mark, I forgot to include an obviously needed detail -- I am using fetchmail to retrieve messages. Cheers! -w - Original Message - From: "Mark Weaver" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Newbie List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, September 16, 2001 6:56 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Using postfix & pine on Mandrake 8.0. Can send. Can't receive. > what are you using to "fetch" the mail from your ISP to your box? > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] fetchmail & pine not receiving (still)
Hi! I had good guidance from this list recently and have got fetchmail and pine both installed and configured (although clearly I'm missing something). I'm running Mandrake 8.0. I can send mail but can't receive from the Linux box. Out of curiosity last night I tried setting up Mozilla to retrieve mail for me and it happily retrieves all the mail I want. However, Pine maintains that there are 0 messages in the inbox, regardless of how many messages have piled up . . . It appears to be the same problem that I had before setting up Mozilla, and Mozilla isn't set to get messages until I tell it to get them, so it isn't like Mozilla is hoarding all the inbound mail, so that Pine actually has no mail to report. Pine gets its chance but just doesn't seem to find mail. I assume that fetchmail is not finding mail, somehow. Could it somehow be looking in the wrong location?? Regarding fetchmail, if I set up a .fetchmailrc and ask it to poll for mail.home.com (I'm on the @Home cable system) it complains bitterly that this can't be found cannonically on the DNS server. If I remove the mail. at the front (which violates all sample .fetchmailrc files I have seen) it still can't get any mail. If I use commandline "fetchmail home.com" it then asks me for a password for the correct username and @home.com but then it just hangs and never gets back to me after I enter the password. Does anyone have an idea as to what might be happening here or is my question too big (ie. too many possibilities to answer anything)? (I'm definitely closer to my goal than before!) Thanks! -w Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Using postfix & pine on Mandrake 8.0. Can send. Can't receive.
I set up postfix & pine on Mandrake 8.0. I can send messages out but I can't retrieve anything. Does anyone have ideas? thx! -w Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] pine setup question
Hi! I really like Pine, even though it is only partially set up! I've got several e-mail accounts and I want to use them in pine. So how can I make pine not be tied to my user name and therefore limit me to sending mail from username@host?? I want to be able to send mail from a number of accounts. Can this be done or is there a writeup someplace describing what to do? Thanks! -w Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] mailbox query
Hi! I have an embarrassing question to ask. I installed Mutt and upon running the creature it complained that I do not have a mailbox. This is a big mystery for me. How do I get/make a mailbox? Thanks! -warren Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Re: root login by default - want to terminate
Hi! It seems to me that previously when I used the who module, I only found the login I was using (everything is on one box so I don't require multiple users). Now I find that Root logs on as well as the user. Is there a way to change this so that only my current login is active, and root is not logging in too? I'm using Mandrake 8.0, the regular, full version. Thanks! -warren Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Re: hostname + domain in LinuxConf - proper fomat is ??
In LinuxConf to set one's host name it has a space for "hostname + domain". I have not set this correctly. Although I can surf, my attempts to set up Qmail have made the fact that I've made a mistake with "hostname + domain" quite clear. For example, when I try the configuration step in the install procedure I do a "./config" and I get back this: === SNIP == Your hostname is cs53912-b hard error Sorry, I couldn't find your host's canonical name in DNS. You will have to set up control/me yourself. === SNIP == I chose the hostname (figuring that it was something that I ought to choose - a convenient handle). Am I wrong? How does one enter "hostname + domain" properly in LinuxConf?? Do I put a "+" between the hostname and the domain?? Thanks! -warren Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Re: hoping to use CD-only install of Mandrake 8.0 on a Libretto palmtop. . . possible??
Here's a good question for you! I've put Mandrake 8.0 on a desktop and it's great (I'm new to Linux, by the way). Now I need to get Mandrake 8.0 on my tiny Libretto palmtop. The palmtop currently has a Japanese version of Windoze 95 on it and I'd like to keep a very tiny bit of the disk for Windoze but have Linux eat up most of it. Problem is that my PCMCIA fax/modem card and the floppy drive are no longer functional (long story involving a lot of travelling). Is it possible to NOT use a floppy disk to boot when installing? I want to just use my CD (I do have access to a PCMCIA CD machine that connects quite nicely) and install Mandrake 8.0. Can I do this? I've seen other methods on the Net, but I need to use CD only. . . Hopefully, -warren Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Re: Benjamin: Thanks! Mandrake 8.0 "internet" desktop icon problem cleared up
Thanks heaps Benjamin!It all got cleared up. I found out that Linux was just responding to the fact that somehow I had misconfigured, and I didn't have access to the Internet, so it wouldn't let me use the connect/disconnect facility. I don't know what I changed, but I've managed to get things reconfigured and now Linux will let me have access to the relevant tools. One of my problems is not realizing that Linux is intelligent enough to know what I should be using under what circumstances. By the way, I just used VNC for the first time and that was a Peak Experience. Amazing stuff, and I'm just scratching the surface. . . wow! Cheers to all! -warren > Dear W.C. Baker: > > You are right. To connect to the Internet you need to click on the Mandrake > Software Manager icon, Network and Internet, Connection. Don't touch the > Internet Sharing button unless youa re connecting two computers. The > Connection interface is quite confusing. Use the Configure wizard at the > bottom right. I hope LM 8.1 will feature a more streamlined, accessible > interface for all this. > > Benjamin > > On Wednesday 22 August 2001 18:50, you wrote: > > Hi! I very recently installed Mandrake 8.0. The "internet" desktop icon > > in KDE (and I think, in Gnome, too) does not give me a button to connect & > > disconnect to Internet. . . I'm wondering how I can go about > > troubleshooting this problem. > > > > Thanks! > > > > -warren > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Thanks to Tom & Charles for responses for my last 2 problems! All cleared up!
Thanks to Tom & Charles for responses for my last 2 problems! All cleared up! Cheers! -warren Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Re: Mandrake 8.0 "internet" desktop icon does not give me a button to connect & disconnect to Internet. . .
Hi! I very recently installed Mandrake 8.0. The "internet" desktop icon in KDE (and I think, in Gnome, too) does not give me a button to connect & disconnect to Internet. . . I'm wondering how I can go about troubleshooting this problem. Thanks! -warren Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://.mandrakestore.com
