Re: [newbie] Sendmail Setup?
SNIP > > Sorry about the misunderstanding; I shoulda looked more into what I'm > talking about before I posted. I don't run the network of the company I'm > setting this up for, but I have a web server on their internet connection > (It was an "I give you cheap website construction:You give me bandwidth:I > build more websites for other peeps" deal). They're getting ready to set > up a mail server, but want it in front of their primary firewall for the > network. I'm in front of their firewall, and so I'm gonna run their mail. > From what I gather they already have an SMTP server running, but the > important part is I asked them and they said all they needed was POP3, not > SMTP. > So yeah; QMail has a POP3 component doesn't it? I've never set up a > POP3 server before and am starting from scratch here. >Thanx, > SigmaChi OK I think they are just confused about their FLA's (Four Letter Acronyms) When they say they need POP3 but not SMTP, I suspect they mean not **IMAP**. Client computers always receive mail using either POP3 or IMAP, but they ALWAYS send mail using SMTP. They will currently be using SMTP to send mail to their ISPs mail server directly from their clients. When they get their mail server they can reconfigure to send through that, and to receive their mail from the server using POP3 If that is what they are trying to achieve you will need two components. An SMTP server, and a POP3 server. For an SMTP server my experience is with Postfix. Postfix is commonly regarded as easier to set up than Sendmail, and it is the default mail server for Mandrake. If you install the drakwizard package and open Mandrake Control Centre you will see a new 'Server' section. In there is a simple wizard to set up a Postfix server. For a POP3 server the most widely used is imap-2004 Just install the package and in your MandrakeControlCentre>System>Services GUI start the 'ipop3' service. Users of the mail system will need a user name on the server, and will retrieve mail using their username/password. (Set up for virtual mail boxes is a bit more complicated) Be aware your firewall will need port 25 open for SMTP and port 110 for POP3 For more advanced configuration of Postfix, install webmin if you have not already done so and in a browser go to https://localhost:1 Lokk in the 'Server' section for the Postfix configuration GUI (Note https NOT http ) BTW: The biggest "gotcha" when setting up Postfix is to get the 'mydomains' parameter correct. Postfix will refuse to relay mail for anyone who is not either listed as a local user, or is sending to a local user. So Postfix has to know which domains or subnets are considered 'local' derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Sendmail Setup?
> On Wednesday 17 November 2004 01:13, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> >> Sorry folks, but I googled this forever and never found a howto basic >> >> enough for my newbieness. I've never setup a mail server before, and >> >> have >> >> given up on trying to install QMail (If you have any tips, let me >> know) >> >> on >> >> my Mandrake 9.2 server. So I've installed Sendmail, and am now stuck >> as >> >> how to configure it. Webmin recognizes that it exists. I gather from >> >> the >> >> howtos that I've found that I have to set up a MX record or something >> or >> >> other... but I haven't found anything to as what this is or how the >> heck >> >> to set one up. >> >> Any help? >> >> Thanx, >> >> SigmaChi >> > >> > You may want to reconsider this, and use Postfix instead of Sendmail >> You >> > can configure it by editing text files, instead of having to use m4 to >> > create a configuration file for Sendmail. >> > >> > Mikkel >> >> I should have specified from the beginning; This is a Mandrake 9.2 >> SERVER >> that I wish to run a POP3 server on. To my understanding postfix is >> just >> SMTP and the like; I have no need for SMTP as the organization >> (www.sipca.org, which domain points to my server) I'm setting up POP3 >> for >> runs it's own SMTP from it's Microsloth-based network. >> >> (Which, might I add, has suffered numerous times from virus/worm/adware >> infections in the same time period which my Linux server has been >> running >> bug-free on the same internet T1 IN FRONT of their firewall and WITHOUT >> it's own. I was smart enough to enable the firewall last week though... >> if it was a Windows box I'd have been dead long ago.) >> >> >> >As far as setting up an MX >> > record, this is only something you need to worry about if you have >> your >> > own domain name, and are getting your mail directly from the Internet, >> > instead of getting them though a your ISP's mail server. >> >> So yeah, basically I do have my own domain name, am getting my mail >> directly from the Internet, and am not using my ISP's mail server. >> Sorry about the confusion, >>SigmaChi > > Neither Sendmail nor Postfix are POP3 servers. they are both SMTP servers > which will transport mail from your clients to their final destination, > and > will receive mail via SMTP from people sending to you. > > If you want to fetch mail from POP3 servers and then route it with SMTP, > then > you need to stick 'fetchmail' in front of your SMTP server, and if you > want > to provide mail to your clients with Pop 3 you will need to install a POP3 > server behind your SMTP server. The same packages that do PoP3 also > support > IMAP. Examples are 'imap' and 'courier-imap-pop' > > From what you say You already have an SMTP mail server, running on > MicroSoft? > But I am not clear what you are trying to achieve with Pop3 Can you > provide > more details? > Sorry about the misunderstanding; I shoulda looked more into what I'm talking about before I posted. I don't run the network of the company I'm setting this up for, but I have a web server on their internet connection (It was an "I give you cheap website construction:You give me bandwidth:I build more websites for other peeps" deal). They're getting ready to set up a mail server, but want it in front of their primary firewall for the network. I'm in front of their firewall, and so I'm gonna run their mail. From what I gather they already have an SMTP server running, but the important part is I asked them and they said all they needed was POP3, not SMTP. So yeah; QMail has a POP3 component doesn't it? I've never set up a POP3 server before and am starting from scratch here. Thanx, SigmaChi Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Sendmail Setup?
>>> Sorry folks, but I googled this forever and never found a howto basic >>> enough for my newbieness. I've never setup a mail server before, and >>> have >>> given up on trying to install QMail (If you have any tips, let me know) >>> on >>> my Mandrake 9.2 server. So I've installed Sendmail, and am now stuck >>> as >>> how to configure it. Webmin recognizes that it exists. I gather from >>> the >>> howtos that I've found that I have to set up a MX record or something >>> or >>> other... but I haven't found anything to as what this is or how the >>> heck >>> to set one up. >>> Any help? >>> Thanx, >>> SigmaChi >>> >>> >>> >> You may want to reconsider this, and use Postfix instead of Sendmail >> You >> can configure it by editing text files, instead of having to use m4 to >> create a configuration file for Sendmail. >> >> Mikkel >> > I should have specified from the beginning; This is a Mandrake 9.2 SERVER > that I wish to run a POP3 server on. To my understanding postfix is just > SMTP and the like; I have no need for SMTP as the organization > (www.sipca.org, which domain points to my server) I'm setting up POP3 for > runs it's own SMTP from it's Microsloth-based network. > > >>As far as setting up an MX >> record, this is only something you need to worry about if you have your >> own domain name, and are getting your mail directly from the Internet, >> instead of getting them though a your ISP's mail server. > > So yeah, basically I do have my own domain name, am getting my mail > directly from the Internet, and am not using my ISP's mail server. > Sorry about the confusion, >SigmaChi > This is not what I was referring to - I should have been more specific. If you were using this machine to recieve mail, you would need to set up a MX record pointing to it. But you already have one pointing to the "official" SMTP server. If you are going to be sending mail from this machine, you will want some type of SMTP server for outgoing mail, even if all it does it pass it on the "official" mail server. For setting up a POP3 server, you need to install one of the POP3 or IMAP server packages. (Qmail, sendmail, and Postfix are NOT what you are looking for here - they are SMTP servers.) To get mail into this machine, you can use fetchmail, and ether have it put the mail directly into the mail box, or install a local mail delivery agent. The fetchmail docs cover this much better then I can, so I will let you read them. You may also be able to have the accounts you want to server from this machine forwarded to this machine. But that requires setup on the "official" mail server, and you did not specify what software it is running, or your access to it. Mikkel Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Sendmail Setup?
On Wednesday 17 November 2004 01:13, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> Sorry folks, but I googled this forever and never found a howto basic > >> enough for my newbieness. I've never setup a mail server before, and > >> have > >> given up on trying to install QMail (If you have any tips, let me know) > >> on > >> my Mandrake 9.2 server. So I've installed Sendmail, and am now stuck as > >> how to configure it. Webmin recognizes that it exists. I gather from > >> the > >> howtos that I've found that I have to set up a MX record or something or > >> other... but I haven't found anything to as what this is or how the heck > >> to set one up. > >>Any help? > >>Thanx, > >>SigmaChi > > > > You may want to reconsider this, and use Postfix instead of Sendmail You > > can configure it by editing text files, instead of having to use m4 to > > create a configuration file for Sendmail. > > > > Mikkel > > I should have specified from the beginning; This is a Mandrake 9.2 SERVER > that I wish to run a POP3 server on. To my understanding postfix is just > SMTP and the like; I have no need for SMTP as the organization > (www.sipca.org, which domain points to my server) I'm setting up POP3 for > runs it's own SMTP from it's Microsloth-based network. > > (Which, might I add, has suffered numerous times from virus/worm/adware > infections in the same time period which my Linux server has been running > bug-free on the same internet T1 IN FRONT of their firewall and WITHOUT > it's own. I was smart enough to enable the firewall last week though... > if it was a Windows box I'd have been dead long ago.) > > > >As far as setting up an MX > > record, this is only something you need to worry about if you have your > > own domain name, and are getting your mail directly from the Internet, > > instead of getting them though a your ISP's mail server. > > So yeah, basically I do have my own domain name, am getting my mail > directly from the Internet, and am not using my ISP's mail server. > Sorry about the confusion, >SigmaChi Neither Sendmail nor Postfix are POP3 servers. they are both SMTP servers which will transport mail from your clients to their final destination, and will receive mail via SMTP from people sending to you. If you want to fetch mail from POP3 servers and then route it with SMTP, then you need to stick 'fetchmail' in front of your SMTP server, and if you want to provide mail to your clients with Pop 3 you will need to install a POP3 server behind your SMTP server. The same packages that do PoP3 also support IMAP. Examples are 'imap' and 'courier-imap-pop' >From what you say You already have an SMTP mail server, running on MicroSoft? But I am not clear what you are trying to achieve with Pop3 Can you provide more details? derek BTW: There is a guide on my homepage showing one example of how to stitch this all together. -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Sendmail Setup?
I heartily agree. Remove Sendmail and install Postfix. There are a multitude of newbie level documents on running Postfix and it works better to boot. On Tue, 16 Nov 2004 19:00:49 -0600 (CST), [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Sorry folks, but I googled this forever and never found a howto basic > > enough for my newbieness. I've never setup a mail server before, and have > > given up on trying to install QMail (If you have any tips, let me know) on > > my Mandrake 9.2 server. So I've installed Sendmail, and am now stuck as > > how to configure it. Webmin recognizes that it exists. I gather from the > > howtos that I've found that I have to set up a MX record or something or > > other... but I haven't found anything to as what this is or how the heck > > to set one up. > > Any help? > > Thanx, > > SigmaChi > > > > > > > You may want to reconsider this, and use Postfix instead of Sendmail You > can configure it by editing text files, instead of having to use m4 to > create a configuration file for Sendmail. As far as setting up an MX > record, this is only something you need to worry about if you have your > own domain name, and are getting your mail directly from the Internet, > instead of getting them though a your ISP's mail server. > > Mikkel > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com > > > > -- David Johnson http://www.edave.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Sendmail Setup?
>> Sorry folks, but I googled this forever and never found a howto basic >> enough for my newbieness. I've never setup a mail server before, and >> have >> given up on trying to install QMail (If you have any tips, let me know) >> on >> my Mandrake 9.2 server. So I've installed Sendmail, and am now stuck as >> how to configure it. Webmin recognizes that it exists. I gather from >> the >> howtos that I've found that I have to set up a MX record or something or >> other... but I haven't found anything to as what this is or how the heck >> to set one up. >> Any help? >> Thanx, >> SigmaChi >> >> >> > You may want to reconsider this, and use Postfix instead of Sendmail You > can configure it by editing text files, instead of having to use m4 to > create a configuration file for Sendmail. > > Mikkel > I should have specified from the beginning; This is a Mandrake 9.2 SERVER that I wish to run a POP3 server on. To my understanding postfix is just SMTP and the like; I have no need for SMTP as the organization (www.sipca.org, which domain points to my server) I'm setting up POP3 for runs it's own SMTP from it's Microsloth-based network. (Which, might I add, has suffered numerous times from virus/worm/adware infections in the same time period which my Linux server has been running bug-free on the same internet T1 IN FRONT of their firewall and WITHOUT it's own. I was smart enough to enable the firewall last week though... if it was a Windows box I'd have been dead long ago.) >As far as setting up an MX > record, this is only something you need to worry about if you have your > own domain name, and are getting your mail directly from the Internet, > instead of getting them though a your ISP's mail server. So yeah, basically I do have my own domain name, am getting my mail directly from the Internet, and am not using my ISP's mail server. Sorry about the confusion, SigmaChi Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Sendmail Setup?
> Sorry folks, but I googled this forever and never found a howto basic > enough for my newbieness. I've never setup a mail server before, and have > given up on trying to install QMail (If you have any tips, let me know) on > my Mandrake 9.2 server. So I've installed Sendmail, and am now stuck as > how to configure it. Webmin recognizes that it exists. I gather from the > howtos that I've found that I have to set up a MX record or something or > other... but I haven't found anything to as what this is or how the heck > to set one up. > Any help? > Thanx, > SigmaChi > > > You may want to reconsider this, and use Postfix instead of Sendmail You can configure it by editing text files, instead of having to use m4 to create a configuration file for Sendmail. As far as setting up an MX record, this is only something you need to worry about if you have your own domain name, and are getting your mail directly from the Internet, instead of getting them though a your ISP's mail server. Mikkel Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Sendmail Setup?
Sorry folks, but I googled this forever and never found a howto basic enough for my newbieness. I've never setup a mail server before, and have given up on trying to install QMail (If you have any tips, let me know) on my Mandrake 9.2 server. So I've installed Sendmail, and am now stuck as how to configure it. Webmin recognizes that it exists. I gather from the howtos that I've found that I have to set up a MX record or something or other... but I haven't found anything to as what this is or how the heck to set one up. Any help? Thanx, SigmaChi Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
RE: [newbie] Sendmail SMTP Auth in Mandrake
On Tue, 2003-12-09 at 00:32, Corey wrote: > I tried disabling the firewall and iptables, but still no luck on AUTH. I > CAN send mail from my local network currently. It's just outside the > network I can't do anything now. I can't get authentication to work inside > the network, either. If anyone can tell me what I'm missing, that would be > great! > > THANKS! > Corey I hate to ask questions like this, but there's no other way. Have you checked your hosts.allow and hosts.deny for the proper permissions on both ends, firewall and clients? Understand that I am working my way to targeting your configuration as the culprit. We have to eliminate the obvious items first however. One more question. Well two. Are you familiar with how the hosts.deny and hosts.allow complement each other? Also...are you running the same distro across all machines, server and clients? LX -- ° Linux Mandrake 9.1 Kernel 2.4.21-0.13mdk "He was an Angel?? Too bad. He was such a nice fellow." --Professor Wutheridge, The Bishops Wife *Catch Star Trek Enterprise, Wednesdays on UPN* ° Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] Sendmail SMTP Auth in Mandrake
I tried disabling the firewall and iptables, but still no luck on AUTH. I CAN send mail from my local network currently. It's just outside the network I can't do anything now. I can't get authentication to work inside the network, either. If anyone can tell me what I'm missing, that would be great! THANKS! Corey __ Sometimes on a new installation, if something borks, shorewall or the iptables scripts will block stuff that should not be blocked. What I suggest is that you run service iptables stop and thus set your iptables chains to vanilla. Then reevaluate and retest your Sendmail situation. It may not amount to anything but it will tell you were the problem is *not* at the very least. Rots of ruck, LX __ -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Lyvim Xaphir Sent: Monday, December 08, 2003 8:29 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Sendmail SMTP Auth in Mandrake On Mon, 2003-12-08 at 10:49, Corey wrote: > Hello! > > I've just switched over to Mandrake from Redhat 9. My Redhat box was > running Sendmail with Authentication turned on (so I don't have to > re-configure my laptops every time they leave the office and not to be an > open relay). I have configured my sendmail.mc / sendmail.cf files exactly > the same way with the following lines--which is what I understand you must > do to have AUTH. However, I'm not getting any AUTH and I'm not sure why. > Is there something else that needs to be added in somewhere with Mandrake? > Or perhaps there's a setting I'm unaware of that is specific to the Mandrake > build? Below is my sendmail.mc file (sans most of the commentary). Any > help will be GREATLY appreciated. > > Thanks! > Corey > -- °°° Linux Mandrake 9.1 Kernel 2.4.21-0.13mdk "Lets face it if winblowz wasn't full of holes then it would probably look like Linux" -- Aron Smith, Mandrake OT mailing list *Catch Star Trek Enterprise, Wednesdays on UPN* Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Sendmail SMTP Auth in Mandrake
On Mon, 2003-12-08 at 10:49, Corey wrote: > Hello! > > I've just switched over to Mandrake from Redhat 9. My Redhat box was > running Sendmail with Authentication turned on (so I don't have to > re-configure my laptops every time they leave the office and not to be an > open relay). I have configured my sendmail.mc / sendmail.cf files exactly > the same way with the following lines--which is what I understand you must > do to have AUTH. However, I'm not getting any AUTH and I'm not sure why. > Is there something else that needs to be added in somewhere with Mandrake? > Or perhaps there's a setting I'm unaware of that is specific to the Mandrake > build? Below is my sendmail.mc file (sans most of the commentary). Any > help will be GREATLY appreciated. > > Thanks! > Corey > Sometimes on a new installation, if something borks, shorewall or the iptables scripts will block stuff that should not be blocked. What I suggest is that you run service iptables stop and thus set your iptables chains to vanilla. Then reevaluate and retest your Sendmail situation. It may not amount to anything but it will tell you were the problem is *not* at the very least. Rots of ruck, LX -- °°° Linux Mandrake 9.1 Kernel 2.4.21-0.13mdk "Lets face it if winblowz wasn't full of holes then it would probably look like Linux" -- Aron Smith, Mandrake OT mailing list *Catch Star Trek Enterprise, Wednesdays on UPN* Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Sendmail SMTP Auth in Mandrake
Hello! I've just switched over to Mandrake from Redhat 9. My Redhat box was running Sendmail with Authentication turned on (so I don't have to re-configure my laptops every time they leave the office and not to be an open relay). I have configured my sendmail.mc / sendmail.cf files exactly the same way with the following lines--which is what I understand you must do to have AUTH. However, I'm not getting any AUTH and I'm not sure why. Is there something else that needs to be added in somewhere with Mandrake? Or perhaps there's a setting I'm unaware of that is specific to the Mandrake build? Below is my sendmail.mc file (sans most of the commentary). Any help will be GREATLY appreciated. Thanks! Corey divert(-1) include(`/usr/share/sendmail-cf/m4/cf.m4')dnl define(`confDEF_USER_ID',``mail:mail'')dnl OSTYPE(`linux')dnl undefine(`UUCP_RELAY')dnl undefine(`BITNET_RELAY')dnl define(`confALIAS_WAIT', `30')dnl define(`confTO_CONNECT', `1m')dnl define(`confTRY_NULL_MX_LIST',true)dnl define(`confDONT_PROBE_INTERFACES',true)dnl define(`PROCMAIL_MAILER_PATH',`/usr/bin/procmail')dnl dnl define delivery mode: interactive, background, or queued dnl define(`confDELIVERY_MODE', `i') MASQUERADE_AS(`localhost.localdomain')dnl FEATURE(`limited_masquerade')dnl FEATURE(`masquerade_envelope')dnl FEATURE(`smrsh',`/usr/sbin/smrsh')dnl FEATURE(mailertable)dnl dnl virtusertable: redirect incoming mail to virtual domain to particular user or domain FEATURE(`virtusertable',`hash -o /etc/mail/virtusertable')dnl dnl genericstable: rewrite sender address for outgoing mail FEATURE(genericstable)dnl FEATURE(always_add_domain)dnl FEATURE(redirect)dnl FEATURE(use_cw_file)dnl FEATURE(local_procmail)dnl FEATURE(`access_db')dnl FEATURE(`blacklist_recipients')dnl FEATURE(`relay_based_on_MX')dnl dnl FEATURE(dnsbl, `blackholes.mail-abuse.org', `Rejected - see http://www.mail dnl FEATURE(dnsbl, `dialups.mail-abuse.org', `Dialup - see http://www.mail-abuse.org/dul/')dnl dnl FEATURE(dnsbl, `relays.mail-abuse.org', `Open spam relay - see http://www.mail-abuse.org/rss/')dnl FEATURE(`delay_checks')dnl FEATURE(`stickyhost')dnl dnl SASL Configuration dnl extract from http://www.sendmail.org/~ca/email/auth.html dnl dnl Next line stops sendmail from allowing auth without encryption define(`confAUTH_OPTIONS', `A')dnl dnl Next two lines are for SMTP Authentication TRUST_AUTH_MECH(`DIGEST-MD5 CRAM-MD5 LOGIN PLAIN')dnl define(`confAUTH_MECHANISMS', `DIGEST-MD5 CRAM-MD5 LOGIN PLAIN')dnl dnl dnl STARTTLS configuration dnl extract from http://www.sendmail.org/~ca/email/starttls.html dnl define(`CERT_DIR', `/etc/ssl/sendmail')dnl define(`confCACERT_PATH', `CERT_DIR')dnl define(`confCACERT', `CERT_DIR/CAcert.pem')dnl define(`confSERVER_CERT', `CERT_DIR/MYcert.pem')dnl define(`confSERVER_KEY', `CERT_DIR/MYkey.pem')dnl define(`confCLIENT_CERT', `CERT_DIR/MYcert.pem')dnl define(`confCLIENT_KEY', `CERT_DIR/MYkey.pem')dnl dnl dnl Uncomment next lines to hide identity of mail serve define(`confPRIVACY_FLAGS',`goaway,restrictqrun,restrictmailq')dnl dnl define(`confSMTP_LOGIN_MSG', `$j server ready at $b')dnl MAILER(smtp)dnl MAILER(procmail)dnl Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Sendmail (non fatal) error.
El mar, 08-07-2003 a las 17:40, Richard Urwin escribió: > On Monday 07 Jul 2003 3:25 am, Damian Gatabria wrote: > > I've made my first attempt to install and > > configure my own mailserver. It was > > way easier than i expected (did it completely > > from webmin) but my syslog is showing that > > sendmail, with every incoming message, complains: > > > > Jul 6 23:03:42 gatabria sendmail[17735]: h6723aLG017734: > > SYSERR(root): Cannot open hash database /etc/aliases.db: Invalid > > argument > > > > > > The file /etc/aliases.db exists, and there's also > > one called 'aliases' but aliases.db is empty, and > > i really don't know what's it for. > > > > Apart from that error, my sendmail is working perfectly. > > > > Any ideas on this one? > > $ man aliases > will tell you more about this. The really important sentence is: > "Execute the command newaliases in order to rebuild the indexed file > after changing the Postfix alias database." > > (Yes I use Postfix, but it works for Sendmail too.) Thanks Richard for the useful bit of info, but unfortunately the error message keeps popping up in syslog... could this be some kind of incompatibility between sendmail and some weird library needed to handle that file? Damian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Sendmail (non fatal) error.
On Monday 07 Jul 2003 3:25 am, Damian Gatabria wrote: > I've made my first attempt to install and > configure my own mailserver. It was > way easier than i expected (did it completely > from webmin) but my syslog is showing that > sendmail, with every incoming message, complains: > > Jul 6 23:03:42 gatabria sendmail[17735]: h6723aLG017734: > SYSERR(root): Cannot open hash database /etc/aliases.db: Invalid > argument > > > The file /etc/aliases.db exists, and there's also > one called 'aliases' but aliases.db is empty, and > i really don't know what's it for. > > Apart from that error, my sendmail is working perfectly. > > Any ideas on this one? $ man aliases will tell you more about this. The really important sentence is: "Execute the command newaliases in order to rebuild the indexed file after changing the Postfix alias database." (Yes I use Postfix, but it works for Sendmail too.) -- Richard Urwin Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Sendmail (non fatal) error.
I've made my first attempt to install and configure my own mailserver. It was way easier than i expected (did it completely from webmin) but my syslog is showing that sendmail, with every incoming message, complains: Jul 6 23:03:42 gatabria sendmail[17735]: h6723aLG017734: SYSERR(root): Cannot open hash database /etc/aliases.db: Invalid argument The file /etc/aliases.db exists, and there's also one called 'aliases' but aliases.db is empty, and i really don't know what's it for. Apart from that error, my sendmail is working perfectly. Any ideas on this one? Damian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] sendmail question person, look at this, OT Thread
> I see some ppl n the list setup mail servers in their home... Whats the > reason for that? Mostly convenience, at least for me. I have DSL and I like the idea of mail coming directly to (and from) my box, as well as news, although maintaining the latter is a bit iffy from time to time. Even when I didn't have DSL, I was in a domain where I could get email sent right to my system - via UUCP or via dialup SMTP. For most every- thing now, I use my dsl email address and all the mail goes right here. I have a backup pop (fetchmail) but mostly only spam gets sent there :(. > FemmeFatale Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] sendmail question person, look at this, OT Thread hijack... mail server @ home?
On Friday 14 February 2003 10:32 pm, FemmeFatale wrote: > At 09:31 AM 2/14/2003 -0600, you wrote: > >And yes i deleted all my email and NO i didnt want to look up the > >subject on the archives...deal with it, :) > > I see some ppl n the list setup mail servers in their home... Whats the > reason for that? > > - > FemmeFatale > > Good Decisions You boss Made: > "We'll do as you suggest and go with Linux. I've always liked that > character from Peanuts." > > - Source: Dilbert same reason a dog licks it's balls? 'cause they can' Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] sendmail question person, look at this, OT Threadhijack... mail server @ home?
On Sat, 2003-02-15 at 14:32, FemmeFatale wrote: > At 09:31 AM 2/14/2003 -0600, you wrote: > >And yes i deleted all my email and NO i didnt want to look up the > >subject on the archives...deal with it, :) > > I see some ppl n the list setup mail servers in their home... Whats the > reason for that? > > - > FemmeFatale Why setup a mail server at home? Here's several reasons: * You can stop bugs from getting to your Windows machines by setting up your own mail server on a linux box - using whatever you like - either SENDMAIL or POSTFIX - and do a much better job at catching the nasties than any M$ box could hope of. * Better connection control. You can setup your system to check for mail at specific times - and use FETCHMAIL to grab all the mail for all your users, then send what it has to send. Nice, scheduled and timely. * You can setup shared IMAP folders for all the users on your home network so that you can share documents and emails (funnies, especially) as well as do other, more productive things. * You can very quickly and easily setup a web interface for the users on your home network to get their mail - keeps them from having to rely on crap like M$ pOutlook and M$ Outlook Digress, er, Express * You can setup internal email so that you can send nasty emails to your children (or partner) without having them bounce outside then back in again. * Snatching your email as quickly as you can before it can be read by the spies and hackers out there is a better idea than letting it sit in a queue or spool where the Evil US Government can read it...so the faster you get it home, the safer (supposedly) it is... * You can setup your own spam filtering system to do so much better than any M$ product can. (And OH how simple that is) * You can suck your Hotmail down to your system without ever having to go to the Hotmail site (what a drag) and spamfilter it as well... * You're in control. You like being in control, don't you ?? * You're stabbing back at the rank and file of the internet world by having your own email server. Why not do it just for that matter? * You learn email setup and administration * You're in control. Or did I mention that already? * You're the envy of all your geek friends because you setup/maintain/administer your own home email server. Kudos! Whilst they pine away over bugs and nasties in their M$ products, you're happily chomping through your millions of daily emails with nary a problem! * You're doing more on your one teensy weensy little linux box than an entire MS Exchange server could possibly do - no matter who the administrator was! (And you're more in CONTROL. CONTROL.CONTROL) * You're cool when you have a home email server. * Osama bin Laden doesn't have his own email server, but you can! * George Bush can't even spell "email server", but you have one at home. Dig that. * No one can shut down your home email server. It's yours, and that's that. * If something goes wrong, you don't have to call tech support. You can scream at yourself instead. * NO QUOTAS when you have your own email server. Someone can send you 100mb of absolute crap and it won't kill your account status. * You can have your own home email server and pink hair at the same time. -- Sat, 15 Feb 2003 17:55:01 +1100 5:55pm up 45 min, 3 users, load average: 0.65, 0.29, 0.27 -- |____ | kuhn media australia| | / ,, /| |'-. | http://kma.0catch.com | | .\__/ || | | |=| | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' | stephen kuhn| | | / \__.`=._) (_ | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | |/ ._/ |"| | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]| | |'. `\ | | |icq: 5483808 | | ;"""/ / | | | | | smk ) /_/| |.---.| | mobile: 0410-728-389| | ' `-`' " " | Berkeley, New South Wales, AU | -- linux user:267497 * RH 8.0 * PC/Mac/Linux/Networking/Consulting -- Think honk if you're a telepath. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] sendmail question person, look at this, OT Thread hijack... mail server @ home?
On Sat, 15 Feb 2003 19:29, Robert Wideman wrote: > >> I see some ppl n the list setup mail servers in their home... Whats the > >> reason for that? > > My roommate wants to. Dont know why. We have 23 computers between me and > him. I changed from administration to programming about a month ago and > have gone down to 4, 1 windows, 1 linux, 1 Linux-From-Scratch test box, 1 > Darwin (Mac OS-X) x86 test box. The windows and linux boxes are for > desktop/programming. > Now my rommate on the other hand cant handle having less than 6 computers > up at all times. All windows computers too. Linux doesnt have the same > type of load balancing as windows, it has 1 computer to dish out > work...like a cluster which is not what he wants. G Linux on that one. > Mail servers in the house, only needed if i am going to host my own > website, then i need my own email server. But i am not doing that, he is. > I can NOT stand email servers. > > Oh well > Rob I was going to say big families as a reply to Femmes query... but big families of computers? ;-) -- Michael Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] sendmail question person, look at this, OT Thread hijack... mail server @ home?
>> I see some ppl n the list setup mail servers in their home... Whats the >> reason for that? My roommate wants to. Dont know why. We have 23 computers between me and him. I changed from administration to programming about a month ago and have gone down to 4, 1 windows, 1 linux, 1 Linux-From-Scratch test box, 1 Darwin (Mac OS-X) x86 test box. The windows and linux boxes are for desktop/programming. Now my rommate on the other hand cant handle having less than 6 computers up at all times. All windows computers too. Linux doesnt have the same type of load balancing as windows, it has 1 computer to dish out work...like a cluster which is not what he wants. G Linux on that one. Mail servers in the house, only needed if i am going to host my own website, then i need my own email server. But i am not doing that, he is. I can NOT stand email servers. Oh well Rob Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] sendmail question person, look at this, OT Thread hijack... mail server @ home?
At 09:31 AM 2/14/2003 -0600, you wrote: And yes i deleted all my email and NO i didnt want to look up the subject on the archives...deal with it, :) I see some ppl n the list setup mail servers in their home... Whats the reason for that? - FemmeFatale Good Decisions You boss Made: "We'll do as you suggest and go with Linux. I've always liked that character from Peanuts." - Source: Dilbert Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] sendmail question person, look at this
And yes i deleted all my email and NO i didnt want to look up the subject on the archives...deal with it, :) Qmail on MDK HOWTO: http://www.mandrakesecure.net/en/docs/qmail.php TCPServer on MDK HOWTO: http://www.mandrakesecure.net/en/docs/tcpserver.php SRC RPM's are here: http://www.rpmhelp.net/rpmlist.php?distrib=mdk90&func=list Just do a "rpm --rebuild filename.rpm" Hope this info helps. Rob Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Sendmail Setup Info
On Thu, 23 May 2002 05:56, Charles A Edwards wrote: > On Wed, 22 May 2002 13:47:40 -0400 > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I am interested in setting up Sendmail on my linux machine to provide > > email for my domain. > > > > As I have never set this up I am interested in how to do this. Can > > anyone provide me with good websites that will help me, books, RTFM > > but tell which FM please. > > A good place to start: > www.sendmail.org > > > Charles > > P.S. When using google for linux related, use > http://www.google.com/linux or http://www.postfix.org as you probably already have postfix running. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Sendmail Setup Info
As always Mandrake user is your friend http://www.mandrakeuser.org/docs/connect/index.html#mtuw Having played with it recently I can vouch for Postfix being significantly easier to configure than sendmail. derek On Wednesday 22 May 2002 6:47 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi All, > > I am interested in setting up Sendmail on my linux machine to provide email > for my domain. > > As I have never set this up I am interested in how to do this. Can anyone > provide me with good websites that will help me, books, RTFM but tell which > FM please. > > I did a search on Google and came back with like 40,000 hits. > > > Thanks MIke Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] Sendmail Setup Info
Title: RE: [newbie] Sendmail Setup Info start looking at postfix.. if you don't need sendmail for a specific reason, and you don't know sendmail.. then postfix is for you. reasons. : 1. Postfix is really easy to setup and in most cases the defaults will get you most of the way there. 2. Postfix is the MTA choosen for Mandrake. its default and sendmail packages are not. 3. Postfix is great for using with stuff like amavisd mail virus scanning, much easier then compiling sendmail for support (see content_filter in postfix docs.) 4. Postfix is faster then sendmail. 5. Postfix is far more secure, can run in a chroot jail and has had far less exploits published about it. 6. Postfix is perfectly backwards compatable with sendmail for cgi scripts and such and even includes a sendmail binary file for that reason and others. 7. Postfix is better for spam solutions. there are tons of them and they are easier to setup. 8. Postfix is far smaller in size then sendmail. 9. Postfix has very well commented config files, (main.cf and master.cf) 10 postfix.org has alot of excellent info and webmin has a postfix config section. If thats not enough reasons, I can think of others.. but load it off the mandrake CD's, and go look in /etc/postfix/main.cf its very well commented, just answer the questions, and when finished type: service postfix restart thats it, you now have a mail server. (not finsihed though, you need to seup your aliases,(if any) your virtual domains (if any) your cannonical redirections (if any) regards Frank -Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Myers, Dennis R NWOSent: Thursday, 23 May 2002 2:04 AMTo: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'Subject: RE: [newbie] Sendmail Setup Info -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2002 12:48 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Sendmail Setup Info Hi All, I am interested in setting up Sendmail on my linux machine to provide email for my domain. As I have never set this up I am interested in how to do this. Can anyone provide me with good websites that will help me, books, RTFM but tell which FM please. I did a search on Google and came back with like 40,000 hits. Thanks MIke Mike, start here HTH http://www.sendmail.org/
Re: [newbie] Sendmail
On Friday 17 May 2002 13:10, Laurent Jourden wrote: > You don't need sendmail if you use a standalone pc > > Did you specified the "smtp server" of your University in the > configuration of Kmail. it should be something like > smtp.nameofyouruniversity.edu > > This is where kmail send your messages I used to use their SMTP host, but since they changed my line to an internal telephone modem, it hasn't worked, so I've been using sendmail. Worked fine until I upgraded. Sir Robin -- "No discipline is ever necessary to force attendance upon lectures which are really worth the attending." - Adam Smith Robin Turner IDMYO, Bilkent Universitesi Ankara 06533 Turkey http://www.bilkent.edu.tr/~robin Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Sendmail
You don't need sendmail if you use a standalone pc Did you specified the "smtp server" of your University in the configuration of Kmail. it should be something like smtp.nameofyouruniversity.edu This is where kmail send your messages Laurent En réponse à Robin Turner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Since upgrading, I've noticed that sendmail claims to have sent mail > but none of it seems to go anywhere (other than my "Sent Mail" folder > in KMail). This includes test messages sent to myself. > > I'm connecting through a dialup connection to our university's > server. pop3 works fine. sendmail is in its normal place > (/usr/sbin). Is there anything else I should configure? > > Sir Robin > > > -- > "No discipline is ever necessary to force attendance upon lectures > which are really > worth the attending." - Adam Smith > > Robin Turner > IDMYO, Bilkent Universitesi > Ankara 06533 > Turkey > > http://www.bilkent.edu.tr/~robin > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Sendmail
Since upgrading, I've noticed that sendmail claims to have sent mail but none of it seems to go anywhere (other than my "Sent Mail" folder in KMail). This includes test messages sent to myself. I'm connecting through a dialup connection to our university's server. pop3 works fine. sendmail is in its normal place (/usr/sbin). Is there anything else I should configure? Sir Robin -- "No discipline is ever necessary to force attendance upon lectures which are really worth the attending." - Adam Smith Robin Turner IDMYO, Bilkent Universitesi Ankara 06533 Turkey http://www.bilkent.edu.tr/~robin Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] sendmail problems
I'm using Mandrake 8.1 with the latest version of Sendmail. Until this weekend, this combination has been working flawlessly. However, something changed and I ended up having to reload the OS and sendmail as well. Now I have sendmail working again within my LAN, but if I give the external IP address for the router on my DSL connection as the address of the POP server and SMTP server (as I did until yesterday), I keep getting a message saying the server is not responding (for POP) and access denied (for SMTP). Previously, I was able to use the netconf module of LinuxConf to tweak the Sendmail settings, but it no longer shows up there as a choice. I shot the whole day fighting this. Anyone have any suggestions on what to look at to solve this set of problems? Thanks in advance. Any help is welcome. andy Miller Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] AOL newbie sendmail problem
I would have stuck with postfix if I were you, its much more secure then sendmail, its faster, smaller and easier as well. if you start postfix or sendmail on boot (run: ntsysv from a prompt) and you recieve mail, it will go into the user account for whole the mail was addressed. if postfix or sendmail is set to receive mail for mydomain.com then mail for [EMAIL PROTECTED] will be delieverd to the local delivery agent, (don't worry about that, postfix will take care of setting up local delivery for you) and it will be delivered to the user1 on that system.. which pine or kmail or any others can collect for you via pop3 or imap.. if you have imap installed, then pop3 is also installed since they come in the same package, it depends which one you turn on.. (go into /etc/xinetd and look for the pop3 file, open it and remove disable=yes then restart xinetd or your computer) I suggest you start by going to linuxdoc.org and having a read of the mail howtoo's just to give you a better understanding of it all.. rgds Frank -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of AOL Systems Sent: Sunday, 4 November 2001 1:44 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] AOL newbie sendmail problem Importance: High I've installed sendmail in my linux box .then i want to send e-mail.What is the command to receive and get mails in sendnmail program.how will i know if got mail and how will i read it.and how will i know if it is PAP or IMAP that i installed. Pls help me i need answers.pls.. Any help will be gladly appreciated Thanks and God Bless! Respectfully AOL www.aolsystems.com www.aolsystems.com /autonotix Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] AOL newbie sendmail problem
At 01:44 PM 11/04/2001 +0800, you wrote: >I've installed sendmail in my linux box .then i want to send e-mail.What >is the command to receive and get mails in sendnmail program. Sendmail automatically picks up on e-mails being sent to an account on your machine (unless you have a dynamic IP, in which case things are handled a little bit differently). All you have to do is make sure that sendmail is running, by typing '/etc/rc.d/init.d/sendmail status' at the command line as root. You do not use sendmail to check for new e-mail. It is used to 'transport' e-mail from one location (domain) to another (much as one uses a car to get to and from work, but not to do work). how will i >know if got mail and how will i read it. Typically, when you login, it will tell you that you have new e-mail. The other way of course, is to check it via an e-mail client (such as Eudora, Outlook, pine, mutt, etc) depending on where you are checking it from. You'll read it from directly within the e-mail client -- how depends on which one you use. and how will i know if it is PAP >or IMAP that i installed. There is no server called PAP -- you have a choice of either POP or IMAP. To check to see if it is installed, do an 'rpm -q imap' from the command line. If it is, then pop3 and imap are available, although you may have to enable them from within the services configuration menu. >Pls help me i need answers.pls.. >Any help will be gladly appreciated > > >Thanks and God Bless! > > >Respectfully >AOL >www.aolsystems.com >www.aolsystems.com /autonotix > -- Michael Viron Registered Linux User #81978 Senior Systems & Administration Consultant Web Spinners, University of West Florida Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] AOL newbie sendmail problem
I've installed sendmail in my linux box .then i want to send e-mail.What is the command to receive and get mails in sendnmail program.how will i know if got mail and how will i read it.and how will i know if it is PAP or IMAP that i installed. Pls help me i need answers.pls.. Any help will be gladly appreciated Thanks and God Bless! Respectfully AOL www.aolsystems.com www.aolsystems.com /autonotix Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] sendmail
how bout: service sendmail start or: /etc/rc.d/init.d/sendmail start that assumes you installed the mandrake sendmail packages,, or a redhat set I guess... if you compiled it yourself, fraid you are on your own.. rgds Frank -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, 31 October 2001 3:39 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] sendmail Hello I installed sendmail on my Mandrake distro and wanted to test it with 'telnet localhost 25' but got the message: Trying 127.0.0.1... telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: Verbindungsaufbau abgelehnt Okay, no problem, I first have to start it of course. So let's go in linuxconf under 'system' 'control-panel' 'services' and start sendmail. But, o shit, there is no sendmail listed ? Help, any idea how to start sendmail and let in appear in the control-panel? Regards Yvan -- GMX - Die Kommunikationsplattform im Internet. http://www.gmx.net Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] sendmail
Hello I installed sendmail on my Mandrake distro and wanted to test it with 'telnet localhost 25' but got the message: Trying 127.0.0.1... telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: Verbindungsaufbau abgelehnt Okay, no problem, I first have to start it of course. So let's go in linuxconf under 'system' 'control-panel' 'services' and start sendmail. But, o shit, there is no sendmail listed ? Help, any idea how to start sendmail and let in appear in the control-panel? Regards Yvan -- GMX - Die Kommunikationsplattform im Internet. http://www.gmx.net Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Sendmail and DNS Settings
I have been trying to set up dns and sendmail and I can not get it to work when I send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - The following addresses had permanent fatal errors - [EMAIL PROTECTED] (expanded from: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) - Transcript of session follows - 554 5.0.0 MX list for larkhavengolf.com. points back to ns1.larkhavengolf.com 554 5.3.5 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ... Local configuration error when i send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - The following addresses had permanent fatal errors - <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (reason: system config error) - Transcript of session follows - 553 5.3.5 smtp.larkhavengolf.com. config error: mail loops back to me (MX problem?) 554 5.3.5 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>... Local configuration error What Can I do about this, how do i fix it> Thanks, Brandon Caudle -- 15yr Old Avid Unix User (HP-UX,FreeBSD,Linux) Larkhaven Golf Course Charlotte, NC "There cannot be a crisis next week. My schedule is already full." -- Henry Kissinger Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] sendmail installation problem
go to rpmfind.net, and look for those packages,, I did what you discribe not that long ago, and hat to do just that to work out what packages to update,,, its an involved process, but in the end, I did get the same version of sendmail working on 7.2 mandrake, so if I can do that, you should have no problems (since you are using mdk eight, you won't need to download the rpm's you need, they should be on your cd regards Frank -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Rodney Lorimor Sent: Wednesday, 20 June 2001 10:31 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] sendmail installation problem I'm having difficuly installing sendmail on a Mandrake 8.0 system. I've done a fresh install and made sure that postfix wasn't installed. I have the following packages: sendmail-8.11.3-1mdk.i586.rpm sendmail-cf-8.11.3-1mdk.i586.rpm sendmail-doc-8.11.3-1mdk.i586.rpm When I attempt to install I get the following failed dependencies: [root@mudongsan u]# rpm -Uvh sendmail* error: failed dependencies: cyrus-sasl is needed by sendmail-8.11.4-2mdk libsfio.so.1999 is needed by sendmail-8.11.4-2mdk I've searched both this list and the expert list archives and haven't found any reference to this problem. I've looked for packages that may contain the above files and either I'm issuing rpm with the incorrect options or the missing files above are no where to be found on my system. Has anyone run across this? Have I just missed it in my search? tia (o- Rodney Lorimor "Just Another Day in Paradise" [EMAIL PROTECTED] //\ Spectre Enterprises Linux Networking Spokane, WA USA V_)_
Re: [newbie] sendmail installation problem
It was Wed, 20 Jun 2001 19:31:02 -0400 when civileme wrote: >> With the proper info of www.postfix.org I managed to get >> postfix going in 15 minutes... > >It is said that no one is a _REAL_ unix system administrator >until he has installed sendmail by hand. 0:-) Never claimed to be real! hehehehe!!! Paul -- Well begun is half done. -Aristotle http://nlpagan.net - Registered Linux User 174403 Linux Mandrake 7.2 - Sylpheed 0.4.99 ** http://www.care2.com - when you care **
Re: [newbie] sendmail installation problem
On Wednesday 20 June 2001 12:19, Paul wrote: > It was Wed, 20 Jun 2001 16:11:05 -0400 (EDT) when Jim Nuytens wrote: > >I had a basic qmail server up and running within 8 hours and > > I'm a complete neophyte about mail servers. > > With the proper info of www.postfix.org I managed to get > postfix going in 15 minutes... > > Paul > It is said that no one is a _REAL_ unix system administrator until he has installed sendmail by hand. 0:-) It is further clarified that while One sendmail installation is a certified system administrator, TWO installations by hand is another sort of certificate altogether--the kind that gets you locked up! But for some rudimentary help on installing sendmail and configuring it, open a browser and surf to https://127.0.0.1:1000 login as root with the root password then click on the servers tab and the sendmail icon. Civileme
Re: [newbie] sendmail installation problem
God in Heaven! Why would anyone install SENDMAIL? It's got a security "rap sheet" longer than your arm. I highly suggest qmail. See http://freezer-burn.org and click on the link for "qmail under Linux-Mandrake". I had a basic qmail server up and running within 8 hours and I'm a complete neophyte about mail servers. On Wed, 20 Jun 2001 07:30:52 -0700 (PDT), Rodney Lorimor wrote: >I'm having difficuly installing sendmail on a Mandrake 8.0 system. This email brought to you by PMMail/2 and OS/2 Warp 4. Delivery courtesy of Qmail running on Mandrake Corporate Server 1.0.1.
[newbie] Sendmail weirdness after 7.2 to 8.0 upgrade
I recently upgraded from 7.2 to 8.0. Generally went smoothly but I have a problem that SHOULD be easy to fix but, obviously, I have not been able to resolve. My server name is mail.myName.com. I have have set Sendmail to accept mail for myName.com so I can have email addresses like [EMAIL PROTECTED] and not [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Simple huh? Well everything was fine under 7.2. For some reason now I cant get the same after my 8.0 upgrade. What am I missing? Any suggestions? THis newbie would be very appreciative. **
[newbie] sendmail question .........
Good morning all ..:) I find alot of this May 16 04:24:48 bear sendmail[2958]: NOQUEUE: IDENT:[EMAIL PROTECTED] in [127.0.0.1] did not issue MAIL/EXPN/VRFY/ETRN during connection to MTA ing my logfiles Does anybody have any idea what it means Sendmail seems to work fine otherwise. Ingo -- * A positive thinker sees the invisible, feels the intangible and achieves the impossible *
Re: [newbie] Sendmail.
Send the mandrake 8.0 !!! Mr S Ganesan wrote: > > Subject: REdhat 7.1 > > RH 7.1 is amazing, the apps are > very stable. RH > 7.1 has almost beaten Windows in interfacing. The scrolling and dragging > of > windows is very smooth. Mandrake 8.0 is supposed to be the best according > to > rhe reviews. My friend has started to download Mandrake 8.0. Shall I send > the > RH 7.1 or the Mandrake 8.0 cds(after it has been downloaded). Awaiting > your > reply. > Natarajan > > -- > S.Ganesan > Senior Scientist > Central Institute of Agricultural Engineering > Berasia Road > Bhopal 462038, INDIA > Phone: 0755-730986 (O) > 0755-732105 (R) > Fax:0755-734016 > Email<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Web Address:http://www.ciae.nic.in
RE: [newbie] Sendmail.
Subject: REdhat 7.1 RH 7.1 is amazing, the apps are very stable. RH 7.1 has almost beaten Windows in interfacing. The scrolling and dragging of windows is very smooth. Mandrake 8.0 is supposed to be the best according to rhe reviews. My friend has started to download Mandrake 8.0. Shall I send the RH 7.1 or the Mandrake 8.0 cds(after it has been downloaded). Awaiting your reply. Natarajan -- S.Ganesan Senior Scientist Central Institute of Agricultural Engineering Berasia Road Bhopal 462038, INDIA Phone: 0755-730986 (O) 0755-732105 (R) Fax:0755-734016 Email<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Web Address:http://www.ciae.nic.in
RE: [newbie] Sendmail.
Just a few clarifications here: At 12:22 AM 05/05/2001 +0800, Franki wrote: >There might be a better way of doing this, but my sendmail port 25 has two >security features,, > >It is set to only allow connections to the internal IP's and the firwall >that blocks it from the outside world is blocking port 25... > >so in essence,, if I get scanned, port 25 doesn't show up... > >yet the internal IP's can use it to check their mail on the server Actually smtp isn't used for "checking" e-mail, it is used for "delivering" e-mail while POP3 / Imap are typically used for "checking" e-mail--under unix these are two totally separate things. There are few things you can do to "secure" sendmail on your pop3 server. 1. Disable access to smtp from outside the firewall, except for your outside smtp server. 2. Use sendmail's access list, in a typical mandrake distribution this is under /etc/mail. 3. Edit the sendmail.mc file under /etc/mail, such that the following lines are included: define(`confSMTP_LOGIN_MSG',$j Sendmail WSDO/Secure; $b) define(`confPRIVACY_FLAGS', authwarnings novrfy noexpn) The confSMTP_LOGIN_MSG line will remove version information from sendmail when you telnet to port 25, as follows (dns name changed for privacy): Trying 127.0.0.1... Connected to localhost.localdomain. Escape character is '^]'. 220 localhost.localdomain ESMTP Sendmail WSDO/Secure; Fri, 4 May 2001 11:30:57 -0500 The other line helps to reduce, not eliminate, spamming. 4. Finally, look into something called amavis, available from amavis.org--it'll help block virus e-mails from flowing through your server. You can download the unix version of mcafee antivirus from ftp://ftp.webspinners.uwf.org/pub/downloads/McaFee VirusScan/unix/ If you want additional security advice, take a look for a book called "Real World Linux Security: Intrusion Prevention, Detection, and Recovery" by Bob Toxen--it has been very helpful in hardening down our linux system(s). Michael -- Michael Viron Senior Systems & Administration Consultant Web Spinners, University of West Florida > >seems to work for me,,, > > >regards > > >Frank > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Christopher I. Baker > Sent: Friday, 4 May 2001 10:44 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [newbie] Sendmail. > > > I have a serious security question.. > > We have a mail server here at school, for pop3, but we use an outside >server for smtp. Someone has been abusing sendmail on out pop3 box.. we've >come to the conclusion that for the pop3 services to distribute mail to the >users, sendmail must be running. So, the question is, can we hide, or >disable port 25 for sendmail, and have ti still operate properly? or is >there something else we can do.? > > PLEASE help. > > > -- > Christopher I. Baker > CompTIA A+ Certified Service Professional > Ph: (506) 457-2927 > ICQ: 38658915 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >
Re: [newbie] sendmail
Robert, > Meph, I have downloaded the two rpm files for sendmail. I > found, however that I do have postfix. Would I be better off > running this? Also would it send it to pine? Either way. I've been doing what you're trying to with postfix since installing lm7.2. I'd been using sendmail back in RedHat. As for postfix & fetchmail, they don't actually function together -- nor do pine & fetchmail. The all do their own thing which culminates in one being able to read their mail. So, I don't remember what was required to set up postfix, but I do remember extensive docs available from the postfix.org site. I think it was already set after I configured my system as had been sendmail when I'd set up RedHat. If it isn't set up, check postfix's site -- the faq has lots of info too. Then, for the rest, if you go back to the Web page I'd created for this very thing only with sendmail in RedHat: http://Aeon-AL.Com/LinuxHelp.html & follow the instructions for fetchmail (which hasn't changed since the version I'd used when I'd created the page), crontab (also hasn't changed) & for pine (which ~has~ changed, but the basic stuff I refer to hasn't), you should be up & reading & sending mail in a matter of only ten-twenty minutes. One thing, if you havn't updated you pine (I'm running 4.30), you should do so soon. The version which comes with lm7.2 (4.20?) may have an update, but the update from MandrakeSoft isn't the current version I'd got from the pine site. Gotta go to work soon, so I may not be able to respond to any more questions till tonight. Meph -- "I did this 'cause Linux gives me a woody." -Dave '-ddt->' Taylor, announcing DOOM for Linux
Re: [newbie] sendmail
Robert, Fetchmail is also already loaded on your system. The first thing you want to do is to run Pine for the first time. This will get the dir in /var/spool/mail ready to accept messages for you. It will also give Pine a chance to get setup for running. The next thing you will want to do is make sure all the settings in Pine are as you want them to me. As I mentioned to you in the previous message the preference in Pine where it wants to know the name of the smtp-server you can leave that blank and Pine will by default use the systems SMTP whether you have Postfix or Sendmail running. If you already have the host name configured then you can enter that in there. Ex: machinename.host.com In my case, and I'm using Sendmail/fetchmail/procmail to do the mail sending and receiving my SMTP-SERVER is mdw1982.dyndns.org machine name = mdw1982 domain = dyndns.org Otherwise just leave it blank and everything will work just fine. To use Fetchmail to bring the mail down from your ISP you can do one of a few ways. The simplest way to do this is to issue the command in a terminal window like this; fetchmail mail.charter.net When it asks you for a password you type in the password you authenticate yourself to your ISP with when you log into the mail server to collect your email. If your Linux system username differs from the one that is your user name with your ISP, which in this case is "wormie", then your sendmail command would look something like this; fetchmail -u wormie mail.charter.net If this is the case then you're going to have to set up an alias on your system so that when ever fetchmail gets the mail from your ISP for "wormie" it will no "who's" /var/spool/mail/$USER dir to deposit the mail into. If you find that you do have to setup an alias let me know and we can go over that at the time. Once you're sure that everything is working correctly you can setup fetchmail to collect the mail on a more permanent basis using fetchmailconf. That will help you configure a .fetchmailrc file that everytime you connect to the internet it will automatically connect to your ISP's mailserver and download the mail for you. You can run fetchmail as a daemon in the background by typing fetchmail -d 150 -u wormie mail.charter.net This will check the mail server every 3 minutes for new messages. And you can force a check by issuing the command on the command line by typing fetchmail After the mail is brought down there remains only one thing and that's to read it. enjoy, Mark Robert Boggs wrote: > > Mark, when I typed all that you told me to about postfix, I got the > following. postfix-19991231p108-5mdk. Tell me how to make that take fetchmail > to pine and how to load it. I really know very little about this program. > Thanks for helping, and replying. Sincerely Robert
Re: [newbie] sendmail
Meph, I have downloaded the two rpm files for sendmail. I found, however that I do have postfix. Would I be better off running this? Also would it send it to pine?
Re: [newbie] sendmail
Mark, when I typed all that you told me to about postfix, I got the following. postfix-19991231p108-5mdk. Tell me how to make that take fetchmail to pine and how to load it. I really know very little about this program. Thanks for helping, and replying. Sincerely Robert
[newbie] sendmail
I am having trouble getting sendmail. I used drakeconf to find what I need, but neither of my cd's seemed to have the files it was looking for one was sendmail-rc. How can I get sendmail to work, so I can use pine Robert Boggs
Re: [newbie] sendmail
Robert, Unless you REALLY want to use Sendmail, you will have to uninstall postfix first. then you will have to reinstall all the sendmail packages that are on your install CD's. If you don't want to go to all that trouble though you can just as easily use Pine and Postfix. To check your system for postfix, or for that matter Sendmail or any other package just use this on the command line to search the system for the packages that are loaded. rpm -qa | grep Example: "to check for sendmail" rpm -qa | grep Sendmail On my system the command returns this to the screen: [root@mdw1982 office]# rpm -qa | grep sendmail sendmail-8.9.3-20 Give it a try and let us know what you get. Other then that all that is necessary for you to utilize the already installed SMTP on your system is to leave that part "undefined" in the Pine preferences and it will use Postfix/Sendmail by default. Which ever is intalled on your system. Mark Robert Boggs wrote: > > I am having trouble getting sendmail. I used drakeconf to find what I need, > but neither of my cd's seemed to have the files it was looking for one was > sendmail-rc. How can I get sendmail to work, so I can use pine Robert Boggs
Re: [newbie] sendmail
> I am having trouble getting sendmail. I used drakeconf to find > what I need, but neither of my cd's seemed to have the files it > was looking for one was sendmail-rc. How can I get sendmail to > work, so I can use pine Robert Boggs Next step is to go to: http://www.rpmfind.net Get the necessary files & check the page I'd referred you to on the other list. Meph -- "I did this 'cause Linux gives me a woody." -Dave '-ddt->' Taylor, announcing DOOM for Linux
[newbie] Sendmail/PHP/Apache
Greetings & salutations newbie, Hi... trying to run php/apache/sendmail together in the form of using a phpfunction called mail() which uses sendmail to send mail to a specified address. Apache is working, PHP is working, Sendmail is working (separately), since apache is running as user/grp nobody i tried executing the script as nobody as it would from the website and got the following response: Can't create transcript file ./xff0H9mP200670: Permission denied anyone got any solutions to my problem... if I run the script as root it works, but not when I run it as nobody... -- May the lilys of peace rest in your armpits, Mattias Quote of the day: "MSDOS didn't get as bad as it is overnight -- it took over ten years of careful development." (By [EMAIL PROTECTED])
[newbie] Sendmail command line options
Hi List, I'm curious about something. Would anyone know what the Sendmail command line option would be for bouncing a message back to it's origin? -- Mark "If you don't share your concepts and ideals, they end up being worthless," "Sharing is what makes them powerful." Linus Torvalds
Re: [newbie] sendmail problem ....
On Monday 20 November 2000 12:26, some strange person did etch this in stone: > I upgraded one of my servers to LM 7.2 last week and things seem to work > fine so far. The only issue I have trouble resolving is a sendmail issue. I > can send and receive mail via pop/smtp for all accounts from external mail > clients. However if I try o send mail via ie.pine I can only send mail as > root NOT as a regular user. did you check your /etc/mail.deny or /etc/mail.allow files? -x. -- "Death is merciful, for there is no return therefrom, but for him who has come back out of the nethermost chambers of night, haggard and knowing, peace rests nevermore" - Howard Phillips Lovecraft ICQ 4841244
[newbie] sendmail problem ....
I upgraded one of my servers to LM 7.2 last week and things seem to work fine so far. The only issue I have trouble resolving is a sendmail issue. I can send and receive mail via pop/smtp for all accounts from external mail clients. However if I try o send mail via ie.pine I can only send mail as root NOT as a regular user. This is the error message I am getting Nov 20 13:19:49 bear sendmail[30867]: eAKHJnO30867: SYSERR(ibauer): Can't create transcript file ./xfeAKHJnO30867: Permission denied Nov 20 13:20:02 bear sendmail[30871]: NOQUEUE: IDENT:[EMAIL PROTECTED] [127.0.0.1] did not issue MAIL/EXPN/VRFY/ETRN during connection to MTA What am I missing ??? Ingo -- *** A positive thinker sees the invisible, feels the intangible and achieves the impossible ***
Re: [newbie] sendmail
May I know what is your current configuration at your Linux server - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: SKLIM <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, November 01, 2000 10:27 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] sendmail > I'm not just in a local area network though. I am as well in a remote session from my work place! > > > > Because this is your internal network. Goto your windows'95 /98 MsDos > > Prompt. > > Edit the hosts files at C:\windows > > > > Example : Edit hosts.sam > > Your Linux IP Address Your Linux Server Domain Name > > 192.168.0.1mail.linuxserver > > > > Make sure that you can Ping your linux server name. > > > > Best Regards, > > SKLIM > > > > > > > > > > - Original Message - > > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2000 11:56 PM > > Subject: [newbie] sendmail > > > > > > > I have enabled pop3 in my inetd.conf as well as have enabled fetchmail on > > boot up to no avail. the error I get when trying to pick up my mail on > > outlook express is > > > > > > Your server has unexpectedly terminated the connection. Possible causes > > for this include server problems, network problems, or a long period of > > inactivity. Account: 'cr705621-a', Server: > > 'cr705621-a.wlfdle1.on.wave.home.com', Protocol: POP3, Port: 110, > > Secure(SSL): No, Error Number: 0x800CCC0F > > > > > > No the email is not set to ssl and either is the sendmail I'm really lost > > any help would be great!!! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Regards > > > > > > > > > Mike Freeman > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Embrace the Penguin. Give Bill the cold shoulder! > > > Linux Registered User #190770 (10/02/2000) > > > > > > > > > > > > Get your own free email account from > > > http://www.popmail.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Regards > > > Mike Freeman > > > > > > Embrace the Penguin. Give Bill the cold shoulder! > Linux Registered User #190770 (10/02/2000) > > > > Get your own free email account from > http://www.popmail.com > > >
Re: [newbie] sendmail
I'm not just in a local area network though. I am as well in a remote session from my work place! > Because this is your internal network. Goto your windows'95 /98 MsDos > Prompt. > Edit the hosts files at C:\windows > > Example : Edit hosts.sam > Your Linux IP Address Your Linux Server Domain Name > 192.168.0.1mail.linuxserver > > Make sure that you can Ping your linux server name. > > Best Regards, > SKLIM > > > > > - Original Message - > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2000 11:56 PM > Subject: [newbie] sendmail > > > > I have enabled pop3 in my inetd.conf as well as have enabled fetchmail on > boot up to no avail. the error I get when trying to pick up my mail on > outlook express is > > > > Your server has unexpectedly terminated the connection. Possible causes > for this include server problems, network problems, or a long period of > inactivity. Account: 'cr705621-a', Server: > 'cr705621-a.wlfdle1.on.wave.home.com', Protocol: POP3, Port: 110, > Secure(SSL): No, Error Number: 0x800CCC0F > > > > No the email is not set to ssl and either is the sendmail I'm really lost > any help would be great!!! > > > > > > > > > > > > Regards > > > > > > Mike Freeman > > > > > > > > > > > > Embrace the Penguin. Give Bill the cold shoulder! > > Linux Registered User #190770 (10/02/2000) > > > > > > > > Get your own free email account from > > http://www.popmail.com > > > > > > > > > Regards Mike Freeman Embrace the Penguin. Give Bill the cold shoulder! Linux Registered User #190770 (10/02/2000) Get your own free email account from http://www.popmail.com
Re: [newbie] sendmail
Because this is your internal network. Goto your windows'95 /98 MsDos Prompt. Edit the hosts files at C:\windows Example : Edit hosts.sam Your Linux IP Address Your Linux Server Domain Name 192.168.0.1mail.linuxserver Make sure that you can Ping your linux server name. Best Regards, SKLIM - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2000 11:56 PM Subject: [newbie] sendmail > I have enabled pop3 in my inetd.conf as well as have enabled fetchmail on boot up to no avail. the error I get when trying to pick up my mail on outlook express is > > Your server has unexpectedly terminated the connection. Possible causes for this include server problems, network problems, or a long period of inactivity. Account: 'cr705621-a', Server: 'cr705621-a.wlfdle1.on.wave.home.com', Protocol: POP3, Port: 110, Secure(SSL): No, Error Number: 0x800CCC0F > > No the email is not set to ssl and either is the sendmail I'm really lost any help would be great!!! > > > > > > Regards > > > Mike Freeman > > > > > > Embrace the Penguin. Give Bill the cold shoulder! > Linux Registered User #190770 (10/02/2000) > > > > Get your own free email account from > http://www.popmail.com > > >
Re: [newbie] sendmail
use your ip address for the server in your outlook not your domain it works on mine - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2000 9:56 AM Subject: [newbie] sendmail > I have enabled pop3 in my inetd.conf as well as have enabled fetchmail on boot up to no avail. the error I get when trying to pick up my mail on outlook express is > > Your server has unexpectedly terminated the connection. Possible causes for this include server problems, network problems, or a long period of inactivity. Account: 'cr705621-a', Server: 'cr705621-a.wlfdle1.on.wave.home.com', Protocol: POP3, Port: 110, Secure(SSL): No, Error Number: 0x800CCC0F > > No the email is not set to ssl and either is the sendmail I'm really lost any help would be great!!! > > > > > > Regards > > > Mike Freeman > > > > > > Embrace the Penguin. Give Bill the cold shoulder! > Linux Registered User #190770 (10/02/2000) > > > > Get your own free email account from > http://www.popmail.com > >
[newbie] sendmail
I have enabled pop3 in my inetd.conf as well as have enabled fetchmail on boot up to no avail. the error I get when trying to pick up my mail on outlook express is Your server has unexpectedly terminated the connection. Possible causes for this include server problems, network problems, or a long period of inactivity. Account: 'cr705621-a', Server: 'cr705621-a.wlfdle1.on.wave.home.com', Protocol: POP3, Port: 110, Secure(SSL): No, Error Number: 0x800CCC0F No the email is not set to ssl and either is the sendmail I'm really lost any help would be great!!! Regards Mike Freeman Embrace the Penguin. Give Bill the cold shoulder! Linux Registered User #190770 (10/02/2000) Get your own free email account from http://www.popmail.com
Re: [newbie] sendmail question
Hi ! What you need to do is ...goto /etc/inetd and unmark POP3 with vi Save and exit and type this command to active it ... # killall -HUP inetd Best Regards SKLIM - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, October 30, 2000 11:22 PM Subject: [newbie] sendmail question > Does sendmail support POP3. I have sendmail installed on my box at home, supporting a small local network and am trying to use windows 9X and 2000 to retrieve my mail threw outlook express. I also have a unit outside the network that I wish to get my email from at work. I wish to configure it to use the POP3 protical. I am having no luck at all finding any reference to POP at all (only SMTP). Any help would be great. > > > Regards > > > Mike Freeman > > > > > > Embrace the Penguin. Give Bill the cold shoulder! > Linux Registered User #190770 (10/02/2000) > > > > Get your own free email account from > http://www.popmail.com > > >
Re: [newbie] sendmail question
> thanks for the info, I must have > picked up some corrupt info somewhere. There seems to be a lot of confusion here. Servers provide stuff, clients get stuff...well, most of the time :-) > O and hey do you know alot about postfix? Not really, though it's currently handling my mail in/out of Pine. > I tried using it once but there was no > mail in /var/spool/mail/user Is is possible that your email account name is different from your user name? Were there any mailboxes there after you've received mail? Must be going somewhere :-) > What did I scock up that time? I'm not sure. I was using sendmail and fetchmail but for other reasons needed to do a new install. When I did postfix got installed and I noticed that it was working fine so I just left it. Wish I could tell you more but I tend to know more about things I can't make work quite so easily :-) You might want to read man postfix and man master. Browsing through /etc/postfix/master.cf is also informative. Cheers --- Larry
Re: [newbie] sendmail question
On Mon, 30 Oct 2000, Jeff Cours wrote: > On Mon, 30 Oct 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Does sendmail support POP3. I have sendmail installed on my box at > > home, supporting a small local network and am trying to use windows 9X > > and 2000 to retrieve my mail threw outlook express. I also have a > > unit outside the network that I wish to get my email from at work. I > > wish to configure it to use the POP3 protical. I am having no luck at > > all finding any reference to POP at all (only SMTP). Any help would > > be great. Sigh, my apologies. I mis-read your question. Color me embarassed. - Jeff
Re: [newbie] sendmail question
On Mon, 30 Oct 2000, Jeff Cours wrote: > The short answer is that no, sendmail doesn't do POP3 (or if it does, it's > much more trouble than its worth to configure it.) Take a look at the > "fetchmail" package (start with "man fetchmail" from a command > prompt). It's easy to set up and works well. One other option I should have mentioned. I don't know exactly why you asked the original question. If your goal is just to get e-mail working on a home machine, where you're using a dial-up connection through an ISP, then the simplest way to do it is to use something like Netscape Messenger. It's smart enough to do its own POP3 mail retrieval (so you don't need fetchmail), and it already knows how to use an SMTP server. It's kind of a clunky solution, but it would get you running until some time later when you wanted to take the time to dive into installing fetchmail. - Jeff
Re: [newbie] sendmail question
On Mon, 30 Oct 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Does sendmail support POP3. I have sendmail installed on my box at > home, supporting a small local network and am trying to use windows 9X > and 2000 to retrieve my mail threw outlook express. I also have a > unit outside the network that I wish to get my email from at work. I > wish to configure it to use the POP3 protical. I am having no luck at > all finding any reference to POP at all (only SMTP). Any help would > be great. The short answer is that no, sendmail doesn't do POP3 (or if it does, it's much more trouble than its worth to configure it.) Take a look at the "fetchmail" package (start with "man fetchmail" from a command prompt). It's easy to set up and works well. Now for the long answer. Unix purists, please disregard the occasional handwaving - I'm trying to keep this thing readable, and, frankly, sendmail's complex enough that I don't claim to really understand it. Sendmail handles mail delivery. It evolved in a world where computers were mostly always connected to the Internet, and where each computer had its own IP address. It actually has three functions. First, let's say you want to send some mail. Your e-mail agent (pine, kmail, Netscape Messenger, or whatever other one you choose) will accept a bunch of text from you and properly format it as a mail message. Then it has to do something to get that mail message to wherever it's going. What it does is to give that message to sendmail, which puts it into a mail queue, a waiting list of messages that are going to the outside world. If you're running on a computer that's always connected to the Internet, and that has a static IP address, then the "sendmail" process that those programs give the mail to is probably running locally on your machine. Otherwise, if you're connected through a PPP session or have a machine that's gotten its IP address through DHCP, then those programs probably give your mail to an "SMTP server", which is a separate machine running sendmail (or an equivalent program). So, that's sendmail's first function: it gets messages from user programs and puts them into a mail queue. The mail message sits in a mail queue for a while. Then, periodically, sendmail wakes up and tries to deliver all the messages in the queue. It looks at each message in turn, sees where it's going, and contacts the sendmail program running on that target machine. Remember when I said it evolved in a world where most machines were connected most of the time? If that target machine isn't there, sendmail can't do its job and usually bounces a message back to the sender complaining about that fact. That's why people with dynamic IP addresses use a different machine, with a static IP address, to receive their mail. So, sendmail's second function is to deliver the messages in the mail queue. Finally, when sendmail on the destination machine receives a message, it has to do something with it. What it does is "local delivery". It figures out which user is supposed to get the message and puts it in a "mail spool" (what many mail clients would call your "INBOX"), which is nothing more than a file or directory on the machine where the mail waits until the next time the user reads it. So, sendmail's third function is "local delivery" on the target machine. There's another time sendmail can do "local delivery". Let's say you're sending an e-mail message to another user who's on your same machine, which is less common now but was quite common in the days when the only computers powerful enough to run Unix were large, multi-user systems. In that case, there's no sense in sending the message across the Internet since it'll just come right back to the machine that sent it. So, sendmail is a little smarter about it: if you're sending mail to another user on your own machine, sendmail immediately switches to "local delivery" and puts it in the proper place. Now, sendmail only knows how to receive a message from another sendmail process (the second function) or from a program (like a mail delivery system). It doesn't know how to receive POP messages. (Why? Because the philosophy is different. When sendmail receives, it expects someone else to actively wake it up and give it a message. POP requires a program to actively go out and pester someone else and collect the messages. Fitting POP onto sendmail would be nasty and difficult.) Since most people these days connect through a dial-up account, sendmail is a poor fit for their machines, because it's not connected all the time. So most ISPs provide a POP server, which is a machine running sendmail (to get connections from other sendmail machines) that provides its users access to the mail spool on the POP machine using the POP protocol. That's where fetchmail comes in. Fetchmail runs periodically on your local machine and knows how to do POP. It starts up, talks to a POP server where your mail resides, collects the message, and then gives them to send
Re: [newbie] sendmail question
> sendmail is suppoed to support pop and stmp > so does postfix > postfix is what comes with the current linuxmandrake > it is compatible with sendmail commands. Both sendmail and postfix come with LM, though you're right that postfix is loaded by default. Cheers --- Larry
Re: [newbie] sendmail question
To enable POP3, install the IMAP package on the Madrake install CD using rpmdrake. After installing, try telneting into your box on port 110. i.e. telnet xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx 110 You should see a message like: '+OK POP3 machinename Vx.x server ready'. If you don't see that, make sure the line for POP3 is uncommented in your inetd.conf file in your /etc directory. - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, October 30, 2000 10:22 AM Subject: [newbie] sendmail question > Does sendmail support POP3. I have sendmail installed on my box at home, supporting a small local network and am trying to use windows 9X and 2000 to retrieve my mail threw outlook express. I also have a unit outside the network that I wish to get my email from at work. I wish to configure it to use the POP3 protical. I am having no luck at all finding any reference to POP at all (only SMTP). Any help would be great. > > > Regards > > > Mike Freeman > > > > > > Embrace the Penguin. Give Bill the cold shoulder! > Linux Registered User #190770 (10/02/2000) > > > > Get your own free email account from > http://www.popmail.com > > >
Re: [newbie] sendmail question
> Well actually as veloct said, sendmail is the > mailer daemon but, if you go to > > ftp://ftp.vergenet.net/pub/cucipop/ > > You should find a POP server you may like, > in order to recieve mail via pop, one must > install a pop server, such as cubic circle's > POP server software. Don't think so...you're not serving POP; you simply retrieving mail from someone else's POP server. All you need is something like fetchmail (postfix will do it too) to retrieve the mail. Cheers --- Larry
[newbie] sendmail question
Does sendmail support POP3. I have sendmail installed on my box at home, supporting a small local network and am trying to use windows 9X and 2000 to retrieve my mail threw outlook express. I also have a unit outside the network that I wish to get my email from at work. I wish to configure it to use the POP3 protical. I am having no luck at all finding any reference to POP at all (only SMTP). Any help would be great. Regards Mike Freeman Embrace the Penguin. Give Bill the cold shoulder! Linux Registered User #190770 (10/02/2000) Get your own free email account from http://www.popmail.com
Re: [newbie] sendmail question
sendmail is suppoed to support pop and stmp so does postfix postfix is what comes with the current linuxmandrake it is compatible with sendmail commands. - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, October 30, 2000 10:25 AM Subject: RE: [newbie] sendmail question > > I am not expert on sendmail but I believe sendmail is only for > sending mail out that's why you only see a reference to SMTP. > Fetchmail retrieves mail. I hope that helps. > > > --- Original Message --- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wrote on > Mon, 30 Oct 2000 09:22:38 -0600 (CST) > -- > Does sendmail support POP3. I have sendmail installed on my > box at home, supporting a small local network and am trying to > use windows 9X and 2000 to retrieve my mail threw outlook express. > I also have a unit outside the network that I wish to get my > email from at work. I wish to configure it to use the POP3 protical. > I am having no luck at all finding any reference to POP at all > (only SMTP). Any help would be great. > > > Regards > > > Mike Freeman > > > > > > Embrace the Penguin. Give Bill the cold shoulder! > Linux Registered User #190770 (10/02/2000) > > > . > Get your own free email account from > http://www.popmail.com > > > > > - > Sent using MailStart.com ( http://MailStart.Com/welcome.html ) > The FREE way to access your mailbox via any web browser, anywhere! > >
Re: [newbie] sendmail question
Well actually as veloct said, sendmail is the mailer daemon but, if you go to ftp://ftp.vergenet.net/pub/cucipop/ You should find a POP server you may like, in order to recieve mail via pop, one must install a pop server, such as cubic circle's POP server software. On Mon, 30 Oct 2000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Does sendmail support POP3. I have sendmail installed on my box at home, supporting a small local network and am trying to use windows 9X and 2000 to retrieve my mail threw outlook express. I also have a unit outside the network that I wish to get my email from at work. I wish to configure it to use the POP3 protical. I am having no luck at all finding any reference to POP at all (only SMTP). Any help would be great. > > > Regards > > > Mike Freeman > > > > > > Embrace the Penguin. Give Bill the cold shoulder! > Linux Registered User #190770 (10/02/2000) > > > > GGet your own free email account from > http://www.popmail.com
RE: [newbie] sendmail question
I am not expert on sendmail but I believe sendmail is only for sending mail out that's why you only see a reference to SMTP. Fetchmail retrieves mail. I hope that helps. --- Original Message --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wrote on Mon, 30 Oct 2000 09:22:38 -0600 (CST) -- Does sendmail support POP3. I have sendmail installed on my box at home, supporting a small local network and am trying to use windows 9X and 2000 to retrieve my mail threw outlook express. I also have a unit outside the network that I wish to get my email from at work. I wish to configure it to use the POP3 protical. I am having no luck at all finding any reference to POP at all (only SMTP). Any help would be great. Regards Mike Freeman Embrace the Penguin. Give Bill the cold shoulder! Linux Registered User #190770 (10/02/2000) . Get your own free email account from http://www.popmail.com - Sent using MailStart.com ( http://MailStart.Com/welcome.html ) The FREE way to access your mailbox via any web browser, anywhere!
RE: [newbie] sendmail error
>Unfortunately this is not this problem. SSL is not enabled. >Any other ideas? Have you double ck'd your username/passwords. What does the mail log say for your log in try? Phil Connor [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux User #189889
[newbie] sendmail error
I have installed sendmail on my machine. I can send mail to it but when I try to retrieve the mail from a windows machine I get the following message. Your server has unexpectedly terminated the connection. Possible causes for this include server problems, network problems, or a long period of inactivity. Account: 'mail.server.com(example)', Server: 'mail.server.com(example)', Protocol: POP3, Port: 110, Secure(SSL): No, Error Number: 0x800CCC0F it does get connected but gets the above error after about 10seconds. any help appreciated! Regards Mike Freeman Embrace the Penguin. Give Bill the cold shoulder! Linux Registered User #190770 (10/02/2000) Get your own free email account from http://www.popmail.com
[newbie] Sendmail and Graphical Clients
If i can use my sendmail server from the machine it is installed and it sends and recieve mail perfectly but when i try to connect to my server from any client... it sends me an connection error my POP3 is running well and the connection between the server and the network is fine too... can anybody help me with this matter?
[newbie] Sendmail+Perl
Hallo. I have a problem related to Mail::Sender, perl and sendmail. I have Mandrake 7.1 , and I installed sendmail from rpm-s. Now at the startup sendmail is ran, and is accepting connections. BUT, when I want to send a mail thru script, it does nothing. So could anybody instruct me how to set up a sendmail, that would support smtp so I could use it with perl+Mail::Sender? When I send mail from one user to another it reaches its destination, but with script it does nothing. Ok, greetings Antti
RE: [newbie] Sendmail stopped working
Mandrake 7.0 I received and sent mail via Kmail for several weeks. Now I only receive. When I send (or send queued ) the msg comes up that it's being sent, then quickly disappears. The msg is still in the outbox. It is not in the sent-mail box. I've compared the Kmail settings with the settings I have for Caldera 2.2 (which I'm using for this message). Any clues what I might have screwed up? Mandrake runs well otherwise, easy to set up. Thank, Bill
Re: [newbie] Sendmail
On Sun, 25 Jun 2000, Sevatio Octavio wrote: >So, what you're saying is Qmail is easily configurable? Is it also >versatile? What are some advantages and disadvantages vs. Sendmail? Complete docs are on www.qmail.org. It is VERY versatile, and has more safety catches than Sendmail. Paul -- Rain and tears are the streams that wash away life's dirt... )0([[EMAIL PROTECTED]])0( http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 Registered Linux User 174403
Re: [newbie] Sendmail
On Sun, 25 Jun 2000, Dan Ferris wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > I have a domain name registered to my IP Address. I am trying to set my Linux > > box up as a mailserver. All I want to do, is be able to get mail at > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] Can anyone out there give > > me some advice as to how to set this up using Sendmail. I am not sure where to > > start. I do have send mail up and running except when I type in; "sendmail > > status" from the command line it says "user uknown". Any help advice or > > refrences would be greatly appreciated. > > > > If you need more information or more specific information please let me know. > > > > Thanks in advance, > > > > -Mike > > Yeah, don't use sendmail. It will drive you batty. Qmail or > Postfix would be much better choices. There is another mail > server who's name I can't quite remember that is specifically > designed for small time users. I wish I could remember the name > offhand, maybe somebody else can remember. Don't you speak about smail or something? > > BTW, qmail's claim to fame is that it is VERY secure. There > is/was some kind of prize on the qmail web site for somebody to > find a security hole. Far as I know the prize is unclaimed :-) It is now over. Nobody could find a hole. The $1000 prize has been sent to the free software foundation. > > Dan > Flupke -- << There's no place like ~ ! >>
Re: [newbie] Sendmail
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I have a domain name registered to my IP Address. I am trying to set my Linux > box up as a mailserver. All I want to do, is be able to get mail at > [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] Can anyone out there give > me some advice as to how to set this up using Sendmail. I am not sure where to > start. I do have send mail up and running except when I type in; "sendmail > status" from the command line it says "user uknown". Any help advice or > refrences would be greatly appreciated. > > If you need more information or more specific information please let me know. > > Thanks in advance, > > -Mike Yeah, don't use sendmail. It will drive you batty. Qmail or Postfix would be much better choices. There is another mail server who's name I can't quite remember that is specifically designed for small time users. I wish I could remember the name offhand, maybe somebody else can remember. BTW, qmail's claim to fame is that it is VERY secure. There is/was some kind of prize on the qmail web site for somebody to find a security hole. Far as I know the prize is unclaimed :-) Dan
Re: [newbie] Sendmail
On Sun, 25 Jun 2000, flupke wrote: >To see the state of sendmail, you have to specify the full path of the >script : /etc/rc.d/init.d/sendmail [start|stop|status] > >Maybe I shouldn't say it, as it could lead to endless debate, but I would >advice you to forget about sendmail and to install qmail instead. It is >really easier to configure. The complexity of sendmail is considered as a >security hole. I once saw a book called "Sendmail in a nutshell". This is NOT a nutshell. It is 2 inches short of a library! Paul (Qmail user) -- Rain and tears are the streams that wash away life's dirt... )0([[EMAIL PROTECTED]])0( http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 Registered Linux User 174403
Re: [newbie] Sendmail
To see the state of sendmail, you have to specify the full path of the script : /etc/rc.d/init.d/sendmail [start|stop|status] Maybe I shouldn't say it, as it could lead to endless debate, but I would advice you to forget about sendmail and to install qmail instead. It is really easier to configure. The complexity of sendmail is considered as a security hole. HTH Flupke On Sat, 24 Jun 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I have a domain name registered to my IP Address. I am trying to set my Linux > box up as a mailserver. All I want to do, is be able to get mail at > [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] Can anyone out there give > me some advice as to how to set this up using Sendmail. I am not sure where to > start. I do have send mail up and running except when I type in; "sendmail > status" from the command line it says "user uknown". Any help advice or > refrences would be greatly appreciated. > > If you need more information or more specific information please let me know. > > Thanks in advance, > > -Mike > > > -- << There's no place like ~ ! >>
Re: [newbie] Sendmail
look on freshmeat.net for a script called 'install-sendmail'. It will walk you thru setting up everything you need. Monte -- __ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com
[newbie] Sendmail
I have a domain name registered to my IP Address. I am trying to set my Linux box up as a mailserver. All I want to do, is be able to get mail at [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] Can anyone out there give me some advice as to how to set this up using Sendmail. I am not sure where to start. I do have send mail up and running except when I type in; "sendmail status" from the command line it says "user uknown". Any help advice or refrences would be greatly appreciated. If you need more information or more specific information please let me know. Thanks in advance, -Mike
Re: [newbie] sendmail
On Fri, Jun 16, 2000 at 06:19:09AM -0700, thus spake Luc Marts: > Hi > how do i check if this "procmail" is installed? and if > it is not installed where can i get it? > thanks ver much > > Luc > > > --- Everett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: rpm -qa | less should list EVERYTHINg you have installed in rpm format. If procmail isn't there then it's on your Mandrake CD somewhere. Good luck! Glyn M. -- ** * "The soul is greater than the hum of its parts. " * * Douglas Hoftstatder* **
Re: [newbie] sendmail
Hi how do i check if this "procmail" is installed? and if it is not installed where can i get it? thanks ver much Luc --- Everett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello Luc > I just went through hell the last few weeks with my > pop3 server. > I started out useing mandrake 6.1 and my popmail > software worked fine but > when I installed mandrake 7.0 my mail software > stoped working so I check > this and that and almost gave up til I asked here a > few gave me some things > to check. > Well what I found was that when I installed 7.0 it > did not install procmail > and it seems that pop3 software needs procmail to > work. > So thats the best I can come up with it may or may > not be your problem but > check to see if you have procmail installed. > Good luck! > - > Click here for Free Video!! > http://www.gohip.com/free_video/ > > - Original Message - > From: Luc Marts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, June 15, 2000 12:25 PM > Subject: [newbie] sendmail > > > > Hi > > I have installed madrake a while ago everything > works > > BUT > > i create a account for email then i go on another > pc > > and set that account up i use that account to send > > email to say a hotmail account well on the hotmail > > account i receive the email then i reply to it > then i > > go back to the created account but i never receive > the > > email back > > i am currently using my IP as the address > > > > thanks for the help everyone > > (using mandrake 7.0 full install) > > Luc > > > > __ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Yahoo! Photos -- now, 100 FREE prints! > > http://photos.yahoo.com > > > > > __ Do You Yahoo!? Send instant messages with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com/
Re: [newbie] sendmail
I aint retreiving from my isp at all i am trying to use my own server here goes again i set up server (i will call it myserver) and i have one windows workstation well i set up myserver with madrake 7 i created a account called viperws then i went onto the workstation and using netscape i set up the account user name viperws pop3 server incomming i used myserver's ip addy for outgoing server i used myserver's ip addy so my email was [EMAIL PROTECTED] well i sent a email to my yahoo email addy then i went on my yahoo email adn checked and i received the email so i replied to it then i went back on my workstation and checked my server's account no emails i checked for several days amd never reveived it so my outgoing server works but incomming does not. Luc --- Glyn Millington <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Luc, how are you trying to collect the mail from > your ISP? > Do you get any messages when you try to poll the > ISP? > Are you, as your subject line suggests, using > sendmail? > A little more information might be useful in > tracking the > problem. > > Glyn M. > > On Thu, Jun 15, 2000 at 09:25:43AM -0700, thus spake > Luc Marts: > > Hi > > I have installed madrake a while ago everything > works > > BUT > > i create a account for email then i go on another > pc > > and set that account up i use that account to send > > email to say a hotmail account well on the hotmail > > account i receive the email then i reply to it > then i > > go back to the created account but i never receive > the > > email back > > i am currently using my IP as the address > > > > thanks for the help everyone > > (using mandrake 7.0 full install) > > Luc > > > > __ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Yahoo! Photos -- now, 100 FREE prints! > > http://photos.yahoo.com > > -- > > ** >* "The soul is greater than the hum of its > parts. " * >* Douglas Hoftstatder >* > > ** > __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Photos -- now, 100 FREE prints! http://photos.yahoo.com
Re: [newbie] sendmail
Luc, how are you trying to collect the mail from your ISP? Do you get any messages when you try to poll the ISP? Are you, as your subject line suggests, using sendmail? A little more information might be useful in tracking the problem. Glyn M. On Thu, Jun 15, 2000 at 09:25:43AM -0700, thus spake Luc Marts: > Hi > I have installed madrake a while ago everything works > BUT > i create a account for email then i go on another pc > and set that account up i use that account to send > email to say a hotmail account well on the hotmail > account i receive the email then i reply to it then i > go back to the created account but i never receive the > email back > i am currently using my IP as the address > > thanks for the help everyone > (using mandrake 7.0 full install) > Luc > > __ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Photos -- now, 100 FREE prints! > http://photos.yahoo.com -- ** * "The soul is greater than the hum of its parts. " * * Douglas Hoftstatder* **
Re: [newbie] SENDMAIL WARNING
On Sat, 13 May 2000, Wade wrote: >SENDMAIL WARNING >SENDMAIL: is set-uid root, or run from set-uid root process >SENDMAIL: fatal: No maildrop directory maildrop >No such file or directory. Sorry, can't help you. I gave up on Sendmail. I use Qmail. much easier. Paul )0(---)0( Silence. Do you remember how that sounds? )0([[EMAIL PROTECTED]]-)0( http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 Registered Linux User 174403
[newbie] SENDMAIL WARNING
When I run kmail I am able to pull mail down from my ISP's server, but when I try to mail the list from kmail I get this; SENDMAIL WARNING SENDMAIL: is set-uid root, or run from set-uid root process SENDMAIL: fatal: No maildrop directory maildrop No such file or directory. Any help with this would be very appreciated. Thanks, b/web Wade
Re: [newbie] Sendmail for multiple users
Adam Stark wrote: > > Hi, I was wondering if it's possible to set up sendmail in such a way to > have multiple users uses only one E-Mail address, yet each get their own > separate mail. I have a POP3 mailbox at the university, but the rest of > my family doesn't.and I want to let them use it. However, when it > is delivered to the computer can the incoming mail be differentiated > between my family members. In short I want to split one E-mail address > into fourI have heard that Sendmail/Fetchmail can do this. Can > anybody tell me how to set it up? I can not recall whether this exact thing is possible, but the fetchmail documentation is pretty good. First find fetchmail and install it, so that you will have the documentation to read. Also, I think the docs are online at the fetchmail site. Use Google.Com to find the fetchmail site. John
Re: [newbie] Sendmail for multiple users
On Thu, 11 May 2000, Adam Stark wrote: >Hi, I was wondering if it's possible to set up sendmail in such a way to >have multiple users uses only one E-Mail address, yet each get their own >separate mail. I have a POP3 mailbox at the university, but the rest of >my family doesn't.and I want to let them use it. However, when it >is delivered to the computer can the incoming mail be differentiated >between my family members. In short I want to split one E-mail address >into fourI have heard that Sendmail/Fetchmail can do this. Can >anybody tell me how to set it up? Hi Adam, I think you need a Multidrop mailbox for that. This works as this: you have an account somewhere that lets you receive mail on @accountname.something. Depending on the you can make fetchmail determine where incoming mail has to go. Paul )0(---)0( Life is more than increasing its speed. (Mohandas K. Gandhi) )0([[EMAIL PROTECTED]]-)0( http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 Registered Linux User 174403
RE: [newbie] Sendmail for multiple users
Hmm... I'd suggest a procmail script. Have something in the subject or in the headers that you can identify with each person. procmail rules for this type stuff :) -=Ron=- -Original Message- From: Adam Stark [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2000 5:36 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Sendmail for multiple users Hi, I was wondering if it's possible to set up sendmail in such a way to have multiple users uses only one E-Mail address, yet each get their own separate mail. I have a POP3 mailbox at the university, but the rest of my family doesn't.and I want to let them use it. However, when it is delivered to the computer can the incoming mail be differentiated between my family members. In short I want to split one E-mail address into fourI have heard that Sendmail/Fetchmail can do this. Can anybody tell me how to set it up?
[newbie] Sendmail for multiple users
Hi, I was wondering if it's possible to set up sendmail in such a way to have multiple users uses only one E-Mail address, yet each get their own separate mail. I have a POP3 mailbox at the university, but the rest of my family doesn't.and I want to let them use it. However, when it is delivered to the computer can the incoming mail be differentiated between my family members. In short I want to split one E-mail address into fourI have heard that Sendmail/Fetchmail can do this. Can anybody tell me how to set it up?
Re: [newbie] Sendmail, fetchmail and gnus
>I'm trying to use Eric Raymond's fetchmail. However, I think I have a >sendmail problem. > >fetchmail (which I've used before on RH5.2 and on SunOS) gets the pop >mail fine, but then seems to have trouble giving it to sendmail. > >When I run "mailq" I see the messages in there, but they don't get >delivered >to /var/spool/mail > >Sendmail does appear to be running - if I telnet to port 25 on my >machine >I get a Postfix message. > >Any ideas? > >t " please don't make me read the sendmail book..." k > Hi, To check if sendmail is running, you could do a simple "ps aux" command. Somewhere between all the processes, there should be a line like "Sendmail- accepting connections on Port 25". IF sendmail is running, type "sendmail -q -v"- this should deliver the messages from the sendmail-mailqueue to the local users. At least this is the way how I do it- I´m not that familiar with Sendmail to be true- it´s a real monster-program... Cheers, Ove
Re: [newbie] Sendmail, fetchmail and gnus
Tommy Kelly wrote: > > I'm trying to use Eric Raymond's fetchmail. However, I think I have a > sendmail problem. > > fetchmail (which I've used before on RH5.2 and on SunOS) gets the pop > mail fine, but then seems to have trouble giving it to sendmail. > > When I run "mailq" I see the messages in there, but they don't get > delivered > to /var/spool/mail > > Sendmail does appear to be running - if I telnet to port 25 on my > machine > I get a Postfix message. > > Any ideas? I had some problems using postfix. What I would first try is to uninstall postfix and install sendmail instead. HTH Flupke
Re: [newbie] Sendmail, fetchmail and gnus
I'm not sure what exactly you're trying to accomplish, but if you're using fetchmail to get your mail from your ISP's mail server you can process the incoming mail a lot easier just by using procmail. This eliminates the need to configure sendmail or postfix makes life much easier. This is what I do for every day use. This only works well, of course, if you're not running a multi-user host system. -Necro On Sun, 16 Apr 2000, you wrote: > I'm trying to use Eric Raymond's fetchmail. However, I think I have a > sendmail problem. > > fetchmail (which I've used before on RH5.2 and on SunOS) gets the pop > mail fine, but then seems to have trouble giving it to sendmail. > > When I run "mailq" I see the messages in there, but they don't get > delivered > to /var/spool/mail > > Sendmail does appear to be running - if I telnet to port 25 on my > machine > I get a Postfix message. > > Any ideas? > > t " please don't make me read the sendmail book..." k
[newbie] Sendmail, fetchmail and gnus
I'm trying to use Eric Raymond's fetchmail. However, I think I have a sendmail problem. fetchmail (which I've used before on RH5.2 and on SunOS) gets the pop mail fine, but then seems to have trouble giving it to sendmail. When I run "mailq" I see the messages in there, but they don't get delivered to /var/spool/mail Sendmail does appear to be running - if I telnet to port 25 on my machine I get a Postfix message. Any ideas? t " please don't make me read the sendmail book..." k
[newbie] sendmail
can you use/setup sendmail with a dynamic IP? if so, how do I set it up... -- <===KompuKit===> Kit Goins ICQ# 7110071 [EMAIL PROTECTED]Lowell, Mass. Web Designer http://kitdesigns.bizhosting.com WebServer:http://kompukit.dyndns.org (Server Runs between M-F 6pm-12am,S+S 12pm-12am EST) <===KompuKit===>
Re: [newbie] sendmail
On Mon, 27 Mar 2000, you wrote: > how do you start the sendmail program? The sendmail program is usually a daemon that is already running! If you read the book on the CD-ROM called "Linux Unleashed," it will explain it very nicely. Incidently, "Linux Unleashed" is usually a $50.00 book which Mandrake has so nicely made available for free to those who bought the Installation package. Thank you, Mandrake! - Daryl Fisk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
