/var/spool/mail delivery using a dot-qmail file
I want to configure qmail-local to deliver mail to /var/spool/mail. The /usr/share/man/cat5/dot-qmail.0 file tells you how to write a .qmail file to change delivery, however its too difficult for me to comprehe nd. Can someone help me here? Thanks in advance, Kristina P.S I do not want to use /bin/mail or procmail for /var/spool/mail delivery. I want to use qmail-local.
Databytes and users?
Hi, Is it possible to set a databytes file for a specific user that will overide the system wide databytes file?? Many Thanks Tonino
Problem with .qmail in vpopmail
Hi folks, I have some problem with vpopmail and .qmail. I've tried to make an user autorespond (vacation-like-behaviour) so when a person send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] it automatically respond to that email and that email automatically copied to user's Maildir. First I make an experiment making a /home/vpopmail/domains/pampi.dnet.net.id/.qmail-test-auto contains: | /var/qmail/autorespond 1000 5 /var/vpopmail/domains/myvirtualdomain.com/user/message /var/vpopmail/domains/myvirtualdomain/user &[EMAIL PROTECTED] the /var/vpopmail/domains/pampi.dnet.net.id/user/message contain the autorespond message. It works... but when I tried to move it into user directory using .qmail it generates error message like this: 949652062.130628 info msg 45487: bytes 496 from <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> qp 22508 uid 502 949652062.287103 starting delivery 1070: msg 45487 to local [EMAIL PROTECTED] 949652062.287178 status: local 1/10 remote 0/20 949652063.547500 delivery 1070: success: did_0+0+1/ 949652063.547540 status: local 0/10 remote 0/20 949652063.547571 end msg 45487 949652185.550513 new msg 45487 949652185.550538 info msg 45487: bytes 495 from <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> qp 22545 uid 502 949652185.559655 starting delivery 1071: msg 45487 to local [EMAIL PROTECTED] 949652185.559725 status: local 1/10 remote 0/20 949652186.449084 new msg 45488 949652186.449109 info msg 45488: bytes 620 from <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> qp 22553 uid 508 949652186.615074 starting delivery 1072: msg 45488 to local [EMAIL PROTECTED] 949652186.615146 status: local 2/10 remote 0/20 949652186.737615 new msg 45489 949652186.737638 info msg 45489: bytes 620 from <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> qp 22557 uid 508 949652186.786520 starting delivery 1073: msg 45489 to local [EMAIL PROTECTED] 949652186.786631 status: local 3/10 remote 0/20 949652186.786661 delivery 1071: success: AUTORESPOND:_Failed_to_change_into_directory./did_0+0+1/ 949652186.786724 status: local 2/10 remote 0/20 949652186.786754 delivery 1072: failure: This_message_is_looping:_it_already_has_my_Delivered-To_line._(#5.4.6)/ 949652186.806686 status: local 1/10 remote 0/20 949652186.806723 end msg 45487 949652186.823530 bounce msg 45488 qp 22561 949652186.824181 end msg 45488 949652186.825479 new msg 45487 949652186.826015 info msg 45487: bytes 1188 from <> qp 22561 uid 507 949652186.927245 starting delivery 1074: msg 45487 to remote [EMAIL PROTECTED] 949652186.928018 status: local 1/10 remote 1/20 949652187.262329 delivery 1073: success: POP_user_does_not_exist,_but_will_deliver_to_/home/vpopmail/domains/pampi.dnet.net.id/postmaster/did_0+0+1/ I can't figure out what's wrong. It said that autorespond failed to change into directory, i've tried to suid root autorespond program but it doesn't work, so I think there's no permission problem. Is there anything to do with vpopmail program to deal with .qmail and autorespond program? thanks in advance. regards, pampi
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Re: Databytes and users?
On Fri, Feb 04, 2000 at 10:19:59AM +0200, TAG wrote: > Is it possible to set a databytes file for a specific user that will > overide the system wide databytes file?? You could use the qmail-smtp AUTH patch and hack it. It looks pretty easy to do. I almost did it myself but then decided I didn't need it. Neil -- "The more original a discovery, the more obvious it seems afterward." -- Arthur Koestler
RE: Qmail anti-virus package?
Hi, There seems to be something wrong but I can't figure out what. I've setup Qmail-1.03, AVP 3.0 Beta 2 and compiled amavis with "configure --enable-qmail". I followed the instructions on www.unixzone.com/virus and even applied the "error in Kaspersky AVP call" fix. When I try so send an email there is a loop and there's no local delivery. What could be wrong? Regards, Erwin -Oorspronkelijk bericht- Van:Rainer Link [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Verzonden: Monday, January 31, 2000 3:05 PM Aan:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Onderwerp: Re: Qmail anti-virus package? Erwin van Kroonenburg wrote: Hi! > I was wondering if there is an anti-virus update or package for qmail to check > incoming mail for virusses. Short question, short answer :-) See http://www.unixzone.com/virus/ HTH best regards, Rainer Link -- Rainer Link, eMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED], WWW: http://rainer.w3.to/ Student of Communication Engineering/Computer Networking, University of Applied Sciences,Furtwangen,Germany,http://www.ce.is.fh-furtwangen.de/
Routin only some virtual-adresses
Hi there, i've checked the mailinglist but found nothin (or i'm to silly today ;o) ) . I have a virtual-domain "n-online.net". Now all mail arrives at our qmail-server and vmailmgr is running. Now i have to reroute only a few [EMAIL PROTECTED] adresses to an internal IP-Adress. the easyest would be to put "n-online.net:192.168.250.1" into smtproutes, but thats not what i want ! it should be something like "[EMAIL PROTECTED]:192.168.250.1". The original sender and recipient must stay intact, that's the problem! Mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] must be simply routed to 192.168.250.1 keeping all headers and so on (like smtproutes). Is there a solution? Thanks for your help, Thomas
qmail and rblsmtpd
Hi All, Is there anyone who knows about how to setup rblsmtpd ? I've tried loads of different sources and I can't seem to find a way to set-up qmail to bloke relay spam to my server. This my current start-up for qmail in /etc/init.d : /usr/local/bin/tcpserver -v -u 101 -g 100 0 smtp /var/qmail/bin/qmail-smtpd & I have tried the following combinations : Here is the rblsmtpd help prompt : rblsmtpd [ -b ] [ -R ] [ -r domain ] [ -t timeout ] smtpd [ arg ... ] And in theory this should work : /usr/local/bin/tcpserver -v -u 101 -g 100 0 smtp /opt/software/bin/rblmstpd /var/qmail/bin/qmail-smtpd & But, ir doesn't bloke reply spam from the test from RSS list? Any ideas? Regards, Kevin Smith Lemon Lainey Design UK http://www.lemonlaineydesign.com
Re: Routin only some virtual-adresses
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 4 Feb 00, at 11:43, Puck wrote: > The original sender and recipient must stay intact, that's the > problem! Is that really neccessary? > Is there a solution? Sure there is. You need two qmail installations for that (edit conf-home, and recompile/reinstall). The "main" installation has n-online.de as virtual domain. The virtual domain .qmail files look like .qmail-specialuser: |/var/qmail2/bin/forward "$USER@$HOST" .qmail-default some-local-delivery-command The second qmail installation has n-online.de in smtproutes. It does not listen on port25 - therefore it doesn't need rcpthosts and stuff. You need to care about bounces of locally generated messages (otherwise qmail complains about "I am the best A or MX but the domain is not in my locals"). You can even avoid the Delivered-To: header line for the forwarded message by changing the invocation to |env DTLINE="" /var/qmail2/bin/forward "$USER@$HOST" -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: PGP 6.0.2 -- QDPGP 2.60 Comment: http://community.wow.net/grt/qdpgp.html iQA/AwUBOJq+KVMwP8g7qbw/EQKaswCfRtboQ/T59YQzDsICcb4OLDYsatQAoJYl doU/ZcryZxoLIgt34YYvSLrn =hOJL -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- Petr Novotny, ANTEK CS [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.antek.cz PGP key ID: 0x3BA9BC3F -- Don't you know there ain't no devil there's just God when he's drunk. [Tom Waits]
qmail Digest 4 Feb 2000 11:00:00 -0000 Issue 901
qmail Digest 4 Feb 2000 11:00:00 - Issue 901 Topics (messages 36662 through 36750): SPAMCONTROL101 Patch 36662 by: Erwin Hoffmann Error on startup 36663 by: Andreas Altenburg 36682 by: Dave Sill 36683 by: Chris Johnson SPAMCONTROL patch not working? 36664 by: Erwin van Kroonenburg 36665 by: Dave Sill 36668 by: Russ Allbery 36706 by: Erwin Hoffmann Re: multilog datestamping 3 by: Dave Sill 36670 by: Mark Delany 36671 by: Charles Cazabon 36676 by: Bruce Guenter Re: Error in piping message contents 36667 by: Dave Sill Re: Linux kernel turning for mail performance? 36669 by: Len Budney 36672 by: cmikk.uswest.net 36674 by: Len Budney 36680 by: nascheme.enme.ucalgary.ca 36687 by: cmikk.uswest.net 36690 by: nascheme.enme.ucalgary.ca 36693 by: Andre Oppermann 36694 by: Len Budney 36697 by: nascheme.enme.ucalgary.ca 36705 by: cmikk.uswest.net 36707 by: Russell Nelson Re: Bandwidth 36673 by: Marek Narkiewicz 36735 by: John White Re: Linux Patch for fsync of metdata 36675 by: Bruce Guenter LEAVE 36677 by: Carles Latorre Bounce and virtualdomains 36678 by: Alessandro Ambrosini 36681 by: Dave Sill Re: qmail logging tools 36679 by: Charles Cazabon 36696 by: Bruce Guenter Re: complex user routing 36684 by: Dave Sill Re: Error in sending mails 36685 by: Dave Sill Re: delete mails in queue 36686 by: Dave Sill Re: load balancing 36688 by: Dave Sill Re: Broken tcp_wrappers (resulting in selective relaying not work ing) 36689 by: Dave Sill 36726 by: Stephen Mills 36727 by: Stephen Mills 36728 by: Chris Johnson 36733 by: Stephen Mills Re: "shell-init: could not get current directory" 36691 by: Dave Sill 36695 by: Mullen, Patrick 36699 by: Dave Sill 36708 by: Mullen, Patrick 36713 by: Mullen, Patrick 36724 by: Mullen, Patrick 36725 by: John Gonzalez/netMDC admin 36729 by: Mullen, Patrick 36732 by: Matthew Brown Re: HOw:very virtual domains - copy mail between domains 36692 by: Dave Sill Semd multipart messages with flash embeded 36698 by: Carlo Gibertini 36700 by: Dave Sill 36701 by: Mullen, Patrick Re: popbull 36702 by: Russell Nelson Re: Filtering out email addresses with pipe symbol 36703 by: Russell Nelson Re: MIME 36704 by: Russell Nelson qmail and rblsmtpd 36709 by: kevin 36749 by: kevin qmail-clean does not work 36710 by: DeChavez , Andrew 36711 by: Chris Johnson 36712 by: DeChavez , Andrew 36714 by: Chris Johnson 36717 by: DeChavez , Andrew 36718 by: Chris Johnson 36719 by: DeChavez , Andrew 36720 by: Racer X 36721 by: Chris Johnson 36722 by: asantos 36723 by: DeChavez , Andrew 36736 by: Russell Nelson Re: fsync semantics (was Re: Linux kernel ) 36715 by: cmikk.uswest.net 36737 by: Russell Nelson 36738 by: cmikk.uswest.net 36741 by: Russell Nelson Usage "accounting" with Qmail in Real Time? 36716 by: Qmail How do I create a Maildir directory when I am adding a user? 36730 by: Max 36731 by: Chris Johnson 36734 by: Mullen, Patrick 'goodmailfrom' ? 36739 by: Michael Boman 36740 by: Chris Johnson /var/spool/mail delivery using a dot-qmail file 36742 by: Kristina Databytes and users? 36743 by: TAG 36746 by: nascheme.enme.ucalgary.ca Problem with .qmail in vpopmail 36744 by: Dian Pamilih how do i 36745 by: Chris Burton Re: Qmail anti-virus package? 36747 by: Erwin van Kroonenburg Routin only some virtual-adresses 36748 by: Puck 36750 by: Petr Novotny Administrivia: To unsubscribe from the digest, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the digest, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To bug my human owner, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To post to the list, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Hi, for those folks, which did not consider applying this patch because of the spelling error RECEIPIENT (I apologize for that) -- here the corrected version. However, NO change to the logic has been applied. Thus, those ones using it already can happily stay with the old version. regards eh. spamcontrol101.tgz +---+ | fffhh Dr. Erwin Hoffmann | | ff hh| | ffeee ccc ooomm mm mm Wiener Weg 8
Fwd: qmail and rblsmtpd
Just a thought, if an email is revoked due to rblsmtpd refusing it, will an email client return the error: ** Couldn¹t complete the last command because a network stream error occurred. Or, is that just a bad setup of rblsmtpd ? Regards, Kevin
Is recent version of qmail realy secure?
Hi! I have installed the recent (yesterday) version of qmail. I have a rcphosts file with a few domains. Now is it secure or nor? I get confused by reading the list. My setup fails test 6 at orbs, but some say it is safe anyway and that the mail is rejected internally. Some say that I need to install some extra program to get that security. Which is the correct answer? /peter
Re: Bandwidth
Thanks everyone who replied on and off list. I now have enough data to stop worrying that i've under provisioned. Guess i have somewhere to play quake from now. :-) Await the next installation. Cheers all. :-) On Thu, 3 Feb 2000 18:54:25 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >If I understand correctly, you don't need to plan bandwidth for >web browsing, as that goes through the dial-in provider, but >you do need to plan for smtp bandwidth, as that's in-house? > >I'm reading page 33 of the Jan 31, 2000 Netword World magazine, >which has an article quoting stats from Ferris Research: > >User messaging will jump 81% to 34 messages -received- per user per day. >Message size will jump 192% to 286KB per message. > >If you take that at face value, you need to be able to handle >(286KB * 8) * 34 * 10,000 (or whatever you said), divided by >36000 seconds in 10 hours, gets you ... 21Kb/sec? Assuming >every user also sends you that traffic as a smarthost in that >same time period means you need... 63Kb/sec line? > >And you have a 2meg line spec'd currently? :) > >This all changes if you need bandwidth for web traffic, of course. > >John -- Marek Narkiewicz, Systems Director WelshDragon ltd [EMAIL PROTECTED] 02/03/2000 at 11:18:18
Re: Routin only some virtual-adresses
>> The original sender and recipient must stay intact, that's the >> problem! > Is that really neccessary? Yes it is ! :-( > Sure there is. You need two qmail installations for that > (edit conf-home, and recompile/reinstall). Must this be so complicated? Is there perhaps a shell-script that can be called by a .qmail-username file to do what i need ? Thanks, Thomas
Re: Routin only some virtual-adresses
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 4 Feb 00, at 12:22, Puck wrote: > > Is that really neccessary? > > Yes it is ! :-( Why? :-) > > Sure there is. You need two qmail installations for that > > (edit conf-home, and recompile/reinstall). > > Must this be so complicated? What makes you think it's complicated? Will take you some 30 minutes to set up :-) > Is there perhaps a shell-script that can be called by a > .qmail-username file to do what i need ? Yes, sure. Write a short script which does connect to port25 on internal server, and then stuff like HELO it.is.me MAIL FROM:<$SENDER> RCPT TO:<$USER@$HOST> DATA now copy stdin to stdout . QUIT and exit 111 if anything breaks or 4xx SMTP answer is given, 100 is 5xx SMTP answer is given, or 0 is everything succeeds. Why do you think this is not-so-complicated? :-) Anyway, it can be written in Perl or C or whatever in just 30 minutes as well... -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: PGP 6.0.2 -- QDPGP 2.60 Comment: http://community.wow.net/grt/qdpgp.html iQA/AwUBOJrH01MwP8g7qbw/EQKzxQCcCidt+pmdqyR1Ig4Lrouzx2T0Z00AoK8l q0DMpQQGe8CO4FZxSNLfmYgE =webQ -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- Petr Novotny, ANTEK CS [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.antek.cz PGP key ID: 0x3BA9BC3F -- Don't you know there ain't no devil there's just God when he's drunk. [Tom Waits]
Re: Qmail anti-virus package?
Erwin van Kroonenburg wrote: > > Hi, > > There seems to be something wrong but I can't figure out what. > I've setup Qmail-1.03, AVP 3.0 Beta 2 and compiled amavis with "configure > --enable-qmail". I followed the instructions on www.unixzone.com/virus and > even applied the "error in Kaspersky AVP call" fix. When I try so send an > email there is a loop and there's no local delivery. What could be wrong? Well, I'm a little bit confused, because AMaViS 0.2.0-pre6-clm-rl-5 (available at www.unixzone.com/virus) should not need the AVP call bug fix, because it was already fixed in -pre6-clm-rl. So, are you using the original AMaViS 0.2.0-pre6 or AMaViS 0.2.0-pre6-clm-rl-5? Any error or warning messages in the log files?! Btw, did (local) delivery work, before you used AMaViS? best regards, Rainer Link -- Rainer Link, eMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED], WWW: http://rainer.w3.to/ Student of Communication Engineering/Computer Networking, University of Applied Sciences,Furtwangen,Germany,http://www.ce.is.fh-furtwangen.de/
Re: Routin only some virtual-adresses
Hi ! >> > Is that really neccessary? >> Yes it is ! :-( > Why? :-) Because at this adress there is running a "tobit david mailserver" (windows-nonsene ;) ) that can only be set up to parse for [EMAIL PROTECTED] (for internal reasons) :-| > What makes you think it's complicated? Will take you some 30 > minutes to set up :-) Hm i don't know, doesn sound very handy this solution ? > Yes, sure. Write a short script which does connect to port25 on > internal server, and then stuff like > HELO it.is.me > MAIL FROM:<$SENDER> > RCPT TO:<$USER@$HOST> > DATA > now copy stdin to stdout > . > QUIT > and exit 111 if anything breaks or 4xx SMTP answer is given, 100 > is 5xx SMTP answer is given, or 0 is everything succeeds. > Why do you think this is not-so-complicated? :-) > Anyway, it can be written in Perl or C or whatever in just 30 > minutes as well... Yes, that's what i thought of ... if i would be able to code this :-< I don't know (anymore) how to c-code and in perl i'm not familar with sockets and so on :-(( Anyone there who could do this? :-) Thomas
Re: "shell-init: could not get current directory"
Mullen, Patrick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Well, after grinding the heck out of my hard drive, I finally found both > "shell-init" and "could not get current directory" in the same program. > As should have been expected, they were from /bin/bash (and /bin/sh > which is only a symbolic link to /bin/bash on RH6.1). Something is using /bin/sh to run another program. When it does this, it's doing so with a current directory set to a directory that the program, given current permissions, can't read. bash is then complaining. Chances are that somewhere there's a daemon being started from a directory that, down the line, some other program running with different permissions can't read. It's usually good to always start daemons with a current directory of / to avoid this sort of problem. -- Russ Allbery ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>
Re: Is recent version of qmail realy secure?
Bolmehag, Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > My setup fails test 6 at orbs, but some say it is safe anyway and that > the mail is rejected internally. Some say that I need to install some > extra program to get that security. > Which is the correct answer? The simple ORBS tester (the one that doesn't actually try to receive the mail message back again) returns false positives with qmail. (And with Postfix too, IIRC.) If you have a rcpthosts file and you don't relay mail to a sendmail machine that supports percent-hack and other sorts of things, you should be fine. qmail doesn't need patches to not relay. The default qmail configuration doesn't relay. -- Russ Allbery ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>
workaround for port 25 block?
Hi all, My isp blocks port 25, I was looking for suggestions to get around this. The only thing I can come up with is: setting up a relay from an outside box to another port on my machine. Is this plausible? Thanks, Brian
Re: qmail and rblsmtpd
At 10:44 AM + 2/4/00, kevin wrote: >Hi All, > >Is there anyone who knows about how to setup rblsmtpd ? > >I've tried loads of different sources and I can't seem to find a way to >set-up qmail to bloke relay spam to my server. > >This my current start-up for qmail in /etc/init.d : > /usr/local/bin/tcpserver -v -u 101 -g 100 0 smtp >/var/qmail/bin/qmail-smtpd & > >I have tried the following combinations : > >Here is the rblsmtpd help prompt : > rblsmtpd [ -b ] [ -R ] [ -r domain ] [ -t timeout ] smtpd [ arg ... >] > >And in theory this should work : > /usr/local/bin/tcpserver -v -u 101 -g 100 0 smtp >/opt/software/bin/rblmstpd /var/qmail/bin/qmail-smtpd & > >But, ir doesn't bloke reply spam from the test from RSS list? Because you didn't tell it to. rblsmtpd by default only checks the RBL. You can chain them: rblsmtpd rbmsmtpd -rrelays.mail-abuse.org ... or there's a patch available at www.qmail.org to allow rblsmtpd to take more than one -r. But you say you're trying to block "relay spam". Do you mean that a spammer is relaying spam through your server? If so, rblsmtpd isn't going to fix that. You've botched the installation of qmail if spammers can relay, since by default qmail won't relay. > >Any ideas? > > >Regards, > >Kevin Smith >Lemon Lainey Design UK >http://www.lemonlaineydesign.com -- Paul J. Schinder NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Code 693 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Routin only some virtual-adresses
At 12:43 PM +0100 2/4/00, Puck wrote: > >Yes, that's what i thought of ... if i would be able to code this :-< >I don't know (anymore) how to c-code and in perl i'm not familar >with sockets and so on :-(( Install libnet, available from CPAN (if you don't know what CPAN is, you should: http://cpan.perl.org), and you won't have to deal with sockets and so on. You simply "use Net::SMTP;" and proceed from there, following the documentation. >Anyone there who could do this? :-) > >Thomas -- Paul J. Schinder NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Code 693 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Routin only some virtual-adresses
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 4 Feb 00, at 8:28, Paul Schinder wrote: > >Yes, that's what i thought of ... if i would be able to code this :-< > >I don't know (anymore) how to c-code and in perl i'm not familar with > >sockets and so on :-(( > > Install libnet, available from CPAN (if you don't know what CPAN is, > you should: http://cpan.perl.org), and you won't have to deal with > sockets and so on. You simply "use Net::SMTP;" and proceed from > there, following the documentation. What about simply calling qmail-remote from Perl script, and parsing the result? -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: PGP 6.0.2 -- QDPGP 2.60 Comment: http://community.wow.net/grt/qdpgp.html iQA/AwUBOJriz1MwP8g7qbw/EQIOdQCgu/+iMLbwfwFUVSj/7BRsPvHtyCEAn2qj 408vjGAijfB5Yi//ZMdzyS11 =1pxT -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- Petr Novotny, ANTEK CS [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.antek.cz PGP key ID: 0x3BA9BC3F -- Don't you know there ain't no devil there's just God when he's drunk. [Tom Waits]
Virtual Domains & Aliases
We are presently Qmail 1.03. We added a virtual domain. To route the mail to the virtual domain users, we had to add an alias for each user. We're actually routing the mail for that domain to a specific mail server. Is there a way to route that email w/o adding an alias for each emember of that domain. Thanks. Ralph Hubbard Systems Engineer Sarcom INC. 8337-A Green Meadows Dr. N Lewis Center, OH 43035 (614) 854-1918 (614) 854-1590 FAX
Re: Qmail anti-virus package?
Rainer Link wrote: Just as a follow-up: Please use *only* AMaViS 0.2.0-pre6-clm-rl-5 with qmail. The official AMaViS 0.2.0-pre6 has (still) some problems with qmail. Thanks. > > There seems to be something wrong but I can't figure out what. > > I've setup Qmail-1.03, AVP 3.0 Beta 2 and compiled amavis with "configure > > --enable-qmail". I followed the instructions on www.unixzone.com/virus and > > even applied the "error in Kaspersky AVP call" fix. When I try so send an > > email there is a loop and there's no local delivery. What could be wrong? > > Well, I'm a little bit confused, because AMaViS 0.2.0-pre6-clm-rl-5 > (available at www.unixzone.com/virus) should not need the AVP call bug > fix, because it was already fixed in -pre6-clm-rl. So, are you using the > original AMaViS 0.2.0-pre6 or AMaViS 0.2.0-pre6-clm-rl-5? best regards, Rainer Link -- Rainer Link, eMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED], WWW: http://rainer.w3.to/ Student of Communication Engineering/Computer Networking, University of Applied Sciences,Furtwangen,Germany,http://www.ce.is.fh-furtwangen.de/
Re: Virtual Domains & Aliases
On Fri, Feb 04, 2000 at 08:39:01AM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Set up an entry in virtualdomains like vdomain.foo:alias-virtual-vdomain Every mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] would be redirected to the local [EMAIL PROTECTED] Set up an ~alias/.qmail-virtual-vdomain-default that contains |/var/qmail/bin/forward `echo $LOCAL | cut -f 4- -d "-"` That cuts the first three parts of alias-virtual-vdomain-user revealing the real username. Look into dot-qmail(5) for explanations of the Enverinmoentvariables. Greetings -- Robert Sander www.gurubert.de
Re: OT: fsync semantics (was Re: Linux kernel ....)
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > Why require two separate fsync() calls when one > > will do? > >Because it's faster to only do the one. What is the point of spending >10% of your disk throughput taking steps to prevent something that >never happens? "never happens" != "can't happen". My impression is that qmail users are more interested in the latter claim than in the former. ;-/ > > Further, what is the point if the first fsync() call > > is useless without the second, and vice versa? > >Because the ext2 filesystem has the ability to rebuild the file from >the data. I've been assuming something throughout this interchange, and would like some confirmation. Russ, is it your contention that if a program reliably fsync()'s a *file* it is writing, and if the OS/filesystem/etc. isn't buggy, that there exists no window of time during which a crash will lose that file *or* data such that neither of the following will be true following a reboot running fsck: - The file and its data will appear at the appropriate inode and in the appropriate directory - The file and its data will appear at the appropriate inode and in /lost+found Reason I ask is, I can certainly see the utility of making sure file *contents* aren't lost as distinct from ensuring the file's name's *directory entry* isn't lost. If the former is needed but not the latter, and if the file contents offer enough info for a human or program to move it back to where it belongs (and do whatever relevant cleanup is needed)... ...then I agree that there's a performance benefit available, at least in theory, to programs that don't need to fsync() the parent directory of a file, as long as that isn't *implicit* when fsync()'ing the file itself. Now, if the data's still intact but the file doesn't necessarily show up anywhere on the file system, e.g. in /lost+found, the question is, can that data be overwritten during system operation prior to a search- and-rescue mission being undertaken? If so, then the data isn't really intact. Again, this might "never happen", but it surely *can* happen that fsync()'ing a file isn't enough to ensure that its data is intact for long enough after a crash/power-off to reliably restore it to its proper position in the filesystem. tq vm, (burley) P.S. Apologies to those who think I should say "Now, if the data're still intact...". I usually stick with the singular form in casual correspondence. I've used the plural in technical writing, but have also seen persuasive explanations of why I shouldn't. ;-\
Off Topic: Bernstein vs. US DOJ Text of ruling
I am wondering if this ruling is available online ? The reason in I ask is that in the deCSS case the judge has stated that software is NOT speech, If memory serves me correct, the judge in Dan's case stated that software IS speech. Thanks for any help ! Matt Soffen Applications Developer http://www.iso-ne.com/ == Boss- "My boss says we need some eunuch programmers." Dilbert - "I think he means UNIX and I already know UNIX." Boss- "Well, if the company nurse comes by, tell her I said never mind." - Dilbert - ==
Re: /var/spool/mail delivery using a dot-qmail file
On Fri, Feb 04, 2000 at 05:10:01PM +0900, Kristina wrote: > I want to configure qmail-local to deliver mail to /var/spool/mail. > The /usr/share/man/cat5/dot-qmail.0 file tells you how to write a > .qmail file to change delivery, however its too difficult for me to comprehe > nd. > > Can someone help me here? > Thanks in advance, > Kristina > > P.S I do not want to use /bin/mail or procmail for /var/spool/mail delivery. > I want to use qmail-local. "I would like to cut down the mightiest tree in the forest. P.S. I do not want to use an axe or a chainsaw. I want to use a herring." Sorry in advance, but that's what your question sounds like. I don't think qmail-local can do this because /var/spool/mail/$USER is not a good thing, in many people's opinion. Delivery to vsm is only supported by third-party apps, like procmail, as far as I know. Right tool for the right job, and all that... /pg -- Peter Green Gospel Communications Network, SysAdmin [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Off Topic: Bernstein vs. US DOJ Text of ruling
If you read what the Judge said in the DeCSS case in New York, he stated that the courts are not clear on this issue. He sited the Bernstein case as "it is speech" and cited some other cases as "it is not speech". Ken Jones "Soffen, Matthew" wrote: > > I am wondering if this ruling is available online ? > > The reason in I ask is that in the deCSS case the judge has stated that > software is NOT speech, If memory serves me correct, the judge in Dan's case > stated that software IS speech. > > Thanks for any help ! > > Matt Soffen > Applications Developer > http://www.iso-ne.com/ > == > Boss- "My boss says we need some eunuch programmers." > Dilbert - "I think he means UNIX and I already know UNIX." > Boss- "Well, if the company nurse comes by, tell her I said > never mind." >- Dilbert - > ==
RE: Off Topic: Bernstein vs. US DOJ Text of ruling
*confused look* Strange, either something IS speech, or it isn't (in my opinion anyways).. This is going to be one HELL of a legal precedent setting case if the deCSS defendants can't present more evidence in their favor. Matt > -Original Message- > From: iv0 [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, February 04, 2000 10:35 AM > To: Soffen, Matthew > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Off Topic: Bernstein vs. US DOJ Text of ruling > > > If you read what the Judge said in the DeCSS case in New York, he > stated that the courts are not clear on this issue. He sited > the Bernstein case as "it is speech" and cited some other cases > as "it is not speech". > > Ken Jones > > "Soffen, Matthew" wrote: > > > > I am wondering if this ruling is available online ? > > > > The reason in I ask is that in the deCSS case the judge has stated that > > software is NOT speech, If memory serves me correct, the judge in Dan's > case > > stated that software IS speech. > > > > Thanks for any help ! > > > > Matt Soffen > > Applications Developer > > http://www.iso-ne.com/ > > == > > Boss- "My boss says we need some eunuch programmers." > > Dilbert - "I think he means UNIX and I already know UNIX." > > Boss- "Well, if the company nurse comes by, tell her I said > > never mind." > >- Dilbert - > > ==
RE: /var/spool/mail delivery using a dot-qmail file
I agree, I used to deliver to /var/spool/mail/$USER but I am happy to say I do no longer. The only way I was able to do it was to use procmail and fastforward for my aliases. I cant remember the syntax exactly but you need a .qmail-default to call procmail from. Its ugly, unreliable, and a security risk. Why would you not use qmail in the way it was intended? just my .02 -Original Message- From: Peter Green [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, February 04, 2000 10:32 AM To: Kristina Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: /var/spool/mail delivery using a dot-qmail file On Fri, Feb 04, 2000 at 05:10:01PM +0900, Kristina wrote: > I want to configure qmail-local to deliver mail to /var/spool/mail. > The /usr/share/man/cat5/dot-qmail.0 file tells you how to write a > .qmail file to change delivery, however its too difficult for me to comprehe > nd. > > Can someone help me here? > Thanks in advance, > Kristina > > P.S I do not want to use /bin/mail or procmail for /var/spool/mail delivery. > I want to use qmail-local. "I would like to cut down the mightiest tree in the forest. P.S. I do not want to use an axe or a chainsaw. I want to use a herring." Sorry in advance, but that's what your question sounds like. I don't think qmail-local can do this because /var/spool/mail/$USER is not a good thing, in many people's opinion. Delivery to vsm is only supported by third-party apps, like procmail, as far as I know. Right tool for the right job, and all that... /pg -- Peter Green Gospel Communications Network, SysAdmin [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Virtual Domains & Aliases
On Fri, Feb 04, 2000 at 03:01:11PM -, Petr Novotny wrote: > > Set up an ~alias/.qmail-virtual-vdomain-default that contains > > > > |/var/qmail/bin/forward `echo $LOCAL | cut -f 4- -d "-"` > > > > That cuts the first three parts of alias-virtual-vdomain-user > > revealing the real username. > > $DEFAULT would do just fine. But is $DEFAULT not the complete address [EMAIL PROTECTED], or am I missing something here, is it just the user-part? BTW: the man page is qmail-command(8) Greetings -- Robert Sander www.gurubert.de
Re: OT: fsync semantics (was Re: Linux kernel ....)
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > Why require two separate fsync() calls when one > > > will do? > > > >Because it's faster to only do the one. What is the point of spending > >10% of your disk throughput taking steps to prevent something that > >never happens? > > "never happens" != "can't happen". My impression is that qmail users > are more interested in the latter claim than in the former. ;-/ Life is full of risks, Craig. On an active mail server, a crash might cause one out of a billion email messages to be lost (assuming a crash ten times per year, a 1/30 chance of losing a file in each crash, and a million messages a day). That's 99.999% reliability, and those estimates are WAY out of line with my real-world experience. My Linux server never *ever* crashed until it's CPU fan died -- not unless you count the various times my cheezy colocation site lost power. Worry about significant risks in your life, like getting hit by a car. -- -russ nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://russnelson.com Crynwr sells support for free software | PGPok | "Ask not what your country 521 Pleasant Valley Rd. | +1 315 268 1925 voice | can force other people to Potsdam, NY 13676-3213 | +1 315 268 9201 FAX | do for you..." -Perry M.
Re: Virtual Domains & Aliases
On Fri, Feb 04, 2000 at 04:40:34PM +0100, Robert Sander wrote: > On Fri, Feb 04, 2000 at 03:01:11PM -, Petr Novotny wrote: > > > > Set up an ~alias/.qmail-virtual-vdomain-default that contains > > > > > > |/var/qmail/bin/forward `echo $LOCAL | cut -f 4- -d "-"` > > > > > > That cuts the first three parts of alias-virtual-vdomain-user > > > revealing the real username. > > > > $DEFAULT would do just fine. > > But is $DEFAULT not the complete address [EMAIL PROTECTED], or am I missing > something here, is it just the user-part? Mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] is delivered locally as virtual-vdomain-user. If that ends up being handled by ~alias/.qmail-virtual-vdomain-default, then $DEFAULT is user, i.e. the address with virtual-vdomain stripped off. If the address wound up being handled by .qmail-virtual-default, then $DEFAULT would have been vdomain-user. It's the portion of the address that matches the -default part of the .qmail-... file. Chris
Re: Virtual Domains & Aliases
On Fri, Feb 04, 2000 at 11:02:09AM -0500, Chris Johnson wrote: > Mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] is delivered locally as virtual-vdomain-user. If that > ends up being handled by ~alias/.qmail-virtual-vdomain-default, then $DEFAULT > is user, i.e. the address with virtual-vdomain stripped off. If the address > wound up being handled by .qmail-virtual-default, then $DEFAULT would have been > vdomain-user. It's the portion of the address that matches the -default part of > the .qmail-... file. I see, I just thought -default matches the complete [EMAIL PROTECTED] part. Then it is very (and more performant) in .qmail-virtual-vdomain-default: |/usr/bin/forward $DEFAULT should do it. Greetings -- Robert Sander www.gurubert.de
Re: Virtual Domains & Aliases
On Fri, Feb 04, 2000 at 05:05:21PM +0100, Robert Sander wrote: > On Fri, Feb 04, 2000 at 11:02:09AM -0500, Chris Johnson wrote: > > Mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] is delivered locally as virtual-vdomain-user. If that > > ends up being handled by ~alias/.qmail-virtual-vdomain-default, then $DEFAULT > > is user, i.e. the address with virtual-vdomain stripped off. If the address > > wound up being handled by .qmail-virtual-default, then $DEFAULT would have been > > vdomain-user. It's the portion of the address that matches the -default part of > > the .qmail-... file. > > I see, I just thought -default matches the complete [EMAIL PROTECTED] part. > > Then it is very (and more performant) in .qmail-virtual-vdomain-default: > > |/usr/bin/forward $DEFAULT > > should do it. That'll deliver the mail locally. If you want to do that, just make it a local domain. I don't think that's what you want to do. If all mail for this domain is to be sent off to some other server, just list the domain in rcpthosts, remove it from locals and virtualdomains, and put: vdomain.foo:mailserver.for.vdomain.foo in control/smtproutes. Unless I misunderstand your original question, this is all you need to do. Chris
Re: qmail and rblsmtpd
The problem I have is if I do use: /usr/local/bin/tcpserver -v -u 101 -g 100 0 smtp /opt/software/bin/rblmstpd /var/qmail/bin/qmail-smtpd & I cannot send mail through my server from an email client like Claris Emailer, I get the error: network stream error. I so as I set it back to the orginal settings of: /usr/local/bin/tcpserver -v -u 101 -g 100 0 smtp /var/qmail/bin/qmail-smtpd & Would you know why this is? Also the line: rblsmtpd rbmsmtpd -rrelays.mail-abuse.org ... Is rbmsmtpd meant to be rblsmtpd? >At 10:44 AM + 2/4/00, kevin wrote: >>Hi All, >> >>Is there anyone who knows about how to setup rblsmtpd ? >> >>I've tried loads of different sources and I can't seem to find a way to >>set-up qmail to bloke relay spam to my server. >> >>This my current start-up for qmail in /etc/init.d : >> /usr/local/bin/tcpserver -v -u 101 -g 100 0 smtp >>/var/qmail/bin/qmail-smtpd & >> >>I have tried the following combinations : >> >>Here is the rblsmtpd help prompt : >> rblsmtpd [ -b ] [ -R ] [ -r domain ] [ -t timeout ] smtpd [ arg ... >>] >> >>And in theory this should work : >> /usr/local/bin/tcpserver -v -u 101 -g 100 0 smtp >>/opt/software/bin/rblmstpd /var/qmail/bin/qmail-smtpd & >> >>But, ir doesn't bloke reply spam from the test from RSS list? > >Because you didn't tell it to. rblsmtpd by default only checks the >RBL. You can chain them: > >rblsmtpd rbmsmtpd -rrelays.mail-abuse.org ... > >or there's a patch available at www.qmail.org to allow rblsmtpd to >take more than one -r. > >But you say you're trying to block "relay spam". Do you mean that a >spammer is relaying spam through your server? If so, rblsmtpd isn't >going to fix that. You've botched the installation of qmail if >spammers can relay, since by default qmail won't relay. > > >> >>Any ideas? >> >> >>Regards, >> >>Kevin Smith >>Lemon Lainey Design UK >>http://www.lemonlaineydesign.com > >-- >Paul J. Schinder >NASA Goddard Space Flight Center >Code 693 >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >
Re: Virtual Domains & Aliases
On Fri, Feb 04, 2000 at 11:12:59AM -0500, Chris Johnson wrote: > > Then it is very (and more performant) in .qmail-virtual-vdomain-default: > > |/usr/bin/forward $DEFAULT > > should do it. > > That'll deliver the mail locally. If you want to do that, just make it a local > domain. I don't think that's what you want to do. > > If all mail for this domain is to be sent off to some other server, just list > the domain in rcpthosts, remove it from locals and virtualdomains, and put: > > vdomain.foo:mailserver.for.vdomain.foo > > in control/smtproutes. Unless I misunderstand your original question, this is > all you need to do. It was not my original question. But the thread was useful to me because I have a setup with a mailserver handling several domains and every user is a local one. I have set up virtualdomains in the described way to handle them. But $DEFAULT would just do it, too. Greetings -- Robert Sander www.gurubert.de
Attachments over 500K slow
We are an ISP and whenever our dialup customer send an attachment over 500K it returns with the error "SMPT timed out". Thanks for all the suggestions to find a solution. Shakaib
Re: OT: fsync semantics (was Re: Linux kernel ....)
[EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes on 3 February 2000 at 22:49:15 -0600 > > On Thu, 3 Feb 2000 23:15:41 -0500 (EST) , Russell Nelson writes: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > What use is syncing the data to disk, if you can't > > > get to it after a crash? It might as well have just > > > stayed in cache otherwise > > > > fsync the data if you want the data on disk. > > fsync the directory if you want the metadata on disk. > > > > What's complicated or difficult about that? > > It's not difficult -- just overly complicated, compared > to the standard > > - fsync the file if you want the file on disk > > Why require two separate fsync() calls when one > will do? > > Further, what is the point if the first fsync() call > is useless without the second, and vice versa? > > (If the data is on disk, but the on-disk metadata is > not sufficient to locate it, then the data is, for > all practical purpose, useless.) True; but if you're modifying existing files, the directory data to locate it is already safely on disk; only the timestamp might be wrong. This isn't the qmail situation, but it's an important real situation, and suggests a reason why it makes sense to to separate file sync and directory sync. Maybe. -- Photos: http://dd-b.lighthunters.net/ Minicon: http://www.mnstf.org/minicon Bookworms: http://ouroboros.demesne.com/ SF: http://www.dd-b.net/dd-b David Dyer-Bennet / Welcome to the future! / [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Attachments over 500K slow
On Fri, Feb 04, 2000 at 11:39:00AM -0500, Shakaib Sayyid wrote: > We are an ISP and whenever our dialup customer send an attachment > over 500K it returns with the error "SMPT timed out". > > Thanks for all the suggestions to find a solution. first: look into the ISPs mail server log files. second: look into the customers log files. third: if none of the above helps you should try to reproduce the problem in a way which allows you to see what's going on. This includes sending large mail from somewhere else to see if that works, and to send a large mail from the customer to some other mail server. Both together might help to find the cause of the problem. fourth: did you set $DATABYTES? Regards, Uwe
Re: qmail and rblsmtpd
On Fri, Feb 04, 2000 at 04:20:48PM +, kevin wrote: } The problem I have is if I do use: } /usr/local/bin/tcpserver -v -u 101 -g 100 0 smtp } /opt/software/bin/rblmstpd /var/qmail/bin/qmail-smtpd & Could this typo ^^^be the problem? } } I cannot send mail through my server from an email client like Claris } Emailer, I get the error: network stream error. } } I so as I set it back to the orginal settings of: } /usr/local/bin/tcpserver -v -u 101 -g 100 0 smtp } /var/qmail/bin/qmail-smtpd & } } Would you know why this is? } } } Also the line: } } rblsmtpd rbmsmtpd -rrelays.mail-abuse.org ... } } Is rbmsmtpd meant to be rblsmtpd? Yes, it is. -- Paul J. Schinder NASA Goddard Space Flight Center [EMAIL PROTECTED]
rcpthosts
Hello, I am trying to configure qmail so that I may send mail from our domain to any other domain. Does this require an empty RCPTHOSTS file? I currently have .mydomain.com in out rcpthosts file as well as 127.0.0.1. When telnetting to port 25 and typing Rcpt To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] I am given the message: 553 sorry, that domain isn't in my list of allowed rcpthosts (#5.7.1) which of course makes sense. I need to configure qmail so that we may sendmail from our machine to any other domain yet make sure that is will not relay form spammers etc. Can someone elaborate on the proper entries in to control files? Thanks in advance. Clifford Thurber Web Systems Administrator LiveUniverse.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] 565 5th Ave. 29th Fl. New York, NY 10017 Ph:212 883 6940 (131) Fax:212 856 9134
Re: rcpthosts
On Fri, Feb 04, 2000 at 01:03:00PM -0500, clifford thurber wrote: > I am trying to configure qmail so that I may send mail from our domain to any > other domain. Does this require an empty RCPTHOSTS file? I currently have > .mydomain.com in out rcpthosts file as well as 127.0.0.1. When telnetting to > port 25 and typing Rcpt To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] I am given the message: 553 sorry, > that domain isn't in my list of allowed rcpthosts (#5.7.1) which of course > makes sense. I need to configure qmail so that we may sendmail from our > machine to any other domain yet make sure that is will not relay form > spammers etc. Can someone elaborate on the proper entries in to control > files? Thanks in advance. http://www.palomine.net/qmail/selectiverelay.html Chris
How do I configure an Autoresponder? And which one should I use?
I need to configure several e-mail boxes with autoresponders something like this... info@domain (responds with message "Thank you blah, blah, blah", and forwards the e-mail to "inside-info@domain"). How do I configure this on my newly configured qmail system (I have never used qmail before). I started looking at Vacation (when I was still running sendmail), but it had a crevat about looping e-mails for permanent autoreplies (it wanted a time limit). Is there something better that I should be using? Thanks in advance Maxe. [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I know this isn't the right forum for this message.... but Thanks!
I would just like to take a quick second to thank the following people for all of their help installing and configuring my qmail box. Dave Sill, Chris Johnson, Patrick Mullen, and Petr Movotny thank you all very much! Maxe. [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: OT: fsync semantics (was Re: Linux kernel ....)
On Fri, Feb 04, 2000 at 10:43:37AM -0600, David Dyer-Bennet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > True; but if you're modifying existing files, the directory data to > locate it is already safely on disk; only the timestamp might be > wrong. This isn't the qmail situation, but it's an important real > situation, and suggests a reason why it makes sense to to separate > file sync and directory sync. Maybe. Another situation is when dealing with several files in the same directory. You need to fsync each file, but you only need to fsync the directory once.
Re: workaround for port 25 block?
On Fri, Feb 04, 2000 at 07:46:17AM -0500, Brian R <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > My isp blocks port 25, I was looking for suggestions to get around this. The > only thing I can come up with is: setting up a relay from an outside box to > another port on my machine. Is this plausible? I am assuming you mean they are blocking connections to port 25 on your machine, but not other ports. You will need to find a host that will act as a relay for you. You need to get an MX record created that points your domain name to their domain name. If your ISP is also handling your DNS, this may not work. You need to have the relay server configured to accept mail for your domain. It needs to be configured to relay this email to your host on an alternate port. You might want to double check that it isn't actually connections to port 25 on remote hosts that is being blocked. Some ISPs are doing this to prevent spammers from causing them grief. If so, you might be able to get your ISP to lift the block. If not, you can use an outbound relay similar to the one above that listens on an alternate port.
Re: OT: fsync semantics (was Re: Linux kernel ....)
Bruno Wolff III wrote: > > On Fri, Feb 04, 2000 at 10:43:37AM -0600, > David Dyer-Bennet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > True; but if you're modifying existing files, the directory data to > > locate it is already safely on disk; only the timestamp might be > > wrong. This isn't the qmail situation, but it's an important real > > situation, and suggests a reason why it makes sense to to separate > > file sync and directory sync. Maybe. > > Another situation is when dealing with several files in the same directory. > You need to fsync each file, but you only need to fsync the directory once. And how does this help you with qmail? -- Andre
Re: qmail and rblsmtpd
Also, do you know what the flags -R and -b mean for rblsmtpd ? >On Fri, Feb 04, 2000 at 04:20:48PM +, kevin wrote: >} The problem I have is if I do use: >} /usr/local/bin/tcpserver -v -u 101 -g 100 0 smtp >} /opt/software/bin/rblmstpd /var/qmail/bin/qmail-smtpd & > >Could this typo ^^^be the problem? > >} >} I cannot send mail through my server from an email client like Claris >} Emailer, I get the error: network stream error. >} >} I so as I set it back to the orginal settings of: >} /usr/local/bin/tcpserver -v -u 101 -g 100 0 smtp >} /var/qmail/bin/qmail-smtpd & >} >} Would you know why this is? >} >} >} Also the line: >} >} rblsmtpd rbmsmtpd -rrelays.mail-abuse.org ... >} >} Is rbmsmtpd meant to be rblsmtpd? > >Yes, it is. > > >-- > >Paul J. Schinder >NASA Goddard Space Flight Center >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Regards, Kevin Smith Lemon Lainey Design UK http://www.lemonlaineydesign.com
Re: rcpthosts
clifford thurber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I am trying to configure qmail so that I may send mail from our domain to >any other domain. Does this require an empty RCPTHOSTS >file? No. >Can someone elaborate on the >proper entries in to control files? Thanks in advance. See: http://Web.InfoAve.Net/~dsill/lwq.html#relaying -Dave
Re: how do i
"Chris Burton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >how do i unsubscribe from this list See: http://Web.InfoAve.Net/~dsill/lwq.html#mailing-lists -Dave
Re: How do I configure an Autoresponder? And which one should I use?
"Max" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I need to configure several e-mail boxes with autoresponders >something like this... > >info@domain (responds with message "Thank you blah, blah, blah", and >forwards the e-mail to "inside-info@domain"). There's a qmail vacation program. See www.qmail.org. -Dave
Re: virus scanning & lotus
Roland Pelzer wrote: > -Ursprngliche Nachricht- > Von: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > An: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Datum: Mittwoch, 2. Februar 2000 22:10 > Betreff: virus scanning & lotus > > >Hi everyone. > > > >question: > > > >I mentioned that there is open source virus scanning software for email to > >my manager, he responded who updates the signature files? I didn't have an > >answer. > > > >I did some searching in the archives and haven't found anything yet. I > >thought there was quite a discussion about a virus scanner for qmail > >several months ago on this list. But now I'm wondering if I may have spoken > >to soon. Was I wrong about this? If I was not wrong then who does update > >these files or how does one go about getting updates? > > > >We use lotus on NT. I know, I know... I'm trying to build up a argument for > >integrating more open source. What are the pros and cons of qmail vs. > >lotus in an NT house? > > In our company we are using both qmail and Notes (on NT). qmail checks all > mail for viruses and handles relay/spam-control and some further stuff, then > it forwards the mail using smtproutes to our Notes server. Works very well > for our purposes. What tools are used to check mail for viruses. I have to setup virusscanning with qmail. greetings, marco leeflang
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qmail daemon dying
For some strange reason, the qmail daemon on my machine would just die. Is there a way I could keep track of what happened? There's no trace of it under /var/log/qmail, /var/adm/messages. It didn't produce any core file... Pls. help...tnx -Andrew
Re: virus scanning & lotus
Marco Leeflang wrote: [cut] > What tools are used to check mail for viruses. > I have to setup virusscanning with qmail. Well, what about reading the archive?! :-) This question is getting boring ;-) Step 1: get one or more virus scanners, for Linux see Mini-FAQ "antivirus software for Linux" at http://av-linux.w3.to Step 2: get AMaViS 0.2.0-pre6-clm-rl-5 at http://www.unixzone.com/virus, or scan4virus or inflex to name also some competitors :-) (do a search at freshmeat for them) - follow the instructions on the homepage and/or INSTALL + README file. Step 3: test your installation with the eicar test file virus Step 4: keep your antivirus software up-to-date HTH best regards, Rainer Link -- Rainer Link, eMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED], WWW: http://rainer.w3.to/ Student of Communication Engineering/Computer Networking, University of Applied Sciences,Furtwangen,Germany,http://www.ce.is.fh-furtwangen.de/
How would one do this? (qmail + exchange servers)
Note: I haven't set this up yet. I need to figure how doable it is before I start. I want to set up a high-uptime qmail server for all our inbound ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) mail, and to send out machine generated email. Our employees, however, are going to be on an exchange server. I have no choice in that. And it's VERY desirable to keep user administration on exchange, which means I'd rather that qmail and exchange not have to trade directory information. If they did, it'd need to be very automatic. So I'm thinking, install qmail, and tell it "If you get inbound mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], and it's not local, kick it to the exchange server." The exchange server then takes it and delivers to its local user. Okay, so what if an exchange user needs to send mail to a mailbox local to the qmail server? Well, I could tell exchange "If you don't know this address, kick it to the qmail box." But then if exchange doesn't know it, and it's not local for qmail, qmail will want to send it back. And if I read the docs right, then postmaster is going to get it. Can anyone think of a way to work this? I imagine someone's already done something similar. Or *is* there a good way for exchange to trade directory info with qmail so qmail can route by address? Sorry if this has been asked before... Sean
additional info (was workaround for port 25 block?)
ok to answer the numerous questions: My isp is Time-Warner (roadrunner), they block incoming only. I am assuming this is to avoid the problems that @home has(had) with open mail relays and spamming, though i could be wrong. Yes, they do offer to open it for an additional cost. Unfortunately, for the same service i recieve now, it is almost 20 times more. Sorry, but that is too rich for my blood. This isn't for business, it is only for educational purposes. I do my own DNS through dhs.org, so I dont have to deal with my isp for that. the outside box , would be a friend doing me a favor so i thought a relay to a different port would be the most unobtrusive.(minimal resources used) I would then set his machine as my MX record in my DNS. And automagically i would begin being able to send and recieve mail. After reading several documents on relaying, i never saw anything about relaying to another port. So i wondered if it was possible to do with QMail. On the same note, is their anything special that needs to be done to QMail for it to listen on a non-standard port. (besides changing /etc/services) anyways. i hope that clears it up a bit. as far my AUP, well like i said, i am only doing this so I can learn. 15 or 20 emails, consisting of "this is a test", shouldn't offend them too much. thanks Brian
Re: /var/spool/mail delivery using a dot-qmail file
if you need to actually STORE the mail spool under /var/spool/mail/*, then yes, you need procmail or similar. however, if you just need to fool stupid lusers/mail clients, you can deliver to the homedir and have a symlink from /var/spool/mail/user -> ~user/Mailbox. of course, mbox delivery has its own problems, which are well known to this list :) shag - Original Message - From: Tim Hunter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Fri 4 Feb 2000 7.37 Subject: RE: /var/spool/mail delivery using a dot-qmail file I agree, I used to deliver to /var/spool/mail/$USER but I am happy to say I do no longer. The only way I was able to do it was to use procmail and fastforward for my aliases. I cant remember the syntax exactly but you need a .qmail-default to call procmail from. Its ugly, unreliable, and a security risk. Why would you not use qmail in the way it was intended? just my .02 -Original Message- From: Peter Green [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, February 04, 2000 10:32 AM To: Kristina Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: /var/spool/mail delivery using a dot-qmail file On Fri, Feb 04, 2000 at 05:10:01PM +0900, Kristina wrote: > I want to configure qmail-local to deliver mail to /var/spool/mail. > The /usr/share/man/cat5/dot-qmail.0 file tells you how to write a > .qmail file to change delivery, however its too difficult for me to comprehe > nd. > > Can someone help me here? > Thanks in advance, > Kristina > > P.S I do not want to use /bin/mail or procmail for /var/spool/mail delivery. > I want to use qmail-local. "I would like to cut down the mightiest tree in the forest. P.S. I do not want to use an axe or a chainsaw. I want to use a herring." Sorry in advance, but that's what your question sounds like. I don't think qmail-local can do this because /var/spool/mail/$USER is not a good thing, in many people's opinion. Delivery to vsm is only supported by third-party apps, like procmail, as far as I know. Right tool for the right job, and all that... /pg -- Peter Green Gospel Communications Network, SysAdmin [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: additional info (was workaround for port 25 block?)
On Fri, Feb 04, 2000 at 05:51:16PM -0500, Brian R wrote: > My isp is Time-Warner (roadrunner), they block incoming only. I am assuming > this is to avoid the problems that @home has(had) with open mail relays and > spamming, though i could be wrong. Yes, they do offer to open it for an > additional cost. Unfortunately, for the same service i recieve now, it is > almost 20 times more. Sorry, but that is too rich for my blood. This isn't > for business, it is only for educational purposes. I do my own DNS through > dhs.org, so I dont have to deal with my isp for that. > > the outside box , would be a friend doing me a favor so i thought a relay to > a different port would be the most unobtrusive.(minimal resources used) I > would then set his machine as my MX record in my DNS. And automagically i > would begin being able to send and recieve mail. > > After reading several documents on relaying, i never saw anything about > relaying to another port. So i wondered if it was possible to do with QMail. > On the same note, is their anything special that needs to be done to QMail > for it to listen on a non-standard port. (besides changing /etc/services) On your friend's box, he should list your domain in rcpthosts, but not in locals or virtualdomains. In smtproutes, he should put (for example): yourdomain.com:yourbox.com:26 This makes his box send any @yourdomain.com mail to yourbox.com on port 26. You'd have an instance of tcpserver/qmail-smtpd listening on port 26 (just replace smtp with 26 in your tcpserver incantation). Configure your computer normally for incoming mail for that domain (rcpthosts and locals or virtualdomains), and you're all set. Chris
Re: workaround for port 25 block?
if you mean the ISP blocks inbound port 25 connections to your machine: yell at your ISP. they're being too nazi with their firewall rules. if they don't open the port find a new ISP. this is assuming, btw, that you have a static IP. if you don't, you really have no reason to complain, cuz people won't be able to send you mail easily anyway. if you mean the ISP blocks outbound port 25 connections from your machine to arbitrary internet hosts: as bruno mentioned, some ISPs (such as my company) block these connections to control spam. it's much easier to figure out who the spammer is if they have to relay through your server. we simply require our customers to relay through our mail servers. we don't have any restrictions on relay from our dialups, though; customers can use any address they want and send anywhere. some customers have complained about security or similar - "i don't want to send my confidential mail through your server." they neglect, of course, the fact that we own the network in between, so if we really wanted to sniff, merely avoiding one mail server isn't gonna help. most people smack their foreheads when they realize that, and so then i tell them about PGP or something similar. usually it tends to be just one remote server they need to hit, and so if they REALLY want to, i tell them to open up a high port on the remote server for smtp. in any case, your ISP should at least let you relay through their servers using any address(es) if they block your outbound connects. if they won't even do that, i'd just find a new ISP. shag - Original Message - From: Bruno Wolff III <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Brian R <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Qmail List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Fri 4 Feb 2000 11.04 Subject: Re: workaround for port 25 block? On Fri, Feb 04, 2000 at 07:46:17AM -0500, Brian R <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > My isp blocks port 25, I was looking for suggestions to get around this. The > only thing I can come up with is: setting up a relay from an outside box to > another port on my machine. Is this plausible? I am assuming you mean they are blocking connections to port 25 on your machine, but not other ports. You will need to find a host that will act as a relay for you. You need to get an MX record created that points your domain name to their domain name. If your ISP is also handling your DNS, this may not work. You need to have the relay server configured to accept mail for your domain. It needs to be configured to relay this email to your host on an alternate port. You might want to double check that it isn't actually connections to port 25 on remote hosts that is being blocked. Some ISPs are doing this to prevent spammers from causing them grief. If so, you might be able to get your ISP to lift the block. If not, you can use an outbound relay similar to the one above that listens on an alternate port.
Re: Restrict Times
Director tecnico del Nodo Nicarao -- Juan Navas wrote: > > Hi, > > I was wondering if any of you know of any qmail feature that allows > restrict E-Mail checking at a specific time of the day > > Juan Navas > System Administrator > Managua, Nicaragua The general solution to this kind of thing is to hack and add, if not already available, a feature by which the behavior you want to modify is controllable by a configuration file, and then to write two scripts to modify the configuration file for on and off, and invoke the scripts from the crontab. Don't know what you mean by "E-Mail checking" so can't be any more specific. ___ David Nicol 816.235.1187 [EMAIL PROTECTED] I would vote for a Trump/Hightower reform ticket
Re: workaround for port 25 block?
Quoting Racer X ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > if you mean the ISP blocks inbound port 25 connections to your machine: yell > at your ISP. they're being too nazi with their firewall rules. if they > don't open the port find a new ISP. this is assuming, btw, that you have a The reason they took this draconian measure was to protect the rest of us from their customers. Hundreds, if not thousands, of their customers are running proxies and mail servers with little or no security. The vast majority of these proxies and relays were allowing mail relaying and proxied usenet posting (proxy everything, for that matter). Very nasty. They were facing UDP and probably other sanctions. @home: scourge of the internet. Aaron
Re: workaround for port 25 block?
Quoting Aaron L. Meehan ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > sanctions. @home: scourge of the internet. Bleh, of course we're talking about road runner! I get all these mega cable co's confused, I guess. Perhaps they learned from @home's problems and took proactive measures. Aaron
Queue and remote
Hi, I was checking my qmail queue (with ./qmail-qread) and I found a lot of : . . done remote [EMAIL PROTECTED] doen remote " done remote " done remote " done remote " done remote " . . Can you tell me what documentation should I read in order to clean all these "done remote"? Juan Navas Nicarao Node
Pop and systems accounts
I'm still having problems setting up a pop account without a system account.Everything has been ok so far. I can send mails from anywhere and qmail redirect everyone to the non system pop account test mailbox (./qmail/popboxes/domain-com/test).But when I try to check these mails the system tells me that the password is incorrect for the user test (I use the password testpw -- DmIMm9e5Hc8ic). . . # telnet mailhost 110 Trying mailhost... Connected to mailhost. Escape character is '^]'. +OK QPOP (version 2.53) at mailhost starting. USER test +OK Password required for test. PASS testpw -ERR Password supplied for "test" is incorrect. +OK Pop server at mailhost signing off. Connection closed by foreign host. # . . It seems to me that qpop doesn't recognize the password file (poppasswd) that is located on ./qmail/users poppasswd testid:DmIMm9e5Hc8ic:popuser:./qmail/popboxes/domain-com/test poppasswd popuser is a valid system account with a proper group and user ID. Here's what I have on ./qmail/users/assign =domian-com-test:popuser:888:888:./qmail/popboxes/domain-com/test::: . Should I run an additional daemon ir order to make this password file valid for qpop? I did believe that only qpop was necessary.
Re: Pop and systems accounts
Did you run qmail-newu? JES Director tecnico del Nodo Nicarao -- Juan Navas wrote: > I'm still having problems setting up a pop account without a system > account.Everything has been ok so far. I can send mails from anywhere and > qmail redirect everyone to the non system pop account test mailbox > (./qmail/popboxes/domain-com/test).But when I try to check these mails the > system tells me that the password is incorrect for the user test (I use > the password testpw -- DmIMm9e5Hc8ic). > > . > . > # telnet mailhost 110 > Trying mailhost... > Connected to mailhost. > Escape character is '^]'. > +OK QPOP (version 2.53) at mailhost starting. > USER test > +OK Password required for test. > PASS testpw > -ERR Password supplied for "test" is incorrect. > +OK Pop server at mailhost signing off. > Connection closed by foreign host. > # > . > . > > It seems to me that qpop doesn't recognize the password file (poppasswd) > that is located on ./qmail/users > > poppasswd > testid:DmIMm9e5Hc8ic:popuser:./qmail/popboxes/domain-com/test > poppasswd > > popuser is a valid system account with a proper group and user ID. > > Here's what I have on ./qmail/users/assign > > =domian-com-test:popuser:888:888:./qmail/popboxes/domain-com/test::: > . > > Should I run an additional daemon ir order to make this password file > valid for qpop? I did believe that only qpop was necessary.
Re: Pop and systems accounts
On Fri, Feb 04, 2000 at 06:39:10PM -0600, Director tecnico del Nodo Nicarao -- Juan Navas wrote: > I'm still having problems setting up a pop account without a system > account.Everything has been ok so far. I can send mails from anywhere and > qmail redirect everyone to the non system pop account test mailbox > (./qmail/popboxes/domain-com/test).But when I try to check these mails the > system tells me that the password is incorrect for the user test (I use > the password testpw -- DmIMm9e5Hc8ic). > > . > . > # telnet mailhost 110 > Trying mailhost... > Connected to mailhost. > Escape character is '^]'. > +OK QPOP (version 2.53) at mailhost starting. > USER test > +OK Password required for test. > PASS testpw > -ERR Password supplied for "test" is incorrect. > +OK Pop server at mailhost signing off. > Connection closed by foreign host. > # > . > . > > It seems to me that qpop doesn't recognize the password file (poppasswd) > that is located on ./qmail/users No, it doesn't. qpopper is not a part of qmail, and even if you were using qmail-pop3d you'd need a special version of checkpassword for it to recognize non-system accounts with an external POP database. > poppasswd > testid:DmIMm9e5Hc8ic:popuser:./qmail/popboxes/domain-com/test > poppasswd This means absolutely nothing to qpopper. > popuser is a valid system account with a proper group and user ID. > > > Here's what I have on ./qmail/users/assign > > > =domian-com-test:popuser:888:888:./qmail/popboxes/domain-com/test::: > . > > Should I run an additional daemon ir order to make this password file > valid for qpop? I did believe that only qpop was necessary. You can't use qpopper with a non-system user database (unless you get in there and hack it). You're going to need qmail-pop3d, and you're going to have to use maildir-format mailboxes. You're also going to have to use a custom checkpassword. The one at http://www.palomine.net/qmail/checkcdb.tar.gz will work with the poppasswd database you're trying to use. Chris
Hanging of qmail SMTP
Hi all! I found my qmail server has been hanging time to time. At hang situatin, it receives mail from any smtp client but does not delever it to destination. All mails are queued. I have to restart the machine to get life working. qmail works nice for 2/3 days and suddenly hangs again. Even if I kill qmail-send and restart it again (of give kill -ALRM `pidof qmail-send`), it doesnt work properly. Any help please? Sifat.
