qmail Digest 29 Apr 2001 10:00:00 -0000 Issue 1349
qmail Digest 29 Apr 2001 10:00:00 - Issue 1349 Topics (messages 61617 through 61635): Re: Return Receipt 61617 by: Thomas Booms 61618 by: Willy De la Court /var/spool/mail/user getting deleted 61619 by: kamesh jayachandran 61620 by: Ruprecht Helms 61622 by: Daniel Duclos 61623 by: Tim Legant 61630 by: Gavin McCord Re: Strange POP Problem 61621 by: Charles Cazabon 61624 by: |nix ZixinG 61625 by: Charles Cazabon 61626 by: |nix ZixinG 61627 by: Tim Legant 61628 by: Charles Cazabon 61629 by: David Means 61631 by: |nix ZixinG 61632 by: |nix ZixinG 61633 by: Tim Legant mailserver, can traceroute, cannot make SMTP connection 61634 by: cc.circlecom.co.id 61635 by: David Means 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] -- I think I've made it all like the man of qreceipt tells. So if I understood it right, I only need to add the line | qreceipt email in .qmail and/or .qmail-default. I made this step and doesn't get a return receipt to the mail which I've sent to the test user. Where is my prob? Thomas Willy De la Court wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Thomas, man qreceipt qreceipt only reacts to Notice Request upon delivery to but there is a problem with some clients like outlook that use Return Receipt To I made a patch for qreceipt to enable this you can find it at http://www.quint.be/projects/ On Friday, April 27, 2001 22:52, Thomas Booms [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote: Hi all, does qmail generally support the Return Rceipt feature? If so, how? And if not so, are there any workarounds or so? I want to be able to use this feature. Thanks for your help. Thomas -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: PGPfreeware 6.5.3 for non-commercial use http://www.pgp.com iQA/AwUBOunTT/4IaGw3x6aJEQLuVwCgtvfGm4ePDanQ4tP3YyrZ81gpAYcAni7J oeOuILFvRqrx9ivepxBhx0fP =+L69 -END PGP SIGNATURE- -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Saturday, April 28, 2001 12:00, Thomas Booms [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote: I think I've made it all like the man of qreceipt tells. So if I understood it right, I only need to add the line | qreceipt email in .qmail and/or .qmail-default. I made this step and doesn't get a return receipt to the mail which I've sent to the test user. Where is my prob? [snip] I made a patch for qreceipt to enable this you can find it at http://www.quint.be/projects/ Did you apply the patch -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: PGPfreeware 6.5.3 for non-commercial use http://www.pgp.com iQA/AwUBOuqabv4IaGw3x6aJEQKlvwCgsz/Z+DE+bZ4zwjHUNjTYhOuMRvcAoJM3 QkZagcuPCviwXI3d1uyqNeWw =Jy8M -END PGP SIGNATURE- Hai , I previously had sendmail that was with stock install of RHL6.2. Now I removed that.And installed the qmail. I have gone through the INSTALL.mbox for how to transfer mails from /var/spool/mail to ~Mailbox. I have done the following things 1)moved each file from /var/spool/mail to respective home directories. 2)given a symbollic link to ~user/Mailbox from /var/spool/mail/user as a root 3)chmod 1777 /var/spool/mail 4)Now the problem is when one user sends mail to other user he recieves the mail but it has no content.And the symbollic link in the /var/spool/mail/user changes to Bogus.user.Cnq something like this. It happens when the reciever invokes his mail program to read mail. waiting for your reply kamesh jayachandran -- So what is The Big Difference(tm) that make file streams so much better than directories and so much different? I'll talk really slowly. - Linus Torvalds At 18:26 28.04.01 -0400, kamesh jayachandran wrote: Hai , I previously had sendmail that was with stock install of RHL6.2. Now I removed that.And installed the qmail. I have gone through the INSTALL.mbox for how to transfer mails from /var/spool/mail to ~Mailbox. I have done the following things 1)moved each file from /var/spool/mail to respective home directories. ok you can do 2)given a symbollic link to ~user/Mailbox from /var/spool/mail/user as a root why, you set the delivery into the homedirs by the defaultdelivery-file in /var/qmail/control. Here you can set delivery using maildir. For the right syntax have a look into LWQ 3)chmod 1777 /var/spool/mail So you can write a mail into a securitylist an invite all hacker to visit your mailserver and make nonsense with it. The maildirs should set to 703. 4)Now the problem is when one user sends mail to other user he recieves the mail but it has no content.And the symbollic link in the /var/spool/mail/user
qmail-inject
hi all, i need to operate qmail-inject in a way so that it asks for subject on command prompt. Is this possible ??? please help regds, pratibha --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.246 / Virus Database: 120 - Release Date: 4/6/01
Re: qmail-inject
C P [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: i need to operate qmail-inject in a way so that it asks for subject on command prompt. Is this possible ??? Write a wrapper. For example (not tested): #!/bin/bash # read -p Subject: mailsubj $REPLY $* Regards, Frank
Which IMAP do you prefer with qmail?
I'm curious, not to really try to create a survey, but of those of you on this list using qmail with IMAP, which IMAP are you using? Thanks in advance! _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com
Re: Which IMAP do you prefer with qmail?
* q question [EMAIL PROTECTED] [010429 16:38]: Your parents must hate you. I'm curious, not to really try to create a survey, but of those of you on this list using qmail with IMAP, which IMAP are you using? Courier - what else? Cyrus is nice but uses proprietary formats noone really needs and UW IMAP is brought to you by the security Gods that brohgt you pine. Mbwhahaha... http://mail.socha.net/about/ for a setup that makes me and my users equally happy. -- Robin S. Socha http://my.gnus.org/ - To boldly frobnicate what no newbie has grokked before.
trouble with qmail
okee dokee. i'm having quite a time trying to get qmail to work right. for a while i was at least able to send mail from my box [running openbsd2.8] and receive it on my box, or send mail from it, and receive elsewhere, but not send from elsewhere and receive on it. now i can't send or receive anything, and i'm not sure what I did to change that. it looks like all the appropriate apps are running [4 or so, i think the documentation said], but nothing is getting delivered. i occassionally get an email bounced back if i send from elsewhere saying 'couldnt deliver for 7 days'. i just found the qmail/queue/mess folder, and it looks like there's a bunch of mail in there that's been waiting to be delivered for ages [probably around 2 weeks or more]. the only thing i knew to check was rcpthosts, and it's got localhost and the domain of my box listed there. i followed all the instructions best i could, moved around mailboxes and such. the only thing that i couldn't do had to do with removing sendmail, since something it told me to move just wasn't there. any help anybody could give me would be greatly appreciated. -- =--= -.c.- My mistress when she walks treads on the ground.
Is qmail best reserved for mailing list server purposes only?
One of the reasons I was interested in qmail was the security aspect of it. I've been impressed that noone has won the reward that is available from Dan Bernstein. This is probably the most negative comment I have seen about qmail while surfing for info: http://www.orbs.org/otherresources.html Qmail admins: Qmail's current version is secure by default, but earlier versions were insecure. Most admins know enough to follow the instructions for securing it before putting qmail into service, however it usually drops ORBS test messages checking for UUCP pathing vulnerabilities - ! pathing - into the admin mailbox. As ! is a standard network addressing indicator, this can only be charitably described as yet another Qmail bug. Qmail is extremely network unfriendly and generates denial of service attacks on other mailservers in its enthusiasm to deliver as many messages as possible in a short period of time. For this reason it is best reserved for mailing list server purposes only. Do you all agree with this opinion that qmail is best reserved for mailing list server purposes only? _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com
trouble with qmail
okee dokee. i'm having quite a time trying to get qmail to work right. for a while i was at least able to send mail from my box [running openbsd2.8] and receive it on my box, or send mail from it, and receive elsewhere, but not send from elsewhere and receive on it. now i can't send or receive anything, and i'm not sure what I did to change that. it looks like all the appropriate apps are running [4 or so, i think the documentation said], but nothing is getting delivered. i occassionally get an email bounced back if i send from elsewhere saying 'couldnt deliver for 7 days'. i just found the qmail/queue/mess folder, and it looks like there's a bunch of mail in there that's been waiting to be delivered for ages [probably around 2 weeks or more]. the only thing i knew to check was rcpthosts, and it's got localhost and the domain of my box listed there. i followed all the instructions best i could, moved around mailboxes and such. the only thing that i couldn't do had to do with removing sendmail, since something it told me to move just wasn't there. any help anybody could give me would be greatly appreciated. -- =--= -.c.- My mistress when she walks treads on the ground.
Re: Is qmail best reserved for mailing list server purposes only?
q question [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: One of the reasons I was interested in qmail was the security aspect of it. I've been impressed that noone has won the reward that is available from Dan Bernstein. This is probably the most negative comment I have seen about qmail while surfing for info: That's because the ORBS folks made completely false statements, were called on it, and don't like being wrong. http://www.orbs.org/otherresources.html Qmail admins: Qmail's current version is secure by default, but earlier versions were insecure. False. Most admins know enough to follow the instructions for securing it before putting qmail into service, however it usually drops ORBS test messages checking for UUCP pathing vulnerabilities - ! pathing - into the admin mailbox. Rather, it tries to bounce them and the bounce bounces as undeliverable. The solution is for ORBS to stop probing systems from which no spam has ever been sent and for which there is no reason to suspect a lack of security. As ! is a standard network addressing indicator, False. Qmail is extremely network unfriendly and generates denial of service attacks on other mailservers in its enthusiasm to deliver as many messages as possible in a short period of time. False. qmail's default configuration is incapable of doing that except possibly to a pathetically undersized e-mail server that would have problems with all sorts of normal deliveries. For this reason it is best reserved for mailing list server purposes only. Do you all agree with this opinion that qmail is best reserved for mailing list server purposes only? No. -- Russ Allbery ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/
how do I ?
How do I unsuscribe from this mailing list ? Thank you. -- Pupeno: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pupeno.com.ar
Re: Is qmail best reserved for mailing list server purposes only?
From: q question [EMAIL PROTECTED] Qmail is extremely network unfriendly and generates denial of service attacks on other mailservers in its enthusiasm to deliver as many messages as possible in a short period of time. For this reason it is best reserved for mailing list server purposes only. Surely if it did generate denial of service attacks [by making lots of deliveries in a short period of time], then the one thing qmail /shouldn't/ be used for is a mailing list server? I mean, what else does a listserver do??! Clearly someone there has a deep dislike of qmail! Regards John
Re: Is qmail best reserved for mailing list server purposes only?
Qmail admins: Qmail's current version is secure by default, but earlier versions were insecure. Most admins know enough to follow the instructions for securing it before putting qmail into service, however it usually drops ORBS test messages checking for UUCP pathing vulnerabilities - ! pathing - into the admin mailbox. As ! is a standard network addressing indicator, this can only be charitably described as yet another Qmail bug. Qmail is extremely network unfriendly and generates denial of service attacks on other mailservers in its enthusiasm to deliver as many messages as possible in a short period of time. For this reason it is best reserved for mailing list server purposes only. At the top of that page it says: 'Everything on this page is based on information supplied to ORBS by server admins and MTA authors. Opinions are just that - opinions.' Wow, server admins and MTA authors - that's sure to be a page filled with friendly, good-natured, level-headed comments. I guess that's why a page that initially holds a server admin responsible for his mail server when it comes to being an open relay, later contains a paragraph that shifts responsibility from the administrator to qmail by claiming it generates denial of service attacks by sending email too fast. As for the comments regarding '! pathing' - maybe the author should petition to have his specification included in the RFC so his bug claim would actually have a leg to stand on. Maybe we should email qmail's author and have him re-write it to work around the bugs in the various mail clients while he's fixing that bug for ORBS test messages. Do you all agree with this opinion that qmail is best reserved for mailing list server purposes only? I don't. I really don't see the distinction between sending email to list subscribers, and sending email to regular mail recipients as far as the target server is concerned. If it can't do it's job (deliver email) it shouldn't really be in use as an MTA. jason
Where does the mail goes?
If my $HOME doesn't contains any dot qmail or even it is empty, where the incoming mail is stored? I download 54 messages from my ISP pop server using fetchmail without having a dot qmail into my $HOME. Session has been completed regularly but I don't find any messages...are they been lost? -- Regards,: Marco Calistri [EMAIL PROTECTED] gpg key available on http://www.qsl.net/ik5bcu Xfmail 1.4.7p2 on linux RedHat 7.1 kernel-2.4.2 -- I wish a robot would get elected president. That way, when he came to town, we could all take a shot at him and not feel too bad. -- Jack Handley
Re: Where does the mail goes?
On Mon, Apr 30, 2001 at 01:39:53AM +0200, Marco Calistri wrote: If my $HOME doesn't contains any dot qmail or even it is empty, where the incoming mail is stored? I download 54 messages from my ISP pop server using fetchmail without having a dot qmail into my $HOME. Session has been completed regularly but I don't find any messages...are they been lost? Check ~/Mailbox or ~/Maildir/. Otherwise follow the default delivery rule that was passed to qmail-start. Check the logs for further clues.
How can I get qmail to log extra information?
When examining the qmail log file, I could not find the subject: line. Is there a way to get qmail to log extra information (such as subject, the first few words of the message, filename of any attachment, etc... Please help! Khai Doan _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com
Re: trouble with qmail
On Sun, Apr 29, 2001 at 05:43:36PM -0400, RC wrote:
okee dokee. i'm having quite a time trying to get qmail to work right.
for a while i was at least able to send mail from my box [running
openbsd2.8] and receive it on my box, or send mail from it, and
receive elsewhere, but not send from elsewhere and receive on it.
From another box try and telnet to the smtp port ('telnet yourhost.yourdomain.com
smtp')
and see what happens.
If you get a connection you can try some smtp commands to see what is going on
with incoming mail.
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that we need salt in our diet. Watch out for too much of either one.
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Re: Where does the mail goes?
On 29-Apr-2001 Alex Pennace wrote: On Mon, Apr 30, 2001 at 01:39:53AM +0200, Marco Calistri wrote: If my $HOME doesn't contains any dot qmail or even it is empty, where the incoming mail is stored? I download 54 messages from my ISP pop server using fetchmail without having a dot qmail into my $HOME. Session has been completed regularly but I don't find any messages...are they been lost? Check ~/Mailbox or ~/Maildir/. Otherwise follow the default delivery rule that was passed to qmail-start. Check the logs for further clues. Hi Alex the rule was ./Mailbox but I was testing procmail to filter some incoming mailing-lists so I removed ./Mailbox from my $HOME/.qmail my /var/qmail/control/defaultdelivery contains ./Mailbox so I supposed that the rule was already there to inform qmail about delivery. Unluckily I can't find any messages into /Mailbox. TKS Marco
lesoleil.com unexpected MAILER-DAEMON?
Hello I'm getting several [EMAIL PROTECTED] unexpected messages whenever I send normal requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] wonder if postmaster at lesoleil.com is subscribed here to check why this is happening. Here a copy of such message: XF-Source: ik5bcu X-RDate: Mon, 30 Apr 2001 02:26:39 +0200 (CEST) Return-Path: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Delivered-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Received: (qmail 1622 invoked from network); 30 Apr 2001 00:26:07 - Received: from unknown (HELO box.tin.it) ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) by 192.168.2.1 with SMTP; 30 Apr 2001 00:26:07 - Received: from mail.lesoleil.com ([216.191.11.2]) by fep44-svc.tin.it (InterMail vM.4.01.03.13 201-229-121-113) with ESMTP id [EMAIL PROTECTED] for [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Mon, 30 Apr 2001 02:24:39 +0200 Message-id: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2001 20:24:09 -0400 X-FC-Icon-ID: 2031 X-FC-MachineGenerated: true MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit XFMstatus: From: Mailer-Daemon [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: NDN: RE: NDN: Where does the mail goes? Sorry. Your message could not be delivered to: admin (Multiple names were found at the remote site. Please be more specific.) -- Regards,: Marco Calistri [EMAIL PROTECTED] gpg key available on http://www.qsl.net/ik5bcu Xfmail 1.4.7p2 on linux RedHat 7.1 kernel-2.4.2 -- A boy can learn a lot from a dog: obedience, loyalty, and the importance of turning around three times before lying down. -- Robert Benchley
Re: trouble with qmail
well, that part of the documentation finally made sense, so here's
what i got doing the commands in the doc
[chanover@ltg-pmac2 chanover]$ telnet mymachine.edu smtp
Trying 141.213.36.39...
Connected to mymachine.edu.
Escape character is '^]'.
220 mymachine.edu ESMTP
helo dude
250 mymachine.edu
mail jesus@mymachine.edu
250 ok
rcpt jesus@mymachine.edu
250 ok
data
354 go ahead
subject: this is a test
this is just a test
.
250 ok 988594037 qp 466
quit
221 mymachine.edu
Connection closed by foreign host.
and, of course, nothing was delivered. sure enough, it's sitting in
~qmail/queue/mess/20/
this us just a thought, and i'm going to seem incredibly stupid if
this is the answer:
the file permissions for my mailbox are:
-rw--- 1 jesus jesus 3384 Apr 20 10:50 Mailbox
looks like the smtpd is running as qmaild:
smtpstream tcp nowait qmaild
/home/qmail/bin/tcp-env tcp-env$
please tell me it just doesn't have write permission to my mailbox.
-.c.-
On Sun, Apr 29, 2001 at 05:43:36PM -0400, RC wrote:
okee dokee. i'm having quite a time trying to get qmail to work right.
for a while i was at least able to send mail from my box [running
openbsd2.8] and receive it on my box, or send mail from it, and
receive elsewhere, but not send from elsewhere and receive on it.
From another box try and telnet to the smtp port ('telnet
yourhost.yourdomain.com smtp')
and see what happens.
If you get a connection you can try some smtp commands to see what is going on
with incoming mail.
--
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There is no doubt we need government in our lives. There is also no doubt
that we need salt in our diet. Watch out for too much of either one.
AA4YU http://www.beekeeper.org http://www.q7.net
Re: trouble with qmail
On Sun, Apr 29, 2001 at 08:37:34PM -0400, RC wrote: and, of course, nothing was delivered. sure enough, it's sitting in ~qmail/queue/mess/20/ this us just a thought, and i'm going to seem incredibly stupid if this is the answer: the file permissions for my mailbox are: -rw--- 1 jesus jesus 3384 Apr 20 10:50 Mailbox looks like the smtpd is running as qmaild: smtpstream tcp nowait qmaild /home/qmail/bin/tcp-env tcp-env$ No, that's not the problem. Is qmail-send running? What do the logs say? What does the script that you use to start qmail look like? Chris PGP signature
Re: Is qmail best reserved for mailing list server purposes only?
Hi Russ, John, and Jason, I appreciate your taking the time to respond to my question about the ORBS opinion. I felt I should check it out before installing qmail and unexpectedly becoming an infamous generator of denial of service attacks! Russ, I appreciated hearing some of the background issues in communication difficulties between the ORBS and qmail groups. John, I started to shrug it off when I read it because I had the exact same thought immediately that you expressed, which was why would an mta that supposedly generates denial of service attacks be especially suited to being a mailing list server? It seems to me that it would be especially UNsuitable for that task. Jason, I agree with you that there is no real distinction between list subscribers and regular mail recipients. You can get an equally high volume either way, and not all lists restrict the members to text only emails. Some lists promote the html email, but these lists are of course usually not technical lists. Thanks for the feedback! - (I'm getting the error messages from the qmail list about soleil as well.) _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com
Re: trouble with qmail
not sure. ps -x doesn't show it, but it doesn't show any of the other ones, and the only place the install docs said to make a start script was in inetd.conf, which is the line pasted below. if i try and start wmail-send manually, i get this: alert: cannot start: hath the daemon spawn no fire? oh yeah, and /etc/rc, forgot about that one csh -cf '/home/qmail/rc ' damn, maybe there's something wrong with that, then. as root i did ./rc in /home/qmail/ and all of a sudden i have new mail so, any idea what's wrong with that line? :) oh dear lord. now you know i'm a newbie. that line up there, well, it was after exit 0. duh. if anybody wants to smack me upside the head, go for it. *sigh* things work now. all's well that ends well. time to start making some email lists. /c At 8:43 PM -0400 4/29/01, Chris Johnson wrote: On Sun, Apr 29, 2001 at 08:37:34PM -0400, RC wrote: and, of course, nothing was delivered. sure enough, it's sitting in ~qmail/queue/mess/20/ this us just a thought, and i'm going to seem incredibly stupid if this is the answer: the file permissions for my mailbox are: -rw--- 1 jesus jesus 3384 Apr 20 10:50 Mailbox looks like the smtpd is running as qmaild: smtpstream tcp nowait qmaild /home/qmail/bin/tcp-env tcp-env$ No, that's not the problem. Is qmail-send running? What do the logs say? What does the script that you use to start qmail look like? Chris Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline Attachment converted: untitled:Untitled (/) (0009FAE1)
How can qmail scale?
Hi all, I'm trying to set up qmail to support a 200,000 user domain. Can someone pls recommend a feasible way to do this? I don't think adding 200,000 records in /etc/passwd is such a good idea.
Re: How can qmail scale?
On Mon, 30 Apr 2001, Foo Ji-Haw wrote: Hi all, I'm trying to set up qmail to support a 200,000 user domain. Can someone pls recommend a feasible way to do this? I don't think adding 200,000 records in /etc/passwd is such a good idea. You can use the Inter7 solutions. It's free software and works just fine, as far as I know. You may be interested in vopmail, that supports a lot of features, Check it out: http://inter7.com/vpopmail/ Features: Automates all qmail file modifications into documented command line programs. Uses only 1 entry in /etc/passwd - everything runs under a single UID/GID support for named and IP based virtual domains. NFS safe, dynamic user mailbox directory creation for 10 to 10 million users using a fill in ballenced 3 level tree. Configurable logging based on real world admin's comments and requirements. Support for Oracle, Sybase, Mysql, LDAP, /etc/passwd, /etc/shadow and default cdb authentication storage. Delivers directly to Maildir for use with qmail-pop3d, .qmail files or any other Maildir program. No need to have hundreds of .qmail files for virtual domains. Each domain gets it's own directory under vpopmail user with a separate password file for each domain. Documented command line programs that can be used in scripts or for remote admin. Documented C library for all vpopmail features and transactions. For others softwares fro inter7: http://inter7.com/freesoftware/ regards daniduc Daniel Lobato Duclos - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.cybershark.net --- Money Isn't Our God - Integrity Will Free Our Soul (Sepultura - CutThroat)
Re: How can qmail scale?
On Mon, Apr 30, 2001 at 09:30:07AM +0800, Foo Ji-Haw wrote: Hi all, I'm trying to set up qmail to support a 200,000 user domain. Can someone pls recommend a feasible way to do this? I don't think adding 200,000 records in /etc/passwd is such a good idea. 200.000 in /etc/passwd ? How would/could you do that? A very good wait to deal with such an amount of email accounts is with an ldap backend. Take a look at http://www.lifewithqmail.org/ldap. And, if imap is needed, you should try Courier-IMAP (http://www.courier-mta.org). -- Jose Celestino [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Every morning I read the obituaries; if my name's not there, I go to work. PGP signature
Re: trouble with qmail
On Sun, Apr 29, 2001 at 05:25:29PM -0400, Cameron Hanover wrote: okee dokee. i'm having quite a time trying to get qmail to work right. [snip...] any help anybody could give me would be greatly appreciated. Please post the output of 'qmail-showctl' (don't edit it!) and the unedited contents of the script(s) you use to start qmail. Please also tell us what instructions you followed to install and configure qmail; examples would be Life With Qmail, Adam McKenna's HOWTO or the INSTALL instructions that came with qmail. Thanks, Tim
Re: Where does the mail goes?
On Mon, Apr 30, 2001 at 01:40:15AM +0200, Marco Calistri wrote: If my $HOME doesn't contains any dot qmail or even it is empty, where the incoming mail is stored? Does the file exist, or not? If it doesn't exist, qmail follows the default delivery instructions provided on the 'qmail-start' command line. If it does exist but has no delivery instructions, i.e. no forwards, no commands, no mailboxes or maildirs, but only comments, qmail throws the mail away. Tim
log smtp ip connection
Hi folks: the default installation of qmail does not log the smtp ip connection,is there a way to make qmail log the ip address of smtp connection in /var/log/maillog file Ö Àñ£¡ lemoninsz [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: log smtp ip connection
On Fri, Apr 27, 2001 at 11:43:42AM +0800, lemoninsz wrote: the default installation of qmail does not log the smtp ip connection,is there a way to make qmail log the ip address of smtp connection in /var/log/maillog file Use tcpserver (http://cr.yp.to/ucspi-tcp.html) instead of inetd. Tim
Re: Is qmail best reserved for mailing list server purposes only?
One last note on this thread. While rereading the FAQ, I came across this which indicates qmail has brakes to keep from generating denial of service attacks. http://cr.yp.to/qmail/faq/efficiency.html Does qmail back off from dead hosts? Answer: Yes. qmail has three backoff features: Each message is automatically retried on a quadratic schedule, with longer and longer intervals between delivery attempts. If a remote host does not respond to two connection attempts (separated by at least two minutes with no intervening successful connections), qmail automatically leaves the host alone for an hour. At the end of the hour it ``slow-starts,'' allowing one connection through to see whether the host is up. Some mailers opportunistically bombard a host with deferred messages as soon as the host comes back online. qmail does not do this. Each message waits until the appropriate retry time. _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com
