Re: Qmail newbie question
Well have you tried to start tcpserver anyway? On Mon, 19 Mar 2001, Johnson, Garrett wrote: Please forgive my ignorance. I'm trying to learn. I have set up a secondary Qmail server on RedHat 7.0 and it seems to have come up without a problem, but I'm having a hair-pulling time trying to test if it works properly. It has passed some basic tests. For instance I can use qmail-inject to email other servers. But the number of processes being run is awfully small. This is what I get from ps -ef | grep qmail: root 503 502 0 Mar16 ?00:00:00 supervise qmail-send root 505 502 1 Mar16 ?00:54:39 supervise qmail-smtpd qmaill 507 504 0 Mar16 ?00:00:00 /usr/local/bin/multilog t qmails 508 503 0 Mar16 ?00:00:00 qmail-send qmaill 510 506 0 Mar16 ?00:00:00 /usr/local/bin/multilog t root 520 508 0 Mar16 ?00:00:00 qmail-lspawn ./Mailbox qmailr 521 508 0 Mar16 ?00:00:00 qmail-rspawn qmailq 522 508 0 Mar16 ?00:00:00 qmail-clean root 3883 505 0 12:20 ?00:00:00 supervise qmail-smtpd Should there be more processes running? Why isn't tcpserver running (keeping in mind that it isn't passing any email right now)? Something more disturbing is that when I run mconnect without arguments I get: tcpclient: unable to connect to 127.0.0.1 port 25: connection refused When I run a portsniff from another computer port 25 doesn't show up? Is this some sort of security or is something wrong? Maybe I'm worrying about nothing, but this seems weird. Please be patient with the Qmail newbie. I'd be glad to supply more information if required. -Garrett [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Qmail newbie question
On Mon, Mar 19, 2001 at 12:19:57PM -0800, Johnson, Garrett wrote: Why isn't tcpserver running (keeping in mind that it isn't passing any email right now)? Something more disturbing is that when I run mconnect without arguments I get: tcpclient: unable to connect to 127.0.0.1 port 25: connection refused Did you start tcpserver to listen for SMTP connections? It won't start if you don't start it. Chris PGP signature
Re: Qmail newbie question
On Mon, Mar 19, 2001 at 12:19:57PM -0800, Johnson, Garrett wrote: This is what I get from ps -ef | grep qmail: root 503 502 0 Mar16 ?00:00:00 supervise qmail-send root 505 502 1 Mar16 ?00:54:39 supervise qmail-smtpd qmaill 507 504 0 Mar16 ?00:00:00 /usr/local/bin/multilog t qmails 508 503 0 Mar16 ?00:00:00 qmail-send qmaill 510 506 0 Mar16 ?00:00:00 /usr/local/bin/multilog t root 520 508 0 Mar16 ?00:00:00 qmail-lspawn ./Mailbox qmailr 521 508 0 Mar16 ?00:00:00 qmail-rspawn qmailq 522 508 0 Mar16 ?00:00:00 qmail-clean root 3883 505 0 12:20 ?00:00:00 supervise qmail-smtpd kill 3883. Should there be more processes running? Why isn't tcpserver running (keeping in mind that it isn't passing any email right now)? qmaild should run tcpserver. Your run script seems to be broken. Check with svstat /service/qmail-smtpd. Ckeck /service/qmail-smtpd/run, check the logs. Gerrit. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] innominate AG the linux architects tel: +49.30.308806-0 fax: -77 http://www.innominate.com
Qmail newbie question
Please forgive my ignorance. I'm trying to learn. I have set up a secondary Qmail server on RedHat 7.0 and it seems to have come up without a problem, but I'm having a hair-pulling time trying to test if it works properly. It has passed some basic tests. For instance I can use qmail-inject to email other servers. But the number of processes being run is awfully small. This is what I get from ps -ef | grep qmail: root 503 502 0 Mar16 ?00:00:00 supervise qmail-send root 505 502 1 Mar16 ?00:54:39 supervise qmail-smtpd qmaill 507 504 0 Mar16 ?00:00:00 /usr/local/bin/multilog t qmails 508 503 0 Mar16 ?00:00:00 qmail-send qmaill 510 506 0 Mar16 ?00:00:00 /usr/local/bin/multilog t root 520 508 0 Mar16 ?00:00:00 qmail-lspawn ./Mailbox qmailr 521 508 0 Mar16 ?00:00:00 qmail-rspawn qmailq 522 508 0 Mar16 ?00:00:00 qmail-clean root 3883 505 0 12:20 ?00:00:00 supervise qmail-smtpd Should there be more processes running? Why isn't tcpserver running (keeping in mind that it isn't passing any email right now)? Something more disturbing is that when I run mconnect without arguments I get: tcpclient: unable to connect to 127.0.0.1 port 25: connection refused When I run a portsniff from another computer port 25 doesn't show up? Is this some sort of security or is something wrong? Maybe I'm worrying about nothing, but this seems weird. Please be patient with the Qmail newbie. I'd be glad to supply more information if required. -Garrett [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Qmail newbie question
At 03:37 PM 3/19/2001, Gerrit Pape wrote: did you read life with qmail? read it at www.lifewithqmail.org. Use the init script from there and you shouldn't have any problems. :-) ~kurth PS - to the list - yes, i know this is what I answer for every answer...however almost every question can be answered in LWQ. When ppl subscribe to this list there should be a notice in the welcome-notice that says "If your planning on asking questions, first read life with qmail written by David Still. (http://www.lifewithqmail.org)" :-) On Mon, Mar 19, 2001 at 12:19:57PM -0800, Johnson, Garrett wrote: This is what I get from ps -ef | grep qmail: root 503 502 0 Mar16 ?00:00:00 supervise qmail-send root 505 502 1 Mar16 ?00:54:39 supervise qmail-smtpd qmaill 507 504 0 Mar16 ?00:00:00 /usr/local/bin/multilog t qmails 508 503 0 Mar16 ?00:00:00 qmail-send qmaill 510 506 0 Mar16 ?00:00:00 /usr/local/bin/multilog t root 520 508 0 Mar16 ?00:00:00 qmail-lspawn ./Mailbox qmailr 521 508 0 Mar16 ?00:00:00 qmail-rspawn qmailq 522 508 0 Mar16 ?00:00:00 qmail-clean root 3883 505 0 12:20 ?00:00:00 supervise qmail-smtpd kill 3883. Should there be more processes running? Why isn't tcpserver running (keeping in mind that it isn't passing any email right now)? qmaild should run tcpserver. Your run script seems to be broken. Check with svstat /service/qmail-smtpd. Ckeck /service/qmail-smtpd/run, check the logs. Gerrit. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] innominate AG the linux architects tel: +49.30.308806-0 fax: -77 http://www.innominate.com
RE: Qmail newbie question
Thanks for all the quick responses. Gerrit Pape pointed me in the right direction. My run script for starting tcpserver had a typo in it. Once fixed tcpserver, qmail-remote, and qmail-smtpd immediately came up on their own. I can also mconnect to port 25 now. Thanks again. Garrett Johnson SFGH, Dean's Office, School of Medicine -Original Message- From: Chris Johnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, March 19, 2001 12:39 PM To: Johnson, Garrett Cc: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: Re: Qmail newbie question On Mon, Mar 19, 2001 at 12:19:57PM -0800, Johnson, Garrett wrote: Why isn't tcpserver running (keeping in mind that it isn't passing any email right now)? Something more disturbing is that when I run mconnect without arguments I get: tcpclient: unable to connect to 127.0.0.1 port 25: connection refused Did you start tcpserver to listen for SMTP connections? It won't start if you don't start it. Chris
Re: qmail newbie question
Gerald Willmann writes: Under sendmail I could mail people at other stanford hosts by simply using someone@hostname as the address, without .stanford.edu. How can I achieve the same with qmail? Finally I saw in the FAQ how to configure pine to use qmail-inject instead of SMTP - what are the pros and cons? With qmail-inject, you can use someone@hostname instead of [EMAIL PROTECTED], provided that control/defaultdomain is set up properly. With SMTP (qmail-smtpd), messages headers are not rewritten. So it is up to Pine to complete these abbreviated addresses. -- Tetsu Ushijima
Re: qmail Newbie question.....
Tonight I was thinking that the Firewall could be the problem when a Firewall Techie told me that he has seen this problem before and suggested that it is the mail server doing a reverse-IDENT and the Firewall is blocking it (both internally and externally) and the default timeout is about 30 SECONDSsounds like to solution. ... And how do I stop it or change the timeout to be 1 second if possible? You are correct in deducing that the 30 second delay is an ident timeout. The solution is to either open up Ident on the firewall or turn off the ident lookup. If you're using tcpserver (ucspi), there are several options: -r (Default.) Attempt to obtain TCPREMOTEINFO from the remote host. -R Do not attempt to obtain TCPREMOTEINFO from the remote host. -ttimeout Give up on the TCPREMOTEINFO connection attempt after timeout seconds. Default: 26. If you're not using tcpserver, check the manual for whatever you're using (inetd?). -- gowen -- Greg Owen -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: qmail newbie question
On Sun, 6 Jun 1999, Gerald Willmann wrote: Hi there, just finished installing qmail and it seems to work fine. Only have the following questions: BINMAIL.remove told me to remove /bin/mail but link it to some other mailer, eg mailx. Since I don't have mailx, what are other options? Can Heh, really you do not need remove /bin/mail , if you're using linux. AFAIR the idea was to remove /bin/mail that is a part of seandmail's package, but /bin/mail in linux Red Hat 5.0 5.2 ( probably all from 4.5(?) or even older versions) is a part of separate package it works fine for me since I'm using qmail (around of half year). This _should_(?) be cleared in the FAQ, or let's anyone more experienced corret me if I'm wrong. Bye.Olli.
qmail Newbie question.....
I have a (hopefully Simple) question regarding the config of a qmail server a college and myself setup resently. I have a qmail server hidden behind a Firewall from both my internal network (users) and the external network (internet). Now we have noticed since changing over that there is a 30 second delay on any email transaction from either the internal network or the external network...and we could not figure out why... Tonight I was thinking that the Firewall could be the problem when a Firewall Techie told me that he has seen this problem before and suggested that it is the mail server doing a reverse-IDENT and the Firewall is blocking it (both internally and externally) and the default timeout is about 30 SECONDSsounds like to solution. But is this the case with qmail? I answered this question myself by allowing my Firewall to pass the ident port for the internal network and now email is delivered instantly to my internal users..but the problem still exists for my external users and mail servers that are trying to send me mail or receive email from my protected server. And how do I stop it or change the timeout to be 1 second if possible? I hope someone can help me with this problem. Thankyou for your time, Dean Oliffe
qmail newbie question
Hi there, just finished installing qmail and it seems to work fine. Only have the following questions: BINMAIL.remove told me to remove /bin/mail but link it to some other mailer, eg mailx. Since I don't have mailx, what are other options? Can I somehow use qmail-inject? Under sendmail I could mail people at other stanford hosts by simply using someone@hostname as the address, without .stanford.edu. How can I achieve the same with qmail? Finally I saw in the FAQ how to configure pine to use qmail-inject instead of SMTP - what are the pros and cons? thanks in advance, Gerald
Re: qmail newbie question
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Gerald Willmann) writes: BINMAIL.remove told me to remove /bin/mail but link it to some other mailer, eg mailx. Since I don't have mailx, what are other options? Can I somehow use qmail-inject? What is your operating system? Under sendmail I could mail people at other stanford hosts by simply using someone@hostname as the address, without .stanford.edu. How can I achieve the same with qmail? See the man page for qmail-inject and read up on defaulthost and defaultdomain. faried. -- [an error occurred while processing this directive]
Re: qmail newbie question
On 6 Jun 1999, Faried Nawaz wrote: BINMAIL.remove told me to remove /bin/mail but link it to some other mailer, eg mailx. Since I don't have mailx, what are other options? Can I somehow use qmail-inject? What is your operating system? linux 2.0.32, libc5, RH4.0 Under sendmail I could mail people at other stanford hosts by simply using someone@hostname as the address, without .stanford.edu. How can I achieve the same with qmail? See the man page for qmail-inject and read up on defaulthost and defaultdomain. well, I had/have stanford.edu in defaultdomain but it does not work. [gerald@willmann control]$ ls defaultdomain locals me plusdomain rcpthosts [gerald@willmann control]$ cat defaultdomain stanford.edu Just tried to send an email to geraldw@leland and get mailer-domain complaining that: Sorry, I couldn't find any host named leland. (#5.1.2) thanks, Gerald
