Re: [vchkpw] roaming users, configure not working
Hi Payal, On a previously installed vpopmail system, how do I know which parameters were passed to ./configure ? I have the directory in which the tar file was untarred into. Then look into the config.status file. Also should the tcpserver file be /etc/tcp.smtp or /home/vpopmail/etc/tcp.smtp ? Both locations will work fine, but vpopmail will need root access if you want to use the /etc location. What exactly do I do for giving vpopmail root access? chown root ~vpopmail/bin/vchkpw chmod u+s ~vpopmail/bin/vchkpw However, I'd only suggest to do this if you have your domains managed under different user id's (in fact, then you'll _need_ these modifications); if you're going with all domains under the vpopmail id, you'll go better with ~vpopmail/etc/tcp.smtp. And address extensions=OFF as shown above, will it mean I won't be able to use .qmail-payal-linux kind of addresses? No; these addresses will be handled by qmail itself _before_ vpopmail drops in (through being called out of .qmail-default) and work in either case. Then what is the use of qmail-ext parameter for ./configure ? See the ChangeLog (this option appeared in 4.10.12): - added new configure option --enable-qmail-ext. This was the default in old installations. Now there is an option to turn it off. --enable-qmail-ext=y (default) will deliver mail for [EMAIL PROTECTED] to [EMAIL PROTECTED] --enable-qmail-ext=n will NOT deliver mail for [EMAIL PROTECTED] to [EMAIL PROTECTED] It will only deliver it to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Jonas
Re: [vchkpw] accept selected mails
Hi Payal, Thanks for the reply. Yes, I know about .qmail files but the problem how to *drop* unwanted mails. As I said: Read the man pages. From the qmail-command man page: [...] EXIT CODES command's exit codes are interpreted as follows: 0 means that the delivery was successful; 99 means that the deliv ery was successful, but that qmail-local should ignore all further delivery instructions; [...] Doesn't ignore all further delivery instructions sound like something you need? :) $ cat .qmail-yourfilter |here-is-a-script-that-exits-99-if-the-sender-is-invalid [EMAIL PROTECTED] Also should i just check the From: field or is there anything else I should check for (against the database, maybe using egrep) That entirely depends on what you want to do. Jonas
Re: [vchkpw] Forwarding....
Hi Bill, So what I would like to know is about setting a forwarder for a particular user of a domain. There does not seem to be a reference in the documentation; however, I could be blind and stupid. Forwardings are handled by qmail-local before vpopmail drops in. They're well documented by Life with qmail: http://lifewithqmail.org/lwq.html#dot-qmail-files http://lifewithqmail.org/lwq.html#extension-addresses http://lifewithqmail.org/lwq.html#aliases the .qmail-default file seems to alude to this via the empty set, ie: | /home/vpopmail/bin/vdelivermail '' delete No. is then | /home/vpopmail/bin/vdelivermail [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] The correct syntax to forward ??? No. Uh-oh, never start fiddling around with such trials. This is Unix; you need to read the documentation to solve problems. If things are not in the docs, we're here to help. :) Jonas
Re: [vchkpw] quotas
Hi Payal, Now I added 2 domains test1 and test2? Do these domains have a default quota? No. If no, how do I add that? You don't have a thing like a domain quota with the current stable version, only quota values on every single account. Also can I have domain test1 with say 40Mb quota and domain test2 with 70Mb quota? How to achieve that? For now, give each domain a different system user (vadddomain -u ...), and give that user a quota. For later, watch the development; domain quota support is coming (but not stable yet). Jonas
Re: [vchkpw] Ownership question about VPOPMAIL
Hi Al, [EMAIL PROTECTED] vpopmail]# ll domains total 3 drwx--5 530 7798 1024 fév 23 15:21 mydomain1.com drwx--3 530 7798 1024 fév 23 15:12 mydomain2.com drwx--3 530 7798 1024 fév 23 15:12 mydomain3.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] vpopmail]# My mail server works fine with qmail however I don't know why vadddomain/vadduser use 530:7798 Did you transfer the vpopmail binaries from another machine? Or did your local UIDs change, but you did not update the vpopmail status? If you're unsure, recompile to let vpopmail find out it's UIDs again, and it will tell you these UIDs at the end of the ./configure run. Jonas
Re: [vchkpw] accept selected mails
Hi, On Sun, 2003-03-16 at 16:56, Jonas Pasche wrote: From the qmail-command man page: EXIT CODES command's exit codes are interpreted as follows: 0 means that the delivery was successful; 99 means that the deliv ery was successful, but that qmail-local should ignore all further delivery instructions; [...] - and there's more, i often use these defines in my dotqmail-code: /* exit codes */ #define EXIT_ACCEPT 0 #define EXIT_DROP 99 #define EXIT_BOUNCE 100 #define EXIT_TEMPERROR 111 -- Anders Brander [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [vchkpw] Forwarding....
Hi, On Sun, 2003-03-16 at 17:03, Jonas Pasche wrote: Forwardings are handled by qmail-local before vpopmail drops in. They're well documented by Life with qmail: Not entirely correct, .qmail files is read by vdelivermail if they are placed inside users own directory. Please look at the check_forward_deliver() function in vdelivermail.c In other words, .qmail files in the domain directory is handled by qmail-local, while .qmail files in user-directories is handled by vdelivermail. -- Anders Brander [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [vchkpw] quotas
* Jonas Pasche [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2003-03-16 23:28]: Hi, Now I added 2 domains test1 and test2? Do these domains have a default quota? No. Silly question, then I need to reconfigure again. Do I just go the directory where tar ball is extracted and type make clean? Also can I have domain test1 with say 40Mb quota and domain test2 with 70Mb quota? How to achieve that? For now, give each domain a different system user (vadddomain -u ...), and give that user a quota. A question here. These users will also be having their account on the machine in /home/user and for mails I have to keep their mails on, /home/vpopmail/domains/user Any way I can use their own home directory and give them system quotas so they can think themselves how much space they want to devote to mails and how much to their programs, webpages etc. Thanks a lot and bye. Regards, -Payal -- Visit GNU/Linux Success Stories www.geocities.com/rpayal99 Guest-Book Section Updated.
RE: [vchkpw] Ownership question about VPOPMAIL
Hi Jonas, I've installed vpopmail-5.0-1.i386.rpm and I did ownership changes because messages could not be transferred to the user mailbox because of write permissions. My concern is that vpopmail will always set those user:group when using vadddomain/vadduser even if it works fine. I was wondering if we could force him to use vpopmail:vchkpw for the domains directory. I think that I may have a problem later on this issue if this isn't properly setup now and obviously because I don't know where those user:group are issued from. Thanks, Al -Message d'origine- De : Jonas Pasche [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Envoyé : dimanche 16 mars 2003 17:11 À : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Objet : Re: [vchkpw] Ownership question about VPOPMAIL Hi Al, [EMAIL PROTECTED] vpopmail]# ll domains total 3 drwx--5 530 7798 1024 fév 23 15:21 mydomain1.com drwx--3 530 7798 1024 fév 23 15:12 mydomain2.com drwx--3 530 7798 1024 fév 23 15:12 mydomain3.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] vpopmail]# My mail server works fine with qmail however I don't know why vadddomain/vadduser use 530:7798 Did you transfer the vpopmail binaries from another machine? Or did your local UIDs change, but you did not update the vpopmail status? If you're unsure, recompile to let vpopmail find out it's UIDs again, and it will tell you these UIDs at the end of the ./configure run. Jonas
RE: [vchkpw] Ownership question about VPOPMAIL
Hi Al, I've installed vpopmail-5.0-1.i386.rpm There is no official RPM of that name, and 5.0 isn't the latest stable version. Download the sources of 5.2.1 and try again. My concern is that vpopmail will always set those user:group when using vadddomain/vadduser even if it works fine. I was wondering if we could force him to use vpopmail:vchkpw for the domains directory. vpopmail sets the _numerical_ UID that it got for vpopmail/vchkpw at compile time. A binary RPM is likely to have different UIDs than your system, if either you or the RPM cooker doesn't use the default IDs of 89/89. I think that I may have a problem later on this issue if this isn't properly setup now and obviously because I don't know where those user:group are issued from. Simply throw away the RPM, get the actual sources, and start again. Jonas
[vchkpw] Probably a simple problem
Hi list, I'm new to the list, mainly because I've been messing with this problem for the better half of the day so I decided to seek help..I'm sure this is one of those problems with an easy answer so here goes: ...everything is getting delivered to my domain and to the correct users, and is being delivered to their ~/Maildir/new directory. Authorization works whenever I use vadduser located in the vpopmail/bin directory. The messages are in ~/Maildir/new, while vpopmail is looking for them in vpopmail/domains/grinc.org/user/ , so since nothing is there, it reports a successful mail check but does not download anything. So I guess the only solution is to either have qmail put the messages in /home/vpopmail/domains/grinc.org/user OR have vpopmail check the user's Maildir located in /home/user/Maildir which would be what I prefer to do (I think it would be much more desirable to keep the actual mail messages in the home directory of the user they belong to. So any help in making vpopmail check the right message directory would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Greg __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Web Hosting - establish your business online http://webhosting.yahoo.com
Re: [vchkpw] quotas
Hi Payal, There is no any solution for domain quotas in vpopmail. If you want to impliment domain quota as per ur requirement u have to use the system quota and the add the domain under the specified user for that domain. I am using the same technique and most of the qmail users who needed this type of requirement are using the same... For any further query mail me... Manish Jain Sys Admin CDAC, Noida On Sat, 2003-03-15 at 15:27, Payal Rathod wrote: Hi, I have installed vpopmail-5.2.1 with just enable-roaming-users=y option. After that I did make and make install. Now I added 2 domains test1 and test2? Do these domains have a default quota? If no, how do I add that? If I am going to use ./configure again what care must I take? Do i use make install clean or something like that? Also can I have domain test1 with say 40Mb quota and domain test2 with 70Mb quota? How to achieve that? I read README.quotas, INSTALL and FAQ but still I am unable to figure a proper solution for different quotas for different domains. Can someone tell? With regards, -Payal -- Visit GNU/Linux Success Stories www.geocities.com/rpayal99 Guest-Book Section Updated.
Re: [vchkpw] Probably a simple problem
On Sun, Mar 16, 2003 at 08:16:35PM -0800, Greg Thompson wrote: ...everything is getting delivered to my domain and to the correct users, and is being delivered to their ~/Maildir/new directory. [...] The messages are in ~/Maildir/new, while vpopmail is looking for them in vpopmail/domains/grinc.org/user/ , so since nothing is there, it reports a successful mail check but does not download anything. It sounds like you have the domain listed in both control/locals and control/virtualdomains (probably added by vadddomain). To have mail fro grinc.org delivered via vpopmail you should remove the 'grinc.org' line from locals, then send qmail a HUP. (I think it would be much more desirable to keep the actual mail messages in the home directory of the user they belong to. This removes the need for vpopmail to handle the domain. Cory -- Cory Wright Stand Blue Technology http://www.standblue.net/
[vchkpw] Re: Probably a simple problem
Ok, I removed the grinc.org line from locals and restarted qmail. I currently have no users under vpopmail except the postmaster. What do I need to do now? (Since there are no users, I am back to the original problem of getting a failed authorization when trying to check mail from an email client (Mozilla mail). Please excuse my ignorance, I've been at this almost all day and am starting to get tired and confused. :) Thanks, Greg __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Web Hosting - establish your business online http://webhosting.yahoo.com
Re: [vchkpw] Re: Probably a simple problem
On Sun, Mar 16, 2003 at 08:37:49PM -0800, Greg Thompson wrote: What do I need to do now? (Since there are no users, I am back to the original problem of getting a failed authorization when trying to check mail from an email client (Mozilla mail). You should add the new users to the virtual domain using vadduser. Cory -- Cory Wright Stand Blue Technology http://www.standblue.net/
Re: [vchkpw] Re: Probably a simple problem
Thats what I thought...but is there an easy way to take all the users from the system and create vpopmail users from them without going back and typing in all their names and passwords? Thanks, Greg --- Cory Wright [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sun, Mar 16, 2003 at 08:37:49PM -0800, Greg Thompson wrote: What do I need to do now? (Since there are no users, I am back to the original problem of getting a failed authorization when trying to check mail from an email client (Mozilla mail). You should add the new users to the virtual domain using vadduser. Cory -- Cory Wright Stand Blue Technology http://www.standblue.net/ __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Web Hosting - establish your business online http://webhosting.yahoo.com
Re: [vchkpw] Re: Probably a simple problem
On Sun, Mar 16, 2003 at 08:42:53PM -0800, Greg Thompson wrote: ...is there an easy way to take all the users from the system and create vpopmail users from them without going back and typing in all their names and passwords? If you compiled vpopmail with --enable-learn-passwords=y then you could create a list of your users in a file: ls /home/ | tr '\s' '\n' /tmp/users Then create all the users with something like this: for in in `cat /tmp/users`; do ~vpopmail/bin/vadduser -n $i@example.com; done Be sure to remove any unwanted users from /tmp/users first. Cory -- Cory Wright Stand Blue Technology http://www.standblue.net/
RE: [vchkpw] NFS shared
Does you patch work with linux? I see from your docs that you are using BSD, I'm trying to test it on linux. Thanks -Original Message- From: Matt Simerson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, March 15, 2003 9:32 PM To: Jason Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [vchkpw] NFS shared Sharing the tcp.smtp.cdb file over TCP is not a good idea. Once your traffic starts picking up, you'll have all sorts of problems with that. Check out the writeup I have on exactly this scenario: http://matt.simerson.net/computing/mail/qmail/qmail.toaster.open- smtp_writeup.txt. There are other considerations but to minimize traffic on your backend (NFS) network, you really should be planning to only share what's necessary (~vpopmail/domains) via NFS. Matt On Saturday, March 15, 2003, at 02:27 AM, Jason wrote: Hello All, If I'm going to install a couple of mailservers(vpopmail+qmail) and use an NFS server for storage, is the Maildir the only directory that will be shared by the mail servers. I think the tcp.smtp.cdb also needs to be shared. Any others files? TIA
