[xmail] Re: Message ID Numbers?
http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.imap-headers.php That is the function required to download the headers for the messages. All it does is download each message in the order that it is listed, and stores it in an array with the keys coorisponding to the number to the left of the message in both UIDL and LIST. Dustin C. Hatch http://www.dchweb.com I would be looking further into the capabilities of pop3 under PHP. I would be _very_ surprised if it did not support UIDL. Rob :-) _ Signature: Live like you'll die tomorrow! Reply: I tried your signature out once. It took years off my life! -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dustin C. Hatch Sent: Friday, April 01, 2005 10:13 AM To: xmail@xmailserver.org Subject: [xmail] Re: Message ID Numbers? As I said, PHP does the downloading, so I have no control over what command it uses. I think I can make my program use the message numbers only once, and after that use the UIDL numbers, but I have no control over how they are referenced initially by php. Dustin C. Hatch http://www.dchweb,com As Davide said, those numbers are only valid for the specific POP3 session that you received them in. Future sessions are not guaranteed to have the same numbers for the same messages. You should use the UIDL numbers. Retrieve them as: +OK Maildrop has 4 messages (12788 bytes) UIDL +OK 4 1 1028745740408.1556.karen 2 1062432866368.1924.karen 3 1062433302173.1404.karen 4 1067127927549.1956.karen These numbers (1028745740408.1556.karen) are guaranteed not to change between sessions. At 17:48 3/30/2005, Dustin C. Hatch wrote: Okay, I guess I should clarify what I mean by message ID numbers. PHP downloads the messages over POP3 as you would using telnet. The message IDs that it uses are just like you would using the command line to read mail: LIST +OK 15 70871 1 5427 2 1826 3 16834 4 4043 5 3875 6 2373 7 15345 8 1642 9 3229 10 2662 11 3882 12 3052 13 3524 14 1382 15 1775 The problem is that these IDs do not stay the same if new mail arrives. I may be able to re-write the program to use the Message-ID: header, if this is unchangeable. If someone has a better suggestion, let me know. Dustin C. Hatch http://www.dchweb.com On Wed, 30 Mar 2005, Dustin C. Hatch wrote: I recently developed a webmail client for POP3/POP3S so that I could use native XMail support and webmail. The way the inbox is designed, messages are released in reverse order of their MTA assigned ID number, ie 1 is on the bottom, 2 next, a googol on the top, etc. This worked fine for a while, until I started getting many messages in my inbox. Then I started noticing that the messages were no longer arranged in order of their dates. I thought it was no big deal and just modified the code to sort the messages by date after converting them to a UNIX timestamp, etc. This worked for a while. The problem further complicated itself one day while I was reading a message, and, for a reason I now have forgotten, I refrehed the page, and the email changed! A new message had arrived while I was reading and had taken over the old message's ID number. This forced the message I was reading, and all subsequent messages, to increment their IDs. I was wondering if this is a flaw in XMail, or if that is the way all MTAs work. I have never used anything else, so I don't know if others just generate seemingly random IDs for incoming messages. If it is a flaw, can it be fixed? Because my client fully relies on the message ID number for all functions, like deletion, forwarding, and replying, I need to have messages have constant ID numbers. You are aware that POP3 server are not guaranteed to preserve message IDs across session, yes? That's why UIDL have been added to the protocol, and XMail supports it. - Davide - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line unsubscribe xmail in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For general help: send the line help in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line unsubscribe xmail in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For general help: send the line help in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line unsubscribe xmail in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For general help: send the line help in the body of a message to [EMAIL
[xmail] Re: Message ID Numbers?
I wrote a web-based mail access program (very simplistic) a year or so ago. Writing a TCP/IP module to handle the POP3 access to the mail isn't that hard - might be worth doing to give yourself some flexibility. At 19:20 3/31/2005, Dustin C. Hatch wrote: As I said, PHP does the downloading, so I have no control over what command it uses. I think I can make my program use the message numbers only once, and after that use the UIDL numbers, but I have no control over how they are referenced initially by php. Dustin C. Hatch http://www.dchweb,com As Davide said, those numbers are only valid for the specific POP3 session that you received them in. Future sessions are not guaranteed to have the same numbers for the same messages. You should use the UIDL numbers. Retrieve them as: +OK Maildrop has 4 messages (12788 bytes) UIDL +OK 4 1 1028745740408.1556.karen 2 1062432866368.1924.karen 3 1062433302173.1404.karen 4 1067127927549.1956.karen These numbers (1028745740408.1556.karen) are guaranteed not to change between sessions. At 17:48 3/30/2005, Dustin C. Hatch wrote: Okay, I guess I should clarify what I mean by message ID numbers. PHP downloads the messages over POP3 as you would using telnet. The message IDs that it uses are just like you would using the command line to read mail: LIST +OK 15 70871 1 5427 2 1826 3 16834 4 4043 5 3875 6 2373 7 15345 8 1642 9 3229 10 2662 11 3882 12 3052 13 3524 14 1382 15 1775 The problem is that these IDs do not stay the same if new mail arrives. I may be able to re-write the program to use the Message-ID: header, if this is unchangeable. If someone has a better suggestion, let me know. Dustin C. Hatch http://www.dchweb.com On Wed, 30 Mar 2005, Dustin C. Hatch wrote: I recently developed a webmail client for POP3/POP3S so that I could use native XMail support and webmail. The way the inbox is designed, messages are released in reverse order of their MTA assigned ID number, ie 1 is on the bottom, 2 next, a googol on the top, etc. This worked fine for a while, until I started getting many messages in my inbox. Then I started noticing that the messages were no longer arranged in order of their dates. I thought it was no big deal and just modified the code to sort the messages by date after converting them to a UNIX timestamp, etc. This worked for a while. The problem further complicated itself one day while I was reading a message, and, for a reason I now have forgotten, I refrehed the page, and the email changed! A new message had arrived while I was reading and had taken over the old message's ID number. This forced the message I was reading, and all subsequent messages, to increment their IDs. I was wondering if this is a flaw in XMail, or if that is the way all MTAs work. I have never used anything else, so I don't know if others just generate seemingly random IDs for incoming messages. If it is a flaw, can it be fixed? Because my client fully relies on the message ID number for all functions, like deletion, forwarding, and replying, I need to have messages have constant ID numbers. You are aware that POP3 server are not guaranteed to preserve message IDs across session, yes? That's why UIDL have been added to the protocol, and XMail supports it. - Davide - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line unsubscribe xmail in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For general help: send the line help in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line unsubscribe xmail in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For general help: send the line help in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line unsubscribe xmail in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For general help: send the line help in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line unsubscribe xmail in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For general help: send the line help in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line unsubscribe xmail in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For general help: send the line help in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[xmail] Two Quick Questions
1) Can someone tell me the difference between smtpgw.tab and smtpfwd.tab. They seem to be exactly the same with the exception of smtpfwd.tab allows you to specify a port. 2) I'm confused about the SmtpConfig options in the server.tab file. I'm assuming that only mail-auth is currently supported, and that it simply requires all SMTP transactions to use authentication. So if you have SmtpConfig enabled, authentication would be required even when receiving a message for a domain on the server. While SmtpConfig-XXX.YYY.ZZZ.WWW would require it specifically for that server. Am I missing something? -Mike - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line unsubscribe xmail in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For general help: send the line help in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[xmail] Re: Need some direction... please
Randy Adams wrote: I am not a Perl wiz, wish I was. Be careful what you wish for. ;) -- Scanned for viruses by ClamAV - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line unsubscribe xmail in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For general help: send the line help in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[xmail] Re: Need some direction... please
grrr what am I doing wrong?
I created a mailproc.tab in a user directory with:
external{tab}0{tab}0{tab}/usr/local/bin/ripmime{tab}-i
@@TMPFILE -d /var/www/html/{tab}{enter}
where
external is the command
0 is the priority
0 is the wait-timeout
/usr/local/bin/ripmime is the program that extracts attachments from
emails
-i @@TMPFILE -d /var/www/html/ where -i is the input file passed from
xmail (@@TMPFILE) and -d /var/www/html/ where the attactments are
saved.
When I send an email with an attacment to that user, I get nadda,
nothing, not even a error log message or anything.
Am I barking up the wrong tree here or what?
regards.
Randy Adams
IS Director
WHBQ Fox 13
Memphis, TN
901.320.1341
[EMAIL PROTECTED] 04/01/05 12:18PM
Randy Adams wrote:
I am not a Perl wiz, wish I was.
Be careful what you wish for. ;)
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I have a special need of being able to check an incoming email for
the
type of attachment it has (if any). And if that email contains an
..jpg
..bmp or .gif attachment, I need to copy that attachment to a
directory
located on the same server.
Its used for screening pictures that come into our TV station via
email. We often have reporters and photographers email pictures from
their camera phone. The quicker we can have pictures of breaking
news
on the air, the better our coverage of the event.
I am using xmail 1.21 on a Mandrake 10.1 official box. And Qdig as
the
front end for the editors and graphics dept.
Anyone have a clue where I can start or any advice?
Best regards.
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[xmail] Re: Need some direction... please
Add another line below your external line as follows:
mailbox
That'll drop mail into the mailbox.
Adrian Hicks
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From: xmail@xmailserver.org
To: xmail@xmailserver.org xmail@xmailserver.org
Subject: [xmail] Re: Need some direction... please
Date: 02/04/05 05:35
grrr what am I doing wrong?
I created a mailproc.tab in a user directory with:
quot;externalquot;{tab}quot;0quot;{tab}quot;0quot;{tab}quot;/usr/local/bin/ripmimequot;{tab}quot;-i
@@TMPFILE -d /var/www/html/quot;{tab}{enter}
where
quot;externalquot; is the command
quot;0quot; is the priority
quot;0quot; is the wait-timeout
quot;/usr/local/bin/ripmimequot; is the program that extracts
attachments from
emails
quot;-i @@TMPFILE -d /var/www/html/quot; where -i is the input file
passed from
xmail (@@TMPFILE) and -d /var/www/html/ where the attactments are
saved.
When I send an email with an attacment to that user, I get nadda,
nothing, not even a error log message or anything.
Am I barking up the wrong tree here or what?
regards.
Randy Adams
IS Director
WHBQ Fox 13
Memphis, TN
901.320.1341
gt;gt;gt; [EMAIL PROTECTED] 04/01/05 12:18PM gt;gt;gt;
Randy Adams wrote:
gt; I am not a Perl wiz, wish I was.
Be careful what you wish for. ;)
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Randy Adams wrote:
gt;I have a special need of being able to check an incoming email for
the
gt;type of attachment it has (if any). And if that email contains an
...jpg
gt;..bmp or .gif attachment, I need to copy that attachment to a
directory
gt;located on the same server.
gt;
gt;Its used for screening pictures that come into our TV station via
gt;email. We often have reporters and photographers email pictures from
gt;their camera phone. The quicker we can have pictures of breaking
news
gt;on the air, the better our coverage of the event.
gt;
gt;I am using xmail 1.21 on a Mandrake 10.1 official box. And Qdig as
the
gt;front end for the editors and graphics dept.
gt;
gt;Anyone have a clue where I can start or any advice?
gt;
gt;Best regards.
gt;
gt;
gt;
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[xmail] Re: Need some direction... please
AFAIR it has to look like this:
external{tab}0{tab}0{tab}/usr/local/bin/ripmime{tab}-i{tab}@@TMPFILE{tab}-d{tab}/var/www/html/{enter}
Randy Adams wrote:
grrr what am I doing wrong?
I created a mailproc.tab in a user directory with:
external{tab}0{tab}0{tab}/usr/local/bin/ripmime{tab}-i
@@TMPFILE -d /var/www/html/{tab}{enter}
where
external is the command
0 is the priority
0 is the wait-timeout
/usr/local/bin/ripmime is the program that extracts attachments from
emails
-i @@TMPFILE -d /var/www/html/ where -i is the input file passed from
xmail (@@TMPFILE) and -d /var/www/html/ where the attactments are
saved.
When I send an email with an attacment to that user, I get nadda,
nothing, not even a error log message or anything.
Am I barking up the wrong tree here or what?
regards.
Randy Adams
IS Director
WHBQ Fox 13
Memphis, TN
901.320.1341
[EMAIL PROTECTED] 04/01/05 12:18PM
Randy Adams wrote:
I am not a Perl wiz, wish I was.
Be careful what you wish for. ;)
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Randy Adams wrote:
I have a special need of being able to check an incoming email for
the
type of attachment it has (if any). And if that email contains an
..jpg
..bmp or .gif attachment, I need to copy that attachment to a
directory
located on the same server.
Its used for screening pictures that come into our TV station via
email. We often have reporters and photographers email pictures from
their camera phone. The quicker we can have pictures of breaking
news
on the air, the better our coverage of the event.
I am using xmail 1.21 on a Mandrake 10.1 official box. And Qdig as
the
front end for the editors and graphics dept.
Anyone have a clue where I can start or any advice?
Best regards.
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[xmail] Return-Path oddness
Please forgive me if this is a silly question. When sending a message from XMail's sendmail, the messages have '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' as the Return-Path. I can't figure out why this is. More important is that I want to fix it. I've been searching the mailing list and Googleing my fingers off trying to figure this out. Does anyone know how to correct this? Thanks in advance, Kevin -- Scanned for viruses by ClamAV - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line unsubscribe xmail in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For general help: send the line help in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
