Hi, All. This is my first post here...hope it helps.
I've spent the last few weeks setting up a mail/ftp/http server for my company using Mandrake-Linux 8.0 on a Pentium II 233 with considerable success. The server exists at the office, and ties to the internet via a 1.5 Mbps DSL line. I exist in another area code, so to save on long distance, I dial-in through a local ISP. Since I don't wish to be blacklisted by running a (Postfix) open SMTP server, I am attempting to use POP3 authorization before SMTP relay to allow me to relay mail (posted through my ISP) through my server. After considerable research (there is not much material on this subject), I settled on POP-BEFORE-SMTP 1.28 from Bennet Todd: http://www.stahl.bau.tu-bs.de/~hildeb/postfix/pop-before-smtp_en.shtml I followed the installation to the letter, and as far as I can tell from the log files, POP-BEFORE-SMTP is operating properly: read ts=Feb 8 16:54:10 ip=216.77.218.206 accepted --- not in mynetworks read ts=Feb 8 17:01:49 ip=192.168.0.20 read ts=Feb 8 17:04:59 ip=216.77.218.206 accepted --- not in mynetworks read ts=Feb 8 17:15:35 ip=216.77.218.206 accepted --- not in mynetworks read ts=Feb 8 17:26:09 ip=216.77.218.206 accepted --- not in mynetworks ...etc and the /etc/postfix/pop-before-smtp.db has been created. Unfortunately, when I try to send mail, I just get time out errors, and the /var/log/mail/error file get entries that look like this: Feb 8 10:24:46 server postfix/smtpd[22809]: fatal: open database /etc/postfix/pop-before-smtp.db: Unknown error 4294936306 Feb 8 10:25:47 server postfix/smtpd[22817]: fatal: open database /etc/postfix/pop-before-smtp.db: Unknown error 4294936306 Feb 8 10:26:48 server postfix/smtpd[22823]: fatal: open database /etc/postfix/pop-before-smtp.db: Unknown error 4294936306 Feb 8 10:27:49 server postfix/smtpd[22830]: fatal: open database /etc/postfix/pop-before-smtp.db: Unknown error 4294936306 ...etc I believe (and I have no basis for this) the the .db file is being created in the wrong format (or corrupt). Unfortunately I know absolutely nothing about Perl Scripts or Hash Files, so I am hoping someone out there can tell me specifically the which environment variable to change (from what to what) or what "#" mark to remove... ...or at the very least give me a hint. I appreciate all help. Thanks, Dennis PS -> Am I working to hard on this???? Does Mandrake provide for this functionality in their distribution????
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