Hi all.
I have a heavly hit mail server with qmail.
It's better to use qmail in DAEMON MODE or using TCPSERVER ?
Can anyone give me and advice???
Bye.
Linux writes:
Hi all.
I have a heavly hit mail server with qmail.
It's better to use qmail in DAEMON MODE or using TCPSERVER ?
Can anyone give me and advice???
I'm not sure what you mean by 'daemon mode'. Qmail-smtpd needs tcpserver or
inetd to supply it with tcp connections; it
Hi!
I'm running qmail 1.03 in a RedHat Linux 7.0 box. Qmail is invoked by
rblsmtpd, which again is invoked by xinetd.
For some reason, rblsmtpd is not working; it passes all messages
through even if the message comes from blackholed host.
I believe the problem is that xinetd is not correctly
Hi!
I'm running qmail 1.03 in a RedHat Linux 7.0 box. Qmail is invoked by
rblsmtpd, which again is invoked by xinetd.
For some reason, rblsmtpd is not working; it passes all messages
through even if the message comes from blackholed host.
I believe the problem is that xinetd is not correctly
qmail Digest 11 Dec 2000 11:00:00 - Issue 1210
Topics (messages 53810 through 53839):
A local mail server in sync with a .com
53810 by: Devrim Erdem
53833 by: andrew.tic.ch
Newbie questions relating to multiple servers
53811 by: Roger Arnold
53816 by: David
On Mon, 11 Dec 2000, Linux wrote:
I have a heavly hit mail server with qmail.
It's better to use qmail in DAEMON MODE or using TCPSERVER ?
Can anyone give me and advice???
I use with tcpserver, because it seams be better.
Piotr
---
Piotr Kasztelowicz [EMAIL PROTECTED]
* Alex Kramarov [EMAIL PROTECTED] [001210 16:53]:
|grep -q MAILER-DAEMON || exit 99 - this works, but cause a loop in the
system because every message forwarded to a user specified after this line
(me of course) eventually goes again through qmail-queue and gets replicated
to the log alias
On Sun, Dec 10, 2000 at 07:16:20PM -0500, Alex Pennace wrote:
[snip]
Plain qmail bounces back shortly after it encounters a permanent failure.
And to add to that, if for over a week (which is configurable) there are
only temporare failure, that is considered permanent too.
"This message has
* [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [001210 21:27]:
What kind of service is *.tnt.city.state.da.uu.net, or for example
1Cust147.tnt7.fort-lauderdale.fl.da.uu.net?
SPAM from these addresses is not being blocked by DULS. traceroute
suggests to me an above.net colo at uu.net? (my guess)
Martin:
Ok! .. thanks!
U.. It's posible when I apply this change the performance of the machine turn
slowly?
Martin Volesky wrote:
On 09/12/00 at 3:21 PM Federico Edelman Anaya wrote:
A few days ago .. I post on the list many question about
big-concurrency.patch ...
I was
If you want to have fun with Outlook Express users, put this in your
signature:
"[EMAIL PROTECTED] Doe"@example.com
I don't know if that's a legal address, but its mere presence in an e-mail
message will cause Outlook Express to freeze and eventually consume all of
your
memory...
"Thanks
On Mon, Dec 11, 2000 at 10:27:08AM -0600, Kris Kelley wrote:
If you want to have fun with Outlook Express users, put this in your
signature:
"[EMAIL PROTECTED] Doe"@example.com
I don't know if that's a legal address, but its mere presence in an e-mail
message will cause Outlook
Hi,
I would like to ask if anybody uses qmail in a large scale environment
running on linux (redhat), because I'm interested in how people configured
their system (number of filedescriptors, max childs per process, max running
processes,...)
Could those who use it please mail me their findings
Great! The last thing I expected to have to do when I came into work today
was to deal with some asshole who thought it would be funny to fuck with
everyone using IE. Even funnier are the idiots who reply back to the same
post. Now that my client is pretty much fucked any suggestions on how I
Hi, ive a problem with the user alias file. Ive got the qmail-pw2u
command and i got the follows assign file:
/var/qmail/users/assign
=gustav:gustav:1000:100:/home/gustav:::
+gustav-:gustav:1000:100:/home/gustav:-::
Then i used the qmail-newu command and when i send an email to gustav it
On Mon, Dec 11, 2000 at 12:03:49PM -0600, dG wrote:
Great! The last thing I expected to have to do when I came into work today
was to deal with some asshole who thought it would be funny to fuck with
everyone using IE. Even funnier are the idiots who reply back to the same
post. Now that
On Mon, Dec 11, 2000 at 10:31:57AM +0100, Linux wrote:
Hi all.
I have a heavly hit mail server with qmail.
It's better to use qmail in DAEMON MODE or using TCPSERVER ?
Search the archives, this question has been asked before.
But, anyway, qmail-smtpd is NOT daemonizable. It needs a tcp
Just because you can do something doesn't mean you should. For me it was a
huge annoyance which pissed me off but there are hundreds and thousands of
people out there who are not technical in any way for whom this would be a
major crisis. Are you going to fuck up their computers just because
[EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi, ive a problem with the user alias file. Ive got the qmail-pw2u
command and i got the follows assign file:
/var/qmail/users/assign
=gustav:gustav:1000:100:/home/gustav:::
+gustav-:gustav:1000:100:/home/gustav:-::
Then i used the qmail-newu
On Mon, Dec 11, 2000 at 12:29:39PM -0600, dG wrote:
Just because you can do something doesn't mean you should. For me it was a
huge annoyance which pissed me off but there are hundreds and thousands of
people out there who are not technical in any way for whom this would be a
major crisis.
On Mon, Dec 11, 2000 at 12:04:11PM -0600, dG wrote:
Great! The last thing I expected to have to do when I came into work today
was to deal with some asshole who thought it would be funny to fuck with
everyone using IE. Even funnier are the idiots who reply back to the same
post. Now that
Yeah, your right. I had preview turned off in Outlook but not in IE. My
bad.
David
P.S. My apolgies for my original rude post, and cursing.
- Original Message -
From: "Chris Johnson" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: "dG" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, December
boys and girls,
this is not reasonable.
Please do be kind with your fellow admins even if they do things you
wouldn't do. Dropping a bomb such as that, *knowingly* is very
unfriendly. No one deserves being crashed by a prankster, and nobody is
expecting such uncivil behaviour in
On Mon, Dec 11, 2000 at 02:46:02PM -0300, martin langhoff wrote:
Please do be kind with your fellow admins even if they do things you
wouldn't do. Dropping a bomb such as that, *knowingly* is very
unfriendly. No one deserves being crashed by a prankster, and nobody is
expecting such
Hi,
Could somebody resend me the original post concerning this? It seems I
deleted it on accident and it may have been removed from the list
archives...
Thanks,
Mike
In the immortal words of Alex Pennace ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
No one deserves to be censored because some people made a poor choice
for their MUA.
At what point, exactly, did asking someone to act like (a) a
professional and (b) a decent human being become censorship?
Oh, right, the same point
Howdy!
I just downloaded the queue-fix program. Since
I have installed the big-todo patch for qmail-103, I need
the queue-fix-todo-patch for queue-fix. I got all parts
from the addons link on the main qmail.org site. The
patch fails. No problems with any other patches..
FreeBSD 4.2
Ideas?
Hi to all...
I have been reading mail from this list for quite some time now, and must
say, I have learned a lot.
Most things I knew how to answer (more or less frequently asked questions) I
answered off-list, because I didnt want to trash up the list, as I am using
MS Outlook... I'm not proud
Dear gentleman,
I am managing my email users using mysql, all email addresses are mapped
to a unique id. This id is used to let the id owner to fetch their
messages.
My mail spool is hashed into a directory using a function of my own.
This function takes the id as parameter and returns the user
On 11/12/00 at 12:30 PM Federico Edelman Anaya wrote:
Martin:
Ok! .. thanks!
U.. It's posible when I apply this change the performance of the machine turn
slowly?
Federico,
There is no reason why your system should run any slower because of the
sysctl.conf
modifications.
Ooops sorry, bad subject...
Howdy!
I just downloaded the queue-fix program. Since
I have installed the big-todo patch for qmail-103, I need
the queue-fix-todo-patch for queue-fix. I got all parts
from the addons link on the main qmail.org site. The
patch fails. No problems with any other
Martin Volesky [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On 11/12/00 at 12:30 PM Federico Edelman Anaya wrote:
U.. It's posible when I apply this change the performance of the machine
turn slowly?
There is no reason why your system should run any slower because of the
sysctl.conf modifications.
At
Thus spake martin langhoff ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
this is not reasonable.
Please do be kind with your fellow admins even if they do things you
wouldn't do. Dropping a bomb such as that, *knowingly* is very
unfriendly. No one deserves being crashed by a prankster, and nobody is
What does the MUA have to do with an MTA?
-Original Message-
From: Felix von Leitner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, December 11, 2000 3:35 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Outlook Express Prank
Doesn't it seem a little idiotic to use Outlook on a
mailing list about an
Alex,
this is not a call for censorchip, please! We are on a public list!
I'm asking for a bit of professionalism. Whoever posted that practical
joke was doing it on purpose -- and that's not professional at all.
Professionals know that it takes a lot of work to build, and very
* Hubbard, David [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
What does the MUA have to do with an MTA?
Show me a competent Unix admin using Outlook or a similar abomination
and I won't show you the difference.
Recommended reading for obvious newbies like yourself:
http://learn.to/attribute/
Felix von Leitner wrote:
Doesn't it seem a little idiotic to use Outlook on a
mailing list about an Unix MTA?
We are on the *internet*. Welcome.
Many people, many machines, lots of strange company policies, personal
choices and other constraints. Please refrain from making
Felix von Leitner wrote:
What in the seven hells are you talking about?
Who did what prank that caused Outlook to barf and die?
And if that happened as you insinuate above, why would you blame him and
not Outlook?
Felix,
please, inform yourself and you'll save time. A few hours
On Mon, Dec 11, 2000 at 02:03:20PM -0500, Alex Pennace wrote:
# On Mon, Dec 11, 2000 at 02:46:02PM -0300, martin langhoff wrote:
# Please do be kind with your fellow admins even if they do things you
# wouldn't do. Dropping a bomb such as that, *knowingly* is very
# unfriendly. No one
I'm a competent sysadmin on Solaris linux and
I use Outlook 2k. So it has less features and
virtually no standards adherence compared to
other MUAs mentioned on this list, big deal, it
is the corporate standard at my company, I have
no alternatives for connecting to the corporate
Exchange
On Mon, Dec 11, 2000 at 10:19:27PM +0100,
"Robin S. Socha" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Recommended reading for obvious newbies like yourself:
http://learn.to/attribute/
I took a look at the attribute page because I had had a recent discussion
with someone over whether or not date and/or time
Van Liedekerke Franky wrote:
Hi,
I would like to ask if anybody uses qmail in a large scale environment
running on linux (redhat), because I'm interested in how people configured
their system (number of filedescriptors, max childs per process, max running
processes,...)
Could those who
Exactly my point...
I wouldn't say for myself, that I am a competent sysadmin... After all I
take care of only five servers running qmail on Linux...
The company I work for uses Exchange, so I am forced to use Outlook (2k). I
would use anything else, but the smtp port is closed to the outside...
Does anyone know the proper address to send an
unsubscribe request for this list?
Thanks,
Gene
=
Gene Whitehead
Founder
American Sons of Liberty
American Sons of Liberty Online:
http://www.americansonsofliberty.com
On Mon, Dec 11, 2000 at 05:46:02PM -0300, martin langhoff wrote:
I'm asking for a bit of professionalism. Whoever posted that practical
joke was doing it on purpose -- and that's not professional at all.
Professionals know that it takes a lot of work to build, and very little
to
Hi,
I am doing the same and would find some more discussion on this topic very
interesting. I think there are 2 levels to discuss here. One is the configuring the
Linux and kernel parameters and two is the layout and architecture. I am interested
in how others see a fully redundant arch
I haven't done this yet so I can't provide real internet names.
I will have the following:
Computer A (On ISP Primary)
| - Linked via 100Mbps ethernet
Computer B (On ISP Secondary)
I'd like to setup A as the first MX record for host blah.com and B as the
secondary MX record for blah.com both
martin langhoff wrote:
We are on the *internet*. Welcome.
Precisely. If you must use software that cannot handle the full spectrum
of demands the Internet presents, don't blame the Internet.
- Amitai
Well let's see.. Been Managing Unix systems for about 5 years now .. Did
start on Mac's then Windows then Unix so yeah I kinda went the long way
but I have been using Outlook Express almost since the beging.. It has
just been recently that I have started using other MUA's ... However I
don't
On Mon, Dec 11, 2000 at 05:45:40PM -0300, martin langhoff wrote:
I'm asking for a bit of professionalism. Whoever posted that practical
joke was doing it on purpose -- and that's not professional at all.
Professionals know that it takes a lot of work to build, and very little
to
Just when you thought he couldn't possibly more clearly define the word
moronic through his typed dialogue...
jason
This email brought to you by Outlook Express - accept it
Show me a competent Unix admin using Outlook or a similar abomination
and I won't show you the difference.
Maybe I am asking on the wrong forum, but boes anybody know, if there
is a "developer" version of qmail sources with at lease some remarks and
functionality description in the code so it would be more readable ? Or if
there is a site that has some description
I have a project I am about to undertake and would like some opinions
before I begin.
We currently have a single server running Qmail on FreeBSD 3.2, with
customer Maildirs on a NFS attached external raid connected from another
server. This for the most part works fine. We occasionally have
I will have the following:
Computer A (On ISP Primary)
| - Linked via 100Mbps ethernet
Computer B (On ISP Secondary)
I'd like to setup A as the first MX record for host blah.com and B as the
secondary MX record for blah.com both on different ISPs and connected via
100Mbps ethernet.
On Tue, Dec 12, 2000 at 08:21:09AM +1000, Rawlinsons Group (Brisbane) wrote:
Computer A (On ISP Primary)
| - Linked via 100Mbps ethernet
Computer B (On ISP Secondary)
I'd like to setup A as the first MX record for host blah.com and B as the
secondary MX record for blah.com both on
Hi, I am Using Qmail for 1/2 year and very happy with it,
Here is my question :
is there any way to limit rcpto to s in qmail smtp session?
like:
rcpt to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
rcpt to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
etc...
rcpt to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
No more than N time
idea is that
Gan,
is there any way to limit rcpto to s in qmail smtp session?
This sounds very similar to the tarpit patch - find this from www.qmail.org - you
should
be able to modify this to give you the behaviour you desire.
cheers,
Andrew.
There is a patch 'qmail-1.03-maxrcpt.patch' that is to limit the max. no. of
rcpt tos.
http://www.ornl.gov/its/archives/mailing-lists/qmail/1999/11/msg00245.html
regards,
Kent
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2000 10:22 AM
All-
I have a need to process mail server bounces in an automated fashion and
planned to make use of RFC1894 - An Extensible Message Format for Delivery
Status Notifications.
This appears to be used by most of the public mail servers that I have
tested against, but when a mail bounces out of
On 11/12/00 at 2:25 PM Charles Cazabon wrote:
At least as compared to having made the changes manually after boot.
However, his system could exhibit poorer interactive response compared to
before modifying the max-files and max-inodes due to the increased load
from qmail.
Charles
Yes
Hi,
searching through the available qmail docs and FAQ I can't find an answer, if
and how solutions for the below described problems are possible.
Situation:
My qmail server is located into a bigger company Intranet network. Each
location has their own mail server, their own mail domain
hi all,
- i'm using vpopmail + qmail.
- i have a virtual domain setup mydomainname.com.
under my /home/vpopmail/domains/mydomainname.com, i have always use a
.qmail-aliasname file to create alias account that deliver mail to multiple
users, the format of the file is:
Hi all,
Was looking for some comments on two things...
Number one, I was wondering if anyone has put together (or knows of)
'plug-n-play' email hosting solutions?
I'm thinking of something quite complete like:
qmail/postfix/sendmail + [ procmail ] + courier / cyrus / uw / other?
plus...
On Mon, Dec 11, 2000 at 10:04:14PM -0500, James Morgenstein wrote:
This appears to be used by most of the public mail servers that I have
tested against, but when a mail bounces out of one of my local qmail
The problem with DSN is that *EVERY* machine that the message passes through
must support
On Tue, Dec 12, 2000 at 02:08:29AM +0100, Thomas Haberland wrote:
The two questions are:
- Intranet mail relaying should keep working, but how do I seperate relaying
of Intranet mails to [location].myintranet.dom and outside to the Internet
for all other mails?
That depends on a number
who knows how can I edit ezmlm mailing-list by text
editor?
I'm using qmail with ezmlm-0.53.
as a root or owner of mailinglist
(of course , except auto-subscribing)
how canI add so many mail address by text
editor?
please help me!
My spool root is: /var/qmail/mail and every user dir is lied into this
directory.
The user directory is given by a function hash, this function gets the
id and return a path to it, for instance:
id Relative path to /var/qmail/mail
0 0/0/0/0/0/0/0/0
1 0/0/0/0/0/0/0/1
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