RFCs?

2001-04-12 Thread David Benfell
ain farts, poor error recovery, some non-compliance to RFC's, obstinant author who refuses to recognize when he has a bug (from personal experience)." Again, no specifics relating to RFCs. So, I give up. I'm guessing other MTA's have at least as many real, documented issues with RFC

Re: Fw: How to block an email id in qmail?

2001-04-06 Thread David Benfell
ail mail server. I tried doing this > > using the control file badrecipient in /var/qmail/control directory. But > > that doesn't work out. > > The file is "badmailfrom", not "badrecipient". -- David Benfell [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- SuSE, qmail, ezmlm, and much much more... Hire me! PGP signature

Re: [OT] supervise sshd?

2001-03-28 Thread David Benfell
aged to lock myself out of my system doing that. (Fortunately, I have two routes into my internal network.) Also fortunately, -d turns out not to be needed. -- David Benfell [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- The grand leap of the whale up the Fall of Niagara is esteemed, by all who have seen it, as on

Re: bouncesaying and maildrop

2001-02-05 Thread David Benfell
On Mon, Feb 05, 2001 at 09:49:58AM +0100, Felix von Leitner wrote: > > Thus spake David Benfell ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > do with it except try to unsubscribe, as I have. But Debian doesn't > > use a rational mailing list manager. I try to follow its directions > >

bouncesaying and maildrop

2001-02-04 Thread David Benfell
o subscribe to a Debian list again, at least until they get a mailing list manager that works. I am using fetchmail to retrieve e-mail from my old job's POP server. -- David Benfell [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- The grand leap of the whale up the Fall of Niagara is esteemed, by all

Re: thoughts for future qmail

2001-01-03 Thread David Benfell
Thanks! It should now be done, for both parts-unknown.org and greybeard95a.com. On Wed, Jan 03, 2001 at 03:58:56PM -0500, Greg Owen wrote: > > David Benfell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote: > > On Tue, Jan 02, 2001 at 10:12:43PM -0500, Russell Nelson wrote: > > > You al

Re: thoughts for future qmail

2001-01-03 Thread David Benfell
[Cross-posted from qmail mailing list] On Tue, Jan 02, 2001 at 10:12:43PM -0500, Russell Nelson wrote: > > David Benfell writes: > > In theory, I have QMTP up on parts-unknown.org. I had already > > configured the startup for it when I installed qmail in the first > &g

Re: thoughts for future qmail

2001-01-02 Thread David Benfell
ning the port to the outside world. Now I've got to figure out how to test it... -- David Benfell [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- The grand leap of the whale up the Fall of Niagara is esteemed, by all who have seen it, as one of the finest spectacles in nature. -- Benjamin Franklin. [from fortune] PGP signature

Re: Multiple users on virtual domain

2000-11-25 Thread David Benfell
On Sat, Nov 25, 2000 at 09:14:44AM -0500, Chris Johnson wrote: > > On Sat, Nov 25, 2000 at 12:14:57AM -0800, David Benfell wrote: > > I am trying to set up a virtual domain to be controlled by a user. > > [snip] > > > The purpose of this is to set up a seconda

Multiple users on virtual domain

2000-11-25 Thread David Benfell
the virtual domain, i.e [EMAIL PROTECTED] This also got properly delivered. What this looks like to me is that the virtual domain configuration is having utterly no effect whatsoever. I'm sure it isn't supposed to be this way. What am I missing? -- David Benfell [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Th

Re: qmail build problem under SuSE 7.0

2000-11-20 Thread David Benfell
Eek! Looks like my update didn't make it... I did get it to compile and I think it's working... Yay! On Mon, Nov 20, 2000 at 12:19:38AM -0500, Adam McKenna wrote: > > On Sun, Nov 19, 2000 at 07:16:07PM -0800, David Benfell wrote: > > > I serioulsy suggest that y

Re: qmail build problem under SuSE 7.0

2000-11-19 Thread David Benfell
On Sun, Nov 19, 2000 at 09:20:42PM -0500, Adam McKenna wrote: > > On Sun, Nov 19, 2000 at 05:47:39PM -0800, David Benfell wrote: > > > Is there any reason you can't get a 2.2 SuSE RPM? > > > > Hmmm... They have an update to shlibs, which I think includes glibc

Re: qmail build problem under SuSE 7.0

2000-11-19 Thread David Benfell
On Sun, Nov 19, 2000 at 07:53:31PM -0500, Adam McKenna wrote: > X-Operating-System: Linux > > On Sun, Nov 19, 2000 at 04:40:01PM -0800, David Benfell wrote: > > Ooo... I can't rule this out at all, mainly because I don't know > > enough. > > > > I bui

Re: qmail build problem under SuSE 7.0

2000-11-19 Thread David Benfell
With the attachment this time... Thanks! On Sun, Nov 19, 2000 at 04:40:01PM -0800, David Benfell wrote: > > On Sun, Nov 19, 2000 at 05:53:51PM -0500, Adam McKenna wrote: > > > > On Sun, Nov 19, 2000 at 01:56:10PM -0800, David Benfell wrote: > > > Indeed. [Sigh...

Re: qmail build problem under SuSE 7.0

2000-11-19 Thread David Benfell
On Sun, Nov 19, 2000 at 05:53:51PM -0500, Adam McKenna wrote: > > On Sun, Nov 19, 2000 at 01:56:10PM -0800, David Benfell wrote: > > Indeed. [Sigh...] Still no joy. Any other ideas? > > > > The symptoms at "make setup check" remain: > > >

Re: qmail build problem under SuSE 7.0

2000-11-19 Thread David Benfell
On Sun, Nov 19, 2000 at 04:15:49PM -0500, Adam McKenna wrote: > > On Sun, Nov 19, 2000 at 12:35:07PM -0800, David Benfell wrote: > > On Sun, Nov 19, 2000 at 05:20:35PM +0100, Erwin Hoffmann wrote: > > > > > > problems regarding with SUSE 7.0 are not known to me.

Re: qmail build problem under SuSE 7.0

2000-11-19 Thread David Benfell
mebody else. Sure enough, IPv6 support is enabled as a module. I will run off and rebuild now... Thanks! > > > At 15:46 19.11.2000 +, Jose AP Celestino wrote: > >And the problem persists? Isn't /usr/lib/libresolv.so a broken symlink? > Check it > >out please. &

Re: qmail build problem under SuSE 7.0

2000-11-19 Thread David Benfell
ib/libresolv.so.2 benfell:/usr/local/src # file /lib/libresolv.so.2 /lib/libresolv.so.2: ELF 32-bit LSB shared object, Intel 80386, version 1, not stripped I think something's there, even if it's broken. Though I haven't had trouble building anything else. > David Benfell wrote

Re: qmail build problem under SuSE 7.0

2000-11-18 Thread David Benfell
t; Oh yeah. At least twice. > Find them hand cp ou ln them to their right locations (/lib and /usr/lib). > Versions are already there... > Do that and qmail will compile ok (or at least will not fail in this same > place). > -- David Benfell [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- The grand le

qmail build problem under SuSE 7.0

2000-11-18 Thread David Benfell
ks somehow dns related, I guess I should point out I've already got dnscache running on it. Any clues as to what I missed? Thanks a million. -- David Benfell [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- The grand leap of the whale up the Fall of Niagara is esteemed, by all who have seen it, as one of t

Re: [Fwd: Re: Timezone]

2000-09-07 Thread David Benfell
TECTED] Subject: Re: [Fwd: Re: Timezone] References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit -- David Benfell [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ 59438240 [e-mail first for access] --- There are no physicists in the hottest parts of hell, because the exist

Re: Changing mail deliver program to MAILDROP

2000-08-30 Thread David Benfell
lly trying to replace qmail with maildrop, but this is what it sounds like. -- David Benfell [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ 59438240 [e-mail first for access] --- There are no physicists in the hottest parts of hell, because the existence of a "hottest part" implies a temperature difference, an

Re: Changing mail deliver program to MAILDROP

2000-08-29 Thread David Benfell
tures, I've switched to qmail. Calling the MDA (now maildrop) directly from fetchmail is an inherited arrangement from a resolution to earlier troubles. And, with this arrangement, I've had no trouble with fetchmail. I would consider switching to getmail, but I didn't see a way to run t

Re: ezmlm+idx:

2000-08-25 Thread David Benfell
be they don't agree with what you think it is. > I guess I was awake that morning when I typed in the command creating the mailing list. You were exactly right. Thanks! -- David Benfell [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ 59438240 [e-mail first for access] --- There are no physicists in the hottest

ezmlm+idx:

2000-08-23 Thread David Benfell
result. > Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2000 10:43:21 -0700 > From: David Benfell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: > To: Snip Snip Snip <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To me, it looks like the List address is in the To: field. Why is it complaining that it isn't? -- David Benfell [EMAIL PR

Re: cannot connect to smtp or pop service

2000-08-21 Thread David Benfell
On Mon, Aug 21, 2000 at 03:35:12PM -0400, Dave Sill wrote: > > David Benfell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >An addendum to this message. It (finally) occurred to me to try > >telnetting to the ports. I got: > > > >benfell@linux:~ > telnet 216.254.42.

Re: cannot connect to smtp or pop service

2000-08-21 Thread David Benfell
telnet: 216.254.42.98:110: Name or service not known: Success 216.254.42.98:110: Unknown host benfell@linux:~ > On Mon, Aug 21, 2000 at 10:48:57AM -0700, David Benfell wrote: > > Hello, > > First a picture of my network arrangement: > > I have a box called "earth&qu

cannot connect to smtp or pop service

2000-08-21 Thread David Benfell
s are available (on area66-1.dsl.speakeasy.net). "Kindling" and "earth" are defined as kindling.parts-unknown.org and earth.parts-unknown.org in /etc/hosts. (Network Solutions hasn't gotten this domain properly pointed yet.) I doubt I've given you all the information

Re: qmail-pop3d problem: No mail delivery to Maildirs

2000-08-16 Thread David Benfell
ersion to forward it to the uppercase version? Or would this still get caught by the lowercase conversion? -- David Benfell [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ 59438240 [e-mail first for access] --- You need only reflect that one of the best ways to get yourself a reputation as a dangerous citizen these days

Re: help - qmail rejecting mail. "no mailbox here by that name".

2000-08-08 Thread David Benfell
e: > > http://Web.InfoAve.Net/~dsill/lwq.html#dots-in-extensions > Do other special characters besides periods also need to be substituted for? With colons, or something else? -- David Benfell [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ 59438240 [e-mail first for access] --- There are no physicists in the ho

Re: orbs.org accuses qmail of mailbomb relaying!

2000-07-23 Thread David Benfell
apply a sledgehammer. If anyone started this war, it's ORBS. As for the supposed benefits of ORBS and RBL and whatever else, I find a good mailfilter or procmail script to be the most effective. But this is all way off topic for this list. -- David Benfell [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ 59438

Re: orbs.org accuses qmail of mailbomb relaying!

2000-07-21 Thread David Benfell
mtp as low priority data which > is given sensible backoff algorithms. > > Regards > Alan Brown > - > > -- David Benfell [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ 59438240 [e-mail first for access] --- There are no physicists in the hottest parts of hell, because the existence of

Re: spam and well known smtp servers

2000-07-05 Thread David Benfell
gh spam to have relevant experience. -- David Benfell [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ 59438240 [e-mail first for access] --- There are no physicists in the hottest parts of hell, because the existence of a "hottest part" implies a temperature difference, and any marginally competent physicist would

FreeBSD installation, was Re: INSTALL.maildir - Clairification please!

2000-06-25 Thread David Benfell
27;s nice that FreeBSD has a port for qmail. But because it doesn't complete the installation, you have to go back and figure out what, in all those directions, it didn't do. -- David Benfell [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ 59438240 [e-mail first for access] --- There are no physicists in the hott

(still) POP over SSH trouobles

2000-06-22 Thread David Benfell
og/messages at startup: Jun 21 23:30:16 area66-1 smtpd: 961655416.698982 tcpserver: fatal: unable to bind: address already used I keep running up against this "address already in use" nonsense and I can't find a proper explanation of it anywhere. But the smtp side of things seems to

Re: no checkpassword in /var/qmail/bin/

2000-06-22 Thread David Benfell
3. > I believe the answer is both. It is neither in /var/qmail/bin, but in /bin (at least on my system), nor is it included in qmail-1.03. On the other hand, I can't say I have it working yet either... -- David Benfell [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ 59438240 [e-mail first for access] --- There

Re: POP3D

2000-06-21 Thread David Benfell
I see I inadvertently cut off the line in inetd.conf: On Wed, Jun 21, 2000 at 05:00:39PM -0700, David Benfell wrote: > > Hello, > > I'm trying to set up POP over SSH with qmail on my new server. > Unfortunately, I don't even know if I've got the qmail pop progra

POP3D

2000-06-21 Thread David Benfell
a is to have some test mail to retrieve...) I've been trying to chase down some information on the "Bind: Address already in use" messages and could find nothing relevant in a google search. In the mean time, I'm not succeeding in downloading the e-mail. So far as I can see, i

Re: Issues with qmail pop3d and $HOME/Mailbox

2000-06-21 Thread David Benfell
ave been unable to find out why I cannot get past the error: > * ERR this user has no $HOME/Maildir > Connection closed by foreign host. > I have tried everything I have found on the docs page and FAQ and still > cannot figure out where I have gone wrong. > Please help before I pull ou

Re: How to increase the MAX hop count

2000-06-21 Thread David Benfell
s more than the > >max > > Waste of effort and resources, little gain, if any. > He's right. If you do a traceroute to just about anything, you'll see that 25 hops is ample. When it takes more than 25 hops, it's getting lost. -- David Benfell [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ

Never mind... Re: mail received and lost; was SMTP port 25

2000-06-20 Thread David Benfell
I found the mail. I had enabled delivery to Maildir on this box. Sorry and thanks again for all your help. -- David Benfell [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ 59438240 [e-mail first for access] --- There are no physicists in the hottest parts of hell, because the existence of a "hottest part"

mail received and lost; was SMTP port 25

2000-06-20 Thread David Benfell
gh it were a mailbox. What else should I check? -- David Benfell [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ 59438240 [e-mail first for access] --- There are no physicists in the hottest parts of hell, because the existence of a "hottest part" implies a temperature difference, and any marginally competent physic

Re: SMTP port 25

2000-06-20 Thread David Benfell
On Tue, Jun 20, 2000 at 03:47:18PM -0600, Charles Cazabon wrote: > > David Benfell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I'm suspicious this isn't really a qmail problem, but I don't know > > where else to start. > > > > I'm jus

SMTP port 25

2000-06-20 Thread David Benfell
p; the port is not open. I am still running inetd. What, besides that, am I doing wrong? Thanks very much. -- David Benfell [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ 59438240 [e-mail first for access] --- There are no physicists in the hottest parts of hell, because the existence of a "hottest part" i