First let me state that I'm sure this is a rather stupid question, but I was
stumped by it for a bit. If this is covered in a HOWTO or other document
somewhere, please feel free to refer me to said document.
I've been attempting to setup a qmail server for a short time now. I've
looked at sever
0 at 12:17:25PM -0600, Jamin Collins wrote:
> As it stands currently I've been stuck at testing local delivery. Every
> test message I tried would result in a bounce. In the bounced message I
> could see that for some reason qmail was adding additional information to
> the a
I may be missing some of the point here, but the way I see it, there is a
distinct desire to have a license provided with the software indicating what
is and isn't allowed. This is a fairly normal practice in the software
industry (open and closed source alike).
IMHO, the license included with
Do the accounts that are experiencing this problem have a .qmail file in
their home directory? If so, what are the permissions on the file?
Jamin W. Collins
-Original Message-
From: Jon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, November 20, 2000 8:40 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Uh-
It's only a minor annoyance, but is there a particular reason that replies
to list posts go back to the author of the post rather than the list? I
only ask because I know that every other list I subscribe to has it set so
that the reply address is the list not the individual.
Jamin W. Collins
I guess I'm looking for the best of both worlds here. Does anyone know of a
an IMAP implimentation that supports the qmail Maildir format?
Jamin W. Collins
Well, it seems the answer to my last question has raised yet another.
Has anyone on the list used Courier as a complete mail server? If so, how
does it compare to qmail?
I started looking at qmail because of the security flaws that other's have
reported in sendmail. However, now that I'm looki
"maildirmake" will create a MailDir formatted directory for mail storage.
If I'm reading the previous post correctly he is talking about a Mailbox
file not MailDir directory.
Jamin W. Collins
-Original Message-
From: Robin S. Socha [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Sunday, November 26, 20
I may be out of line here. However, this is not the first time I've seen
snappy rude responses from people in response to others asking for help. I
am simply quoting this message as it is the most recent.
Sure, some of the postings for help may not contain all the information that
a more expe
00 9:19 AM
To: qmail mailing list
Subject: Re: List Courtesy (was Newbie question)
* Jamin Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> whines:
> I may be out of line here. However, this is not the first time I've
> seen snappy rude responses from people in response to others asking
> for
for at least a few.
Jamin W. Collins
-Original Message-
From: Henning Brauer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2000 9:35 AM
To: Jamin Collins; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: List Courtesy (was Newbie question)
I don't see your problem. he was on the wrong l
TED]]
Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2000 10:04 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: List Courtesy (was Newbie question)
on 11/29/00 9:47 AM, Jamin Collins at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> All I ask is that common courtesy be extended to those asking for help.
The people who often provide help simply ex
Dave Sill [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] writes:
> I'm not a big fan of newbie smackdowns, though a repeat
> offendor might
> warrant one. I think newbies generally respond better to reward than
> punishment. E.g., instead of:
>
> Your mailer is broken.
>
> I'd say something like:
>
> Please
Robin S. Socha [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote:
> * Jamin Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > How exactly is my MUA broken?
>
> * Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252"
And which RFC does this violate?
> * No reference headers (*GREAT* for br
Dave Sill [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote:
> You called the docs "highly inadequate", not "a little lacking when it
> comes to helping someone completely new to qmail". In my
> book, calling
> something highly inadequate *is* calling it bad.
Now, we are getting into a matter of semantics. It
Markus Stumpf [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote:
> Sure, or don't answer them and get 10 eMails followed shortly
> after like
>"I still have the problem and no one helps me. This list
> is sooo unpolite"
I'm not saying that some of the user's are rude, or that they do not post
statements lik
Markus Stumpf [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote:
On Wed, Nov 29, 2000 at 10:36:32AM -0800, Barley wrote:
> > True
> > intelligence is indicated by a broader understanding of
> things, and the
> > contributions that many different people have to offer.
>
> So ... this says that all those that ca
Louis Theran [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote:
> Really? Is this a digression because you've already contacted LWQ's
> author with suggestions? Have you posted anything to this list about
> the specific problems you had with INSTALL?
No to both, because I have not yet completed my configurati
Robin S.Socha [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote:
> http://cr.yp.to/lists.html#qmail:
> qmail: For discussion of the qmail package, the qmailanalog package,
> the dot-forward package, and the fastforward package. To subscribe,
> send an empty message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] This list is
> unmoderated
Andy Bradford [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] writes:
> - Be brief without being overly terse. When replying to
> a message,
> include enough original material to be understood but
> no more. It
> is extremely bad form to simply reply to a message by including
> all the previou
Amar [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote:
> I have setup qmail using the .gz format and i did all as
> instructed in the
> INSTALL files
> i dont get any error msg
> but,
> i cant receive mail
> i can send out successfully
what do you have in your /etc/inetd.conf
Jamin W. Collins
QBA [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote:
> How can I check if I have qmail-smtpd enabled on my host?
> Thanks in advance,
This would depend on how you installed qmail. Are you using inetd.conf
setup or something else? The inetd.conf method is the easiest IMHO to get
configured to start with, but m
From: Felix von Leitner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote:
> Free Software, in contrast, is supposed to work like this:
>
> I write good software.
> Others help me.
> The software gets better.
This is a very selfish view. Based on these statements, you only care about
software in so much
Robin S. Socha [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote:
> Why DeadRat? For a server, I'd go for a leaner distribution like
> Slackware or Debian (i.e. one that won't install GNOME, 27 X-Servers and
> 4 RDBMs if you click "Server install"). Also, apply the following
> liberally: LIDS: http://www.lids.org/
Mate Wierdl [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote:
> This has the added benefit that if the person not only sends his
> message to the list but to you as well, both messages will be ignored.
It doesn't however do anything about their messages getting quoted by other
users.
Jamin W. Collins
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