alias documentation

maybe this is a stupidly easy question but I cant find where do I find out about the format of .alias files, and other documentation on them? Neil

Re: queue problems

thanks for the really prompt answer next time I will do a search of qmail.org Neil _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com

queue problems

hi how can I completely purge queue of messages and fix the annoying bounce message? ... unforunately half asleep I noticed a problems with a message and deleted without stopping qmail 2001-04-29 01:47:12.220485500 delivery 4: deferral:

Message-IDs...

where does the mesageID domain come from...? Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] this is not whats set in defaultdomain, me or plusdomain (using lwq setup) thanks Neil

logrotate

hi, this is slightly off topic but I use debian and I have always had mailx installed due to logrotate depending on it. So with new security holes in mailx I was wondering what it did and whether qmail-inject or something could do it instead (maybe with a wrapper)? thanks Neil Grant

Re: How to interpret the Delivered-To: header

To me, that To: field whose address must surely have come from the envelope sender, at least shows that the message arrived at iname.net with the correct envelope sender. But I'm willing to bet a modest amount that iname.net mangled the envelope recipient of the bounce into

running qmail from /supervise

hi I am doing another qmail install and this time I have a /supervise directory for dnscache, so I thought it would make sense to run qmail from there, I am following lwq (most of the time). So I was wondering if anyone had already adapted the lwq start up script to do this, and is it a case of

Re: running qmail from /supervise

thanks Dave, I was on the right lines, I just didnt know any thing about svc. once the links are created to /service it will start automatically on boot up, but if it had been stopped before shutdown (svc -d) - it will need to be 'svc -u' ed on bootup? so qmail(in init.d) should still be linked

using lwq I get an error with supervise

when I try to run qmail start after installing (the lwq way) I get a lot of errors: multilog: fatal: unable to switch to current directory: access denied so I am assuming that a log directory hasnt got the right permissions or ownership, my /var/log/qmail directory is owned by qmaill, so

OT: getting help with tcpserver

hi I am having problems using tcpserver, I am trying to run sshd under it. There doesnt seem to a list related to ucspi-tcp stuff so I am asking here. Please reply off list. Is there a mailing list I can join about tcpserver? anyone run sshd from tcpserver? My problem is that sshd is setup and

Fw: ezmlm warning

hi, sorry to post this as I am sure this an OT, but I received this and as far as I can tell some messages original addressed to me from the mailing list went to [EMAIL PROTECTED]@iname.com instead of me - and then ezmlm thinks about deleting me from the mailing list - what's going on? any help

changing to tcpserver

hi I have qmail running via inetd and want to use the relayctrl stuff - so need to use tcpserver instead - but I cant find any documentation in qmail for using it under tcpserver any help + pointers please Neil

Re: changing to tcpserver

ure: Sorry,_no_mailbox_here_by_that_name._(#5.1.1)/ . whats have I missed? thanks Neil Grant - Original Message - From: "Charles Cazabon" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "Qmail mailing list" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, November 27, 2000 2:31 PM Subject: Re: changing to tcpserver

Re: changing to tcpserver

sorry, got the bind error sorted (I think), I hadnt disbled smtp in the inetd! - Original Message - From: "Neil Grant" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "Qmail mailing list" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, November 27, 2000 6:42 PM Subject: Re: changing to tcpserver went throu

Re: changing to tcpserver

The dates are in TAI64N format. Pipe the log through `tai64nlocal` to convert them to human-readable format. can I get them stored 'human-readable'? my /var/log/qmail is filling up with: 2000-11-27 20:29:02.459841500 PATH=/var/qmail/bin:/var/qmail/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin

Re: changing to tcpserver

got it working - I had commented out the old qmail line with the " and ' in made a new one using: qmail-start ./Mailbox then it got onfused by the commenting out part way through a command - I presume the \ mean that the command continues on the nex line? many thanks Neil

Re: changing to tcpserver

these shouldnt all be running can I get rid of most this? they appear when I start qmail with Dave's script and then dont go away Neil Grant - Original Message - From: "Neil Grant" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "Qmail mailing list" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, November 27, 2000

Re: Mailbox ownership

? - Original Message - From: "Robin S. Socha" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "Qmail mailing list" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, November 25, 2000 4:14 PM Subject: Re: Mailbox ownership * Neil Grant [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: 1. ( ) text/plain (*) crap/html_by_mircosoft a

aliases and ...

I have started seting up qmail and have everything working apart from the aliases for root, postmaster, etc and smtp (which i havent started on yet) everything is installed in its default place ie /var/qmail/ in /var/qmail/alias I have done 'touch .qmail-root' and then 'chmod 644 .qmail-root'

qmail, Mailbox and finger

now that I have symbolic links in /var/spool/mail pointing to the /home/user/Mailbox, finger gives 'finger: /var/spool/mail/user: Permission denied' is there any way aroiund this error? many thanks Neil Grant

smtp problems

hi, my qmail smtp server will only accept emails destined for my its own domain how do I get it to send to other domains - like it can internally on the server many thanks Neil Grant

telneting to pop3

hi, I was wondering what commands I can use to read email when I telnet to the pop3 port, what other commands are ther? Neil Grant

Re: installing qmail

hi, thanks for the help, it was the linux 14 link, having two admins of a server is a right pain! someone gets half way through upgrading the kernel and gives up - all without telling me - arg! hopefully - no error messages is a good sign thanks Neil

~alias?

hi, I am having problems with cd ~alias; touch .qmail-postmaster .qmail-mailer-daemon .qmail-root where is ~alias? is it a directory in /var/qmail/alias that I create, does it need my name in it? many thanks Neil Grant

syslog and qmail-inject

hi, thanks for the help on previous posts. I am now stuck trying to find syslog - its not in /var/log as far as I can tell I have qmail running but echo to:neil | /var/qmail/bin/qmail-inject doesnt work, Neil

problems ... again

hi, next problem is: The message will show up immediately in your mailbox, and syslog ... everything appears fine in syslog but the email doesnt end up in my mailbox (in pine) and /var/qmail/users/neil/ the /var/qmail/users/neil/Mailbox is being found by pine but doing: echo to:neil |

Re: problems ... again

mailbox, and syslog thanks - Original Message - From: Aaron L. Meehan [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: qmail [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2000 9:37 PM Subject: Re: problems ... again Quoting Neil Grant ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): hi, next problem is: The message will show up

Re: problems ... again

but the mail doesnt get to the mailboxes thanks for the help Neil Grant - Original Message - From: Chris Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Neil Grant [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: qmail [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2000 11:07 PM Subject: Re: problems ... again On Wed, Oct 11, 2000 at 10

installing qmail

I am trying to setup qmail but I get stuck: #make setup check ./compile sig_alarm.c In file included from /usr/include/signal.h:300, from sig_alarm.c:1: /usr/include/bits/sigcontext.h:28: asm/sigcontext.h: No such file or directory make: *** [sig_alarm.o] Error 1 thanks Neil