[qmailadmin] Domain limit in Vpopmail

2003-10-29 Thread peter
Hi! I have noticed that vpopmail has a limit off 100 domains for a directory, after that limit it creates folders like 0 and put the new domains in that. Is there a possibility to control the names off these folders so it can be better organized?I get 100 domains a month so it is best if

Re: [qmailadmin] Re: possible feature additions

2003-10-29 Thread Paul Theodoropoulos
let me boil all this down, since this is becoming a pointless thrash. you made the following statement: And if it weren't for DJB's stubbornness, its usage might actually be growing instead of steadily declining. you've provided no evidence to support that statement. either support the statemen

Re: [qmailadmin] Re: possible feature additions

2003-10-29 Thread Jeremy Kitchen
little long winded, but if you read to the end, there's a nice surprise! A solution to your problem! On Wed, 2003-10-29 at 19:51, Paul L. Allen wrote: > > > I think everyone does, once they find out what qmail CANNOT be made to > > > do for no other reason than DJB disapproves of people being abl

Re: [qmailadmin] Re: possible feature additions

2003-10-29 Thread Michael Bagnall
Ok - can this crap come to an end please? It's gone from stupid question to borderline flame to ignorant political comments. I think the various points have been made. This is a support list - not a place to bitch about things. Thanks. Thanks; Michael R. Bagnall Powertools Productions, LLC. [E

[qmailadmin] Re: possible feature additions

2003-10-29 Thread Paul L. Allen
Jeremy Kitchen writes: Damn it's 2:30 am here and I really do need to go to bed. Jeremy, rest assured that I have skimmed through your response and I will tear it to shreds when I have the time tomorrow. And believe, me Jeremy, I will kick the crap out of you (I'm drunk now, and in far too good

[qmailadmin] Re: possible feature additions

2003-10-29 Thread Paul L. Allen
Hi Paul Paul Theodoropoulos writes: > that's an inherent weakness simply of using dynamic addresses to host an > MTA, you do realize? with a reasonably well crafted timing attack, one > could present themselves as the IP the mail is to go to, and grab it all. Ummm, please read my original pos

Re: [qmailadmin] Re: possible feature additions

2003-10-29 Thread Paul Theodoropoulos
I elided the wrong section of text at the top of my response. my last message should have started: At 04:49 PM 10/29/2003, Paul Theodoropoulos wrote: At 04:12 PM 10/29/2003, Paul L. Allen wrote: Yep. But the problem here is not that they could be without mail for 24 hours but that for 24 hours s

[qmailadmin] Re: possible feature additions

2003-10-29 Thread Paul L. Allen
Jeremy Kitchen writes: > On Wed, 2003-10-29 at 12:50, Paul L. Allen wrote: > Interesting? yes. Entertaining? no. That is a subjective judgement. I entertain myself. I entertain some others. If you do not find me entertaining the killfile is your friend... > Ignorant? very. We will explore

Re: [qmailadmin] Re: possible feature additions

2003-10-29 Thread Jeremy Kitchen
On Wed, 2003-10-29 at 18:12, Paul L. Allen wrote: > > no, you tell them "we cannot promise reliable delivery of email if you > > host it on an unreliable backbone line. we would recommend that you host > > your email elsewhere". > > Which is what we may have to tell them. And they may well then

[qmailadmin] Re: possible feature additions

2003-10-29 Thread Paul Theodoropoulos
At 04:12 PM 10/29/2003, Paul L. Allen wrote: > Secondly, ADSL service guarantees are generally along the lines of 'if > it goes down, we'll get someone out to check it within 24 hours, and > we'll see if we can fix it'. that's an inherent weakness simply of using dynamic addresses to host an MTA,

[qmailadmin] Re: possible feature additions

2003-10-29 Thread Paul L. Allen
Paul Theodoropoulos writes: > At 03:09 PM 10/29/2003, Paul L. Allen wrote: > ADSL is not a reliable backbone medium. But they're not backbones. They're end users who want something faster than dial-up or ISDN. I work from home and I'm out in the sticks and I can't even get ADSL (don't even as

Re: [qmailadmin] Re: possible feature additions

2003-10-29 Thread Jeremy Kitchen
On Wed, 2003-10-29 at 12:50, Paul L. Allen wrote: > Justin Hopper writes: > > > Wow. Of all the rants I've read on mailing lists, this is probably one > > of the most interesting. > > Thanks. I try to be entertaining even when ranting. Interesting? yes. Entertaining? no. Ignorant? very. > >

Re: [qmailadmin] Re: possible feature additions

2003-10-29 Thread Paul Theodoropoulos
At 03:09 PM 10/29/2003, Paul L. Allen wrote: The fact is the medium-sized enterprises need their own mail server and ADSL to handle the volume of mail. And the fact is that static IP with ADSL if freaking expensive here. These are the realities. You may not consider this a serious usage of MTA b

[qmailadmin] Re: possible feature additions

2003-10-29 Thread Paul L. Allen
Paul Theodoropoulos writes: > i don't think djb makes any bones about the fact that qmail is meant for > serious MTA usage. sites on non-static IP addresses are not serious MTA > sites. that's my opinion, but i think it's borne out in practice as well. I would NOT run a mail server handling ma

Re: [qmailadmin] Moderated Mailing List Issues

2003-10-29 Thread Michael Bagnall
I'm actually running 1.0.27 currently. From my previous email: The other 4 options seem to work no problem. Can someone tell me what is going on? Is this a bug? I am running QmailAdmin 1.0.27 and vpopmail 5.3.20 Thanks; Michael R. Bagnall Powertools Productions, LLC. [EMAIL PROTECTED] 615.453

Re: [qmailadmin] Re: possible feature additions

2003-10-29 Thread Paul Theodoropoulos
At 10:50 AM 10/29/2003, Paul L. Allen wrote: So how to fix this problem? ETRN? Nope, qmail doesn't support it without patching, and it's not particularly safe anyway. Serialsmtp and autoturn? Apparently not, from what I've read since it expects static IP. Mailrdirsmtp and some custom "I'm aliv

[qmailadmin] Moderated Mailing List Issues

2003-10-29 Thread Michael Bagnall
I am having issues creating moderated mailing lists with the new version of QmailAdmin. When I configure it via the "Only subscribers can post, all others go to moderators for approval" and then send a message to the list, I get the following bounce back error: Hi. This is the qmail-send progr

[qmailadmin] Re: possible feature additions

2003-10-29 Thread Paul L. Allen
Justin Hopper writes: > Wow. Of all the rants I've read on mailing lists, this is probably one > of the most interesting. Thanks. I try to be entertaining even when ranting. > My colleagues and I went from dreams of lush green MTA lands to hating > DJB as well when we first started working wi

Re: [qmailadmin] Re: possible feature additions

2003-10-29 Thread Justin Hopper
Paul, On Tue, 2003-10-28 at 15:47, Paul L. Allen wrote: > Justin Hopper writes: > > > Ah yes, I had forgotten that qmail will dump email if it sees a # sign > > in a dotqmail file. I was never sure if this was a desired effect or > > not, so I've never used it. > > According to the man page for

[qmailadmin] qmail installation script 1.3.6 final release

2003-10-29 Thread Franck
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hello, A new version of the installing's script for qmail are released. All feedback are welcome for this final 1.3.6 :) http://www.linuxpourtous.com/download/qmail/install_qmail-1.3.6.tar.gz http://www.linuxpourtous.com/download/qmail/README http:/