OK. I've downloaded it, I'll try installing later tonight or tomorrow. Will I need to reconfigure users etc. or can I just unzip the distribution into the same path and expect it to work? (It will probably overwrite the config.xml...but I can easily back that up...I'm just not sure about the user mail boxes etc..)
Thanks. -Chris > -----Original Message----- > From: Daniel Herlemont [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2002 5:27 PM > To: James Users List; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Newsgroup integration > > > http://jakarta.apache.org/builds/jakarta-james/latest/ > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Chris Means" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "James Users List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2002 11:54 PM > Subject: RE: Newsgroup integration > > > > Thanks Serge. > > > > 2.0a3 doesn't seem to be "generally" available yet (looking at > > http://jakarta.apache.org/builds/jakarta-james/release/), but I > have both > > Oracle and MySQL available, so I'll try changing to a db backend. > > > > However, here's what the mail admin (of the machine my James server was > > "flooding") was seeing in the transaction: > > > > ***** > > 2002-04-24 13:03:44.069887500 qmail-smtpd: pid 19775 from 66.92.129.218 > > Non-exis > > ting DNS_MX: MAIL FROM:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > 2002-04-24 13:03:44.271008500 qmail-smtpd: pid 19777 from 66.92.129.218 > > Non-exis > > ting DNS_MX: MAIL FROM:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > 2002-04-24 13:03:44.481761500 qmail-smtpd: pid 19779 from 66.92.129.218 > > Non-exis > > ting DNS_MX: MAIL FROM:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > 2002-04-24 13:03:44.687785500 qmail-smtpd: pid 19783 from 66.92.129.218 > > Non-exis > > ting DNS_MX: MAIL FROM:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > ***** > > > > Does that seem like the 0-byte file system problem you described? > > > > Thanks. > > > > -Chris > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Serge Knystautas [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2002 4:37 PM > > > To: James Users List > > > Subject: Re: Newsgroup integration > > > > > > > > > I've seen this once before and dealt with a rather unknowledgeable and > > > rude mail admin on the other end. I would swear it was related to the > > > 0-byte file system problem... there was a message in the > outgoing spool, > > > James attempted to deliver it, James would send MAIL FROM/RCPT TO ok > > > since that was in the objectstore file, then when it tried to send the > > > data, and rather than accept the message outright, the remote server > > > (the one complaining about getting pounded) would see that the message > > > James was sending didn't have a valid header (because it was an empty > > > message... no header, no body), so it would abort the communication > > > between our DATA and QUIT commands. James would then say to itself, > > > 'oh, this was a delivery problem'... it would try to save this for > > > retrying, but would fail to save it because of the 0-byte > stream. James > > > would then try to resume delivering message, but > unfortunately found the > > > same message (because it couldn't resave it) and try to deliver it > again. > > > > > > If you could try the 2.0a3 release, I had made some patches > to the file > > > repository that should avoid creating the 0-byte files. You > could also > > > try using a database repository as it never had this problem. > > > -- > > > Serge Knystautas > > > Loki Technologies - Unstoppable Websites > > > http://www.lokitech.com/ > > > > > > Chris Means wrote: > > > > Here's a synopsis of the problem (w/James 2.0a2 on NT SP6a): > > > > > > > > > > > >>Your server was sending me an email with an obviously bogus > > > >>envelope sender. > > > >>[snip]...but when you forward a spam with a bogus envelope sender, > your > > > >>server needs to > > > >>take no for an answer. It was pounding me thousands of times per > > > >>hour for over > > > >>a day. > > > > > > > > > > > > Unfortunately, I don't have any James logs from that time... > > > > > > > > What I don't know is if this could be a configuration problem > > > on my end or a > > > > potential bug in that version of James. > > > > > > > > Thanks. > > > > > > > > -Chris > > > > > > > > > > > >>-----Original Message----- > > > >>From: Danny Angus [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > >>Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2002 1:50 PM > > > >>To: James Users List; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >>Subject: RE: Newsgroup integration > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >>>David, > > > >>> > > > >>>I posted a message about a potential problem in James 2.0a2 > > > >> > > > >>with messages > > > >> > > > >>>with invalid headers/addresses being rejected by a remote server > > > >>>(and James > > > >>>ignoring the rejection), but no one responded to that one either... > > > >> > > > >>Post that one again... > > > >> > > > >>FYI this isn't a very busy project, posts often get ignored > > > simply because > > > >>no one has enough time to deal with them, its not a snub. > > > > > > > > > -- > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > For additional commands, e-mail: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > For additional commands, e-mail: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
