Great stuff. I'll put this into the FAQ, probably with a bit of explanation on each step. Thanks! -- Serge Knystautas Loki Technologies - Unstoppable Websites http://www.lokitech.com/
Daniel Herlemont wrote: >>Thanks, that would be a better way to phrase it yes <g>. > > > :) > > BTW I just installed a new version with success ... > > I don't know if it is the right way but it worked for me : > > 1. rename the previous james directory into a james.old > 2 run phoenix to let the new james.sar be deployed. > 3. copy config.xml from james.old to the new deployed james/conf directory > 4. replace the var directory by the previous var directory. > 5. restart phoenix/james. > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Chris Means" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Daniel Herlemont" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "James Users List" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, May 01, 2002 12:56 AM > Subject: RE: Upgrading (was Re: Newsgroup integration) > > > >>Thanks, that would be a better way to phrase it yes <g>. But then it > > makes > >>me look like I haven't read a FAQ somewhere...:< I'll go look and see if >>there's something already available on the Apache-James site...which is > > what > >>I should have done in the first place...sometimes it's so much simpler to >>just ask... >> >> >>>-----Original Message----- >>>From: Daniel Herlemont [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >>>Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2002 5:49 PM >>>To: James Users List; [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>Subject: Upgrading (was Re: Newsgroup integration) >>> >>> >>>BTW I have already installed a previous versions with users etc .... >> > and > >>>spend time in config.xml .. >>>So the question is : how to upgrade from a new .sar file ? >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>----- Original Message ----- >>>From: "Chris Means" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>To: "James Users List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>Sent: Wednesday, May 01, 2002 12:36 AM >>>Subject: RE: Newsgroup integration >>> >>> >>> >>>>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]>
