Text written by Brent Clements at 12:34 AM 3/31/99 -0600:
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>[root@manageserv /etc]# telnet 0 25
>Trying 0.0.0.0...
>Connected to 0.
>Escape character is '^]'.
You should definitely be doing "telnet 127.0.0.1 25" or "telnet localhost
25" instead, but even that may not work...
>I checked and rechecked my inetd.conf and the line that I am using is
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>smtp stream tcp nowait qmaild /var/qmail/bin/tcp-env
>/var/qmail/bin/qmail-smtpd
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>with everything on one line..
I can't believe no one else has pointed this out yet, but I'm almost
positive there should be an extra "tcp-env" in there. The line should be:
smtp stream tcp nowait qmaild /var/qmail/bin/tcp-env tcp-env \
/var/qmail/bin/qmail-smtpd
Please, someone, let me know if I'm wrong on that one.
>Or let me ask..can I have qmail-smptd be running all the time instead of
>calling it from inetd.conf?
As people have pointed out, tcpserver is the preferred way to run
qmail-smtpd. Aside from its technical superiority, it will be much easier
to get support on how to do various often-done things with qmail using
tcpserver, whereas getting help on how to do it with inetd will be difficult.
Tcpserver is easy to compile and install -- it worked for me the first time
out as a Linux novice on a Red Hat 4.2 system, no C guruhood required --
and works alongside inetd without a hitch. I'd strongly advise getting it
and using it in conjunction with qmail and its assorted pieces.
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Kai MacTane
System Administrator
Online Partners.com, Inc.
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>From the Jargon File: (v4.0.0, 25 Jul 1996)
copious free time /n./
1. [used ironically to indicate the speaker's lack of the quantity in
question] A mythical schedule slot for accomplishing tasks held to be
unlikely or impossible. Sometimes used to indicate that the speaker
is interested in accomplishing the task, but believes that the oppor-
tunity will not arise... 2. [Archly] Time reserved for bogus or
otherwise idiotic tasks, such as implementation of chrome, or the
stroking of suits.
