This may solve your no $HOME/Maildir for user xxxx problems
Now I'v just started using qmail and I'm no linux expert.
So I have spent the last 4 hours trying to get pop3d working
Now I discovered that /var/qmail/bin/dnsfn was cauing hard error.
Not a very useful error message.
It would be better if it said I can't get your full domain name from your DNS.
Any way I got around this problem by entering the HOST name directly in to the
/etc/rc.d/init.d/qmail-pop3d.init script.
The hostname should be the fully qualified domain name
HOST=mailserver.blemont.co.uk
The effect was to by pass the DNS lookup. For the host name.
A bit of the /etc/rc.d/init.d/qmail-pop3d.init script.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
QMAILHOME=/var/qmail # ~qmail
USERID='id -u root' # the UID to run the program with
GROUPID='id -g root' # the GID to run the program with
HOST=$($QMAILHOME/bin/dnsfq $($QMAILHOME/bin/hostname)) # your hostname
PROG=qmail-pop3d # what program are we playing with?
COMMAND=$PROG # command to start $PROG
DIR=/var/lock/$PROG # a directory for supervise to use
LOGDIR=/var/log/$PROG # directory for logs
LOGUSER=qmaill # user to own the logs
LOGCONFDIR=/etc/cyclog # config dir for cyclog
CDB=/etc/tcprules.d/$PROG.cdb # rules file
CHKPASS="checkpassword" # how to authenticate users
CONCURRENT@ # number of concurrent connections
# (40 is the default of tcpserver)
PORT=pop-3 # what /etc/services calls "POP3"
VERBOSE=-v # use verbose option to tcpserver
USESUBSYS="y" # use /var/lock/subsys/$PROG, y/n
INITDIR=/etc/rc.d/init.d # location of initscripts
################## CHEEP FIX ###################
echo The host is $HOST #This shows it as blank
HOST=mailserver.belmont.co.uk
echo The host is $HOST # This shows the value above
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The host name is required for pop3d. If you get a hard error then the host name
is blank and you get the error message no $HOME/Maildir.
Having done this I can now telnet into port 110 (POP3) with out getting the
error message no $HOME/Maildir.
Try
telnet 192.168.1.1 110 put the IP address of your mailserver here
instead of 192.168.1.1
user xxxx enter a valid username which has a Maildir set up
pass yyyy enter a vaild password for this user
Actual dump with changed user and password (No Hackers thankyou)
[rharrison@vega rharrison]$ telnet 192.168.1.1 110 Trying 192.168.1.1...
Connected to 192.168.1.1.
Escape character is '^]'.
+OK <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
user fred
+OK
pass password
+OK
quit
+OK
Connection closed by foreign host.
Hope this helps some of you. Or points you in the right direction.
Of course the best thing to do is put your mailserver in your DNS and get
/var/qmail/bin/dnsfq to resolve the fully qualified domain name.
Robert Harrison
IT Manager
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This may solve your no $HOME/Maildir for user xxxx problems
Now I'v just started using qmail and I'm no linux expert.
So I have spent the last 4 hours trying to get pop3d working
Now I discovered that /var/qmail/bin/dnsfn was cauing hard error.
Not a very useful error message.
It would be better if it said I can't get your full domain name from your DNS.
Any way I got around this problem by entering the HOST name directly in to the
/etc/rc.d/init.d/qmail-pop3d.init script.
The hostname should be the fully qualified domain name
HOST=mailserver.blemont.co.uk
The effect was to by pass the DNS lookup. For the host name.
A bit of the /etc/rc.d/init.d/qmail-pop3d.init script.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
QMAILHOME=/var/qmail # ~qmail
USERID=`id -u root` # the UID to run the program with
GROUPID=`id -g root` # the GID to run the program with
HOST=$($QMAILHOME/bin/dnsfq $($QMAILHOME/bin/hostname)) # your hostname
PROG=qmail-pop3d # what program are we playing with?
COMMAND=$PROG # command to start $PROG
DIR=/var/lock/$PROG # a directory for supervise to use
LOGDIR=/var/log/$PROG # directory for logs
LOGUSER=qmaill # user to own the logs
LOGCONFDIR=/etc/cyclog # config dir for cyclog
CDB=/etc/tcprules.d/$PROG.cdb # rules file
CHKPASS="checkpassword" # how to authenticate users
CONCURRENT=40 # number of concurrent connections
# (40 is the default of tcpserver)
PORT=pop-3 # what /etc/services calls "POP3"
VERBOSE=-v # use verbose option to tcpserver
USESUBSYS="y" # use /var/lock/subsys/$PROG, y/n
INITDIR=/etc/rc.d/init.d # location of initscripts
################## CHEEP FIX ###################
echo The host is $HOST #This shows it as blank
HOST=mailserver.belmont.co.uk
echo The host is $HOST # This shows the value above
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The host name is required for pop3d. If you get a hard error then the host name
is blank and you get the error message no $HOME/Maildir.
Having done this I can now telnet into port 110 (POP3) with out getting the
error message no $HOME/Maildir.
Try
telnet 192.168.1.1 110 put the IP address of your mailserver here
instead of 192.168.1.1
user xxxx enter a valid username which has a Maildir set up
pass yyyy enter a vaild password for this user
Actual dump with changed user and password (No Hackers thankyou)
[rharrison@vega rharrison]$ telnet 192.168.1.1 110
Trying 192.168.1.1...
Connected to 192.168.1.1.
Escape character is '^]'.
+OK <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
user fred
+OK
pass password
+OK
quit
+OK
Connection closed by foreign host.
Hope this helps some of you. Or points you in the right direction.
Of course the best thing to do is put your mailserver in your DNS and get
/var/qmail/bin/dnsfq to resolve the fully qualified domain name.
Robert Harrison
IT Manager
