On 19 Sep 2000, at 1:34, Ricardo Cerqueira wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 18, 2000 at 08:18:09PM -0400, Phil Barnett wrote:
> > On 18 Sep 2000, at 15:31, Ricardo Cerqueira wrote:
>
> [snip]
>
> >
> > It didn't make any difference. Which file controls relaying
> > permissions?
> >
>
> Aha. It looks like you're not allowing relaying from anywhere at all.
> Take a look at http://Web.InfoAve.Net/~dsill/lwq.html#relaying to set
> up that part of qmail. Hint: It's not in any of the controls files.
> You'll have to do it using tcp wrappers.
>
> RC
>
> P.S. That relaying info is in a document named "Life with qmail". Very
> good reading for qmail newbies. Also, try http://qmail.faqts.com
Well, something is not kosher here.
On my previous server, I installed and ran the mail system, but
when I put this new server out there, I installed Plesk, a remote
web and mail administration package, simply because the man I
am setting up this server for is nearly blind and has a difficult time
with command line interfaces.
Plesk installed qmail. I didn't have any choice, but I don't have any
particular problem with it, since when I configure mail via the Plesk
administration interface, it works just fine.
Plesk allows open relaying, pop'n'drop relaying and SMTP relaying.
I have chosen pop'n'drop relaying and SMPT for those who wish to
use it.
There is nothing in hosts.allow.
I'm not sure how they are doing it, but I assure you that this
machine relays for 20 minutes once you authenticate through pop.
I feel sure that this is my last obstacle with getting Mailman and
qmail working together, but I just don't get how they are setting up
the authentication.
In other systems I've admin'd mail on, I set it up so that when the
pop authenticated, it ran a rsh script sending the current users IP
to drac, which put it in a table with a timer and put it into the
authorization table. Then, drac would watch the timer and remove
the address after the time expired.
I suspect there is some mechanism going on like this in Plesk. Is
there a standard pop'n'drop mechanism in qmail?
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