Hi folks,
It's been a while since I had to even think of qmail (it really runs that
good!).
But now I need to change my network architecture, and I would appreciate
some help with a few things.
First question, I have to move my mail server behind my firewall (it was
in front until now). My goal is to have the firewall accept all mail for
the domain, and forward "everything" "as is" to the mail server, inside.
A dumb relay, is all I need. I believe
(from looking up my notes and searching the archive) that I have to create
a control/smtproutes file containing ":<my mail server's IP>" on the
firewall. As for the control/rcpthosts file, does it suffice to put
"mydomain.com:<my mail server's IP>" or do I need a list of machine names,
ie: "mail.mydomain.com:<my mail server's IP>", etc... Then, what's needed
in control/locals, control/me and control/virtualdomains (I have no
virtual domain), only the firewall's hostname (except for virtualdomains)?
On my mail server itself, all I do is create control/smtproutes and put it
the following; ":<my firewall's IP>" ?
I am using both tcpserver and tcprules on the firewall already. The rule
was to relay from any host inside to the mail server. It still needs to
relay... but what should be in there exactly now ? Like I started by
saying, it's been a while...
Am I missing anything to get this show on the road ?
[private network + mail server] <==> [firewall] <==> [big bad Internet]
And on a different note, I've been looking for a web interface which would
work nicely with qmail (Pine is nice, but not nice enough). Oh BTW, and
I guess at this point I should confess to still be using Mailbox
format. I know I should start by doing something about that, yet I
don't know where to start. Most web interfaces I've looked at required
me to move to maildir. Any suggestions ? (I know...move to maildir,
right?) Ok, say I do, which package should I then use ? How hard is it to
move to maildir ? A good procedure would come handy at this point...
Sleeves are rolled up, here comes my w/end qmail refresher course.
Thanks,
Jean
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Jean Caron
Network Security Consultant
NORAC inc. - Network Optimization Research & Analysis Canada
Quebec, Canada
(613) 277-6672
