For brevity
SNIP
_3) RE: QMT and vpopmail incompatibilities with newer PHP versions:_
The incompatibility has been addressed in the wiki for YEARS now -- it
is simply caused by a change in the default settings for PHP, and the
"fix" is particularly simple (a change in /etc/php.ini). My "CentOS 6
install script" (which I need to find time to revisit), automatically
makes the PHP change to CentOS 6 systems, and I have at least a dozen
sites running "stock" QMT & QMTplus installs on CentOS 6 systems.
(NOTE: I only use 64-bit installs, so I have not tested any of my
scripts on i686 versions of CentOS).
I am sorry CJ jumped over to Postfix, as I'm sure that was a headache
-- just in learning a new MTA! But the PHP issue was actually minor
(qmailadmin and admintoaster web pages didn't load properly), and was
easily fixed.
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I actually mis spoke, while I did have problems with PHP it was the
segmentation faults that made me change. Something in an update killed
vadddomain and other functions of vpopmail which I could not resolve.
If I had stayed away from non standard repos I would have been fine, but
this modification killed vpopmail and adding and removing domains is
somewhat critical to an MTA's core function. I did read up on adding
domains by hand, but thought that was too cumbersome. Surprisingly
Postfix only took me a day to setup and configure to my liking. I
prefer Qmail, but for the moment this works, along with my YUM updates.
The upside, now I'm somewhat proficient in two MTA's!
So that's enough for one day... in summary:
1) I stand by my assertions that a) QMAIL doesn't DO DNS, it USES
DNS; b) you don't HAVE to run your own DNS resolver, but you should;
and c) DNS issues are not QMT issues -- each admin will likely have
their own DNS infrastructure suitable for their own situation.
2) I don't agree that authoritative DNS and other services need to be
on separate machines... in fact, I disagree that that is even a "best
practice" anymore!
3) QMT and vpopmail are fully compatible with newer PHP versions, and
with CentOS 6... What will happen with RHEL 7 (due out in 2nd half of
2013 or 1st half of 2014) is yet to be seen. (Will QMT officially
support RHEL 6 before the release of RHEL 7???)
Yours in Service :-)
Always appreciated.
Dan McAllister
IT4SOHO
QMT DNS/Mirror Admin & general stirrer up of trouble! :)
