Dan, ok that makes sense to me. i was just looking at it too literally then and not thinking about it as qmailctl stat breaks them out separately and doesn't restart the time up counter on submission. thanks.
On Mon, Mar 30, 2015 at 4:23 PM, Dan McAllister <[email protected]> wrote: > Fabian: > > Yes and no -- Submission **IS** SMTP, just on a different port. > So when qmailctl restart "kills" the qmail-smtp processes, it's also > killing the "submission" process. > > Dan > > PS: Just to elaborate: > -- *SMTP on port 25* SHOULD be used for receiving messages from > outsiders for your domain(s). As such, it should have all of your AV, SPAM, > and other "protections" enabled. Personally, I specifically DENY auth > logins and relaying on this port so that my users HAVE to use the > submission port. > -- *SMTP on port 587* is called SUBMISSION and SHOULD be used solely for > relaying messages from authenticated users. As such, you may choose to > apply a lighter touch on SPAM or other protections. > > *How do I configure these differently? *Using *SpamDyke* with different > config files for each port.... > > > > > On 3/30/2015 4:00 PM, Fabian Santiago wrote: > > currently, qmailctl restart only restarts send and smtp. it doesn't affect > submission and the logging apparatus. > > is this right? > > > > -- > > - Sincerely, > > Fabian S. > > > > -- > IT4SOHO, LLC > 33 - 4th Street N, Suite 211 > St. Petersburg, FL 33701-3806 > > CALL TOLL FREE: > 877-IT4SOHO > > 877-484-7646 Phone > 727-647-7646 Local > 727-490-4394 Fax > > We have support plans for QMail! > > > -- - Sincerely, Fabian S.
