Re: [qmailtoaster] connection refused from clients sending email

2009-08-16 Thread Jake Vickers

Maxwell Smart wrote:

Pardon my ignorance.  What exactly does the softlimit do?



It defines the maximum amount of memory a service *may* consume. It 
keeps the processes from running rampant and putting your system into a 
paging thrash.



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Re: [qmailtoaster] Stupid Question...Or two.

2009-08-16 Thread Jake Vickers

Michael Colvin wrote:

Oh, no doubt the setup/install of QMT is easier than Qmailrocks.  I was/am a
Windoze admin up until a couple years ago when necessity dictated that I
learn some Unix/Linux.  I landed in Ubuntu land, and that's what I've been
using, for the most part, and have several machines running qmail using
Qmailrocks on Ubuntu.  But, as I said in the original post, I've also
learned there's some things with Qmailrocks that, well, shouldn't be.  :-)
  


We're naturally going to suggest you use a Redhat distro and QMT (you 
*are* asking on our list!), but I'd say use whatever tool fits the job. 
I have plenty of servers that run other distros for specific tasks 
because they fit better than other distros.
I do prefer RH based distros, but I started with Redhat 7.3, so I've had 
more familiarity with RH based distros over others. I do run Ubuntu on 
my desktop though ;)




So..  I could just install QMT on all of them, and be done.  Or, would it be
better to stay with a Debian based OS that I'm familiar with (Although, all
I really do with them is e-mail, so there's not much to "Do" with them after
they are up and running!).  If I go with the "Roll your own" method, I could
choose an OS, and maybe only install the functionality that I need on each
server...  But, then again, it would be more efficient to just put QMT on
all of them.  :-)
  


I do this for a living. Listen to me:
Sit down, figure out what your goals and timelines are. Weigh this with 
what you need and mark milestones on your projected timeline. If you 
have an expanded timeline then maybe rolling your own is better as 
you'll learn the internals a little more. If your timeline operates in 
the real world, figure out what will work for you in the time allotted 
and budget "fudge" time (ie: "I borked this thing and need to fix it" time).

Plan it all out in advance.


Let me ask this...  The chkuser functionality uses Vpopmail to actually
check for valid accounts, right?  And, I'm assuming that changing the
default database that Vpopmail uses is trivial?  (I've actually not done it,
but I would think it would be just modifying a file).  My goal is to have
the "Filtering" servers use chkuser to validate recipients, but to actually
have only a single database with users in it, and instead of using a script
or something to push a cdb file out to each server, I would think you could
point the "Filtering" servers vpopmail to check the vpopmail database that a
"Central" mail server maintains.  ???  Am I smokin' crack?  
  


Vpopmail in QMT uses a Mysql DB. It's trivial to replicate that database 
between multiple machines and there are a variety of methods to 
accomplish this. I'm going to start a video series on the magazine this 
coming week on how to build a cluster that replicates all the data 
between all the machines (database and mail store), so you could list 
all of your mail servers as MX records (or even a single MX record with 
multiple IPs!) and it would not matter which server accepted the data, 
as it would be replicated between them all. Your users would be able to 
use any (or all, depending on how you set it up) of the servers as their 
pop/smtp servers, or you could dedicate 1 machine as the smtp and the 
rest as the incoming, or whatever.
The video will be over the next few weeks as this is a complicated task. 
I plan on doing other cluster setups in the upcoming videos when the 
user requests get lean.
But to answer your question, yes, it's trivial to tell vpopmail to use 
an external database for it's user store. You could have your multiple 
incoming servers use the same vpopmail backend for authentication/checks 
to accept mail and then smtproute it to the final destination machine. 
The file you would need to edit would be the 
/home/vpopmail/etc/vpopmail.mysql file. It should be pretty self 
explanatory; change localhost to the IP/domain of the server you want to 
be the mysql user store and adjust the password if needed. Everything 
else should pretty much stay the same. You may need to change the 0 to a 
3306. Then all of your frontend machines can authenticate against the 
same backend.

Thanks again for the ear guys, and sorry for the long-winded post.  I
usually only lerk on lists I'm one, trying to soak up info...But, I've got
to do get this done, so I'm trying to get some specific information to get
me pointed in the right direction.
  


Glad to see a new face on the list, and good questions.

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Re: [qmailtoaster] connection refused from clients sending email

2009-08-16 Thread Maxwell Smart

Pardon my ignorance.  What exactly does the softlimit do?

CJ

Jake Vickers wrote:

Phil Leinhauser wrote:
You said this started a couple weeks after you did a newmodel.  I 
think I smell a softlimit problem.  Are you running x64 OS?  You 
might need to bump the SMTP softlimit back up.  You should also check 
the rest of them (pop3, submit, etc)  I know that's something I have 
always had to do after running newmodel.


I know Jake has tried to bump it up in the patches but for me it 
still wasn't enough.


Phil


Just wanted to bring up the softlimit issue again. I doubled them from 
what they used to be - if they are still causing issues should I bump 
them up even more?
If anyone has been having issues with the softlimits or have needed to 
increase them, please let me know so I can increase them further.

Thanks.


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RE: [qmailtoaster] Stupid Question...Or two.

2009-08-16 Thread Michael Colvin
Oh, no doubt the setup/install of QMT is easier than Qmailrocks.  I was/am a
Windoze admin up until a couple years ago when necessity dictated that I
learn some Unix/Linux.  I landed in Ubuntu land, and that's what I've been
using, for the most part, and have several machines running qmail using
Qmailrocks on Ubuntu.  But, as I said in the original post, I've also
learned there's some things with Qmailrocks that, well, shouldn't be.  :-)

So, I'm embarking on a migration in that area.  I've had a machine running
QMT for a month or two now, that I'm basically just playing with, and so far
I do like the additional functionality, no doubt, and yes, it is easier to
get a working box.  QMT-Plus also makes it nice.  I've been using SpamDyke
w/qmail for a year or two (On Qmailrocks setup), and that's prolonged the
existing servers life...But, it's time to move on.

The support for QMT, as you mentioned, is great.  Qmailrocks is dead.  So,
of course there's a great difference, although, for the most part, I haven't
needed much support in the past (Knock on wood), but, it is nice to know
it's there if needed.

I'm still not an expert by any means with Linux, so beyond Ubuntu, and some
playing with CentOS with a Trixbox, I haven't experienced many flavors of
Linux, but I guess they're all similar, much like the various flavors of any
OS.  But, it would seem some my be better suited for some services than
others...

What I'm looking to replace is a fairly "Kluged" together mail server
cluster.  A cluster of a cluster, if you will.  :-)  I've got a few boxes
that run Qmail w/spamdyke, that act as filtering servers, that then pass the
"Cleaned" mail onto the actual customer mail servers, also running qmail.
It all works fine, but is lacking some specific items, that QMT does add,
mainly chkuser.  Backscatter spam isn't just annoying, it's rude.  :-), and
like all non-patched qmail servers, I'm guilty, so I've been looking at
various solutions for a while, and have narrowed it down to basically QMT or
installing from source, potentially blending a couple different "Perfect"
qmail installs.

So..  I could just install QMT on all of them, and be done.  Or, would it be
better to stay with a Debian based OS that I'm familiar with (Although, all
I really do with them is e-mail, so there's not much to "Do" with them after
they are up and running!).  If I go with the "Roll your own" method, I could
choose an OS, and maybe only install the functionality that I need on each
server...  But, then again, it would be more efficient to just put QMT on
all of them.  :-)

Let me ask this...  The chkuser functionality uses Vpopmail to actually
check for valid accounts, right?  And, I'm assuming that changing the
default database that Vpopmail uses is trivial?  (I've actually not done it,
but I would think it would be just modifying a file).  My goal is to have
the "Filtering" servers use chkuser to validate recipients, but to actually
have only a single database with users in it, and instead of using a script
or something to push a cdb file out to each server, I would think you could
point the "Filtering" servers vpopmail to check the vpopmail database that a
"Central" mail server maintains.  ???  Am I smokin' crack?  

Thanks again for the ear guys, and sorry for the long-winded post.  I
usually only lerk on lists I'm one, trying to soak up info...But, I've got
to do get this done, so I'm trying to get some specific information to get
me pointed in the right direction.

Mike



 
Michael J. Colvin
NorCal Internet Services
www.norcalisp.com
 



> -Original Message-
> From: Mike Canty [mailto:m...@collotype.com.au]
> Sent: Sunday, August 16, 2009 6:44 PM
> To: qmailtoaster-list@qmailtoaster.com
> Subject: RE: [qmailtoaster] Stupid Question...Or two.
> 
> Mike,
>   If it is of any consequence.  I have recently moved from a Fedora
> Core 7 machine that I had installed Qmailrocks on.  I found that the
> upgrades were a little slow, limited documentation and I needed a couple
> of
> features that were not present.
> 
> After looking at a range of different Qmail options I chose to use the QMT
> version.  I also wanted to keep using Fedora or Red Hat, as this is in
> place
> on a few of my machines.  As a result CentOS was the obvious choice (Red
> Hat
> without the Red Hat support).
> 
> I have now put the server in place with the QMT for CentOS 5.3 and this
> went
> well.  I have also added the QMT Plus package, and sent some time tuning
> my
> system using the videos supplied by Jake.
> 
> I did have an issue, but the excellent forum provided me with the
> information to fix my issues.
> 
> After the install I now have a machine that is supported for a few years
> at
> least, running in a stable environment, offering advanced features my
> Qmailrocks install didn't.  Oh, and the QMT install was very easy compared
> to Qmailrocks.
> 
> Just my thoughts
> 
> Cheers
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: Michael Colvin [mailto:m

Re: [qmailtoaster] Stupid Question...Or two.

2009-08-16 Thread Eric Shubert
Not a stupid question at all, Michael. I'm a little surprised we don't 
see this question more often.


I'd like to add that with QMT there is any easy upgrade path, using the 
qtp-newmodel script(s) in QTP. The *-toaster packages are easily and 
safely updated on a production server, with downtime of only a few 
minutes. I don't believe that any qmail server flavor comes anywhere 
close to this. It can't get much easier than this.


With Jake at the helm, it appears the QMT has a real future. Spamdyke 
and Dovecot are planned for inclusion in the stock version 2. I'm also 
working on some significant additions like LDAP support, which probably 
will precede QMT2.


There is one drawback to QMT though. You may not get to learn the 
internals as much as with other qmail flavors (although there's nothing 
stopping you from doing so). QMT just works. ;)


Mike Canty wrote:

Mike,
If it is of any consequence.  I have recently moved from a Fedora
Core 7 machine that I had installed Qmailrocks on.  I found that the
upgrades were a little slow, limited documentation and I needed a couple of
features that were not present.

After looking at a range of different Qmail options I chose to use the QMT
version.  I also wanted to keep using Fedora or Red Hat, as this is in place
on a few of my machines.  As a result CentOS was the obvious choice (Red Hat
without the Red Hat support).

I have now put the server in place with the QMT for CentOS 5.3 and this went
well.  I have also added the QMT Plus package, and sent some time tuning my
system using the videos supplied by Jake.

I did have an issue, but the excellent forum provided me with the
information to fix my issues.

After the install I now have a machine that is supported for a few years at
least, running in a stable environment, offering advanced features my
Qmailrocks install didn't.  Oh, and the QMT install was very easy compared
to Qmailrocks.

Just my thoughts

Cheers

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From: Michael Colvin [mailto:mcol...@norcalisp.com] 
Sent: Monday, 17 August 2009 9:47 AM

To: qmailtoaster-list@qmailtoaster.com
Subject: [qmailtoaster] Stupid Question...Or two.

Ok.  This is probably a stupid question, but... It's Sunday, so I'm entitled
to one stupid question.  :-)

I've been using Qmail for many years (10), although only admining one myself
for the past 3.  I originally used "Qmailrocks", and am aware of its
shortcomings and issues, compared to "Modern" flavors of qmail.

So...  What's the differences between Qmail Toaster, Bill Shupp's Qmail
Toaster, and netqmail?  I don't mean the obvious (QMT being an ISO), but
more along the lines of the "Finished Product".  What's better/worse about
the three versions?

Also, and this is more for Jake I think, other than being based on CentOS 5,
what's the difference between the "Free" version of your QMT and the QMT5
version?  I have no problem paying you for the QMT5 version, but am curious
as to the reason for two versions?  Is CentOS5 that much better?  (I'm not a
CentOS person, so I'm not sure.)

Anyway, thanks for the time!

 
Mike






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Re: [qmailtoaster] Dovecot

2009-08-16 Thread Eric Shubert

Phil Leinhauser wrote:

Well I finally did it.  I took the leap into Dovecot on my system.

I followed instructions I found on a few different web sites for the
installation and conversion.  I ran through it on a test server and once I
was comfortable with the process, I repeated it on the production server.
Smooth as silk and a learned a lot more about QMT.

The only thing I'm stuck on now is MRTG.  I'm trying to get some stats from
the logs but it's just not reading anything.  I have it pointed to the right
logs but I'm not getting anything into MRTG.  I think the logs aren't in a
way for MRTG to read?

Does anyone have the MRTG scripts or what do I need to do to get the logs so
it can read them?

Phil



I've installed Dovecot on several toasters, and to be honest I missed 
that part. It's not a very high priority for me.


I have dovecot logs going to /var/log/dovecot.log, where logrotate takes 
care of them automagically. I believe that's the stock configuration on 
COS5.


If I were going to try to fix the MRTG scripts, I would attempt to have 
them deal with the dovecot logs as they are, as opposed to trying to 
change the logs to fit MRTG/courier/qmail log formats. I think the best 
general approach is to use the distro's stock configuration as much as 
possible.


That's just my 2 cents at this time. I've no idea what Jake has planned 
for Dovecot in QMT2.


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Re: [qmailtoaster] fetchmail:qmail-inject: fatal: unable to parse this line:

2009-08-16 Thread senthil vel
Dear Ganesh,

The current fetchmailrc contents are as follows.

set postmaster "postmaster"
set bouncemail
set no spambounce
set properties "V"
set daemon 60

poll serverip proto pop3 port 110

user 'usern...@domain.com' there with password '12345' is
'usern...@domain.com' here options fetchall
mda "/var/qmail/bin/qmail-inject -f%F %T"
dropdelivered


I have planned to change this to "set spambounce"..

Will it be helpful?

Thanks and Regards,
S.Senthilvel,



On Sat, Aug 15, 2009 at 5:23 PM, ganesh
payelkar wrote:
> Dear Senthilvel,
>
>    can you paste here your fetchmailrc contain ?
>
> Regards,
> ganesh
>
> On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 6:42 AM, senthil vel  wrote:
>>
>> Dear list,
>>
>>        We are using qmail toaster in a local server. ie, fetch mail
>> will fetch mails from the main server and distribute the mail to the
>> qmail users. The out ging mails are routed via the main server using
>> smtproutes.
>>
>> The problem is, when a mail is having misplaced or improper or
>> unclosed or unopened < or >, the rest of the mails also cant fetched.
>> The fetch mail log tells like that,
>>
>>
>>
>> fetchmail: 1 message for u...@domain.com at serverip (188763 > octets).
>>
>> qmail-inject: fatal: unable to parse this line:
>>
>> To: "user_\" ,
>> ""@senderdomain.com
>>
>>  fetchmail: reading message user"@mydomain@serverip:1 of 1
>>  (188763 octets) (log message incomplete)fetchmail: error writing message
>>  text
>> fetchmail: MDA error while fetching from user"@mydomain@serverip
>> fetchmail: Query status=6 (IOERR)
>>
>> as a temperory solution, we use outlook to directly download the mail
>> from main server. But this continues for more than 20 users per day.
>> Is there any way to permanently fix the issue?
>>
>> Thanks and Regards,
>> S.Senthilvel,
>>
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[qmailtoaster] Dovecot

2009-08-16 Thread Phil Leinhauser
Well I finally did it.  I took the leap into Dovecot on my system.

I followed instructions I found on a few different web sites for the
installation and conversion.  I ran through it on a test server and once I
was comfortable with the process, I repeated it on the production server.
Smooth as silk and a learned a lot more about QMT.

The only thing I'm stuck on now is MRTG.  I'm trying to get some stats from
the logs but it's just not reading anything.  I have it pointed to the right
logs but I'm not getting anything into MRTG.  I think the logs aren't in a
way for MRTG to read?

Does anyone have the MRTG scripts or what do I need to do to get the logs so
it can read them?

Phil


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RE: [qmailtoaster] Stupid Question...Or two.

2009-08-16 Thread Mike Canty
Mike,
If it is of any consequence.  I have recently moved from a Fedora
Core 7 machine that I had installed Qmailrocks on.  I found that the
upgrades were a little slow, limited documentation and I needed a couple of
features that were not present.

After looking at a range of different Qmail options I chose to use the QMT
version.  I also wanted to keep using Fedora or Red Hat, as this is in place
on a few of my machines.  As a result CentOS was the obvious choice (Red Hat
without the Red Hat support).

I have now put the server in place with the QMT for CentOS 5.3 and this went
well.  I have also added the QMT Plus package, and sent some time tuning my
system using the videos supplied by Jake.

I did have an issue, but the excellent forum provided me with the
information to fix my issues.

After the install I now have a machine that is supported for a few years at
least, running in a stable environment, offering advanced features my
Qmailrocks install didn't.  Oh, and the QMT install was very easy compared
to Qmailrocks.

Just my thoughts

Cheers

-Original Message-
From: Michael Colvin [mailto:mcol...@norcalisp.com] 
Sent: Monday, 17 August 2009 9:47 AM
To: qmailtoaster-list@qmailtoaster.com
Subject: [qmailtoaster] Stupid Question...Or two.

Ok.  This is probably a stupid question, but... It's Sunday, so I'm entitled
to one stupid question.  :-)

I've been using Qmail for many years (10), although only admining one myself
for the past 3.  I originally used "Qmailrocks", and am aware of its
shortcomings and issues, compared to "Modern" flavors of qmail.

So...  What's the differences between Qmail Toaster, Bill Shupp's Qmail
Toaster, and netqmail?  I don't mean the obvious (QMT being an ISO), but
more along the lines of the "Finished Product".  What's better/worse about
the three versions?

Also, and this is more for Jake I think, other than being based on CentOS 5,
what's the difference between the "Free" version of your QMT and the QMT5
version?  I have no problem paying you for the QMT5 version, but am curious
as to the reason for two versions?  Is CentOS5 that much better?  (I'm not a
CentOS person, so I'm not sure.)

Anyway, thanks for the time!

 
Mike





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Re: [qmailtoaster] connection refused from clients sending email

2009-08-16 Thread Jake Vickers

Phil Leinhauser wrote:
You said this started a couple weeks after you did a newmodel.  I 
think I smell a softlimit problem.  Are you running x64 OS?  You might 
need to bump the SMTP softlimit back up.  You should also check the 
rest of them (pop3, submit, etc)  I know that's something I have 
always had to do after running newmodel.


I know Jake has tried to bump it up in the patches but for me it still 
wasn't enough.


Phil


Just wanted to bring up the softlimit issue again. I doubled them from 
what they used to be - if they are still causing issues should I bump 
them up even more?
If anyone has been having issues with the softlimits or have needed to 
increase them, please let me know so I can increase them further.

Thanks.


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Re: [qmailtoaster] Stupid Question...Or two.

2009-08-16 Thread Jake Vickers

Michael Colvin wrote:

Ok.  This is probably a stupid question, but... It's Sunday, so I'm entitled
to one stupid question.  :-)

I've been using Qmail for many years (10), although only admining one myself
for the past 3.  I originally used "Qmailrocks", and am aware of its
shortcomings and issues, compared to "Modern" flavors of qmail.

So...  What's the differences between Qmail Toaster, Bill Shupp's Qmail
Toaster, and netqmail?  I don't mean the obvious (QMT being an ISO), but
more along the lines of the "Finished Product".  What's better/worse about
the three versions?

Also, and this is more for Jake I think, other than being based on CentOS 5,
what's the difference between the "Free" version of your QMT and the QMT5
version?  I have no problem paying you for the QMT5 version, but am curious
as to the reason for two versions?  Is CentOS5 that much better?  (I'm not a
CentOS person, so I'm not sure.)

Anyway, thanks for the time!

 


Qmailrocks and Shupp's Toaster use source installs. QMT uses src rpms (I 
just happen to make ISOs for those that find it easier to just throw a 
disk in and for quick deployment - QMT is not necessarily an ISO).
I also like to think that we are a little more updated than the "other 
guys". We offer RPMs that will give you a complete mail server in about 
an hour (less if using the ISO), and it's all pretty much canned to work 
out of the box. you can configure it more if you require it. We try and 
give you a complete system in a short amount of time with an easy 
installation.
netqmail is just the Qmail source with some patched applied (some of the 
same ones we use).



As far as the 2 ISOs, the free download is CentOS 4. CentOS 4 is 
supported until Feb 29, 2012. After that there will be no updates from 
the CentOS team. It also uses some old RPMs from the project - I do not 
update that ISO anymore.
The other version, where I charge for the download to offset the 
bandwidth, is based on CentOS 5. CentOS 5 is supported until March 31, 
2014. After that there will be no updates from the CentOS team. I update 
this ISO's packages a couple times a year.


Hopefully that answered your questions. Let us know if you have any more!


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[qmailtoaster] Stupid Question...Or two.

2009-08-16 Thread Michael Colvin
Ok.  This is probably a stupid question, but... It's Sunday, so I'm entitled
to one stupid question.  :-)

I've been using Qmail for many years (10), although only admining one myself
for the past 3.  I originally used "Qmailrocks", and am aware of its
shortcomings and issues, compared to "Modern" flavors of qmail.

So...  What's the differences between Qmail Toaster, Bill Shupp's Qmail
Toaster, and netqmail?  I don't mean the obvious (QMT being an ISO), but
more along the lines of the "Finished Product".  What's better/worse about
the three versions?

Also, and this is more for Jake I think, other than being based on CentOS 5,
what's the difference between the "Free" version of your QMT and the QMT5
version?  I have no problem paying you for the QMT5 version, but am curious
as to the reason for two versions?  Is CentOS5 that much better?  (I'm not a
CentOS person, so I'm not sure.)

Anyway, thanks for the time!

 
Mike




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