Re: [courier-users] Courier Fails to Queue Messages
You were right, at least to an extent. I assumed I could build the package on one system, then use it on another the way I can with most other packages. (You're supposed to be able to) Well, this one hard codes uids and such (Courier needs that obviously). That isn't really a problem, except that it does this at build time using the UID/GID setup on your build system. Since those didn't match the vps I was trying to use Courier on, you can guess what happened. I had to strace courierd to find it, but find it I did when I saw that hard linking was failing. I checked, and it was using the absolute wrong account for queue ownership and the like. Oops. Joe Joe On 9/18/2016 21:25, Sam Varshavchik wrote: Joseph C. Lininger writes: « HTML content follows » Sam, First thank you for your help. I figured out part of the problem. courierd wasn't starting. There was a single file the script wanted that I didn't have. I put it in place and courierd at least started. Now I'm having a problem with "no such file or directory", and the logs report "abnormal program termination". The program restarts every minute, but I'm sure you guessed as much. I figured out via searching (one of your posts actually) that this indicates corruption. I uninstalled, removed the local state directory, then reinstalled. It works fine, right up to the point that I try to send the first message. Then it starts doing that again. I'm at a loss. Currently I'm trying building from source rather than using the package, but if you have more insight into why it might be doing that it would help. At least then I could submit a fixed package for other users. Sounds like a bad package. Unfortunately, the number of ways to screw up any software install is not bounded. -- ___ courier-users mailing list courier-users@lists.sourceforge.net Unsubscribe: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/courier-users -- ___ courier-users mailing list courier-users@lists.sourceforge.net Unsubscribe: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/courier-users
Re: [courier-users] Courier Fails to Queue Messages
Joseph C. Lininger writes: « HTML content follows » Sam, First thank you for your help. I figured out part of the problem. courierd wasn't starting. There was a single file the script wanted that I didn't have. I put it in place and courierd at least started. Now I'm having a problem with "no such file or directory", and the logs report "abnormal program termination". The program restarts every minute, but I'm sure you guessed as much. I figured out via searching (one of your posts actually) that this indicates corruption. I uninstalled, removed the local state directory, then reinstalled. It works fine, right up to the point that I try to send the first message. Then it starts doing that again. I'm at a loss. Currently I'm trying building from source rather than using the package, but if you have more insight into why it might be doing that it would help. At least then I could submit a fixed package for other users. Sounds like a bad package. Unfortunately, the number of ways to screw up any software install is not bounded. pgpSffxPPOzea.pgp Description: PGP signature -- ___ courier-users mailing list courier-users@lists.sourceforge.net Unsubscribe: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/courier-users
Re: [courier-users] Courier Fails to Queue Messages
Sam, First thank you for your help. I figured out part of the problem. courierd wasn't starting. There was a single file the script wanted that I didn't have. I put it in place and courierd at least started. Now I'm having a problem with "no such file or directory", and the logs report "abnormal program termination". The program restarts every minute, but I'm sure you guessed as much. I figured out via searching (one of your posts actually) that this indicates corruption. I uninstalled, removed the local state directory, then reinstalled. It works fine, right up to the point that I try to send the first message. Then it starts doing that again. I'm at a loss. Currently I'm trying building from source rather than using the package, but if you have more insight into why it might be doing that it would help. At least then I could submit a fixed package for other users. Joe On 9/18/2016 14:52, Sam Varshavchik wrote: Joseph C. Lininger writes: I installed Courier on Arch Linux via the aur package. Everything works fine for the most part. Courier can successfully authenticate against an SQL database, it can access mailboxes to check mail, etc. One problem, and it's a big one. When courier receives a message, it doesn't queue it and deliver it to a mailbox. There's no entry in the logs or anything; the message just disappears. I also tried sending mail to a remote location manually by telnetting to the smtp server after temporarily authorizing localhost to relay. The same thing happens. smtp server indicates success, but the message is silently dropped. Finally, I've tried using /usr/bin/sendmail to send a local message. That too doesn't work. Can anyone shed light on this? I have *never* seen this in over 10 years of using Courier MTA. The low hanging fruit: has Courier been started? "courier start". When the server is not running, mail will still be accepted, but not queued up until the server starts. -- ___ courier-users mailing list courier-users@lists.sourceforge.net Unsubscribe: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/courier-users -- ___ courier-users mailing list courier-users@lists.sourceforge.net Unsubscribe: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/courier-users
Re: [courier-users] Courier Fails to Queue Messages
Joseph C. Lininger writes: I installed Courier on Arch Linux via the aur package. Everything works fine for the most part. Courier can successfully authenticate against an SQL database, it can access mailboxes to check mail, etc. One problem, and it's a big one. When courier receives a message, it doesn't queue it and deliver it to a mailbox. There's no entry in the logs or anything; the message just disappears. I also tried sending mail to a remote location manually by telnetting to the smtp server after temporarily authorizing localhost to relay. The same thing happens. smtp server indicates success, but the message is silently dropped. Finally, I've tried using /usr/bin/sendmail to send a local message. That too doesn't work. Can anyone shed light on this? I have *never* seen this in over 10 years of using Courier MTA. The low hanging fruit: has Courier been started? "courier start". When the server is not running, mail will still be accepted, but not queued up until the server starts. pgpUt8zM2wfzQ.pgp Description: PGP signature -- ___ courier-users mailing list courier-users@lists.sourceforge.net Unsubscribe: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/courier-users
