Re: QMail? - additional thoughts
Hi Brian, --On Sunday, February 08, 2004 11:11:58 PM -0500 Brian McCann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all. I'm trying to setup Qmail on one of my systems. Being a former user of Sendmail, I decided to try to find a HOWTO or something to get me started. It just occurred to me, are you speaking SMTP when you telnet into port 25? Also, for a complete comprehensive guide to qmail, go to the qmail Bible at www.lifewithqmail.org This not only shows you how to install from source, but gives a complete understanding of how it works, scripts, etc... -- Gary ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: QMail? - additional thoughts
I don't know what you mean by speaking SMTP. If you are referring to sending the correct SMTP commands to tell it HELO/OLEH or whatever, I don't even get that far. It literally connects, then right away disconnects...I don't even get the usual SMTP banner. I'm going to check out that link though, thanks! --Brian -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gary Sent: Sunday, February 08, 2004 11:36 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: QMail? - additional thoughts Hi Brian, --On Sunday, February 08, 2004 11:11:58 PM -0500 Brian McCann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all. I'm trying to setup Qmail on one of my systems. Being a former user of Sendmail, I decided to try to find a HOWTO or something to get me started. It just occurred to me, are you speaking SMTP when you telnet into port 25? Also, for a complete comprehensive guide to qmail, go to the qmail Bible at www.lifewithqmail.org This not only shows you how to install from source, but gives a complete understanding of how it works, scripts, etc... -- Gary ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: QMail? - additional thoughts
Hi Brian, --On Sunday, February 08, 2004 11:57:16 PM -0500 Brian McCann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: don't know what you mean by speaking SMTP. If you are referring to sending the correct SMTP commands to tell it HELO/OLEH or whatever, I don't even get that far. It literally connects, then right away disconnects...I don't even get the usual SMTP banner. I'm going to check out that link though, thanks! Yes, this is what I was referring to ... well, you can do a few things. To see if you can send mail to yourself.. echo to: username |/var/qmail/bin/qmail-inject you should have a test email in your mailbox. To test your SMTP server.. with telnet.. telnet 127.0.0.1 25 response trying 127... connecting Escape char... you type helo homer response 250 domain you type mail from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] response 250 ok you type data response 354 go ahead you type Subject : a test you type this is a test response 250 okay ... you type quit response 221 domain .. response connection closed by foreign host Now, if you get an error on the telnet commands, such as Unable to connect to remote host: Connection refused if you get this... your SMTP service is not properly configured. -- Gary ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: QMail? - additional thoughts
Hi Brian, --On Sunday, February 08, 2004 11:57:16 PM -0500 Brian McCann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I don't know what you mean by speaking SMTP. If you are referring to sending the correct SMTP commands to tell it HELO/OLEH or whatever, I don't even get that far. It literally connects, then right away disconnects...I don't even get the usual SMTP banner. I'm going to check out that link though, thanks! Sorry Brian, getting tired. Here is the correct telnet connection... Missed a part.. To test your SMTP server.. with telnet.. telnet 127.0.0.1 25 (or your machine IP address) response trying 127... connecting Escape char... you type helo homer response 250 domain you type mail from:[EMAIL PROTECTED] response 250 ok you type rcpt to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] response 250 ok you type data response 354 go ahead you type Subject : a test you type this is a test. you type . -- (that's a period) response 250 okay ... you type quit response 221 domain .. response connection closed by foreign host Now, if you get an error on the telnet commands, such as Unable to connect to remote host: Connection refused if you get this... your SMTP service is not properly configured. -- Gary ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: QMail? - additional thoughts
On Sun, 08 Feb 2004 23:57:16 -0500, Brian McCann wrote: I don't know what you mean by speaking SMTP. If you are referring to sending the correct SMTP commands to tell it HELO/OLEH or whatever, I don't even get that far. It literally connects, then right away disconnects...I don't even get the usual SMTP banner. I'm going to check out that link though, thanks! Why not install it from the port? The port gets a lot of little details right that are specific to FreeBSD. -- David Benfell, LCP [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Resume available at http://www.parts-unknown.org/resume.html pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
