Re: Is qmail "best reserved for mailing list server purposes only"?

2001-04-29 Thread q question
One last note on this thread. While rereading the FAQ, I came across this which indicates qmail has brakes to keep from generating denial of service attacks. http://cr.yp.to/qmail/faq/efficiency.html Does qmail back off from dead hosts? Answer: Yes. qmail has three backoff features: Each mess

Re: log smtp ip connection

2001-04-29 Thread Tim Legant
On Fri, Apr 27, 2001 at 11:43:42AM +0800, lemoninsz wrote: > the default installation of qmail does not log the smtp ip > connection,is there a way to make qmail log the ip address of smtp > connection in /var/log/maillog file Use tcpserver (http://cr.yp.to/ucspi-tcp.html) instead of inetd. Tim

log smtp ip connection

2001-04-29 Thread lemoninsz
Hi folks: the default installation of qmail does not log the smtp ip connection,is there a way to make qmail log the ip address of smtp connection in /var/log/maillog file Ö Àñ£¡ lemoninsz [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Where does the mail goes?

2001-04-29 Thread Tim Legant
On Mon, Apr 30, 2001 at 01:40:15AM +0200, Marco Calistri wrote: > If my $HOME doesn't contains any dot qmail or even it is empty, > where the incoming mail is stored? Does the file exist, or not? If it doesn't exist, qmail follows the default delivery instructions provided on the 'qmail-start' co

Re: trouble with qmail

2001-04-29 Thread Tim Legant
On Sun, Apr 29, 2001 at 05:25:29PM -0400, Cameron Hanover wrote: > okee dokee. i'm having quite a time trying to get qmail to work right. [snip...] > any help anybody could give me would be greatly appreciated. Please post the output of 'qmail-showctl' (don't edit it!) and the unedited content

Re: How can qmail scale?

2001-04-29 Thread japc
On Mon, Apr 30, 2001 at 09:30:07AM +0800, Foo Ji-Haw wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm trying to set up qmail to support a 200,000 user domain. Can someone pls > recommend a feasible way to do this? I don't think adding 200,000 records in > /etc/passwd is such a good idea. 200.000 in /etc/passwd ? How wo

Re: How can qmail scale?

2001-04-29 Thread Daniel Duclos
On Mon, 30 Apr 2001, Foo Ji-Haw wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm trying to set up qmail to support a 200,000 user domain. Can someone pls > recommend a feasible way to do this? I don't think adding 200,000 records in > /etc/passwd is such a good idea. You can use the Inter7 solutions. It's free software

How can qmail scale?

2001-04-29 Thread Foo Ji-Haw
Hi all, I'm trying to set up qmail to support a 200,000 user domain. Can someone pls recommend a feasible way to do this? I don't think adding 200,000 records in /etc/passwd is such a good idea.

Re: trouble with qmail

2001-04-29 Thread RC
not sure. ps -x doesn't show it, but it doesn't show any of the other ones, and the only place the install docs said to make a start script was in inetd.conf, which is the line pasted below. if i try and start wmail-send manually, i get this: alert: cannot start: hath the daemon spawn no fire?

Re: Is qmail "best reserved for mailing list server purposes only"?

2001-04-29 Thread q question
Hi Russ, John, and Jason, I appreciate your taking the time to respond to my question about the ORBS opinion. I felt I should check it out before installing qmail and unexpectedly becoming an infamous generator of denial of service attacks! Russ, I appreciated hearing some of the background is

Re: trouble with qmail

2001-04-29 Thread Chris Johnson
On Sun, Apr 29, 2001 at 08:37:34PM -0400, RC wrote: > and, of course, nothing was delivered. sure enough, it's sitting in > ~qmail/queue/mess/20/ > > this us just a thought, and i'm going to seem incredibly stupid if > this is the answer: > the file permissions for my mailbox are: > -rw---

Re: trouble with qmail

2001-04-29 Thread RC
well, that part of the documentation finally made sense, so here's what i got doing the commands in the doc [chanover@ltg-pmac2 chanover]$ telnet .edu smtp Trying 141.213.36.39... Connected to .edu. Escape character is '^]'. 220 .edu ESMTP helo dude 250 .edu mail jesus@.edu 250 ok rcpt jesus@.ed

lesoleil.com unexpected MAILER-DAEMON?

2001-04-29 Thread Marco Calistri
Hello I'm getting several [EMAIL PROTECTED] unexpected messages whenever I send normal requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] wonder if postmaster at lesoleil.com is subscribed here to check why this is happening. Here a copy of such message: XF-Source: ik5bcu X-RDate: Mon, 30 Apr 2001 02:26:39 +0200 (CE

Re: Where does the mail goes?

2001-04-29 Thread Marco Calistri
On 29-Apr-2001 Alex Pennace wrote: > On Mon, Apr 30, 2001 at 01:39:53AM +0200, Marco Calistri wrote: >> If my $HOME doesn't contains any dot qmail or even it is empty, >> where the incoming mail is stored? >> >> I download 54 messages from my ISP pop server using fetchmail >> without having a d

Re: trouble with qmail

2001-04-29 Thread Al Lipscomb
On Sun, Apr 29, 2001 at 05:43:36PM -0400, RC wrote: > okee dokee. i'm having quite a time trying to get qmail to work right. > > for a while i was at least able to send mail from my box [running > openbsd2.8] and receive it on my box, or send mail from it, and > receive elsewhere, but not send f

How can I get qmail to log extra information?

2001-04-29 Thread Khai Doan
When examining the qmail log file, I could not find the "subject:" line. Is there a way to get qmail to log extra information (such as subject, the first few words of the message, filename of any attachment, etc... Please help! Khai Doan __

Re: Where does the mail goes?

2001-04-29 Thread Alex Pennace
On Mon, Apr 30, 2001 at 01:39:53AM +0200, Marco Calistri wrote: > If my $HOME doesn't contains any dot qmail or even it is empty, > where the incoming mail is stored? > > I download 54 messages from my ISP pop server using fetchmail > without having a dot qmail into my $HOME. > Session has been

Where does the mail goes?

2001-04-29 Thread Marco Calistri
If my $HOME doesn't contains any dot qmail or even it is empty, where the incoming mail is stored? I download 54 messages from my ISP pop server using fetchmail without having a dot qmail into my $HOME. Session has been completed regularly but I don't find any messages...are they been lost? --

Re: Is qmail "best reserved for mailing list server purposes only"?

2001-04-29 Thread Jason Brooke
> "Qmail admins: Qmail's current version is secure by default, but earlier > versions were insecure. Most admins know enough to follow the instructions > for securing it before putting qmail into service, however it usually drops > ORBS test messages checking for UUCP pathing vulnerabilities - "!

Re: Is qmail "best reserved for mailing list server purposes only"?

2001-04-29 Thread John P
From: q question <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Qmail is > extremely network unfriendly and generates denial of service attacks on > other mailservers in its enthusiasm to deliver as many messages as possible > in a short period of time. For this reason it is best reserved for mailing > list server purpose

how do I ?

2001-04-29 Thread Pupeno
How do I unsuscribe from this mailing list ? Thank you. -- Pupeno: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pupeno.com.ar

Re: Is qmail "best reserved for mailing list server purposes only"?

2001-04-29 Thread Russ Allbery
q question <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > One of the reasons I was interested in qmail was the security aspect of > it. I've been impressed that noone has won the reward that is available > from Dan Bernstein. This is probably the most negative comment I have > seen about qmail while surfing for i

trouble with qmail

2001-04-29 Thread RC
okee dokee. i'm having quite a time trying to get qmail to work right. for a while i was at least able to send mail from my box [running openbsd2.8] and receive it on my box, or send mail from it, and receive elsewhere, but not send from elsewhere and receive on it. now i can't send or receive

Is qmail "best reserved for mailing list server purposes only"?

2001-04-29 Thread q question
One of the reasons I was interested in qmail was the security aspect of it. I've been impressed that noone has won the reward that is available from Dan Bernstein. This is probably the most negative comment I have seen about qmail while surfing for info: http://www.orbs.org/otherresources.html

trouble with qmail

2001-04-29 Thread Cameron Hanover
okee dokee. i'm having quite a time trying to get qmail to work right. for a while i was at least able to send mail from my box [running openbsd2.8] and receive it on my box, or send mail from it, and receive elsewhere, but not send from elsewhere and receive on it. now i can't send or receive

Re: Which IMAP do you prefer with qmail?

2001-04-29 Thread Robin S. Socha
* q question <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [010429 16:38]: Your parents must hate you. > I'm curious, not to really try to create a survey, but of those of you on > this list using qmail with IMAP, which IMAP are you using? Courier - what else? Cyrus is nice but uses proprietary formats noone really nee

Which IMAP do you prefer with qmail?

2001-04-29 Thread q question
I'm curious, not to really try to create a survey, but of those of you on this list using qmail with IMAP, which IMAP are you using? Thanks in advance! _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com

Re: qmail-inject

2001-04-29 Thread Frank Tegtmeyer
C P <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > i need to operate qmail-inject in a way so that it asks for subject on > command prompt. Is this possible ??? Write a wrapper. For example (not tested): #!/bin/bash # read -p "Subject: " mailsubj "$REPLY" $* Regards, Frank

qmail-inject

2001-04-29 Thread C P
hi all, i need to operate qmail-inject in a way so that it asks for subject on command prompt. Is this possible ??? please help regds, pratibha --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.246 / Virus Database: 120 - Relea

qmail Digest 29 Apr 2001 10:00:00 -0000 Issue 1349

2001-04-29 Thread qmail-digest-help
qmail Digest 29 Apr 2001 10:00:00 - Issue 1349 Topics (messages 61617 through 61635): Re: Return Receipt 61617 by: Thomas Booms 61618 by: Willy De la Court /var/spool/mail/user getting deleted 61619 by: kamesh jayachandran 61620 by: Ruprecht Helms 61