GHOSTS AND ASSHOLES

2001-06-22 Thread chrisup
This is in response to your email about the “loss of email ghost.” First of all, fuck you and the horse you road in on. This guy is asking for help, not to be harassed. Second, you demonstrated your own incompetence; your lack of understanding basic rules of security is quite obvious in

Re: GHOSTS AND ASSHOLES

2001-06-22 Thread Lars Hansson
This is in response to your email about the ?loss of email ghost.? [rantings snipped] *ring* *ring* - Hello, Joe's Car Service. How may I be of service? - Ah yes, it's my car. It doesn't start - Ah, I see. What make is it? - Oh well, I'm afraid I can't tell you that - Uhmm...why not? -

How to stop Qmail from retrying a process that can't be completed

2001-06-22 Thread arnie
Roger Arnold wrote: Someone tried (I think) to send email through their virtual domain, which qmail won't allow (again I think) probably due to the relaying rules. This has created a process which can't be completed and I need to know how to stop qmail trying. Now I know that I may be barking up

qmail + LDAP + Solaris + Big number of mailboxes

2001-06-22 Thread Jesús Arnáiz
Hi! We have about to five million mailboxes and we are wondering if there is any project that includes qmail under Solaris with LDAP authentication. We know it works, but we want to know about its performance. If someone have worked with a similar implementation please tell us how it work.

Re: How to stop Qmail from retrying a process that can't be completed

2001-06-22 Thread Frank Tegtmeyer
arnie [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: ... I still need to know how to stop a process Look at the man page for the kill command (man kill). If you are asking for something else please give more information. In case you didn't read the Qmail FAQ have a look at

Re: How to stop Qmail from retrying a process that can't be completed

2001-06-22 Thread arnie
Roger Arnold wrote: Thanks Frank, You have helped a lot by pointing me to relevant information. with good links as well. I am very much obliged for your help Regards Roger Frank Tegtmeyer wrote: arnie [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: ... I still need to know how to stop a process Look at

mailq

2001-06-22 Thread KIM
Hi, how can i delete the mail queue in qmail? pls help i really need it.

Re: GHOSTS AND ASSHOLES

2001-06-22 Thread Jörgen Persson
On Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 06:26:03AM +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This is in response to your email about the “loss of email ghost.” [rant] Why make a public discussion out of this?? A private mail to Socha is probably more efficient and definitely more polite. I can understand Socha

Re: mailq

2001-06-22 Thread Jörgen Persson
On Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 03:48:10PM +0800, KIM wrote: how can i delete the mail queue in qmail? pls help i really need it. There are several tools mentioned on ''the qmail home page''[1] but I prefer to make it reach the queuelifetime by touching the relevant queue/info file. It will then be

pop3 response delay !

2001-06-22 Thread Qmail
hello friends, i m using a redhat 7.1 system, with qmail installed on it. qmail is working perfectly. The pop3 clients like outlook express takes a long time to connect and respond. also when i telnet to this server on port 110 or 25 or to port 23 it takes a long time for the prompt to appear.

Re: pop3 response delay !

2001-06-22 Thread Frank Tegtmeyer
Qmail [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: my DNS is working correctly. The reverse resolution is also correct. I doubt the second. Do you need names in the log? If not, use -Hl yourhostname for your tcpserver setup. Then delays will go away even if reverse resolution doesn't work. -R is also worth to

Re: OT: RBL false positives (Follow-up from: Spam IP master list?)

2001-06-22 Thread Vincent Schonau
On Thu, Jun 21, 2001 at 02:09:31PM -0400, Roger Merchberger wrote: [...] My main concern is rejecting real email using RBL... I recall hearing folks having problems with that in the past. Has RBL improved on the false positives problem? There is no such thing as an RBL false positive; any

POP3 and Virtual Domains

2001-06-22 Thread A A
Hello! I have a question about setting up pop3 access for virtual domains. For example, suppose I have 2 virtual domains on my server = vdomain1.com and vdomain2.com I need to set up the following email addresses, each one will be accessed by a DIFFERENT person through POP3 (i.e. with MS

Re: POP3 and Virtual Domains

2001-06-22 Thread Frank Tegtmeyer
A A [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: and set up 2 linux system users with the names vdomain1_user and vdomain2_user and in each user's home directory put .qmail-support and .qmail-webmaster ... that forward to the real system users then. How will the pop3 program access the email? My test user

Core dump!!! Help.

2001-06-22 Thread José Ramón Jiménez Reyes
Hello group! I have qmail with ldap and it run correctaly, but when ezmlm work, i receive the next message: @40003b331d5614525ea4 status: local 0/10 remote 0/20 @40003b331d7414e67c9c starting delivery 118: msg 145786 to local [EMAIL PROTECTED] @40003b331d7414e6ab7c status: local 1/10

I'm not root, can I use qmail?

2001-06-22 Thread Philip Mak
Hello, I have a unique problem that doesn't seem to be covered by the documentation. I have a shell account on a system (not root). I would like to setup qmail as an SMTP server on port 2525. It would only be used for outgoing mail, not incoming mail. Does anyone know how I might go about

Re: qmail + LDAP + Solaris + Big number of mailboxes

2001-06-22 Thread Mike Jackson
Jesús Arnáiz wrote: Hi! We have about to five million mailboxes and we are wondering if there is any project that includes qmail under Solaris with LDAP authentication. We know it works, but we want to know about its performance. If someone have worked with a similar implementation

Re: I'm not root, can I use qmail?

2001-06-22 Thread Csaba Bobak
I have a shell account on a system (not root). I would like to setup qmail as an SMTP server on port 2525. It would only be used for outgoing mail, not incoming mail. In general, it is a strange idea to set up a mail gateway without notifying the root (even if it is for outgoing mails

smtp-auth

2001-06-22 Thread Martin Hasenbein
Hi, does anyone have good tips on how to install smtp-auth for qmail? I want to allow a few clients with dynamic IP-adresses to relay over my server. I tried out a few patches. But it doesn't work correctly. I use Outlook Express to test it. When I deactivate Server needs authentification qmail

Re: Why conf-split prime?

2001-06-22 Thread Jost Krieger
On Thu, Jun 21, 2001 at 02:25:52PM -0400, Russell Nelson wrote: speed. However, why should this number be prime, why not have 12 or 16 directories? Because it's a hash. If your hash isn't prime, you fill your hash buckets unevenly. I think we are spreading urban legends here. AFAIK,

RE: I'm not root, can I use qmail?

2001-06-22 Thread Philip Mak
On Fri, 22 Jun 2001, Tanuj Shah wrote: I would have thought, just install qmail somewhere in your home and use tcpserver for the listening on port 2525. Thanks; you solved part of the puzzle for me. On a test system where I have root access, I was able to run qmail as a send-only SMTP server

SV: Please help me, a problem in qmail!!

2001-06-22 Thread PAL F.J
Title: ¨¤¨º My GOD I hate this list -Pa¡ãL -Opprinnelig melding-Fra: cool dragon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sendt: 19. juni 2001 03:39Til: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Emne: Please help me, a problem in qmail!! Dear Sir,I am very sorry to taste your time with such problem.

SV: Please help me, a problem in qmail!!

2001-06-22 Thread PAL F.J
Title: ¨¤¨º Imposible for me to get out of -Pa¡ãL

SV: GHOSTS AND ASSHOLES

2001-06-22 Thread Pål Fr. Johansen
My ISP does not suport RETURN-PATH ...!!! -Pa°L

SV: qmail + LDAP + Solaris + Big number of mailboxes

2001-06-22 Thread Pål Fr. Johansen
So, anyone!?? tell me how I get out of this list... here is my headder: Received: from be.wise.no ([194.143.56.137]) by wtmail1.wt with SMTP (Microsoft Exchange Internet Mail Service Version 5.5.2650.21) id NNQWM0DP; Fri, 22 Jun 2001 14:45:13 +0200 Received: (qmail 4453 invoked from

SV: Rewrite (.*)@foo.com to \\1@bar.net

2001-06-22 Thread Pål Fr. Johansen
I am helpless !!! My girlfriend SUCKS anyone that helps me out of thisqmail-list...I am pissed -Pa°L -Opprinnelig melding- Fra: peter green [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sendt: 18. juni 2001 14:22 Til: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Emne: Re: Rewrite (.*)@foo.com to \\[EMAIL PROTECTED]

SV: qmailanalog

2001-06-22 Thread Pål Fr. Johansen
-Pa°L -Opprinnelig melding- Fra: Henning Brauer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sendt: 21. juni 2001 12:05 Til: Qmail Mailing List Emne: Re: qmailanalog On Wed, Jun 20, 2001 at 08:22:46PM -0600, Charles Cazabon wrote: This script may have bash-specific constructions, s_year=`date -d

RE: GHOSTS AND ASSHOLES

2001-06-22 Thread Kirti S. Bajwa
First of all, fuck you and the horse you road in on. This guy is asking for help, not to be harassed. Please leave the poor horse out. Kirti -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2001 11:26 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL

Re: I'm not root, can I use qmail?

2001-06-22 Thread Chris Johnson
On Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 08:42:52AM -0400, Philip Mak wrote: On Fri, 22 Jun 2001, Tanuj Shah wrote: I would have thought, just install qmail somewhere in your home and use tcpserver for the listening on port 2525. Thanks; you solved part of the puzzle for me. On a test system where I

Re: Why conf-split prime?

2001-06-22 Thread Dave Sill
Jost Krieger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think we are spreading urban legends here. AFAIK, the primality is for double hashing in conflict resolution. Nothing of that kind is going on here. You're right. The hashing used here is a simple modulo. From fmtqfn.c: i = fmt_ulong(s,id %

Re: I'm not root, can I use qmail?

2001-06-22 Thread Philipp Steinkrüger
Philip Mak writes: On Fri, 22 Jun 2001, Tanuj Shah wrote: I would have thought, just install qmail somewhere in your home and use tcpserver for the listening on port 2525. Thanks; you solved part of the puzzle for me. On a test system where I have root access, I was able to run qmail

Re: I'm not root, can I use qmail?

2001-06-22 Thread Philip Mak
On Fri, 22 Jun 2001, Chris Johnson wrote: What is a send-only SMTP server? qmail-smtpd receives mail from the Internet and queues it; it doesn't send mail anywhere. By send-only, I mean that this SMTP server is not intended for receiving e-mail to be delivered to local users. It will only be

Unsubscribe from qmail list

2001-06-22 Thread Roger Walker
You Wrote: I am helpless !!! Send an email to mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED], just as it stated in the informational message you received when you subscribed... -- Roger Walker Tier III Messaging/News Team Internet Applications, National Consumer IP TELUS Corporation 780-493-2471

Re: Unsubscribe from qmail list

2001-06-22 Thread Niles Rowland
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You Wrote: I am helpless !!! Send an email to mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED], just as it stated in the informational message you received when you subscribed... In case there is a problem figuring out exactly which address is subscribed, look at the headers for a line

Java and Qmail - building a large mailmerge serve

2001-06-22 Thread manav
Hi, I have been using qmail for the last year and a half and have been closely following the mailing list at securepoint, and didn't find anything related to my query, hence I took the liberty of posting it. The objective is to build a high-volumer server capable of doing mail-merged

Re: OT: POP3

2001-06-22 Thread Karsten W. Rohrbach
Lars Hansson([EMAIL PROTECTED])@2001.06.22 12:14:16 +: PS. The mailserver is the aforementioned, age-old (around 1998) slackware box running qmail, UW IMAP (ugh) and some generic POP3 daemon (in.pop3d). first upgrade your imap mess -- try something different to uw-imap, it is badly broken

Re: mailq

2001-06-22 Thread Russell Nelson
Jörgen Persson writes: On Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 03:48:10PM +0800, KIM wrote: how can i delete the mail queue in qmail? pls help i really need it. There are several tools mentioned on ''the qmail home page''[1] but I prefer to make it reach the queuelifetime by touching the relevant

Re: qmail + LDAP + Solaris + Big number of mailboxes

2001-06-22 Thread Henning Brauer
On Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 08:53:07AM +0200, Jesús Arnáiz wrote: Hi! We have about to five million mailboxes and we are wondering if there is any project that includes qmail under Solaris with LDAP authentication. We know it works, but we want to know about its performance. If someone have

Java and Qmail - building a large mailmerge server - plain text version

2001-06-22 Thread manav
Hi, I have been using qmail for the last year and a half and have been closely following the mailing list at securepoint, and didn't find anything related to my query, hence I took the liberty of posting it. The objective is to build a high-volumer server capable of doing mail-merged email

Re: OT: POP3

2001-06-22 Thread Lars Hansson
first upgrade your imap mess -- try something different to uw-imap, it is badly broken by design, AFAIK. then upgrade your users ;-) Well, I would absolutely love to get rid of UW IMAP. I'm no big fan of it myself, I'd rather use Courier. However, The problem is that I can't, at least not

Re: How to prevent looping...

2001-06-22 Thread Charles Cazabon
Martin Kong [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: | if echo $SENDER | grep @apedge.com /dev/null 21; then exit 0; else exit 99; fi [EMAIL PROTECTED] [...] Hi. This is the qmail-send program at apedge.com. I'm afraid I wasn't able to deliver your message to the following addresses. This is a

Re: GHOSTS AND ASSHOLES

2001-06-22 Thread Charles Cazabon
[EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This guy is asking for help, [...] What the fuck else do you want from the guy? His passwords, IP range, hours of operation and social security number? If we think it's relevant to the problem in question, yes. If he doesn't want to give that

Re: SV: Rewrite (.*)@foo.com to \\1@bar.net

2001-06-22 Thread Lars Hansson
I am helpless !!! My girlfriend SUCKS anyone that helps me out of thisqmail-list...I am pissed A pleasant an offer as that is, I think both you and her will be more comfortable with sending an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] The response email should have all the informatin you need. This

Re: Java and Qmail - building a large mailmerge server - plain text version

2001-06-22 Thread Russell Nelson
manav writes: I have been using qmail for the last year and a half and have been closely following the mailing list at securepoint, and didn't find anything related to my query, hence I took the liberty of posting it. The objective is to build a high-volumer server capable of doing

Re: Core dump!!! Help.

2001-06-22 Thread Charles Cazabon
José Ramón Jiménez Reyes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have qmail with ldap and it run correctaly, but when ezmlm work, i receive the next message: @40003b331d5614525ea4 status: local 0/10 remote 0/20 @40003b331d7414e67c9c starting delivery 118: msg 145786 to local [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Java and Qmail - building a large mailmerge server - plain text version

2001-06-22 Thread Brett Randall
Hi Manav. For most of this, one word: ezmlm (www.ezmlm.org). For the rest... manav == manav [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: 1.2 For each blast we want to handle the bounced emails individually (we would need to update the appropriate table). What do we do for that? We cannot just set

Re: I'm not root, can I use qmail?

2001-06-22 Thread Charles Cazabon
Philip Mak [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What exactly are you trying to accomplish? I am trying to setup qmail to send out messages for Listar. When Listar sends it a message, its job is to relay that message to the remote SMTP servers of the recipients. That's all. So use something other

Re: Why conf-split prime?

2001-06-22 Thread Charles Cazabon
Dave Sill [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jost Krieger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think we are spreading urban legends here. AFAIK, the primality is for double hashing in conflict resolution. Nothing of that kind is going on here. You're right. The hashing used here is a simple modulo. [...]

Re: SV: qmail + LDAP + Solaris + Big number of mailboxes

2001-06-22 Thread Charles Cazabon
Pål Fr. Johansen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So, anyone!?? tell me how I get out of this list... here is my headder: [no Mailing-List: header] Nope, that didn't come from ezmlm. Or you edited it. Charles -- --- Charles

RE: GHOSTS AND ASSHOLES

2001-06-22 Thread Bill Andersen
Lars Hansson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote: *ring* *ring* - Hello, Joe's Car Service. How may I be of service? - Ah yes, it's my car. It doesn't start - Ah, I see. What make is it? - Oh well, I'm afraid I can't tell you that - Uhmm...why not? - Well, you never know. So many car thieves these

Re: Java and Qmail - building a large mailmerge server - plain text version

2001-06-22 Thread Mike Jackson
manav wrote: The objective is to build a high-volumer server capable of doing mail-merged email blasts to several lists with 10,000 to 1,000,000 users, provide detailed reports about the status of emails (sent, bounced, bad email addresses, opened, forwarded), list management (across

Re: qmail-local's environment settings?

2001-06-22 Thread Dave Sill
Williams, Paul (OTS-EDH) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does anyone have a list of the environment variables qmail-local sets up and what they map to? http://www.lifewithqmail.org/lwq.html#environment-variables -Dave

Unsubscribe efforts thwarted by missing envelope sender

2001-06-22 Thread Alex Pennace
On Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 02:44:27PM +0200, P?l Fr. Johansen wrote: My ISP does not suport RETURN-PATH ...!!! Complain to your ISP.

Re: SV: Rewrite (.*)@foo.com to \\1@bar.net

2001-06-22 Thread Herman Van Keer
Lars Hansson wrote: I am helpless !!! My girlfriend SUCKS anyone that helps me out of thisqmail-list...I am pissed A pleasant an offer as that is, I think both you and her will be more comfortable with sending an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] The response email should have all the

Re: I'm not root, can I use qmail?

2001-06-22 Thread Dave Sill
Chris Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You'll never be able to install and run qmail without root access because it requires installing qmail-queue setuid, and it requires running various other programs as users other than yourself. As a regular, non-root user, you can't create a setuid program

Re: Java and Qmail - building a large mailmerge server - plain text version

2001-06-22 Thread manav
Hi Mike, Russ, I really appreciate you took some time out to reply. Thanks. Yes, I do have three of my production servers co-located with an ISP in the US that promises unlimited bandwidth, with a 99.9% uptime. All these production boxes have a SCSI Disk with hardware alarms to indicate any

Troubles with mailbox ( or maildir )

2001-06-22 Thread Andrei Tihonov
Hi, I have problem: i install qmail-103 in /usr/local/qmail and i have virtual POP3 users in /usr/local/qmail/users i have /usr/local/qmail/users/assign with [EMAIL PROTECTED]:ti-an:888:888:/usr/local/qmail/users/ti-an::: and i use Maildir format. home for ti-an have ./Maildir/ directory by

Re: GHOSTS AND ASSHOLES

2001-06-22 Thread Charles Cazabon
Bill Andersen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I know, I know. You have to give out enough info to get help. But some people are a little more cautious than others. Remember, they DON'T know YOU. And with all the inflated news propaganda about the Internet and how people can steal you blind, we

Re: Java and Qmail - building a large mailmerge server - plain text version

2001-06-22 Thread Russell Nelson
manav writes: I really appreciate you took some time out to reply. Thanks. And not flame you? :-) Not everybody on the list is a flamer, and besides you supplied us with all the necessary information. You *did* confuse us by mentioning 10 lakh recipients and 128kbps in the same paragraph,

RE: GHOSTS AND ASSHOLES

2001-06-22 Thread Russell Nelson
Bill Andersen writes: I know, I know. You have to give out enough info to get help. But some people are a little more cautious than others. Remember, they DON'T know YOU. And with all the inflated news propaganda about the Internet and how people can steal you blind, we should at

Re: Java and Qmail - building a large mailmerge server - plain text version

2001-06-22 Thread Mike Jackson
manav wrote: Hi Mike, Russ, Hi ! We are running the alpha phase right now (with whatever current implementations we have), and I have serious doubts about the stability and scalability of the system. The maximum load that I've put on my production boxes is 250,000 emails so far and

Re: Java and Qmail - building a large mailmerge server - plain text version

2001-06-22 Thread Karsten W. Rohrbach
manav([EMAIL PROTECTED])@2001.06.22 21:17:26 +: Yes, I do have three of my production servers co-located with an ISP in the US that promises unlimited bandwidth, with a 99.9% uptime. All these wow, daring. my contract with my isp ensures 100mbit/fdx ethernet with 99.87something%

Re: Troubles with mailbox ( or maildir )

2001-06-22 Thread Charles Cazabon
Andrei Tihonov [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: i have /usr/local/qmail/users/assign with [EMAIL PROTECTED]:ti-an:888:888:/usr/local/qmail/users/ti-an::: That looks bogus to me. The first field is supposed to be the local part of the address -- no @, no domain. You want to use virtualdomains for

Re: I'm not root, can I use qmail?

2001-06-22 Thread Adam McKenna
On Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 09:33:34AM -0400, Philip Mak wrote: I am trying to setup qmail to send out messages for Listar. When Listar sends it a message, its job is to relay that message to the remote SMTP servers of the recipients. That's all. Why don't you use your Web Host's MTA? --Adam

Re: GHOSTS AND ASSHOLES

2001-06-22 Thread Daniel Duclos
On Fri, 22 Jun 2001, Charles Cazabon wrote: Bill Andersen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I know, I know. You have to give out enough info to get help. But some people are a little more cautious than others. Remember, they DON'T know YOU. And with all the inflated news propaganda about

Re: GHOSTS AND ASSHOLES

2001-06-22 Thread MarkD
On Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 10:21:32AM -0500, Bill Andersen allegedly wrote: And then there are these two conversations that took place in Dallas, Texas. Late 1999. First call: *ring* Hello, Joe's Car Service. How may I be of service? Ah yes, I need someone to pick up my Chevy Suburban at

Re: GHOSTS AND ASSHOLES

2001-06-22 Thread MarkD
On Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 12:11:00PM -0400, Russell Nelson allegedly wrote: How to know which is reliable? Watch this mailing list, and see who's been around longest (has the most established reputation to protect), and who's name begins with R. If you say so Russ. Heh heh.

Re: GHOSTS AND ASSHOLES

2001-06-22 Thread Jurjen Oskam
On Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 06:26:03AM +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What the fuck else do you want from the guy? His passwords, IP range, hours of operation and social security number? He's asking for FREE ADVICE. No problem, but for CORRECT advice DETAILS are needed. If he needs secrecy or

RE: GHOSTS AND ASSHOLES

2001-06-22 Thread Bill Andersen
Charles Cazabon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote: Nope. If you're running a mail server, you should have enough technical knowledge to not be vulnerable to mass hysteria about technology. Otherwise, go back to your stone knives and raw mastodon meat. However, you are making the assumption the

RE: GHOSTS AND ASSHOLES

2001-06-22 Thread Bill Andersen
Russell Nelson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote: Then don't ask a public mailing list for help. Instead, go to one of the suppliers of commercial support. How to know which is reliable? Watch this mailing list, and see who's been around longest (has the most established reputation to protect),

Re: GHOSTS AND ASSHOLES

2001-06-22 Thread Robin S. Socha
* Bill Andersen [EMAIL PROTECTED] [010622 13:13]: Your philosophy says, if you're not technically knowledgeable, you have no business trying to learn how to use a mail server. How the heck do you become technically knowledgeable then? http://cr.yp.to/qmail.html And just for the record:

Re: Why conf-split prime?

2001-06-22 Thread Dave Sill
--IPiIw4QAe+ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Description: message body text Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Charles Cazabon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dave Sill [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You're right. The hashing used here is a simple modulo. [...] I can't see that primality

Re: GHOSTS AND ASSHOLES

2001-06-22 Thread Robin S. Socha
* Bill Andersen [EMAIL PROTECTED] [010622 13:22]: Russell Nelson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote: Then don't ask a public mailing list for help. Instead, go to one of the suppliers of commercial support. How to know which is reliable? Watch this mailing list, and see who's been around

RE: GHOSTS AND ASSHOLES

2001-06-22 Thread Russell Nelson
Bill Andersen writes: Russ, I'm not saying they shouldn't give us the information needed to help them. I'm just of the opinion we shouldn't jump down every newbie's throat just because they are a little over cautious. We don't jump down every newbie's throat. Just every fifth one, to

Problems as patch of the WILDMAT

2001-06-22 Thread Renato Dobelin
It would like to install patch WILDMAT_0.3 to prevent the Spam, but when I apply patch as the instructions of README I receive this error: qmail-smtpd.c:417: warning: return type of `main ' is not `int ' make: *** [ qmail-smtpd.o ] Error 1 I am trying to apply patch in qmail-1.03 blank, use

Re: Why conf-split prime?

2001-06-22 Thread Dave Sill
Dave Sill [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --IPiIw4QAe+ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Description: message body text Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit etc. Argh. Forgot about my Emacs' broken MIME. Here's the program: #include stdio.h #include stdlib.h #include math.h main(int

Re: GHOSTS AND ASSHOLES

2001-06-22 Thread Russell Nelson
Robin S. Socha writes: I'd buy your support any day, Russel. And I mean it. Once, just once I'd like to see people mis-spel my name as Rusell. Just once. Why does anybody think that a trailing 'L' is optiona? You don't ever see your name spelled Robi Socha, do you? Huh? Betcha don't, do ya?

POP Server - Password management

2001-06-22 Thread Stephen Froehlich
I apologize for being slightly off topic. The qmail server is also my pop server. (RH 7.1) I'd like to give my users the ability to manage their own passwords (IMO, a sysadmin shouldn't know his/her users passwords). In truth, its a switched network, so I'm not too worried about sniffing, but

RELAYCLIENT

2001-06-22 Thread Erik Logan
I have qmail up and running. Sending and recieving works fine as an open relay (briefly). So I tried to use tcp.smtp to add a relay client. Here's what I did. /etc/tcp.smtp: MY_IP:allow,RELAYCLIENT= :allow then ran: tcprules /etc/tcp.smtp.cbd /etc/tcp.smtp.tmp /etc/tcp.smtp then : svc -h

Re: Why conf-split prime?

2001-06-22 Thread Dave Sill
Ian Lance Taylor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If the input numbers are truly random, then a modulos hash will distribute well whether or not the hash size is prime. However, if the input numbers are not truly random, then a modulos hash may pick out some regularity in the input, and preferentially

RE: GHOSTS AND ASSHOLES

2001-06-22 Thread Kirti S. Bajwa
I'm sure someone's father out there used that approach when they were a child. Maybe it's why they always do the same to other people... Agree.. 1G % Kirti -Original Message- From: Bill Andersen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, June 22, 2001 10:55 AM To:

Re: GHOSTS AND ASSHOLES

2001-06-22 Thread Guillermo Villasana Cardoza
hey... is it ok if we only use Rus ;) j/k so Russell... thanks for all your input here at the list Terius PS: And just to make you happy : Rusell :D - Original Message - From: Russell Nelson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: qmai maiing ist [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 22, 2001 1:09 PM

Re: Why conf-split prime?

2001-06-22 Thread Charles Cazabon
Dave Sill [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The first thing I did was Google for hash prime modulo even distribution. That turns up many repetitions of Charles' assertion, without proof or explanation. [...] Being a ``Profile, don't speculate'' kind of guy, I decided to write a little program to

Re: Why conf-split prime?

2001-06-22 Thread Dave Sill
Dave Sill [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If the input numbers are not fairly random, then a modulo hash is not a choice. Not a *good* choice. Unix file system inode numbers are not truly random. Therefore, it's wise to choose a prime conf-split. BTW, I modified my modhash program to read numbers

Re: RELAYCLIENT

2001-06-22 Thread Charles Cazabon
Erik Logan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: /etc/tcp.smtp: MY_IP:allow,RELAYCLIENT= :allow [...] But I am still getting the 553 error. Any suggetions on something I missed in the FAQ? Yes. Don't obscure your IP address, hostname, etc., when you ask for help. I've got a good idea what your

Re: GHOSTS AND ASSHOLES

2001-06-22 Thread Dave Sill
Russell Nelson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Once, just once I'd like to see people mis-spel my name as Rusell. Just once. Why does anybody think that a trailing 'L' is optiona? Blame Randal Schwartz...or his parents. Or maybe this guy: http://www.absolutearts.com/portfolios/r/russram/ -Dave

Procmail + Maildir

2001-06-22 Thread Fábio Gomes
Hi folks, Does Procmail work with Qmail maildir format? Thx Fábio Gomes -- @_{2**2..6*6}=split//,áiGsDDbooe eoin m-IsvveoF Tenlmt;print values%_,\n

Re: RELAYCLIENT

2001-06-22 Thread Philip Mak
Erik Logan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: /etc/tcp.smtp: MY_IP:allow,RELAYCLIENT= :allow [...] But I am still getting the 553 error. Any suggetions on something I missed in the FAQ? I did the same procedure earlier today and it worked fine for me. The only thing I can think of is that you

Re: RELAYCLIENT

2001-06-22 Thread Erik Logan
The real tcp.smtp file says: 66.12.153.158:allow,RELAYCLIENT= dsl.gtei.net:allow,RELAYCLIENT= :allow this is what I am trying right now with no success -Erik - Original Message - From: Charles Cazabon [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 22, 2001 1:05 PM Subject:

Re: RELAYCLIENT

2001-06-22 Thread Philip Mak
On Fri, 22 Jun 2001, Erik Logan wrote: The real tcp.smtp file says: 66.12.153.158:allow,RELAYCLIENT= dsl.gtei.net:allow,RELAYCLIENT= :allow this is what I am trying right now with no success dsl.gtei.net is an invalid host. Did you mean dsl.gte.net perhaps? Take a look at your mail log

Re: Procmail + Maildir

2001-06-22 Thread Charles Cazabon
Fábio Gomes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does Procmail work with Qmail maildir format? Newer versions of procmail have Maildir support built-in, but they don't adhere to djb's naming convention -- you could run into problems. You'd be better off to use maildrop, or if you must use procmail, use

Re: RELAYCLIENT

2001-06-22 Thread Charles Cazabon
Erik Logan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The real tcp.smtp file says: 66.12.153.158:allow,RELAYCLIENT= dsl.gtei.net:allow,RELAYCLIENT= :allow this is what I am trying right now with no success Are you connecting from localhost? If so, you'll need to add 127. to that file above. Charles --

Re: RELAYCLIENT

2001-06-22 Thread Piotr Kasztelowicz
Hello 66.12.153.158:allow,RELAYCLIENT= dsl.gtei.net:allow,RELAYCLIENT= :allow the secondary MX should be enabled as RELAYCLIENT tcpserver -H -R -v -p -x /etc/tcp.smtp.cdb -u 503 -g 502 0 smtp recordio ^^ /var/qmail/bin/qmail-smtpd

Running as non-root: How to do it

2001-06-22 Thread Philip Mak
Well, I figured out how to run qmail as a non-root user. I am posting my experiences here in the hopes that it will help someone in the future. Thanks to those who helped point me in the right direction, and also those who said it couldn't be done, which sort of encouraged me to do it. :) WHY

RE: GHOSTS AND ASSHOLES (OT)

2001-06-22 Thread Jeremy Suo-Anttila
Ok now i am confused WTF is Robin? Male? Female? 86 Year Old Hermaphidite east Dallas Whore? Throw me a bone here please. Thanks Russell Russ Rus Russel or whatever it is for all your help. Jps

Re: GHOSTS AND ASSHOLES

2001-06-22 Thread Jeff Palmer
Whoa,calm down there big guy, yer scaring me! Jeff Palmer [EMAIL PROTECTED] P.S. this was just a comment to lighten the mood. Please don't even reply to it (praises/flames not needed.) On Fri, 22 Jun 2001, Russell Nelson wrote: Robin S. Socha writes: I'd buy your support any

Re: Running as non-root: How to do it

2001-06-22 Thread Adam McKenna
On Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 05:31:42PM -0400, Philip Mak wrote: Well, I figured out how to run qmail as a non-root user. I am posting my experiences here in the hopes that it will help someone in the future. Thanks to those who helped point me in the right direction, and also those who said it

Re: CNAME_lookup_failed_temporarily

2001-06-22 Thread Nick (Keith) Fish
Henning Brauer wrote: Use of dig is depreciated (sp? me too...). Use dnsq/dnsqr instead ;-)) sorry, couldn't resist. I wasn't aware of this. Everyone rants DIG! USE DIG! on the BIND mailing lists. Anyone point me to some good reading I can toast them all with? :-) -- Nick (Keith) Fish

Re: CNAME_lookup_failed_temporarily

2001-06-22 Thread Adam McKenna
On Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 07:29:31PM +, Nick (Keith) Fish wrote: Henning Brauer wrote: Use of dig is depreciated (sp? me too...). Use dnsq/dnsqr instead ;-)) sorry, couldn't resist. I wasn't aware of this. Everyone rants DIG! USE DIG! on the BIND mailing lists. Anyone point me to

[Q] control files - locals, rcpthosts, me, defaultdelivery

2001-06-22 Thread YOON, Joo-Yung
Hi, I installed qmail, and can send emails to the world, and can get emails from an external POP3 mail service at kornet.net. The email address of mine is [EMAIL PROTECTED], which then relays the emails to [EMAIL PROTECTED] I am using a cable modem, so the IP is dynamic. And I have a domain,

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