Installing mini-qmail seems to require qmail ids contrary to documentation

2001-01-15 Thread Yusuf Goolamabbas
` \ ) auto_uids.c.tmp mv auto_uids.c.tmp auto_uids.c fatal: unable to find user alias So, does the installation of mini-qmail require creating of user-ids for installation and then one can delete them subsequently -- Yusuf Goolamabbas [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Large todo slows down qmail-send

2000-07-06 Thread Yusuf Goolamabbas
the queue). Are there any other techniques to help speed up qmail-send. I have temporarily shutdown incoming mail to let the queue drain Is there a way to put a secondary installation of qmail to help process messages faster Regards, Yusuf -- Yusuf Goolamabbas [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Recipient MTA is rejecting bounces

2000-04-25 Thread Yusuf Goolamabbas
A bounce message bounced. When this happens, qmail generates a double-bounce and tries to send it to the local postmaster address. It uses the completely invalid envelope sender "#@[]" to ensure that double-bounces can't then bounce again and generate mail loops. You apparently are

Recipient MTA is rejecting bounces

2000-04-24 Thread Yusuf Goolamabbas
,_sections_5.2.2_and_5.2.18./ Is the recipient MTA correct in its behaviour or have I misconfigured something on my side Regards, Yusuf -- Yusuf Goolamabbas [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Converting a sendmail rule for anti spamming to Qmail

2000-03-04 Thread Yusuf Goolamabbas
I came across this. Can I get similar functionality in Qmail. If so, how Comments on whether this is appropiate or not is also welcome http://www.harker.com/sendmail/local-msg-id-ruleset.html -- Yusuf Goolamabbas [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Will moving system time back lead to bad juju ?

2000-02-26 Thread Yusuf Goolamabbas
to remote hosts down or timeouts etc If I were to sync the clock via ntpdate/xntp. Will this lead to any bad juju. Under what conditions are time shifts acceptable/valid for qmail Regards, Yusuf -- Yusuf Goolamabbas [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Is it possible to route mail to /dev/null from .qmail files

1999-10-29 Thread Yusuf Goolamabbas
)/ However, the above scheme works on a FreeBsd box Anything I might have missed Regards, Yusuf -- Yusuf Goolamabbas [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Question on big-todo patch

1999-08-25 Thread Yusuf Goolamabbas
safe Cheers, Yusuf -- Yusuf Goolamabbas [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Is it possible to reject mail from sites with incorrect inverse DNS records

1999-05-21 Thread Yusuf Goolamabbas
Hi, I run a mail server with an upatched qmail-1.03 and tcpserver with rblsmtpd. Is it possible to reject mail from sites which don't have correct inverse DNS records (PTR records). If there is patch for qmail/tcpserver, would appreciate a pointer to it and a usage example Thanks, Yusuf

Re: Is it possible to reject mail from sites with incorrect inverse DNS records

1999-05-21 Thread Yusuf Goolamabbas
Thanks, for the info However, note that in my experience i have not seen any adverse effects of allowing connections from sites which have no PTR records. Why do you want to reject these connections? Wouldn't spammers be likely to come from sites with such credentials, OTOH, It might affect

Is there a similar feature to sendmail's 'access_db' macro ?

1999-05-10 Thread Yusuf Goolamabbas
Hi, I want to setup a front-end which does spam-management to a set of qmail boxes and I was wondering if there was a way to get a similar feature as sendmail's FEATURE('access_db') which allows one to reject both senders/recipients at the SMTP level Thanks, Yusuf Yusuf Goolamabbas [EMAIL

Does Qmail have support for Dynamic IP Spam Sources List

1999-03-22 Thread Yusuf Goolamabbas
Hi, The following web site http://www.imrss.org/dssl/ seems to have a mechanism to prevent spammers from sending directly from dial-up lines. The site has no docs on how to get qmail integrated with it, Anybody have any idea Thanks, Yusuf -- Yusuf Goolamabbas [EMAIL PROTECTED]