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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
