[vchkpw] db_ping()?

2003-02-06 Thread Paul Theodoropoulos
I'm running vpopmail with mysql backend. I've noticed my qmail smtp logs sometimes list the following: 2003-02-06 23:38:57.679041500 db_port set to: [3306] 2003-02-06 23:38:57.679048500 db_ping() is re-calling open_db! everything seems to run fine, no complaints from customers. not sure what i

Re: [vchkpw] Logging in under alias accounts

2003-02-06 Thread george
Can you do a script that check the alias name... You put that script in the .qmail user that reveive the email from the alias account ...and if the dst name is the alias name to make a forward to other address... Another waycan you try to desactivate the alias and create an account wit

Re: [vchkpw] Re: Qmailadmin feature request

2003-02-06 Thread Iain
This has been an ongoing argument on the qmail list. Some 'purists' believe that there is no need for any patch apart from QMAILQUEUE which dan has indicated he will probably include in the next version. While I was initially sceptical about this I can see some logic in what they are saying. Ta

Re: [vchkpw] Re: Qmailadmin feature request

2003-02-06 Thread Davide Giunchi
> I just use vpopmail and tcpserver here. Was that insufficient for your > needs or does the method you describe offer something more/different? I > have quite a few concurrent pop3 users (maybe 50-70, not 100 [yet]) and > maybe half of that in IMAP sessions but haven't run into any problems with

Re: [vchkpw] MySQL

2003-02-06 Thread Nelson D. Guerrero
On [05/02/2003], Gary Stewart wrote: > > You will need to recompile vpopmail and follow the instructions in > the README.mysql file carefully. I can say with a good degree of > certainty that your mail accounts will remain unaffected. But as > always, a backup is a good idea. I have done this s

Re: [vchkpw] MySQL

2003-02-06 Thread Gary Stewart
On Thu, 6 Feb 2003 15:29:27 -0400, Nelson D. Guerrero wrote: >On [05/02/2003], Gary Stewart wrote: >> >>Additionally, a word of warning, be sure not to reverse your order >>of >>the -c and -m on vconvert. This is specific on what the input is >>from >>and what the output is to. I made the mistake o

Re: [vchkpw] Logging in under alias accounts

2003-02-06 Thread Moshe Jacobson
On Mon, 3 Feb 2003, Moshe Jacobson wrote: > Is there a way to have it so that a pop user can log in under any > alias of his/her account and have it properly authenticate them and > pull up their real mailbox? Does anyone have any ideas on this? It's pretty important that I find this out. Any he

Re: [vchkpw] Re: Qmailadmin feature request

2003-02-06 Thread Andrew Kohlsmith
> - smtp-auth-relaying: useful for big lan with some external users > - smtp-after-pop: vpopmail feature that do this is good for small traffic > network, but when you have 100 or more concurrent connection to the pop3 > you cannot use binary file but you must use a database. I just use vpopmail a

Re: [vchkpw] Re: Qmailadmin feature request

2003-02-06 Thread Davide Giunchi
> Just out of genuine curiosity, were you actually seeing problems that > required each of those patches? I've been running a > qmail/vpopmail/sqwebmail/qmailadmin setup for the past year now and have > yet to actually find need for a patch. There's a lot of needs that plain qmail doesn't suite o

Re: [vchkpw] Re: Qmailadmin feature request

2003-02-06 Thread Andrew Kohlsmith
> Just out of genuine curiosity, were you actually seeing problems that > required each of those patches? I've been running a > qmail/vpopmail/sqwebmail/qmailadmin setup for the past year now and have > yet to actually find need for a patch. Not problems per se, but rather features I would like t

Re: [vchkpw] Qmailadmin feature request

2003-02-06 Thread Peter Palmreuther
Hi Andrew, On Thu, 6 Feb 2003 11:02:36 -0500 Andrew Kohlsmith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> What I would like to see is a update made to the qmail smtp daemon >> so it will look up the email account and return a "failure 500" message. >> Then by default, the email addresses that don't match woul

Re: [vchkpw] Re: Qmailadmin feature request

2003-02-06 Thread Andrew Kohlsmith
> yes, patch upon patches... the same thing that other's qmail administrator > has done. For this reaseon i've proposed the project described in my > previous mail about this thread. Exactly. I'm saying I've _got_ a master patch that does this, and none of the patches in the master list are esot

RE: [vchkpw] Re: Qmailadmin feature request

2003-02-06 Thread Robert Kropiewnicki
> -Original Message- > From: Andrew Kohlsmith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2003 11:44 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [vchkpw] Re: Qmailadmin feature request > > > > > I believe you're using the wrong MTA if you don't like > patches. :-) > > > Qmail

Re: [vchkpw] Re: Qmailadmin feature request

2003-02-06 Thread Davide Giunchi
> qmail-0.0.0.0 > qmail-1.03-qmtpc > qmail-bouncecontrol > qmail-1.03-tls > netscape-progress > qmail-send.mimeheaders > qmail-pop3d+vpomail > yes, patch upon patches... the same thing that other's qmail administrator has done. For this reaseon i've proposed the project described in my previous

Re: [vchkpw] Re: Qmailadmin feature request

2003-02-06 Thread Andrew Kohlsmith
> > I believe you're using the wrong MTA if you don't like patches. :-) > > Qmail is the "a patchy mail server" of mail servers. > I keep hoping that will change sometime soon. :) I guess no-one has > released a patch that everyone just can't do without though. I've put together a monster patch

Re: [vchkpw] Re: Qmailadmin feature request

2003-02-06 Thread Davide Giunchi
I think that is time to create a "qmail GPL project" , "qmail megapatch project" or something similiar a big patch developed in gpl'd like project. The problem is that patching a qmail mail server is very common, and when you have to apply a lot of patch to the same source you can't do it a

[vchkpw] vpopmail, LDAP and AD

2003-02-06 Thread Dave Weiner
Ok, I know this is going to ruffle some feathers, but I've been doing some research, and it looks possible and doable. I've been approached to recommend a mail server for a very large organization. However, they are a Microsoft shop, and will be migrating to Windows 2000 and Active Directory very

Re: [vchkpw] Re: Qmailadmin feature request

2003-02-06 Thread Jesse Guardiani
On Thursday 06 February 2003 11:04, Andrew Kohlsmith wrote: > > And secondly, I don't like patches. > > I believe you're using the wrong MTA if you don't like patches. :-) > Qmail is the "a patchy mail server" of mail servers. I keep hoping that will change sometime soon. :) I guess no-one has re

Re: [vchkpw] Re: Qmailadmin feature request

2003-02-06 Thread Andrew Kohlsmith
> And secondly, I don't like patches. I believe you're using the wrong MTA if you don't like patches. :-) Qmail is the "a patchy mail server" of mail servers. Regards, Andrew

Re: [vchkpw] Re: Qmailadmin feature request

2003-02-06 Thread Andrew Kohlsmith
> > Hey, one of my clients bought a domain which was previously held by > > someone else. This of course meant that lots and lots of spammers were > > sending mails to a couple addresses on that domain, and he'd like to be > > able to mark certain explicit addresses for bouncing, while retaining t

Re: [vchkpw] Re: Qmailadmin feature request

2003-02-06 Thread Jesse Guardiani
On Thursday 06 February 2003 01:49, Ken Jones wrote: > On Wednesday 05 February 2003 18:22, you wrote: > It would be great if you knew of any C programmers with a few > hours to spare. then we could hook vpopmail into qmail-smtpd > and block the email right at the front door. I know C, and I oc

[vchkpw] Quota limit

2003-02-06 Thread Enrique L. Schamann
Does anybody know how may put a storage quota per user plus than 2147483647 bytes (i.e. 6Gb). This question is because when a quota of 4294967295 bytes (i.e.) is established the system doesn't works properly, apparently because a int32 limitation ? Any idea ? Regards, -- Enrique Luis Schamann

[vchkpw] Total users is waaay too high

2003-02-06 Thread Kristian Rønningen
Hi, I was doing vdominfo on a few domains we're hosting, and I got the number 2147483647, which shocked me at first, but I then realized that they didn't have more than apprx. 10 accounts. I found this large number in .dir-control, which I assume is where vdominfo gets its information from. Why h

Re: [vchkpw] How to take back up

2003-02-06 Thread Manish Jain
HAve u installed webmin package on ur server.. if done it.. then see in the mysql server databases. there is an option for backup database.. from there u can save the database as a mysql file.. When done it.. reply me back.. On Thu, 2003-02-06 at 12:32, Mahesh wrote: > > Hi Mr Manish Jain > For