[vchkpw] Can't set mailing list to anyone can post
I'm sorry if this is in the wrong list - please feel free to point me in the right direction. Using vpopmail-5.4.28 qmailadmin-1.2.13 ezmlm-idx-7.0.2 When setting up or modifying mailing lists via qmailadmin I can't set to Anyone can post. When I save and go back it has flipped back to Only subscribers can post, all others bounce. I did try to set it manually but I can't get my head around it. In /home/vpopmail/domains/mydomain/listname the structure seems to differ from what the ezmlm-idx man suggests (no config in particular). Any help or pointers appreciated! !DSPAM:4ae7057b32712796649500!
Re: [vchkpw] vpopmail welcom message
Why not just write a shell script to create the mailbox and then send a mail to it? On 14 Feb 2004, at 21:41, Radu Naidinescu wrote: hello all. i use vpopmail(maildir style) and i want to put a greeting mail in every new mailbox that i create. any ideeas? does vpopmail has this feature? thank you!
[vchkpw] CourierImap compile problem.
Hi, I have a working install of vpopmail (5.2.2). I am trying to compile CourierIMAP (2.2.1). On doing make, I eventually get this... make[2]: Entering directory `/home/howard/mail/courier-imap-2.2.1/authlib' gcc -I/home/vpopmail/include -g -O2 -Wall -I.. -I./.. -o authvchkpw modauthvchkpw.o libauthmod.a libauth.a ../numlib/libnumlib.a ../md5/ libmd5.a ../sha1/libsha1.a -L/home/vpopmail/lib -lvpopmail -lm -lcrypt /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lvpopmail collect2: ld returned 1 exit status make[2]: *** [authvchkpw] Error 1 make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/howard/mail/courier-imap-2.2.1/authlib' make[1]: *** [all] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/howard/mail/courier-imap-2.2.1/authlib' make: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 The vpopmail lib and include directories are there and have appropriate permissions (now), but no joy. Can anybody help?
Re: [vchkpw] CourierImap compile problem.
E now I'm confused. I wasn't doing the make as root, 'cos the INSTALL do tells you in big letters not to!! However, it does seem to make and install ok as root. Im off to try it out now. Be speaking soon probably :-) H. On 12 Feb 2004, at 17:43, Tom Collins wrote: On Feb 12, 2004, at 4:16 AM, Howard Miller wrote: I have a working install of vpopmail (5.2.2). I am trying to compile CourierIMAP (2.2.1). On doing make, I eventually get this... Are you running `make` as root? If not, you need to. Is libvpopmail in /home/vpopmail/lib? -- Tom Collins - [EMAIL PROTECTED] QmailAdmin: http://qmailadmin.sf.net/ Vpopmail: http://vpopmail.sf.net/ Info on the Sniffter handheld Network Tester: http://sniffter.com/
Re: [vchkpw] Delivery
The thing that concerns me here is that if the destination that it was delivering to *really* did not exist then you would get an error something along the lines of cannot cd to directory You certainly wouldn't get success reported. So where *is* the message getting delivered, can you find it? Taking a step back, what was your initial problem that led you to the logs? H. On 12 Feb 2004, at 19:52, Guilherme wrote: please, anyone? I have been trying to install qmail for 3 days :( - Original Message From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [vchkpw] Delivery Date: 12/02/04 16:48 Hi, I have installed Qmail+Vpopmail and when I send a test to the server, the log file shows me: Feb 12 11:33:53 dominio qmail: 1076592833.069254 delivery 1: success: /var/vpopmail/domains/dominio.com.br,joao,dominio.com.br/ As you can see above, vpopmail is deliverying the message to the incorrect please. I think the correct directory would be: /var/vpopmail/domains/dominio.com.br/joao/Maildir/new (or cur) - quot;joaoquot; is my user How can I configure vpopmail to delivery the messages to the correct path ? Thanks in advance. MENDES, Guilherme InterServ Tecnologia
Re: [vchkpw] vpopmail latest version
Sigh!! * Recompiled sqwebmail --without-autdaemond * Removed authdaemond startup from boot scripts * rebooted machine ...now cannot log in at all. Which is kind of what I expected - I have been using sqwebmail from back when it didn't have authdaemond, and I remember it completely screwing me up when I changed to a version with it and I couldn't get anything to work!!! H. On Thursday 10 July 2003 21:37, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ..and yes, that's an SqWebmail configuration :) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: authdaemond simply caches authentication information so that you arent required to call the authentication module as frequently (which in theory, would be more efficient). However, Ive never seen this to be required. If authdaemon is disabled, it simply talks to the authentication module. Howard Miller wrote: Aha I have been having this problem, and have just come in halfway through the conversation... Can somebody spell this out for me a bit more please? Is that --without-authdaemond in sqwebmail? In which case how does it verify the user... or am I being stupid and missing something completely?? Thanks On Thursday 10 July 2003 15:22, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If you're running authdaemond to cache authentication information, that is probably your problem. Disable that at configure-time (--without-authdaemond) and try to use it again. Valentin Ionescu wrote: Someone recomanded me to update to vpopmail-5.3.38 in order to stop getting an Invalid User Id Or Password message from sqwebmail but I could't fint it anywhere. The latest version that I could find was 5.3.20 (which is the one I am using right now). Please tell me if there really is a later version then 5.3.20 and where could I download it from. Thanks!
Re: [vchkpw] vpopmail latest version
Aha I have been having this problem, and have just come in halfway through the conversation... Can somebody spell this out for me a bit more please? Is that --without-authdaemond in sqwebmail? In which case how does it verify the user... or am I being stupid and missing something completely?? Thanks On Thursday 10 July 2003 15:22, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If you're running authdaemond to cache authentication information, that is probably your problem. Disable that at configure-time (--without-authdaemond) and try to use it again. Valentin Ionescu wrote: Someone recomanded me to update to vpopmail-5.3.38 in order to stop getting an Invalid User Id Or Password message from sqwebmail but I could't fint it anywhere. The latest version that I could find was 5.3.20 (which is the one I am using right now). Please tell me if there really is a later version then 5.3.20 and where could I download it from. Thanks!
Re: [vchkpw] vchkpw authentication fails - more info
Se ahead for answers to your questions...
On Thursday 03 July 2003 19:23, Kiril Todorov wrote:
On Thu, Jul 03, 2003 at 10:02:54AM +0100, Howard Miller wrote:
Hi again,
Further to my previous email (follows), I have discovered something else.
I created a new user. I can send mail to that user and it correctly ends
up in the Maildir. BUT vchkpw does not authenticate that user ever -
always an error. Stranger still, the failure is *not* logged (unlike the
intermittent users).
Something is broken!! Any pointers appreciated.
Howard
Hello Howard, give us more info first?
what is the _exact_ error message on the client side?
Messages - this is what I think, I am about 80% sure
==
When POP3 authentication fails, maillog file contains the line..
vchkpw: login success [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
On my Mac at home the mail app polls every couple of minutes, so I get quite a
few of these messages (c. 10 an hour?), but it does not materially affect the
operation of mail.
sqwebmail sometimes does not authorise but AFAIK there is never an error
message, so it may be something else - but it seems a bit of a coincidence.
When this does not work, my feeling is that you have to try loads of times
before it does, or just leave it for ten minutes, but again its hard to put
my finger on.
what happens if you telnet to port 110 of the server and try to
auth the user manualy?
It works fine, but it might well do anyway as the problem is intermittent.
what options did you compile vpopmail with?
--enable-logging=y --enable-default-domain=alicats.org
what's your pop3d run script?
I am using xinet, so...
service pop3
{
disable = no
socket_type = stream
protocol= tcp
wait= no
user= root
server = /var/qmail/bin/qmail-popup
server_args = www.alicats.org /home/vpopmail/bin/vchkpw
/var/qmail/bin/qmail-pop3d Maildir
log_type= FILE /var/log/xinetd.log
log_on_success = HOST
log_on_failure = HOST RECORD
}
(There are no errors in xinetd.log)
stuff like that ;
...again, any help appreciated!
Re: [vchkpw] vchkpw authentication fails - more info
Mmm Thanks, yes, but, I have set up a similar system many times previously and always used SuSE Linux with daemontools and ucspi-tcp, no problems at all. However this particular system is RedHat 8, and I was having big problems with daemontools processes just dying (big list of defunct processes). This was reported by others here and there but I never saw (or found) a decent explanation - I rather came to the conclusion that daemontools was broken in some way. Hence backing off to the old fashioned solution. It is worth noting that this is a *very* low-use mail server, its just used for a small department/project and only has about 6 users, which is why I wasn't too worried in the first place. 50 incoming connections strikes me as extremely unlikely, unless of course something else nasty has happened. Howard On Friday 04 July 2003 09:39, Kiril Todorov wrote: On Fri, Jul 04, 2003 at 08:52:56AM +0100, Howard Miller wrote: what's your pop3d run script? I am using xinet, so... And that's exactly your problem : cut from xinetd.conf (5) cps Limits the rate of incoming connections. Takes two arguments. The first argument is the number of connections per second to handle. If the rate of incoming connections is higher than this, the service will be temporarily disabled. The second argument is the number of seconds to wait before re-enabling the service after it has been disabled. The default for this setting is 50 incoming connections and the interval is 10 seconds. As written on qmail.org, qmail is recommended to be run with tcpserver and daemontools, and inetd, xinetd are not supported anymore. If you need a hand how to set up daemontools and ucspi-tcp heres is a good howto on that: http://flounder.net/qmail/qmail-howto.html G'luck :
Re: [vchkpw] vchkpw authentication fails - more info
Thanks for your all your help, by the way :-) I actually spent *days*, and lots of digging on the Net, trying to get it to work with daemontools. As I say I have a number of working systems to compare and contrast with, and I do generally stick closely to Mr. McKenna's howto. What I mean to say is that it ain't going to work at all if I go back. Its starting to look like the way forward is to rebuild the box with something other than RedHat and start again, although this feels even more like admitting defeat. I could always put W2000 on it and run Exchange :-) Oh well.. H. On Friday 04 July 2003 10:03, Kiril Todorov wrote: On Fri, Jul 04, 2003 at 09:51:06AM +0100, Howard Miller wrote: Mmm However this particular system is RedHat 8, and I was having big problems with daemontools processes just dying (big list of defunct processes). This was reported by others here and there but I never saw (or found) a decent explanation - I rather came to the conclusion that daemontools was broken in some way. Hence backing off to the old fashioned solution. trust me.. daemontools aren't broken :) if theres anything broken that might be RedHat's config, a bunch of defuncts might come from wrong run files for example, but without detailed look at them I can't say for sure. It is worth noting that this is a *very* low-use mail server, its just used for a small department/project and only has about 6 users, which is why I wasn't too worried in the first place. 50 incoming connections strikes me as extremely unlikely, unless of course something else nasty has happened. Well, give it a try with daemontools, I'll be glad to help with anything you might need there. I bet it's xinetd causing the problems, still it's kinda weird if there are really just 6 users.
[vchkpw] vchkpw authentication fails - more info
Hi again, Further to my previous email (follows), I have discovered something else. I created a new user. I can send mail to that user and it correctly ends up in the Maildir. BUT vchkpw does not authenticate that user ever - always an error. Stranger still, the failure is *not* logged (unlike the intermittent users). Something is broken!! Any pointers appreciated. Howard Hi, I am using vpopmail version 5.2.1 I have a strange problem where vchkpw intermittently rejects correct username/password combinations. I don't yet have good feel for frequency but probably around 25% are being thrown out. The log simply notes that the user was rejected. This is applicable both to my sqwebmail installation and also to POP3 email from another machine. I'm not sure where to start looking to sort this. Does anybody have any ideas? Howard
[vchkpw] Mutt (possibly) and Vpopmail?
Hi, I have a small qmail / vpomail installation. I'm having big problems getting sqwebmail to compile (I'm on HP-UX). Sooo... I was wondering can I set up some local users and get them to telnet in and use Mutt (or similar) to access the Maildirs? Trouble is there are (for a start) permission problems as only vpopmail user has access to them, and I would much rather keep it this way. mutt configuration is a bit daunting - I wondered if anybody has got something like this working - or have I just gone crazy? Thanks -- Howard Miller GUIDE University of Glasgow T: +44 (0)141 330 3269 F: +44 (0)141 330 2277
Re: [vchkpw] Mutt (possibly) and Vpopmail?
I would love to do that - but courier-imap won't compile either! I think my machine has an aversion to inter7 software! The telnet thing is just a workaround so we can get our mail, while I'm sorting out the webmail problems. Using pine and POP3 is probably the way to go. I've done that before, but it slipped my mind! I suppose the next question would be has anybody got sqwebmail and/or courier-imap to work on hp-ux - one for another list!! Thanks everybody! Howard On Monday 10 February 2003 14:54, Jesse Guardiani wrote: On Monday 10 February 2003 09:20, Howard Miller wrote: Hi, I have a small qmail / vpomail installation. I'm having big problems getting sqwebmail to compile (I'm on HP-UX). Sooo... I was wondering can I set up some local users and get them to telnet in and use Mutt (or similar) to access the Maildirs? I may be crazy, but why don't you download a web based IMAP client for your users: like squirrelmail? Nobody likes to telnet to check mail. Trouble is there are (for a start) permission problems as only vpopmail user has access to them, and I would much rather keep it this way. mutt configuration is a bit daunting - I wondered if anybody has got something like this working - or have I just gone crazy? Thanks -- Howard Miller GUIDE University of Glasgow T: +44 (0)141 330 3269 F: +44 (0)141 330 2277
Re: [vchkpw] qmail queue resend
Just touch it. Its actually in the FAQ: http://cr.yp.to/qmail/faq/admin.html#rejuvenate HM On Tuesday 17 December 2002 12:17, Oliver Etzel - GoodnGo.COM \(R\) wrote: Hello list, simple question. How can I resend messages that are pending in /var/qmail/queue? Oliver Etzel -- Howard Miller GUIDE University of Glasgow T: +44 (0)141 330 3269
[vchkpw] Auth failing on HP-UX
Hi, I'm having some problems with vpopmail. I have a working Qmail installation, and have just installed vpopmail on a HP-UX (11) server. I have installed the pop3 service exactly as per the installation instructions using ucsp-tcp. I have done a number of installations before on Linux and it has always worked first time. However, I am now installing on HP-UX and am having problems. I tried to test pop3 using telnet localhost 110. I get the correct prompts but I always get an ERR Authorisation Failed, and I'm sure my user/pass combination is correct. I'm really stuck, what is the best way to debug this, or does anybody have a bright idea?? Thanks -- Howard Miller GUIDE University of Glasgow T: +44 (0)141 330 3269
Re: [vchkpw] Auth failing on HP-UX
Stupid question time: I did that but I can't find any logs! Where is it supposed to log the data to? HM On Monday 16 December 2002 09:12, Bill Shupp wrote: On Monday, December 16, 2002, at 01:08 AM, Howard Miller wrote: Hi, I'm having some problems with vpopmail. I have a working Qmail installation, and have just installed vpopmail on a HP-UX (11) server. I have installed the pop3 service exactly as per the installation instructions using ucsp-tcp. I have done a number of installations before on Linux and it has always worked first time. However, I am now installing on HP-UX and am having problems. I tried to test pop3 using telnet localhost 110. I get the correct prompts but I always get an ERR Authorisation Failed, and I'm sure my user/pass combination is correct. I'm really stuck, what is the best way to debug this, or does anybody have a bright idea?? Try compiling with --enable-logging=v and then check your mail logs. Bill -- Howard Miller GUIDE University of Glasgow T: +44 (0)141 330 3269
Re: [vchkpw] Auth failing on HP-UX
After much searching, I cannot find any logging for vpopmail. The syslog file has nothing from vpopmail in it. I did read a note on the inter7 website that says logging only works with the MySql option. So I am stuck again. I have no idea why vchkpw is failing to authorise my users, and I'm not at all sure how to track the problem down. Any further help appreciated. HM On Monday 16 December 2002 09:12, Bill Shupp wrote: On Monday, December 16, 2002, at 01:08 AM, Howard Miller wrote: Hi, I'm having some problems with vpopmail. I have a working Qmail installation, and have just installed vpopmail on a HP-UX (11) server. I have installed the pop3 service exactly as per the installation instructions using ucsp-tcp. I have done a number of installations before on Linux and it has always worked first time. However, I am now installing on HP-UX and am having problems. I tried to test pop3 using telnet localhost 110. I get the correct prompts but I always get an ERR Authorisation Failed, and I'm sure my user/pass combination is correct. I'm really stuck, what is the best way to debug this, or does anybody have a bright idea?? Try compiling with --enable-logging=v and then check your mail logs. Bill -- Howard Miller GUIDE University of Glasgow T: +44 (0)141 330 3269
Re: [vchkpw] Urgent!!! Vchkpw cannot authenticate virtual users!
Lets have a copy of the script you are using to start POP3 server. On Monday 16 December 2002 14:09, Andrea Russo wrote: For everything I mean that on 'telnet localhost 110' command I can see the server responding me, I can type 'user [EMAIL PROTECTED]' and 'pass test', but after enter I see the message authentication failed. Taking a look to the mail log I see: user not found [EMAIL PROTECTED] ... Dont't ask me why. Thanks a lot for your help ... Any suggestion will be really appreciated. Andre -Original Message- From: Peter Palmreuther [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, December 16, 2002 1:32 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [vchkpw] Urgent!!! Vchkpw cannot authenticate virtual users! Hi Andrea, On Mon, 16 Dec 2002 11:18:52 +0100 Andrea Russo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: do you have idea about why I cannot see vpasswd and wpassvd.cdb under domains dirs? No. Except the guess you're not root and not user vpopmail when trying to see the files. Everything is working fine but still cannot authenticate virtual users using vchkpw. What is 'everything'? Please post all necessary details. For example: what's your configure options for vpopmail, what the complete invocation of vchkpw, IOW how do you start POP3 daemon, what's logged to syslog when authentication failed? -- Howard Miller GUIDE University of Glasgow T: +44 (0)141 330 3269
Versions
Hi, I am trying to install vpopmail (vchkpwd authentication), qmailadmin, and sqwebmail. The only thing that works is vpopmail (version 4.10.1). What are the correct versions that will work together. SqWebmail compiles but does not authenticate - how do I debug this?? This is an upgrade to an existing installation that worked fine!!
Copy of all user mail
Hi, I am using vpopmail and want to send a copy of all mail sent to and from a particular user to be copied to another user, I can settle for just one way at a push. I have messed around at length with .qmail files in various places but just get weird results. Anyone help?? Howard Miller Howard Miller Head of IT Software Development Marketing Management Services 100 Wellington Street, Glasgow G2 6DH T: +44 141 572 1580 F: +44 141 572 1599
Re: Copy of all user mail
Just to be clear... The user does not have a .qmail-user file (well, just one for their alias). Do I just create one and put copy address in there??. HM On 19 Apr 2001, at 14:33, Daniel Hardaker wrote: : I am using vpopmail and want to send a copy of all mail sent to and : from a particular user to be copied to another user, I can settle for : just one way at a push. : : I have messed around at length with .qmail files in various places : but just get weird results. : Theres no way that you can copy all mail they send (at least not through vpopmail). But to copy all mail that they get to another user, all you have to do is put the address of the other user into the .qmail-username file. like this: email address for mail to be copied to It raises an interesting question though, I dont know about the USA but I know that in the UK theres been an idea around for a while (RIP bill - appropriate title) which could be passed as law, which would require all 'ISPs' to store all users e-mail (that they send and recieve) for 7 years (!) and allow the police or any other relevant authority access to this. Im sure that it would not be possible, and it is definately wrong, but if it happens lots of people will need to modify their MTA software to accomodate this, hopefully it will never get passed but with the launch of a new 'Cyber Crime' department, its still quite possible. Howard Miller Head of IT Software Development Marketing Management Services 100 Wellington Street, Glasgow G2 6DH T: +44 141 572 1580 F: +44 141 572 1599
Re: Copy of all user mail
Mmm... I tried the thing, but it appears just to redirect the mail to another user. I need a "silent" copy to another user as well as the mail being sent to the recipient normally. HM On 19 Apr 2001, at 14:33, Daniel Hardaker wrote: : I am using vpopmail and want to send a copy of all mail sent to and : from a particular user to be copied to another user, I can settle for : just one way at a push. : : I have messed around at length with .qmail files in various places : but just get weird results. : Theres no way that you can copy all mail they send (at least not through vpopmail). But to copy all mail that they get to another user, all you have to do is put the address of the other user into the .qmail-username file. like this: email address for mail to be copied to It raises an interesting question though, I dont know about the USA but I know that in the UK theres been an idea around for a while (RIP bill - appropriate title) which could be passed as law, which would require all 'ISPs' to store all users e-mail (that they send and recieve) for 7 years (!) and allow the police or any other relevant authority access to this. Im sure that it would not be possible, and it is definately wrong, but if it happens lots of people will need to modify their MTA software to accomodate this, hopefully it will never get passed but with the launch of a new 'Cyber Crime' department, its still quite possible. Howard Miller Head of IT Software Development Marketing Management Services 100 Wellington Street, Glasgow G2 6DH T: +44 141 572 1580 F: +44 141 572 1599
