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From: Daniel B. <de...@os...> - 2001-03-19 21:07:43
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On 19 Mar 2001 ja...@be... wrote: > Hello, > > After fixing courier.spec (thank you who posted the Mandrake > solution!) and generating the RPMs, everything seemed to go smoothly. > However, perusing /var/log/mail/errors this message is repeated over > and over: > > Mar 19 14:54:58 nexus courierd: No such file or directory > Mar 19 14:54:58 nexus last message repeated 4 times > Mar 19 14:54:58 nexus courierd: ABNORMAL TERMINATION, exit status: 1 > Mar 19 14:54:58 nexus courierd: Will restart in 60 seconds. > > Lovely. I already fixed one problem where courierd was looking for > module.uucp in /usr/lib/courier/etc, which I fixed by creating a > symlink to /etc/courier. > > So, can anybody hazard a guess what files or directories courierd is > looking for, or suggest a way I can find out? Why, my favorite diagnostic tool strace, of course. Find the PID of courierd (e.g. with pstree -pu) then replace 12345 with it in the following: strace -p 12345 -ff -tt -o courierd.strace Wait 60 seconds or until you know the error has occurred, then stop strace and search courierd.strace for ENOENT. hope this helps, -- Daniel Biddle <de...@os...> |
From: <ja...@be...> - 2001-03-19 20:48:46
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Hello, After fixing courier.spec (thank you who posted the Mandrake solution!) and generating the RPMs, everything seemed to go smoothly. However, perusing /var/log/mail/errors this message is repeated over and over: Mar 19 14:54:58 nexus courierd: No such file or directory Mar 19 14:54:58 nexus last message repeated 4 times Mar 19 14:54:58 nexus courierd: ABNORMAL TERMINATION, exit status: 1 Mar 19 14:54:58 nexus courierd: Will restart in 60 seconds. Lovely. I already fixed one problem where courierd was looking for module.uucp in /usr/lib/courier/etc, which I fixed by creating a symlink to /etc/courier. So, can anybody hazard a guess what files or directories courierd is looking for, or suggest a way I can find out? --- James D. Bearden ja...@be... http://james.bearden.com Doing the impossible is relatively easy. Doing the infeasible is a sticky wicket. |
From: Juha S. <ju...@sa...> - 2001-03-19 20:47:01
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This is excellent stuff, Sam... you must be a mind reader :-) -- Juha :: :: Encryption and decryption is implemented by running GnuPG, appropriately. :: Encryption support requires GnuPG 1.0.4, other versions of GnuPG may or :: may not work. The full range of GnuPG's functionality can be controlled :: directly from sqwebmail: :: :: * Creating new keypairs :: :: * Signing and deleting keys :: :: * Importing and exporting keys :: :: * Encrypting and/or signing sent mail :: :: * Decrypting and/or verifying signatures on received mail |
From: Daniel B. <de...@os...> - 2001-03-19 16:23:41
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On Mon, 19 Mar 2001, Don Hinshaw wrote: > Rudy Setiawan <ru...@in...> said: > > > Don Hinshaw, > > > > Hey2...finally I got someone actually installed COURIER-IMAPD with VPOPMAIL > > MYSQL. > > Ok I got the latest vpopmail and courier-imap. > > and I got this version of MYSQL: > > MySQL-client-3.23.33-1 > > MySQL-devel-3.23.33-1 > > MySQL-shared-3.23.33-1 > > MySQL-3.23.33-1 > > > > but i am still having that problem regarding the errors on making > > courier-imap: > > > > make[1]: Entering directory > > `/home/username/oldqmail/courier-imap-1.3.5/authlib' > > gcc -I/home/vpopmail/include -g -O2 -Wall -I.. -I./.. -L/home/vpopmail/lib > > -o authvchkpw modauthvchkpw.o libauthmod.a libauth.a > > ../md5/libmd5.a -lvpopmail -lm -lcrypt Nothing there tells gcc to look in /usr/lib/mysql for the mysqlclient library. I'd expect to see -L/usr/lib/mysql -lmysqlclient. > > /home/vpopmail/lib/libvpopmail.a(vauth.o): In function `vauth_open': > > /home/username/oldqmail/vpopmail-4.9.8-1/vauth.c:66: undefined reference to > > `mysql_init' > > /home/username/oldqmail/vpopmail-4.9.8-1/vauth.c:68: undefined reference to > > `mysql_real_connect' > > /home/username/oldqmail/vpopmail-4.9.8-1/vauth.c:70: undefined reference to > > `mysql_real_connect' > > I didn't get this error...and my .bash_history has scrolled past the > configure options I used. Do "head config.status". (Or "find -name config.status | xargs head | less".) > The mysql error I got was when compiling Courier-Imap (answer to that > one is below) not Vpopmail. > > Did you specify --mysqllib= --mysqlinc= and all that? I learned long ago with > Vpopmail it's usually best to just do a ./configure --help and then manually > specify the parameters for each and every option, and I've just done it that > way ever since. Be careful - the output of --help doesn't always match the options actually recognized, and you may be setting options that have become broken. > > So yeah if you can give me some direction that will be great. > > What kind of correct path that you are talking about. > > I have tried recompiling vpopmail again and again...still wont work :( > > > > Thank you in advance. > > > > Rudy > > I did this: > > Install Vpopmail. > > Find your libmysqlclient.so, then compile Courier-Imap like this: > > ``env LIBS="-L</dir/where/the/lib/is/ -lmysqlclient -lz"'' ./configure -- > prefix=[whatever] > > Worked for me. In MySQL-shared-3.23.33-1, libmysqlclient.so is in /usr/lib, so in theory it should be found automatically... hmm. > Oh, and in case anyone is interested, BruceG's latest Qmail .rpms work > perfectly with Courier-Imap and Vpopmail. Someone should do up-to-date courier-imap and vpopmail RPMs. (I don't have the disk space to try doing that.) hope this helps, -- Daniel Biddle <de...@os...> |
From: Jason T. <jt...@cy...> - 2001-03-19 14:22:12
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Sam Varshavchik wrote: > > On Fri, 16 Mar 2001, Jason Tucker wrote: > > > Oh, some more info...I'm also using: > > > > authmodulelist="authldap" > > > > I think this may have something to do with it. If I use "authpam" > > instead, maildrop seems to setuid to the recipeint OK, but then I can't > > log into webmail. I would like to simply use "authldap", if possible. > > The only possible explanation the recipient's userid/groupid is not > specified correctly in the LDAP entry. One of the accounts I am testing with also has shell access to the server. All of the OS utilities (id, ls, w, etc.) have no problem getting the id of this user (from LDAP). The only problem is mail. __Jason |
From: Don H. <dw...@ka...> - 2001-03-19 13:39:20
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Rudy Setiawan <ru...@in...> said: > Don Hinshaw, > > Hey2...finally I got someone actually installed COURIER-IMAPD with VPOPMAIL > MYSQL. > Ok I got the latest vpopmail and courier-imap. > and I got this version of MYSQL: > MySQL-client-3.23.33-1 > MySQL-devel-3.23.33-1 > MySQL-shared-3.23.33-1 > MySQL-3.23.33-1 > > but i am still having that problem regarding the errors on making > courier-imap: > > make[1]: Entering directory > `/home/username/oldqmail/courier-imap-1.3.5/authlib' > gcc -I/home/vpopmail/include -g -O2 -Wall -I.. -I./.. -L/home/vpopmail/lib > -o authvchkpw modauthvchkpw.o libauthmod.a libauth.a > ../md5/libmd5.a -lvpopmail -lm -lcrypt > /home/vpopmail/lib/libvpopmail.a(vauth.o): In function `vauth_open': > /home/username/oldqmail/vpopmail-4.9.8-1/vauth.c:66: undefined reference to > `mysql_init' > /home/username/oldqmail/vpopmail-4.9.8-1/vauth.c:68: undefined reference to > `mysql_real_connect' > /home/username/oldqmail/vpopmail-4.9.8-1/vauth.c:70: undefined reference to > `mysql_real_connect' I didn't get this error...and my .bash_history has scrolled past the configure options I used. The mysql error I got was when compiling Courier- Imap (answer to that one is below) not Vpopmail. Did you specify --mysqllib= --mysqlinc= and all that? I learned long ago with Vpopmail it's usually best to just do a ./configure --help and then manually specify the parameters for each and every option, and I've just done it that way ever since. > So yeah if you can give me some direction that will be great. > What kind of correct path that you are talking about. > I have tried recompiling vpopmail again and again...still wont work :( > > Thank you in advance. > > Rudy I did this: Install Vpopmail. Find your libmysqlclient.so, then compile Courier-Imap like this: ``env LIBS="-L</dir/where/the/lib/is/ -lmysqlclient -lz"'' ./configure -- prefix=[whatever] Worked for me. Oh, and in case anyone is interested, BruceG's latest Qmail .rpms work perfectly with Courier-Imap and Vpopmail. -=dwh=- |
From: Adam S. <ad...@tr...> - 2001-03-19 11:20:25
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> This is mostly a major update to the webmail server (sqwebmail). The > two major changes in the webmail server are an overhaul of dynamic HTML > generation, and encryption support. That is *terrific*! I will be testing this ASAP! Thanks, A. -- Adam Sherman President & Technology Architect Tritus CGI +1 (613) 255-5164 |
From: Rudy S. <ru...@in...> - 2001-03-19 06:36:08
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Don Hinshaw, Hey2...finally I got someone actually installed COURIER-IMAPD with VPOPMAIL MYSQL. Ok I got the latest vpopmail and courier-imap. and I got this version of MYSQL: MySQL-client-3.23.33-1 MySQL-devel-3.23.33-1 MySQL-shared-3.23.33-1 MySQL-3.23.33-1 but i am still having that problem regarding the errors on making courier-imap: make[1]: Entering directory `/home/username/oldqmail/courier-imap-1.3.5/authlib' gcc -I/home/vpopmail/include -g -O2 -Wall -I.. -I./.. -L/home/vpopmail/lib -o authvchkpw modauthvchkpw.o libauthmod.a libauth.a ../md5/libmd5.a -lvpopmail -lm -lcrypt /home/vpopmail/lib/libvpopmail.a(vauth.o): In function `vauth_open': /home/username/oldqmail/vpopmail-4.9.8-1/vauth.c:66: undefined reference to `mysql_init' /home/username/oldqmail/vpopmail-4.9.8-1/vauth.c:68: undefined reference to `mysql_real_connect' /home/username/oldqmail/vpopmail-4.9.8-1/vauth.c:70: undefined reference to `mysql_real_connect' So yeah if you can give me some direction that will be great. What kind of correct path that you are talking about. I have tried recompiling vpopmail again and again...still wont work :( Thank you in advance. Rudy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Don Hinshaw" <dw...@ka...> To: <cou...@li...> Sent: Friday, March 16, 2001 5:35 AM Subject: [courier-users] Courier-Imap + Vpopmail +MySQL (not the usual question) > Hi, > > After running Courier-Imap and Vpopmail for around two years, I decided that > for this upgrade I would move to Vpopmail's MySQL auth (there is good reason > for this, we will be storing other user data in the databases as well as the > vpop stuff). I'm using: > > RH7 > vpopmail-4.9.8-1.tar.gz > courier-imap-1.3.5.tar.gz > > Qmail is installed and working fine from BG's latest .rpms. Vpopmail is > installed and working fine and all of it's /bin programs work correctly and > add/del tables and records to the MySQL server (on a different system, but > with an identical RH install). > > I then ran into that problem that's mentioned so many times on both lists, > that of the compile error where the mysql libs can't be found. Got that > straightened out and got Courier-Imap compiled and installed (installed > latest MySQL-client and -devel and rebuilt both Vpopmail and Courier with the > right paths). > > The problem is the system won't auth. I've used vconvert to stuff the data > from existing vdomains into the database, and I've created new test domains. > This is what is in /var/log/maillog when trying to connect to an existing > domain that was vconverted: > > imapd: chdir: Permission denied > > So, I went and double (and triple) checked all the permissions and they match > those of our older and properly working vpasswd.cdb system. > > I saw something on one of the lists about adding -user=vpopmail and - > group=vchkpwd to the imapd.rc and that gave me: > > imapd: setuid: Operation not permitted > > I then reversed that change to imapd.rc. > > When adding a new domain and a new (non postmaster) account I get this: > > imapd: LOGIN FAILED, ip=[::ffff:x.x.x.x] (ip changed to protect the innocent) > > I think I saw something on one of the lists about using some kind of > > -lmysqlcrypt > > or something to that effect (although I can't seem to find it now since the > Courier list doesn't seem to be searchable). > > What I'm wondering is: Is it possible that Courier-Imap is not passing the > correct encrypted string to the sql server? Failing that, has anyone else run > across these symptoms? I didn't find it after many hours of poring over the > list archives (for both lists). > > Or have I overlooked something and Courier-Imap is actually trying to use the > vpasswd file (I ask this because in the new test domain, there is > a .vpasswd.lock file, but of course no .vpasswd or .vpasswd.cdb)? > > I have only the one authmodule configured in /etc/imapd: > AUTHMODULES="authvchkpw" > > -=dwh=- > > > |
From: Sam V. <mr...@co...> - 2001-03-19 04:18:43
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Brad Dameron writes: > > How can I get courier to lookup a user with a default domain? I am using > vpopmail and want to have it use a default domain lookup when I use a > webmail interface. I set --default-domain in vpopmail. The authvchkpw module gets the default domain from the $vpopmail_home/include/config.h. Make sure that the default domain is correctly set there, before running Courier's configure script. -- Sam |
From: Brad D. <bda...@ts...> - 2001-03-19 03:15:02
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How can I get courier to lookup a user with a default domain? I am using vpopmail and want to have it use a default domain lookup when I use a webmail interface. I set --default-domain in vpopmail. --- Brad Dameron bda...@ts... Network Account Executive 877-663-4349 TSCNet Online Services www.tscnet.com --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.237 / Virus Database: 115 - Release Date: 3/7/2001 |
From: Sam V. <mr...@co...> - 2001-03-19 02:09:05
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This is a development build. There's been some testing, but not a lot. This is mostly a major update to the webmail server (sqwebmail). The two major changes in the webmail server are an overhaul of dynamic HTML generation, and encryption support. This build replaces the old dynamic HTML generation code with a new, more flexible and maintainable framework. This does mean that any local customizations and translations will have to be reapplied. Going forward, maintaining local customizations will be easier, since each individual customizable text string has its own dedicated label now, instead of having all of them rolled into one big glob of text. Anyone who's running an older release with local customization and who was thinking about upgrading to a newer release, this would be the release to do it. Encryption and decryption is implemented by running GnuPG, appropriately. Encryption support requires GnuPG 1.0.4, other versions of GnuPG may or may not work. The full range of GnuPG's functionality can be controlled directly from sqwebmail: * Creating new keypairs * Signing and deleting keys * Importing and exporting keys * Encrypting and/or signing sent mail * Decrypting and/or verifying signatures on received mail Note, however, that there are some important limitation, that must be understood. Read the file gpglib/README.html for more information. Some screen shots: http://www.inter7.com/sqwebmail/images/gpgkeys.png http://www.inter7.com/sqwebmail/images/gpgcreate.png http://www.inter7.com/sqwebmail/images/gpgsigned.png This build also includes some minor bug fixes and enhancements. Note that this build is for testing and experimentation only. Download: ftp://courier.sourceforge.net/pub/courier/courier/courier-0.32.0.20010318.ta r.gz -- Sam |
From: Sam V. <mr...@co...> - 2001-03-19 01:04:26
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Adam Sherman writes: > I copied subreporthdr*.tmpl from the sources to > /usr/lib/courier/share/couriermlm and to the list directories I had already > created. > > Was this the right thing to do? Yup. This'll fix it. -- Sam |
From: Adam S. <ad...@tr...> - 2001-03-18 22:05:56
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>> On Sun, 18 Mar 2001, Sam Varshavchik wrote: >>> On Sun, 18 Mar 2001, Adam Sherman wrote: >>> > > On Sun, 18 Mar 2001, Adam Sherman wrote: >>> > >> Upon futher grepping (-:, this is the subscription report. >>> > >> (subreportfooter.tmpl) >>> > >> >>> > >> Why is this going to the last subscriber(s), as well as the >>> > >> list-owner? >>> > > >>> > > I stand corrected. This should be mailed to whatever address is >>> > > set in REPORTADDR for that mailing list (see the options file in >>> > > the mailing list directory). >>> > >>> > Which it does, however it also sends it to a recent subscriber. And >>> > the report is always empty. Hmmm, you don't think that it is >>> > putting the subscription report in thw To: fields due to spacing >>> > problems? >>> >>> No, something is probably busted... I think I figured it out. The >>> install script forgets to set the correct permissions on >>> subreporthdr.tmpl, in /usr/lib/courier/share. Give it chmod a+r, and >>> this'll fix it. Because the perms are wrong, the headers got messed >>> up on that mail. >> >> Looks like there's a couple of them that are messed up. All of the >> files in /usr/lib/courier/share/couriermlm directory should have >> global read permissions. > > Ah, I don't seem to have subreporthdr.tmpl, this would be a Bad Thing? > (-: > > I notice that it is the build directory I used for the install though, > what other files should be there? I copied subreporthdr*.tmpl from the sources to /usr/lib/courier/share/couriermlm and to the list directories I had already created. Was this the right thing to do? Thanks, A. -- Adam Sherman President & Technology Architect Tritus CGI +1 (613) 255-5164 |
From: Adam S. <ad...@tr...> - 2001-03-18 22:00:01
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> On Sun, 18 Mar 2001, Sam Varshavchik wrote: >> On Sun, 18 Mar 2001, Adam Sherman wrote: >> > > On Sun, 18 Mar 2001, Adam Sherman wrote: >> > >> Upon futher grepping (-:, this is the subscription report. >> > >> (subreportfooter.tmpl) >> > >> >> > >> Why is this going to the last subscriber(s), as well as the >> > >> list-owner? >> > > >> > > I stand corrected. This should be mailed to whatever address is >> > > set in REPORTADDR for that mailing list (see the options file in >> > > the mailing list directory). >> > >> > Which it does, however it also sends it to a recent subscriber. And >> > the report is always empty. Hmmm, you don't think that it is putting >> > the subscription report in thw To: fields due to spacing problems? >> >> No, something is probably busted... I think I figured it out. The >> install script forgets to set the correct permissions on >> subreporthdr.tmpl, in /usr/lib/courier/share. Give it chmod a+r, and >> this'll fix it. Because the perms are wrong, the headers got messed >> up on that mail. > > Looks like there's a couple of them that are messed up. All of the > files in /usr/lib/courier/share/couriermlm directory should have global > read permissions. Ah, I don't seem to have subreporthdr.tmpl, this would be a Bad Thing? (-: I notice that it is the build directory I used for the install though, what other files should be there? Thanks, A. -- Adam Sherman President & Technology Architect Tritus CGI +1 (613) 255-5164 |
From: Adam S. <ad...@tr...> - 2001-03-18 17:26:33
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> On Sun, 18 Mar 2001, Adam Sherman wrote: > >> > On Sat, 17 Mar 2001, Adam Sherman wrote: >> > >> >> Inoticed that various people receive the "Have a nice day" message, >> >> other >> > >> > What message? >> > >> >> than the list-owner. I believe this is being sent by "couriermlm >> >> daily", but why, and to whom? >> > >> > Nope. couriermlm does not send any mail. >> >> Upon futher grepping (-:, this is the subscription report. >> (subreportfooter.tmpl) >> >> Why is this going to the last subscriber(s), as well as the >> list-owner? > > I stand corrected. This should be mailed to whatever address is set in > REPORTADDR for that mailing list (see the options file in the mailing > list directory). Which it does, however it also sends it to a recent subscriber. And the report is always empty. Hmmm, you don't think that it is putting the subscription report in thw To: fields due to spacing problems? Thanks, A. -- Adam Sherman President & Technology Architect Tritus CGI +1 (613) 255-5164 |
From: Jeroen M. <je...@un...> - 2001-03-18 15:45:34
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Sam Varshavchik wrote: > > Richard Vowles writes: >=20 > > Hi everyone,=20 > >=20 > > We were using 1.1 of courier-imap and Outlook keeps loosing the=20 > connection > > to Courier-IMAP. I have to log on three times just to get a=20 > single element > > of mail and when I move to another element the connection has=20 > been lost so I > > have to reconnect again - making the solution pretty useless... >=20 > Today I read someone saying that Lookout likes to open three = simultaneous=20 > IMAP sessions to the same account.=20 >=20 > Courier-IMAP's default configuration allows a maximum of four = connections=20 > from the same IP address. This setting can be adjusted in the=20 > configuration=20 > file.=20 That's correct... so you'll need to upgrade/increase them... > > We upgraded to 1.3.5 but it doesn't seem to make any=20 > difference, we don't > > seem to be able to use Outlook 2000 with Courier-IMAP. We are using > > qmail/courier combo on RedHat 6.2 and it works fine with=20 > Outlook Express, > > just not Outlook 2000. >=20 > That's very predictable. Microsoft would rather have you using = Exchange=20 > than a commodity IMAP server, to access mail. Hence, it's nor very=20 > surprising that their entry-level mail client works ok, but their=20 > fully-featured mail client's IMAP support is very shaky. That's=20 > precisely=20 > their marketing goal - get you hooked initially, then gently force you = to=20 > purchase the whole kit and kaboodle, in order for everything to work=20 > smoothly.=20 Hmmmm I am wondering why my Outlook 2000 works perfectly well with Courier-imap 1.3.2, I am currently only doing the SSL IMAP thing so = nobody can read my mail whenever they are sniffing it :) So... Sam that part works *smoothly*... maybe because of the SSL layer = that some things work differently? Oh btw.... Exchange is a lot more than IMAP... one would also need an = LDAP server amongst others to compete with it... not even speaking about management = tools etc... Thus it is in a completely different ballpark when you compare things... Anywayz... it works perfectly for me ;) > > I'd rather stay with this product that move = to a > > different one (are there others that support maildir?). >=20 > The only other IMAP server that has IMAP support is an unofficial = hacked=20 > version of the UW-IMAP server.=20 Hmmm.... the only other imap server that has maildir support you mean :) Greets, Jeroen |
From: Mircea D. <dm...@ka...> - 2001-03-18 08:25:19
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On Sat, Mar 17, 2001 at 04:57:48PM -0500, Sam Varshavchik wrote: > > Did you actually look into how IP addresses are looked up in the access > database, before coming up with this conclusion? > > Before you go around making proclamations like that, try to look closer at > how things are implemented. The access file is compiled into a binary > database that easily scales to millions of records. Nope. I just did that. I'm sorry, I should have looked before. There is a gdbm hash which really speeds the things up. I found that after I wrote the second email while I was wondering what "makesmtpaccess" is good for. Sorry again.. Just don't shoot me! :) Q: Maybe this is a FAQ but I could find it there: Do I need to restart couriertcpd when I update this DB? The couriertcpd(8) nor makesmtpaccess(8) manual does not state this very clear. "The makesmtpaccess script must be run before any changes in the /usr/lib/courier/etc/smtpaccess directory take effect." I read that: They take effect immediately after running the script. Going back to read some more documentation... PS: I found some obvious typing errors in the docs. I can provide a patch for them. Where should I submit them? -- Mircea Damian E-mails: dm...@ka..., dm...@ro... WebPage: http://taz.mania.k.ro/~dmircea/ |
From: Adam S. <ad...@tr...> - 2001-03-18 06:44:31
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> On Sat, 17 Mar 2001, Adam Sherman wrote: > >> Inoticed that various people receive the "Have a nice day" message, >> other > > What message? > >> than the list-owner. I believe this is being sent by "couriermlm >> daily", but why, and to whom? > > Nope. couriermlm does not send any mail. Upon futher grepping (-:, this is the subscription report. (subreportfooter.tmpl) Why is this going to the last subscriber(s), as well as the list-owner? Thanks, A. -- Adam Sherman President & Technology Architect Tritus CGI +1 (613) 255-5164 |
From: Dusan V. <dvu...@ho...> - 2001-03-18 03:29:15
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Hi all, I'm trying to get courier to accept local mail but this is all I get: Mar 17 16:30:00 mail courieresmtpd: error, relay=::ffff:192.168.0.5,from=<du...@xy...>: 517-Domain does not exist: xyz.net. Mar 17 16:30:00 mail courieresmtpd: error, relay=::ffff:192.168.0.5,from=<du...@xy...>: 517 Invalid domain, see <URL:ftp://ftp.isi.edu/in-notes/rfc1035.txt> Now xyz.net does not exist because I didn't register it yet. My own internal DNS is the master of the non-existent xyz.net domain so if you do nslookup mail.xyz.net from any machines (or whatever other query) on the network you will get a correct (private) IP address back (MX record also exists). It looks like courieresmtpd is going to the .net root server to resolve the domain name (the network has Internet access and I verified it with tcpdump). I tried building with --without-tcpddns to no avail. I just want to send local mail (say, to myself). What should I do if I don't have a registered domain? TIA, Dusan P.S. I'm using courier 0.32 on RH 7.0. I have the locals file containing one line: xyz.net . _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. |
From: Joe C. <jo...@cr...> - 2001-03-18 02:41:52
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Dyslexia Rules! I made them uppercase in my mind I guess *blush* -joe On 17-Mar-01 Sam Varshavchik wrote: > On Sat, 17 Mar 2001, Joe Croft wrote: > >> I found the problem after much playing. The instructions have you set >> UID=xxx >> and GID=xxx when making the virtual user. In reality it should be uid=xxx >> and >> gid=xxx (all lowercase). > > Which instructions are you referring to? I cannot find any mention of > uppercase UID= or GID= in INSTALL. > > > -- > Sam > > > _______________________________________________ > courier-users mailing list > cou...@li... > http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/courier-users ====================================================================== Come see www.LinuxLots.com | Joe Croft <jo...@cr...> the sites www.k9country.com | CroftJ Internet Services www.clockstop.com | http://www.croftj.net/ ====================================================================== |
From: Joe C. <jo...@cr...> - 2001-03-17 23:05:50
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I found the problem after much playing. The instructions have you set UID=xxx and GID=xxx when making the virtual user. In reality it should be uid=xxx and gid=xxx (all lowercase). Thnaks for the help. -joe On 17-Mar-01 Sam Varshavchik wrote: > On Sat, 17 Mar 2001, Joe Croft wrote: > >> Hi Yall, >> >> I'm trying to set up the imap server and keep getting my login denied with >> the >> message: >> >> Mar 17 12:13:30 myhost imapd: LOGIN FAILED, ip=[::ffff:xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx] >> >> in my warn file. >> >> I've set up my userdb file using the steps in the INSTALL script and have >> tried it with >> >> authmodulelist="authuserdb" >> >> and >> authmodulelist="authcustom authcram authuserdb authldap authpam" >> >> as well as a few in between with no success. >> >> >> Can anybody give me an idea of what I'm doing wrong? > > Well... > > * If you've set up an entry in userdb for account 'us...@do...', you > have to explicitly log in as 'us...@do...', not 'user'. > > * You did not run 'makeuserdb', after making changing to the file. > > > -- > Sam > > > _______________________________________________ > courier-users mailing list > cou...@li... > http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/courier-users ====================================================================== Come see www.LinuxLots.com | Joe Croft <jo...@cr...> the sites www.k9country.com | CroftJ Internet Services www.clockstop.com | http://www.croftj.net/ ====================================================================== |
From: Brad D. <bda...@ts...> - 2001-03-17 22:52:00
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I am using Vpopmail with courier. Now is there a way to setup courier to use a default domain when it does a authentication check? --- Brad Dameron bda...@ts... Network Account Executive 877-663-4349 TSCNet Online Services www.tscnet.com --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.237 / Virus Database: 115 - Release Date: 3/7/2001 |
From: Mircea D. <dm...@ka...> - 2001-03-17 21:41:19
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On Sat, Mar 17, 2001 at 04:31:18PM -0500, Sam Varshavchik wrote: > On Sat, 17 Mar 2001, Mircea Damian wrote: > > > > > Hello there, > > > > Is there a way to specify an entire subnet like 192.168.5.0/25 (or > > /255.255.255.128). > > > > I have about 5000 users which are coming from a subnet like this. I don't > > like the idea of adding 128 lines for allowing them or deny the others. > > > > If I read right the couriertcpd manual this is not possible. > > > > Right? > > Right. > > There's nothing wrong with manually listing fractional blocks. I think > you'll even be able to find a bunch of scripts on the net to generate > fractional listings automatically. Hmm... This is not good at all. Suposing that I have 3 subnets like this one then it means that it will parse about 300 addresses instead of a pair of 3 addresses and netmasks. THIS IS ABOUT 100 TIMES SLOWER!! :( PS: In my case I'll stick to your solution.. but definitely this is not the right way. PS2: Thanks for your quick answer! -- Mircea Damian E-mails: dm...@ka..., dm...@ro... WebPage: http://taz.mania.k.ro/~dmircea/ |
From: Don H. <dw...@ka...> - 2001-03-17 20:58:37
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Wes Wannemacher <waw...@un...> said: > On Sat, Mar 17, 2001 at 03:03:01AM -0000, Don Hinshaw wrote: > > > web, I finally resorted to joining this list and presenting the issue here in > > What does this mean "finally resorted to joining this list"? Was it a > painful procedure? Is it torture to actually read what other people have > to say? Is joining the list supposed to be the last resort? I hope not, > because it was the first thing I did when we decided to use qmail and > find an IMAP solution. To answer your last question: Yes, joining the list is supposed to be the last resort. I'm well aware of how frustrating it becomes to answer the same questions over and over. For this reason, joining a mailing list and asking the same stupid question as everyone else is the LAST thing I do. First I read the archives and search the net for possible references to the problem I might be having. This is a courtesy to spare those who actively participate on the list month after month from having to hear yet another repitition of the same stupid question that they've already answered 50 times. This is also why, in two years of using the software, I've never had to ask any stupid questions on the list. I do my homework first, and that's usually good enough. And you will note from the messages between myself and Daniel that were posted to the list, that my problem was solved. What he did was to point out the correct way to strace the imapd, and I figured out the rest and resolved the issue myself. AND you will notice that as a result of these efforts, I have shown that the FAQ is incorrect. I don't maintain the FAQ, so I can't make the requisite changes to correct it. Just pointing out where it is incorrect is the most I can contribute. > > What never ceases to amaze me, is the attitude that some developers have that > > anyone who uses their software should have the ability to get right in there > > and hack away to fix the problems. "After all, the source is right there". > > You know what never ceases to amaze me? People that think that just > because they can install RedHat, they are now a Unix genius. Come on... For your information, I started using Linux in 1994 (Slackware 1.0, kernel 0.98, the CD came with the Yggsdrasil GNU Bible...kernel compile took >30 hours on a 386/33/4meg) and when Redhat 1.0 came out, I hated it so much that I never tried it again until less than a year ago, well after 6.2 came out and some people that I trust said it wasn't as bad as it used to be. And even then I used the VALinux modified version. I actually would be using FreeBSD for my vhost mail servers (I prefer the BSD style init over the SysV, it's much simpler and cleaner), but it doesn't yet support the ICP-Vortex raid controllers that I use in my cluster. That's right, I said "my cluster". I own my own server cluster. Dual p3/750- 1g ram db server(raid1 boot drives), dual p3/650-1g raid server (raid1 boot drives, raid10 main nfs share) 10 dual p3/500-512meg frontends (one dedicated to the Xshipwars devel team, a good hard-working GPL team whom I've never even met) and a dual p2/400-256meg load balancer (layer 4) and firewall. That farm runs a combination of Linux, FreeBSD and Solaris 8 x86. I have also worked sysadmin on Sun servers in a high load cluster (>15million web pages/day) and have setup Checkpoint firewall on them as well. I've also done such things as constructing a network spanning a dozen locations in several states using Linux boxen for routing and vpn. The list goes on and on. > If you can't install from source, don't! Use the RPMs. I don't use > RedHat, I use Debian, I tried to build from source and failed (I'll > admit it, I am not too proud). When I couldn't get it to work, I got the > debian package and viola, it worked. If you like the ease of apt-get, you might like FreeBSD's "ports". Give it a whirl sometime. They are both great time-savers. I personally prefer GNU Autoconf...but any port in a storm (so to speak). > Don't blame the developers, I would rather that Sam spent his time > developing his product to make it better, the performance is much more > important to me! If you want a product with good documentation, buy > Exchange! Exchange is an fine email solution. I don't use it for my own systems because it happens to run on an unstable operating system. I might use it if they would just port it to Unix. Hell, even Netware would be better than what it runs on now. I've never had to support it in an environment where there were more than a couple of hundred users, so I can't speak for it's behavior under high loads. > Now that I have been using Courier for some time, I am starting to feel > more comfortable, the docs are making more sense to me. I would suggest > that maybe you spend more time learning, then try to implement. I would suggest that you spend more time reading what's posted before you spout off. Maybe you missed that part in my -first post- where I mentioned that I've been using the software for a couple years. Maybe you missed that part in my -first post- where I say I ran across that same problem that's been mentioned on the list so many times. Think about that for just a second...how the hell would I know that? I've only just subscribed to the list. The only way I would have known about that mysql compile error being mentioned soooo many times is if I had actually gone back and read through the archives BEFORE joining and posting to the list. WOW, what a concept, someone who actually does their homework BEFORE pestering someone else! > > Frankly, if most of us could do that, we wouldn't need the developers. Simply > > because we don't fix your code for you and then "submit a patch" doesn't mean > > that we are incompetent or stupid. I've used yours and Ken's packages for a > > I have never got this feeling from Sam. You know, you may be right about this. Perhaps I was a bit miffed by the terse (and completely unhelpful) reply to my first post. Then again, if Sam is the same guy who goes by "Mr. Sam" on NANAE, then we've already butted heads (a couple years ago, arguing the merits of autoresponders on abuse@ accounts...ring a bell?). At any rate, if I unloaded unfairly, then I'll recant and apologize. > I have seen him post patches on > the list when things weren't working correctly for someone. I think his > point of not using random patches was a valid one. Of course it was a valid point. So is, "don't stare at the sun". It's just that neither one applied to me. I wasn't using random patches. I was making a serious effort to be methodical (ploddingly) and logical. > Don't blame him > because your system isn't quite ready for Courier. I wouldn't dream of it. It is Redhat after all...is it ever quite ready for anything? > ->Wes > > -- > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Wesley Wannemacher > Instructor / Network Administrator > University of Northwestern Ohio > http://www.unoh.edu/ > waw...@un... > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -=dwh=- Don Hinshaw Hired Gun / Man about Town School of Hard Knocks http://www.foresight.org/EOC/ |
From: Adam S. <ad...@tr...> - 2001-03-17 20:51:08
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Inoticed that various people receive the "Have a nice day" message, other than the list-owner. I believe this is being sent by "couriermlm daily", but why, and to whom? Thanks, A. -- Adam Sherman President & Technology Architect Tritus CGI +1 (613) 255-5164 |