Micah: I mistyped it. The command is in: /usr/local/sbin/dbmail-pop3d
What is the common procedure to start dbmail-pop3 on boot? Kirti -----Original Message----- From: Micah [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 07, 2004 12:50 PM To: DBMail mailinglist Subject: Re: [Dbmail] RE:dbMail - First Try - Problems Just type: /etc/local/sbin/dbmail-pop3d on the command line.. just out of curiosity, why is it there? very strange place... On Tuesday 07 September 2004 06:40 am, Kirti S. Bajwa wrote: > Micah: > > (1) Used mysqlcc and found two email messages sitting there. > (2) dbmail-pop3d is not running. Will read and experiment & see how to get > it going. In my instalation, it is in /etc/local/sbin/dmail-pop3d. > (3) Thanks. > > Thanks again. > > Kirti > > -----Original Message----- > From: Micah [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, September 07, 2004 1:36 AM > To: DBMail mailinglist > Subject: Re: [Dbmail] RE:dbMail - First Try - Problems > > > 1) Use a mysql admin tool like phpmyadmin, or mysqlcc to go into the > database > to see if the mail is in there. If it's there, then it's getting delivered > to > DBMail.. if not, then it isn't. Postfix might be accepting the mail and > putting it somewhere else, like in a maildir, or just holding it in a > queue. > > > 2) Learn to use man pages. Type 'man dbmail-pop3d' to read about the pop3d > daemon. This is a program that you run on the command line. If it's > installed > as mine is, which is should be, you can type: > > /usr/local/bin/dbmail-pop3d > > to start it. To see if the dbmail-pop3d program is running, type: > ps -A | grep pop3d > > This should return some results, probably 5. > > 3) A single colon is used in the transport table. > > -Micah > > On Monday 06 September 2004 03:44 pm, Kirti S. Bajwa wrote: > > Micah: > > > > (1) I think SMTP is working. I have read the mail logs and SMTP is doing > > its job. I also sent email messages to the mail.tibinternet.net server > > and it rejected the invalid email addresses (intentional bad email > > addresses) and accepted the valid email addresses/messages. I have also > > manually created email messages on the Postfix mail server > > (mail.tibinternet.net) and they are delivered to the remote mail server. > > > > (2) I tried: > > > > #telnet mail.tibinternet.net 110 > > > > from Postfix mail server. It refused the connection. This might be my > > problem. I guess the POP is not running. Please HELP in directing me to > > start POP daemon? dbMail documentation does not seem to explain it. > > > > (3) Peter suggested to add: > > > > tibinternet.net dbmail:: > > > > to /etc/postfix/transport. I had this line included except only one ":". > > Please verify which is correct entry in /etc/postfix/transport: > > > > tibinternet.net dbmail:: (two ":") > > -or- > > tibinternet.net dbmail: (one ":") > > > > Thanks. > > > > Kirti > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Micah [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Monday, September 06, 2004 5:18 PM > > To: DBMail mailinglist > > Subject: Re: [Dbmail] RE:dbMail - First Try - Problems > > > > > > > > POP and IMAP are seperate daemons than Postfix. They need to be run > > seperately, that would explain why pop is not connecting. > > > > Here's what happens when the mail enters the system, more or less: > > > > Postfix's SMTP server will look up the email address, and decide if a) > > it's > > > going to accept it or not. If it accepts it, it will then send it > > according > > > to the transport mechanism that corresponds to that email address. This > > is Peter was speaking of. > > > > If the transport mechanism is DBMail, and main.cf is configured for > > DBMail, > > > then it will start up dbmail-smtp and send the mail to it via a pipe. > > Dbmail > > > > then stores the email in the database. > > > > That's all that postfix will ever do. > > > > IF you wish to retrieve mail via POP or IMAP, you must start the > > dbmail-pop3d > > or dbmail-imapd programs, that will then listen on the proper port for > > connections. > > > > to check with telnet if the pop3 server is running, you can telnet to the > > pop > > port: > > > > telnet hostname 110 > > > > This should answer with: > > Connected to hostname. > > Escape character is '^]'. > > +OK DBMAIL pop3 server ready to rock > > > > along with some other stuff. > > > > I hope that helps. > > -Micah > > > > On Monday 06 September 2004 09:21 am, Kirti S. Bajwa wrote: > > > Hello List: > > > > > > I am trying to install Postfix, MySQL, dbMail on a freshly installed > > > RH9 box as follows: > > > > > > Postfix Server: mail.tibinternet.net > > > IP Address: 12.21.237.16 > > > > > > I installed Postfix (with MySQL) & tested it by sending an email to > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] This message is forwarded to my email in > > > /etc/aliases) & I did receive the message. Then I created a manual > > > message: > > > > > > telnet localhost 25 > > > > > > >MAIL FROM: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >RCPT TO: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >DATA > > > >. > > > >QUIT > > > > > > The message was forwarded to my email. I did more testing by sending > > > messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] & they all were received. > > > > > > Then I installed dbMail & by following the installation in > > > "http://www.helgrim.com/dbmaildocs/installation.html";. I added a user > > > account: > > > > > > #dbmail-adduser a testmail testmail 0 25000000 > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > Now I am running into problems. First of all I can not make a > > > connection > > > > to > > > > > pop.tibinternet.net server from another PC. The connection is refused > > > saying that either the IP address is wrong or server is not responding. > > I > > > > can PING pop.tibinternet.net. I can also "telnet" server > > > pop.tibinternet.net. > > > > > > I have checked into the logs (/var/log/maillog) there is nothing there. > > > Postfix is running. > > > > > > One more interesting thing: I sent an email to a wrong address > > > "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" and it is logged into the log on the Postfix > > > server as a rejected message (no such email address. I have not > > > received the rejected message yet. > > > > > > I do have a firewall but both ports 25 & 110 are open. > > > > > > So PLEASE help. Why I can't connect to port 110 to retrieve messages? > > > > > > Thanks in advance. > > > > > > Kirti > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Dbmail mailing list > > > Dbmail@dbmail.org > > > https://mailman.fastxs.nl/mailman/listinfo/dbmail > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Dbmail mailing list > > Dbmail@dbmail.org > > https://mailman.fastxs.nl/mailman/listinfo/dbmail > > _______________________________________________ > > Dbmail mailing list > > Dbmail@dbmail.org > > https://mailman.fastxs.nl/mailman/listinfo/dbmail > > _______________________________________________ > Dbmail mailing list > Dbmail@dbmail.org > https://mailman.fastxs.nl/mailman/listinfo/dbmail > _______________________________________________ > Dbmail mailing list > Dbmail@dbmail.org > https://mailman.fastxs.nl/mailman/listinfo/dbmail _______________________________________________ Dbmail mailing list Dbmail@dbmail.org https://mailman.fastxs.nl/mailman/listinfo/dbmail
