hi,
> As a related/unrelated problem, if the 'Check for new mail on'
> function is used in Outlook, the Outlook
> program 'hangs' for a long time - even before the 'Checking for messages
> ....' message appears - is this normal ?? (I hope not)
no it is not
things now are extremly distribution and - of course - installation dependent:
identify the qmail startupscript (usually in suse /etc/rc.d , redhat /etc/rc.d/init.d)
and find a line that starts with tcpserver
and has qmail-pop3d in it. if found put -H and -R after tcpserver to avoid reverse and
tcpremote lookups.
please post installation details...
;) a
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-----Original Message-----
From: Don Johnson-freeuk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, October 25, 2000 10:52 AM
To: qmail
Subject: Local Mail Problem
Hi,
We previously had a PC running W98 and a postoffice system to distribute
internal and external e-mails to networked pcs using Outlook, but at my suggestion (!)
my
assistant set up a replacement on a pc set up as a linux box with a printer, qmail,
fetchmail, and hylafax installed - and had just got the system up and running when he
left.
I am unable to contact him so am trying to catch up with about 3 months of his
setting and problem solving to get/keep the system working.
I am not sure if it has always been so, but it appears that when we address
items to eachother within the company, e-mails are sent to our ISP and back
again to reach the recipient. Although this does work, it seems very
wasteful and time-consuming, so my (first) question is: Can I set anything
so that these local e-mails are handled locally by Outlook.
*** Since writing the above, I have found the ..control/local file,
which does appear to have the correct lines in it, but still the system
seems not to do a local send, as the message stays in the outbox for a
number of minutes.
Each user has an address like [EMAIL PROTECTED] and addresses the local
linux server 89.1.1.100. Although I do not fully understand it yet, the
system has some individual addresses like this, and a group called 'others'
which have identities in qmail (or fetchmail ?) which direct the mail to
their own /home/fbloggs/Mailbox/new - cur - ??
These seem to be working, as I do get mails arriving at the postmaster's
terminal (my assistant's pc) and others when they are correctly addressed,
but because of 'local' not working, I cannot quickly transfer any 'unknown'
messages from the postmasters pc where they end up to the correct users
locally when I identify the recipient from the text - it takes ages.
As a related/unrelated problem, if the 'Check for new mail on' function is used in
Outlook, the Outlook
program 'hangs' for a long time - even before the 'Checking for messages
....' message appears - is this normal ?? (I hope not)
I am sure my questions are very vague and unclear, but if you can assist
me whilst I try to catch up with the mass of documentation on qmail etc, I
would be most grateful.
Don Johnson (not the film star)
