Bad sectors on boot disk

I'm getting console messages like: wd0a: uncorrectable data error reading fsbn 530469 of ... I found this page: How to repair bad sectors on HDD in OpenBSD (Part I) at: https://www.s-vp.com/blog/post/how-to-repair-bad-sectors-on-hdd-in-openbsd-part-i Question 1: Is it possible to repa

Small Business email server using OpenSMTPD

I'm trying to move a small business email server from an older OpenBSD using sendmail to one with OpenBSD 6.0 using OpenSMTPD. The current email server has: - a certificate (used by StartTLS) - MS Outlook clients using pop3 to retrieve their mail - OpenWebmail for non-local client access I've no

Re: OpenSMTPD "syntax error" and other problems

The "smtpd.conf" man page states: relay [backup [mx]] [as address] ... ... If the as parameter is specified, smtpd(8) will rewrite the sender advertised in the SMTP session. address may be a user, a domain prefixed with ‘@’, or an email address, causing smtpd(8) to rewrite the user-part, the domai

no incoming message for sendmail

Today I upgraded my mail server from OpenBSD 3.7 to 4.0 (patches 2 thru 10 applied) and even though "ps -aux" shows "sendmail: accepting connections (sendmail)" I'm not getting any incoming messages. I tried several times to send myself messages and had others send me messages from various servi

USB2 disk running at USB1 speed

I have a USB2/Firewire external drive with a removable tray I use for backup. When the disk is connected in the following sequence: 1. connect USB cable 2. insert disk on removable tray into enclosure 3. turn on power switch to drive 4. turn on key to power disk The backup runs at USB1 speeds. If I