[vchkpw] Tutorial for setting up qmail + vpopmail + SpamAssassin

OK, I finally finished my "near-key-by-key" tutorial for getting a mail toaster up and running. It's based off of Bill Shupp's Toaster. I THINK it's accurate :) You can check it out at: http://www.jerfu.com/toaster/FullToaster_1.0.0.html Comments, suggestions, etc. are welcome! Jeremy

RE: [vchkpw] how auto create folder

Hey Jose-- I just got done hacking the vpopmail code to do just that. Here's what it does: 1) .JunkMail folder as user is created 2) make the new, cur, tmp folders under the .JunkMail folder 3) create the "courierimapsubscribed" file so that the user is automatically subscribed to the .JunkMail

[vchkpw] Limit local user's e-mail

Does anyone know if there's an easy way to deny SOME users the right to e-mail outside our organization? For example, let's say I have three users: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] I would like user1 and user2 to be able to e-mail anyone over the Internet. But I'd like t

[vchkpw] Vpopmail Stable Release

Any news on when the dev version of vpopmail will get promoted to a stable release version? Just wondering

[vchkpw] RE: [SAtalk] Seen on BugTraq: Bypassing SMTP Content Protection

> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On > Behalf Of Miles Sabin > Sent: Thursday, September 12, 2002 12:10 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [SAtalk] Seen on BugTraq: Bypassing SMTP Content Protection > > > Potentially exploitable by the oppo

[vchkpw] OT: VQAdmin problems...I'm stumped!

Anyone come upon this problem before? I am working on a new install of qmail+vpopmail+vqadmin. I installed vQadmin add it all *seemed* to work. After getting into it, I realized that it can't find (or can't get access to) the proper vpopmail/qmail files. If I search for users/domains all searc

RE: [vchkpw] Purge Old Mail After x number of days?

> > A bit off topic - Does anyone out there have a script for > maildir folders to handle deleting mail that is X number of days old? > Don't know if this is what you are after, but if you are using courier-imap, you can configure it to delete mail from specified folders. Have a look at: /

RE: [vchkpw] Qmail AntiSpaming

> > what about spam filtering methods or programs > that work with vpopmail and qmail without > compiling qmail completly new? Has anyone > got spamassassin or anything like that > to work? > You could try the HOW-TO I've been working on at: http://www.jerfu.com/toaster

RE: [vchkpw] Qmail AntiSpaming

> Start with a clean install of RedHat 7.3 << Change that to say: > > Start with the worlds most stable and powerfull OS: > > FreeBSD > I don't know...my Commodore-64 is pretty damn stable! Look out for my "Building an Email Toaster on C-64". Jeremy

[vchkpw] MRTG Graphing and qmail

FYI: For those using my toaster HOW-TO as the basis for their mail server (or anyone else that may be interested), I have added MRTG to the HOW-TO. MRTG will visual graph mail and spam stats. It was a big wishlist item, so I decided to add it...plus it's pretty ;) You can access it via: http://w

[vchkpw] Killing messages caught in queue?

Quick question I've got a message that's stuck in the queue. It is _trying_ to be delivered but the mailbox doesn't exist. I'm using qmail+vpopmail+qmail-scanner. Is there an easy way to track down the message and purge it from the system so I don't get a bunch of errors mailed to postmaste

Re: [vchkpw] Killing messages caught in queue?

> > Google for qmhandle > Just what I needed. Thanks! Jeremy

Re: [vchkpw] Moving users to new server

> I was wondering if there is a certain procedure to move users from one > server to another? The servers are configured the same, with the same > version of Vpopmail. Can I just tar the domain directory and copy it > over? > I just did that over the weekend and it went smooth. I have added this

[vchkpw] Added MRTG to toaster HOW-TO

FYI: For those using my toaster HOW-TO as the basis for their mail server (or anyone else that may be interested), I have added MRTG to the HOW-TO. MRTG will visual graph mail and spam stats. It was a big wishlist item, so I decided to add it...plus it's pretty ;) You can access it via: http://w

Re: [vchkpw] Spam filter

Ross Davis - DataAnywhere said: > Can anyone suggest a good spam filter to use with vpopmail. We are just > getting killed on a couple of larger domains right now. > Can't think of a better filter than SpamAssassin (www.spamassassin.org). I'm using it in a vpopmail setup. It's dropped our spam l

Re: [vchkpw] Spam filter

Steve Schofield said: > I run FreeBSD 4.8, Qmail, Vpopmail, Courier-imap, Qmail-scanner, > Spamassassin. I just installed this over the weekend and got it > working. I received 506 emails today (Tuesday 5/27), of that 74 emails > was spam of which 59 were caught and marked by Spamassassin, Ther

Re: [vchkpw] Automatic Folder creation

Check out www.jerfu.com/toaster and go to section #21. It's using an older version of vpopmail, but it should give you some insight. Jeremy Michael Fabricius said: > Well. If you work it out > > > - Original Message - > From: "Alex Povolotsky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTEC

[vchkpw] OT: Better SUBJECT LINES Please -- WAS: hmmm, question

Paul Theodoropoulos said: > > we've had a request from a customer to be able to forward only the > subject line > Speaking of the subject line I had an English professor who, while analyzing poetry, stated that the title of the poem was VERY important. It usually gave you huge clues as to wh

[vchkpw] Password Changing via PHP (w/o vpopmail extensions?)

Hey all-- I have recently installed a test system with Horde/IMP. I'd like to use the password change feature under Horde (sork/passwd). The difficulty I'm having is with the vpopmail+MySQL encryption. Am I right in believing that the vpopmail+MySQL user passwords are encrypted using MD5? If n

Re: [vchkpw] Login

>> >> How can I login using only my username ej; someuser and not >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] . >> Or if you want to enable it for the entire domain, you can compile with: --enable-default-domain=your-main-domain-FQDN Jeremy

[vchkpw] Mail Scanning -> MailScanner vs. qmail-scanner

For anyone with answers, I've got a few questions: (1) Does MailScanner work under a vpopmail setup? (2) Does MailScanner provide roughly the same features as qmail-scanner? if so, (3) Which scanner is better? (4) Do you need perl-suid with MailScanner? It looks like they both can interface t

Re: [vchkpw] Conversion to mysql..?

>> And btw, I don't do responses to TDMA or tdma type systems :) So >> you'll have to get your answer from the list. > > Just curious - why do you not 'do responses' to TMDA systems? > Well, I may not be Rick Macdougall but I'll tell you why I don't... because it's a pain in the ass! It adds extr

Re: [vchkpw] OT TDMA Conversion to mysql..?

Ajai Khattri said: > Harry Zink wrote: > >>Well, being in the same boat, I simply set up a rule/filter which >> responds to TMDA challenges with an automatic response, and files the >>challenge/response/confirmation away. No interaction needed on my part, >> and the lines of communication remain op

[vchkpw] Virtual SMTP Greeting?

Hi All-- Sorry if this has been brought up in the past...I've been off the list for a couple years. Lately, our mail has had trouble getting to Yahoo, Hotmail, and a smaller ISP. Sometimes the mail ends up in the spam folders so I know our mail is getting to their box. I checked the big blacklis

[vchkpw] Best way to receive mail on TWO servers

Does anyone have suggestions for sending all incoming mail to two servers? I have a vpopmail server in place. I want to replace it with an upgraded server. I want both to receive mail for a bit so I can test the new server. I only have one external IP address. Is there a way to tell the first serv

Re: [vchkpw] Best way to receive mail on TWO servers

> Yes. Set up a new copy of qmail in a different folder other > than /var/qmail [or your current location] (see conf-*), as > otherwise you can't have two running on the same machine, > unless they point to the same queue and all. > [...SNIP...] Wow! I didn't think I'd have to set up another ins