[plug] Postfix issue

Jon L. Miller jlmiller at mmtnetworks.com.au
Mon Feb 23 21:37:47 WST 2009


I think I got it fixed, I had to put in a reverse DNS information in the
zone file.  This allowed the local lan user to receive email.
To answer your question yes, but there isn't much to configure.

Jon

On Mon, February 23, 2009 20:23, Paul Dean wrote:
> Are you using the default config for qpopper?
>
> --
>
>
> Thanks
>
> Paul Dean.
>
> QOTD
> "Life is not WHAT you make it, it's WHO you have in it..."
>
> QOTD:
> =========================================
> There is always one thing to remember: writers are always selling somebody
> out.
> 		-- Joan Didion, "Slouching Towards Bethlehem"
> =========================================
>
>
> On Mon, 23 Feb 2009 19:59:27 +0800 (WST)
> "Jon L. Miller" <jlmiller at mmtnetworks.com.au> wrote:
>
>>I did a check to make sure only i pop3 server was running and it does
>>seems that way.  When I did a telnet to port 110 I can see that only
>>qpopper responded as I issued the command ps ax to see which apps were
>>running.
>>
>>Jon
>>
>>On Mon, February 23, 2009 18:14, Paul Dean wrote:
>>> I'm not very familiar with qpopper, but it looks like you may have more
>>> than 1 daemon running trying to access the inbox of you mail files.
>>>
>>> Just check and make sure your Outlook is close and give qpopper a
>>> restart
>>> and do a `ps axf` to see you only have 1 qpopper running(don't worry
>>> about
>>> the # of child processes).
>>>
>>> Also try telneting to localhost and not from a another IP for now.
>>>
>>> --
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>> Paul Dean.
>>>
>>> QOTD
>>> "Life is not WHAT you make it, it's WHO you have in it..."
>>>
>>> QOTD:
>>> =========================================
>>> You may be infinitely smaller than some things, but you're infinitely
>>> larger than others.
>>> =========================================
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, 23 Feb 2009 17:43:43 +0900
>>> "Jon Miller" <jlmiller at mmtnetworks.com.au> wrote:
>>>
>>>>Done that but I'm getting the following errors:
>>>>
>>>>Feb 23 17:50:42 linux-gw1 popper[17513]: (v4.0.8) Unable to get
>>>> canonical
>>>>name of client 192.168.5.6: Unknown host (1) [pop_init.c:1141]
>>>>
>>>>Feb 23 17:50:42 linux-gw1 popper[17513]: (v4.0.8) Servicing request
>>>> from
>>>>"192.168.5.6" at 192.168.5.6 [pop_init.c:1239]
>>>>
>>>>Feb 23 17:50:42 linux-gw1 popper[17513]: jlmiller at 192.168.5.6
>>>>(192.168.5.6): -ERR [IN-USE] /var/mail/.jlmiller.pop lock busy!  Is
>>>> another
>>>>session active? (11) [pop_dropcopy.c:1549]
>>>>
>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>From: plug-bounces at plug.org.au [mailto:plug-bounces at plug.org.au] On
>>>> Behalf
>>>>Of Paul Dean
>>>>Sent: Monday, 23 February 2009 4:54 PM
>>>>To: plug at plug.org.au
>>>>Subject: Re: [plug] Postfix issue
>>>>
>>>>Ok, can you telnet into port 110?
>>>>user the_username
>>>>pass the_passwd
>>>>
>>>>And you should get an OK and is you do a `list` it should tell you how
>>>> many
>>>>emails that user has.
>>>>
>>>>type `quit` to exit.
>>>>
>>>>--
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Thanks
>>>>
>>>>Paul Dean.
>>>>
>>>>QOTD
>>>>"Life is not WHAT you make it, it's WHO you have in it..."
>>>>
>>>>QOTD:
>>>>=========================================
>>>>There is always one thing to remember: writers are always selling
>>>> somebody
>>>>out.
>>>>		-- Joan Didion, "Slouching Towards Bethlehem"
>>>>=========================================
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>On Mon, 23 Feb 2009 16:06:53 +0900
>>>>"Jon Miller" <jlmiller at mmtnetworks.com.au> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>Pop3 (qpopper) is being used the protocol is pop3
>>>>>
>>>>>J
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>>From: plug-bounces at plug.org.au [mailto:plug-bounces at plug.org.au] On
>>>>> Behalf
>>>>>Of Paul Dean
>>>>>Sent: Monday, 23 February 2009 3:59 PM
>>>>>To: plug at plug.org.au
>>>>>Subject: Re: [plug] Postfix issue
>>>>>
>>>>>Jon,
>>>>>
>>>>>What daemon are you using to for clients to collect their email with,
>>>>> ie
>>>>>dovecot, uw?
>>>>>
>>>>>Also what protocol are you using, ie imap or pop3 or mapi?
>>>>>
>>>>>--
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>Thanks
>>>>>
>>>>>Paul Dean.
>>>>>
>>>>>QOTD
>>>>>"Life is not WHAT you make it, it's WHO you have in it..."
>>>>>
>>>>>QOTD:
>>>>>=========================================
>>>>>Q:	What do you call a blind, deaf-mute, quadraplegic Virginian?
>>>>>A:	Trustworthy.
>>>>>=========================================
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>On Mon, 23 Feb 2009 15:33:28 +0900
>>>>>"Jon Miller" <jlmiller at mmtnetworks.com.au> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>Problem is no one is getting the mail.  I sent myself a test message
>>>>>> from
>>>>>>the local lan and no mail showed up in the user mailbox on their
>>>>>> desktop
>>>>>>which is OL2003.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>>>From: plug-bounces at plug.org.au [mailto:plug-bounces at plug.org.au] On
>>>>>> Behalf
>>>>>>Of Daniel Pittman
>>>>>>Sent: Monday, 23 February 2009 3:30 PM
>>>>>>To: plug at plug.org.au
>>>>>>Subject: Re: [plug] (no subject)
>>>>>>
>>>>>>"Jon L. Miller" <jlmiller at mmtnetworks.com.au> writes:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I'm having an issue with Postfix.  Mail is sent from users desktop
>>>>>>> it
>>>>>gets
>>>>>>> to the mail server and the qmgr removes it.
>>>>>>> Feb 23 15:01:36 linux-gw1 postfix/qmgr[13582]: 1821F16324:
>>>>>>> from=<jlmiller at desborough.com.au>, size=2428, nrcpt=1 (queue
>>>>>>> active)
>>>>>>
>>>>>>...the message enters the queue...
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Feb 23 15:01:36 linux-gw1 postfix/local[15358]: 1821F16324:
>>>>>>> to=<rebecca.smith at desborough.com.au>, relay=local, delay=0,
>>>>>>> status=sent
>>>>>>> (delivered to mailbox)
>>>>>>
>>>>>>...the message is delivered to the final destination, and...
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Feb 23 15:01:36 linux-gw1 postfix/qmgr[13582]: 1821F16324: removed
>>>>>>
>>>>>>...the message is removed from the queue.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Any reason why this is happening?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>The "status=sent" part of the second line indicates that Postfix has
>>>>>>delivered the message; in this case "sent" => successful delivery.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Having it removed from the queue after delivery is pretty normal. ;)
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Regards,
>>>>>>        Daniel
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>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>> Paul Dean.
>>>
>>> QOTD
>>> "Life is not WHAT you make it, it's WHO you have in it..."
>>>
>>> QOTD:
>>> =========================================
>>> Water, taken in moderation cannot hurt anybody.
>>> 		-- Mark Twain
>>> =========================================
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>>
>>
>
>
> --
>
> Thanks
>
> Paul Dean.
>
> QOTD
> "Life is not WHAT you make it, it's WHO you have in it..."
>
> QOTD:
> =========================================
> You have the power to influence all with whom you come in contact.
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