[plug] Postfix issue

Paul Dean paul at thecave.ws
Mon Feb 23 22:37:49 WST 2009


So you where using names and not IP's?

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On Mon, 23 Feb 2009 20:37:47 +0800 (WST)
"Jon L. Miller" <jlmiller at mmtnetworks.com.au> wrote:

>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..."
>>>>
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>>>> 		-- Mark Twain
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>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Paul Dean.
>>
>> QOTD
>> "Life is not WHAT you make it, it's WHO you have in it..."
>>
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"Life is not WHAT you make it, it's WHO you have in it..."

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