[plug] Postfix issue

Tue Feb 24 07:49:32 WST 2009

In the DNS zone file I forgot to put in the reverse DNS address and
qpopper I think requires this.

Jon
On Mon, February 23, 2009 21:37, Paul Dean wrote:
> So you where using names and not IP's?
>
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>
> Thanks
>
> Paul Dean.
>
> QOTD
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> QOTD:
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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
>>>>>>>>_______________________________________________
>>>>>>>>PLUG discussion list: plug at plug.org.au
>>>>>>>>http://www.plug.org.au/mailman/listinfo/plug
>>>>>>>>Committee e-mail: committee at plug.linux.org.au
>>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>>PLUG discussion list: plug at plug.org.au
>>>>>>>>http://www.plug.org.au/mailman/listinfo/plug
>>>>>>>>Committee e-mail: committee at plug.linux.org.au
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>>
>>>>> 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
>>>>> =========================================
>>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>>> PLUG discussion list: plug at plug.org.au
>>>>> http://www.plug.org.au/mailman/listinfo/plug
>>>>> Committee e-mail: committee at plug.linux.org.au
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>> Paul Dean.
>>>
>>> QOTD
>>> "Life is not WHAT you make it, it's WHO you have in it..."
>>>
>>> QOTD:
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>>> You have the power to influence all with whom you come in contact.
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>>
>>
>
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> Thanks
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> Paul Dean.
>
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