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Posted to users@spamassassin.apache.org by Robert Leonard <RL...@Opto22.com> on 2005/11/08 18:28:02 UTC
Qmail question..
Can anybody point me to a good forum for Qmail? I'm a newb and a windows guy
so this is quite the daunting thing! What I want to figure out is how to
get qmail w/ tcpserver to allow incoming smtp connections from only SPECIFIC
IP's.. I'm getting flooded by mail coming from places I shouldn't be getting
mail from!
Thanks in advance!
Re: Qmail question..
Posted by Aiko Barz <ai...@haeckser.de>.
Arvinn Løkkebakken wrote:
> Qmail is dead. Concider something that is still getting developed. My
> preference is Postfix.
I have to make sure that qmail and qmail-ldap won't get mixed up at this
point.
Bye,
Aiko
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Aiko Barz <ai...@haeckser.de>
Re: Qmail question..
Posted by Arvinn Løkkebakken <ar...@sandakerveien.net>.
DAve wrote:
> Arvinn Løkkebakken wrote:
>
>> Robert Leonard wrote:
>>
>>> Can anybody point me to a good forum for Qmail? I'm a newb and a
>>> windows guy
>>> so this is quite the daunting thing! What I want to figure out is
>>> how to
>>> get qmail w/ tcpserver to allow incoming smtp connections from only
>>> SPECIFIC
>>> IP's.. I'm getting flooded by mail coming from places I shouldn't be
>>> getting
>>> mail from!
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance!
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> Qmail is dead. Concider something that is still getting developed. My
>> preference is Postfix.
>>
>> Arvinn
>>
>>
>
> I currently run a cluster of qmail machines and find it reliable, the
> user base active, the tools up to date. I've run Sendmail, Exim,
> Postfix as well. All have their place.
>
> qmail works quite well with spamc and there are several ways to use
> the two together. I would argue there are more ways to combine spamc
> and qmail than any other mailserver. Choose the best tool for the job.
>
> DAve
>
I of course agree that one should choose the best tool for the job and
Qmail has been a great tool for years. I have glanced at the doc for
Exim earlier and it looks like a very good alternative. Same goes for
Courier MTA. I've been operating Qmail for some years and found it to
fullfill most needs untill I experienced that the gap between available
functions between my Postfix installation and Qmail installation just
kept getting bigger. I don't enjoy using third-party patches and from
experience I wouldn't recommend a self-claimed rookie to depend on
third-party patches either. Standard Qmail lacks one must-have feature
which is desent before-queue recipient validation. AUTH, STARTTLS/SSL
and ldap/sql lookups support (the list goes on) isn't must-have features
but I would certainly miss it if I picked up standard Qmail again.
http://www.postfix.org/documentation.html is a very fine place to start
if you are a rookie and need documentation and help for installation. I
should have included that URL in my first post.
If you are an experienced unix admin and postmaster you can make Qmail
do anything (including the things I mentioned above) but I think a
newcommer would appreciate to start with a product with more of these as
out-of-the-box features. I feel like a newcommer myself and by using a
more up to date software I really appreciate the fact that I don't have
to inspect every patch to see if it is compatible with all the other
user contributed patches I would choose to use with Qmail.
I am not a troll, and people on the list claiming I am one (straight out
or by beeing sarcastic), will not be replied to by me.
Arvinn
Re: Qmail question..
Posted by DAve <da...@pixelhammer.com>.
Arvinn Løkkebakken wrote:
> Robert Leonard wrote:
>
>> Can anybody point me to a good forum for Qmail? I'm a newb and a
>> windows guy
>> so this is quite the daunting thing! What I want to figure out is how to
>> get qmail w/ tcpserver to allow incoming smtp connections from only
>> SPECIFIC
>> IP's.. I'm getting flooded by mail coming from places I shouldn't be
>> getting
>> mail from!
>>
>> Thanks in advance!
>>
>>
>>
> Qmail is dead. Concider something that is still getting developed. My
> preference is Postfix.
>
> Arvinn
>
>
I currently run a cluster of qmail machines and find it reliable, the
user base active, the tools up to date. I've run Sendmail, Exim, Postfix
as well. All have their place.
qmail works quite well with spamc and there are several ways to use the
two together. I would argue there are more ways to combine spamc and
qmail than any other mailserver. Choose the best tool for the job.
DAve
Re: Qmail question..
Posted by Arvinn Løkkebakken <ar...@sandakerveien.net>.
Rick Macdougall wrote:
> Arvinn Løkkebakken wrote:
>
>> Robert Leonard wrote:
>>
>>> Can anybody point me to a good forum for Qmail? I'm a newb and a
>>> windows guy
>>> so this is quite the daunting thing! What I want to figure out is
>>> how to
>>> get qmail w/ tcpserver to allow incoming smtp connections from only
>>> SPECIFIC
>>> IP's.. I'm getting flooded by mail coming from places I shouldn't be
>>> getting
>>> mail from!
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance!
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> Qmail is dead. Concider something that is still getting developed. My
>> preference is Postfix.
>>
>> Arvinn
>
>
> Ha, great troll!
>
>
I'm sorry if that's is how you read my posting, Didn't mean to be one.
It would be nice to see a 2.0, but afaik that will never happen.
Arvinn
Re: Qmail question..
Posted by Rick Macdougall <ri...@nougen.com>.
Arvinn Løkkebakken wrote:
> Robert Leonard wrote:
>
>> Can anybody point me to a good forum for Qmail? I'm a newb and a
>> windows guy
>> so this is quite the daunting thing! What I want to figure out is how to
>> get qmail w/ tcpserver to allow incoming smtp connections from only
>> SPECIFIC
>> IP's.. I'm getting flooded by mail coming from places I shouldn't be
>> getting
>> mail from!
>>
>> Thanks in advance!
>>
>>
>>
> Qmail is dead. Concider something that is still getting developed. My
> preference is Postfix.
>
> Arvinn
Ha, great troll!
Re: Qmail question..
Posted by Jim Maul <jm...@elih.org>.
Evan Platt wrote:
> At 09:39 AM 11/8/2005, you wrote:
>
>> Thank you for your opinion. Consider learning to spell.
>
> There was, IMHO, nothing rude in Arvinn's post - just a suggestion to
> look at another product.
>
> Looking at Arvinn's name (Arvinn Løkkebakken), and a quick glance at the
> domain name (sandakerveien.net), English is likely not Arvinn's first
> language.
>
> Before telling him to spell in your native tongue, you may want to try
> spelling in his native tongue.
>
>
>
I dont want to spell in any other tongue than my own. I live in the US
and I speak English. We're all posting to an english mailing list. I
take offense when people say things like "qmail is dead". Especially as
a response to someone that was kindly asking if anyone knew of a forum
for qmail. The OP wasnt asking for opinions on what software to use.
It was clearly a troll which is why i reacted the way i did.
Oh, and btw, you're still using the old SA incubator list address.
-Jim
Re: Qmail question..
Posted by Evan Platt <ev...@espphotography.com>.
At 09:39 AM 11/8/2005, you wrote:
>Thank you for your opinion. Consider learning to spell.
There was, IMHO, nothing rude in Arvinn's post -
just a suggestion to look at another product.
Looking at Arvinn's name (Arvinn Løkkebakken),
and a quick glance at the domain name
(sandakerveien.net), English is likely not Arvinn's first language.
Before telling him to spell in your native
tongue, you may want to try spelling in his native tongue.
Re: Qmail question..
Posted by Jim Maul <jm...@elih.org>.
Arvinn Løkkebakken wrote:
> Robert Leonard wrote:
>
>> Can anybody point me to a good forum for Qmail? I'm a newb and a
>> windows guy
>> so this is quite the daunting thing! What I want to figure out is how to
>> get qmail w/ tcpserver to allow incoming smtp connections from only
>> SPECIFIC
>> IP's.. I'm getting flooded by mail coming from places I shouldn't be
>> getting
>> mail from!
>>
>> Thanks in advance!
>>
>>
>>
> Qmail is dead. Concider something that is still getting developed. My
> preference is Postfix.
>
> Arvinn
>
>
Thank you for your opinion. Consider learning to spell.
-Jim
Re: Qmail question..
Posted by Arvinn Løkkebakken <ar...@sandakerveien.net>.
Robert Leonard wrote:
>Can anybody point me to a good forum for Qmail? I'm a newb and a windows guy
>so this is quite the daunting thing! What I want to figure out is how to
>get qmail w/ tcpserver to allow incoming smtp connections from only SPECIFIC
>IP's.. I'm getting flooded by mail coming from places I shouldn't be getting
>mail from!
>
>Thanks in advance!
>
>
>
Qmail is dead. Concider something that is still getting developed. My
preference is Postfix.
Arvinn
Re: Qmail question..
Posted by Maurice Lucas <ms...@taos-it.nl>.
Robert Leonard wrote:
> Can anybody point me to a good forum for Qmail? I'm a newb and a
> windows guy so this is quite the daunting thing! What I want to
> figure out is how to get qmail w/ tcpserver to allow incoming smtp
> connections from only SPECIFIC IP's.. I'm getting flooded by mail
> coming from places I shouldn't be getting mail from!
>
Please this isn't the list for yet another qmail vs postfix flame war. I've
seen to many.
For a good place with a lot of usefull support look at the qmail mailinglist
qmail@list.cr.yp.to
see also http://qmail.org/top.html and for the latest version
http://qmail.org/netqmail-1.05.tar.gz
192.168.1.:deny
192.168.2.1:deny
will kill all traffic from 192.168.1.0/24 and 192.168.2.1/32
For the qmail mailinglist don't use qmailrocks but lifewithqmail.org
qmailrocks will give you a qmail install with a lot of stuff you don't need
like so many other mailserver software.
With kind regards,
Met vriendelijke groet,
Maurice Lucas
TAOS-IT
Re: Qmail question..
Posted by DAve <da...@pixelhammer.com>.
Robert Leonard wrote:
> Can anybody point me to a good forum for Qmail? I'm a newb and a windows guy
> so this is quite the daunting thing! What I want to figure out is how to
> get qmail w/ tcpserver to allow incoming smtp connections from only SPECIFIC
> IP's.. I'm getting flooded by mail coming from places I shouldn't be getting
> mail from!
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
"Life with qmail" is your friend. Hint, use the below links or done your
asbestoes undies. The qmail list is helpful to an extreme, if you are
pulling your weight. They have zero tolerance for admins who expect
people to just "give me the answer".
Likely the answer you need is in the below link.
http://www.lifewithqmail.org/
If you must ask for help, read the link below FIRST!
http://pyropus.ca/personal/writings/12-steps-to-qmail-list-bliss.html
DAve
RE: Qmail question..
Posted by Ryan O'Neil <ro...@clevelandnet.com>.
http://www.qmailrocks.org/
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From: Robert Leonard [mailto:RLEONARD@Opto22.com]
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Subject: Qmail question..
Can anybody point me to a good forum for Qmail? I'm a newb and a windows guy
so this is quite the daunting thing! What I want to figure out is how to
get qmail w/ tcpserver to allow incoming smtp connections from only SPECIFIC
IP's.. I'm getting flooded by mail coming from places I shouldn't be getting
mail from!
Thanks in advance!
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