Qmail is a Mail Transfer Agent. It handles incoming and outgoing -mail. Install qmail if you want your OpenACS server to send and -receive mail, and you don't want to use an alternate MTA.
Red Hat 9: all djb tools (qmail, daemontools, ucspi) will fail -to compile in Red Hat 9 because of changes to glibc (patches)
-Install ucspi. This program handles -incoming tcp connections. Download ucspi and install it.
-[root root]#cd /usr/local/src-[root src]#wget http://cr.yp.to/ucspi-tcp/ucspi-tcp-0.88.tar.gz-[root src]#tar xzf ucspi-tcp-0.88.tar.gzcd /usr/local/src -wget http://cr.yp.to/ucspi-tcp/ucspi-tcp-0.88.tar.gz -tar xzf ucspi-tcp-0.88.tar.gz -
Red Hat 9 only
wget http://moni.csi.hu/pub/glibc-2.3.1/ucspi-tcp-0.88.errno.patch
-cd ucspi-tcp-0.88
-patch -p1 <../ucspi-tcp-0.88.errno.patch
-cd ..All platforms continue:
-[root src]#cd ucspi-tcp-0.88-[root ucspi-tcp-0.88]#make-( cat warn-auto.sh; \ -echo 'main="$1"; shift'; \(many lines omitted) -./compile instcheck.c -./load instcheck hier.o auto_home.o unix.a byte.a -[root ucspi-tcp-0.88]#make setup check-./install -./instcheck -[root ucspi-tcp-0.88]# - -cd ucspi-tcp-0.88 -make -make setup check -
Verify that ucspi-tcp was installed successfully by running the -tcpserver program which is part of ucspi-tcp:
-[root ucspi-tcp-0.88]# tcpserver
-tcpserver: usage: tcpserver [ -1UXpPhHrRoOdDqQv ] [ -c limit ] [ -x rules.cdb ] [ -B banner ] [ -g gid ] [ -u uid
-] [ -b backlog ] [ -l localname ] [ -t timeout ] host port program
-[root ucspi-tcp-0.88]#
-
- (I'm not sure if this next step is
-100% necessary, but when I skip it I get problems. If you get the
-error 553 sorry, that domain isn't
-in my list of allowed rcpthosts (#5.7.1) then you need to do
-this.) AOLserver sends outgoing mail via the ns_sendmail command,
-which pipes a command to the sendmail executable. Or, in our case,
-the qmail replacement wrapper for the sendmail executable. In some
-cases, though, the outgoing mail requset is apparently sent through
-tcp/ip, so that it comes to qmail from 127.0.0.1 (a special IP
-address that means the local machine - the "loopback"
-interface). Unless this mail is addressed to the same machine,
-qmail thinks that it's an attempt to relay mail, and rejects
-it. So these two commands set up an exception so that any mail sent
-from 127.0.0.1 is allowed to send outgoing mail.
-[root ucspi-tcp-0.88]#-cp /tmp/openacs-5.9.0/packages/acs-core-docs/www/files/tcp.smtp.txt /etc/tcp.smtp-[root ucspi-tcp-0.88]#tcprules /etc/tcp.smtp.cdb /etc/tcp.smtp.tmp < /etc/tcp.smtpcp /tmp/openacs-5.9.0/packages/acs-core-docs/www/files/tcp.smtp.txt /etc/tcp.smtp -tcprules /etc/tcp.smtp.cdb /etc/tcp.smtp.tmp < /etc/tcp.smtp -
-Download qmail, set up the -standard supporting users and build the binaries:
-[root root]#cd /usr/local/src-[root src]#wget http://www.qmail.org/netqmail-1.04.tar.gz-[root src]#tar xzf netqmail-1.04.tar.gz---15:04:11-- http://www.qmail.org/netqmail-1.04.tar.gz - => `netqmail-1.04.tar.gz' -Resolving www.qmail.org... done. -Connecting to www.qmail.org[192.203.178.37]:80... connected. -HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK -Length: 242,310 [application/x-gunzip] - -88% [===============================> ] 214,620 22.93K/s ETA 00:01 - -15:04:21 (24.04 KB/s) - `netqmail-1.04.tar.gz' saved [242310/242310] - -[root src]#mkdir /var/qmail-[root src]#groupadd nofiles-[root src]#useradd -g nofiles -d /var/qmail/alias alias-[root src]#useradd -g nofiles -d /var/qmail qmaild-[root src]#useradd -g nofiles -d /var/qmail qmaill-[root src]#useradd -g nofiles -d /var/qmail qmailp-[root src]#groupadd qmail-[root src]#useradd -g qmail -d /var/qmail qmailq-[root src]#useradd -g qmail -d /var/qmail qmailr-[root src]#useradd -g qmail -d /var/qmail qmails-[root src]#cd netqmail-1.04-[root netqmail-1.04]#./collate.sh- -You should see 7 lines of text below. If you see anything -else, then something might be wrong. -[1] Extracting qmail-1.03... -[2] Patching qmail-1.03 into netqmail-1.04. Look for errors below: - 20 -[4] The previous line should say 20 if you used GNU patch. -[5] Renaming qmail-1.03 to netqmail-1.04... -[6] Continue installing qmail using the instructions found at: -[7] http://www.lifewithqmail.org/lwq.html#installation -[root netqmail-1.04]#cd netqmail-1.04-[root netqmail-1.04]#make setup check-( cat warn-auto.sh; \ -echo CC=\'`head -1 conf-cc`\'; \(many lines omitted) -./install -./instcheck -cd /usr/local/src -wget http://www.qmail.org/netqmail-1.04.tar.gz -tar xzf netqmail-1.04.tar.gz -mkdir /var/qmail -groupadd nofiles -useradd -g nofiles -d /var/qmail/alias alias -useradd -g nofiles -d /var/qmail qmaild -useradd -g nofiles -d /var/qmail qmaill -useradd -g nofiles -d /var/qmail qmailp -groupadd qmail -useradd -g qmail -d /var/qmail qmailq -useradd -g qmail -d /var/qmail qmailr -useradd -g qmail -d /var/qmail qmails -cd netqmail-1.04 -./collate.sh -cd netqmail-1.04 -make setup check -
Replace sendmail with qmail's wrapper.
+Install qmail (OPTIONAL)
Qmail is a secure, reliable, efficient, simple Mail Transfer +Agent. It handles incoming and outgoing mail. Install qmail if you +want your OpenACS server to send and receive mail, and you +don't want to use an alternate MTA.
+Install qmail. QMail is available +as standard Debian/Ubuntu package, rpms for Fedora/Redhat/CenTOS +are available from QMail wiki +page +
Replace sendmail with qmail's wrapper.
[root qmail-1.03]#rm -f /usr/bin/sendmail /usr/sbin/sendmail[root qmail-1.03]#ln -s /var/qmail/bin/sendmail /usr/sbin/sendmail[root qmail-1.03]# -rm -f /usr/bin/sendmail /usr/sbin/sendmail -ln -s /var/qmail/bin/sendmail /usr/sbin/sendmail +rm -f /usr/bin/sendmail /usr/sbin/sendmail +ln -s /var/qmail/bin/sendmail /usr/sbin/sendmail
Configure qmail - specifically, run the config script to set up
files in /var/qmail/control
specifying the computer's identity and which addresses it
should accept mail for. This command will automatically set up
qmail correctly if you have correctly set a valid host nome. If
not, you'll want to read /var/qmail/doc/INSTALL.ctl to find out how
to configure qmail.
-[root qmail-1.03]# ./config-fast yourserver.test
+[root qmail-1.03]# ./config-fast yourserver.test
Your fully qualified host name is yourserver.test.
Putting yourserver.test into control/me...
@@ -155,8 +44,8 @@
Now qmail will refuse to accept SMTP messages except to yourserver.test.
Make sure to change rcpthosts if you add hosts to locals or virtualdomains!
[root qmail-1.03]#
-./config-fast yourserver.test
-
+./config-fast yourserver.test
+
All incoming mail that isn't for a specific user is handled
by the Configure qmail to use the Maildir delivery format (instead of
+chown -R alias.nofiles /var/qmail/alias/Maildiralias user. This
includes all root mail. These commands prepare the alias user to
@@ -166,28 +55,28 @@
[root alias]# /var/qmail/bin/maildirmake ~alias/Maildir/
[root alias]# chown -R alias.nofiles /var/qmail/alias/Maildir
[root alias]#
-cd ~alias; touch .qmail-postmaster .qmail-mailer-daemon .qmail-root
+cd ~alias; touch .qmail-postmaster .qmail-mailer-daemon .qmail-root
chmod 644 ~alias/.qmail*
/var/qmail/bin/maildirmake ~alias/Maildir/
-chown -R alias.nofiles /var/qmail/alias/Maildir
-
Configure qmail to use the Maildir delivery format (instead of mbox), and install a version of the qmail startup script modified to use Maildir.
[root alias]#echo "./Maildir" > /var/qmail/bin/.qmail[root alias]#cp /tmp/openacs-5.9.0/packages/acs-core-docs/www/files/qmail.rc.txt /var/qmail/rc[root alias]#chmod 755 /var/qmail/rc[root alias]# -echo "./Maildir" > /var/qmail/bin/.qmail +echo "./Maildir" > /var/qmail/bin/.qmail cp /tmp/openacs-5.9.0/packages/acs-core-docs/www/files/qmail.rc.txt /var/qmail/rc chmod 755 /var/qmail/rc - +
Set up the skeleton directory so that new users will be configured for qmail.
[root root]#/var/qmail/bin/maildirmake /etc/skel/Maildir[root root]#echo "./Maildir/" > /etc/skel/.qmail[root root]# -/var/qmail/bin/maildirmake /etc/skel/Maildir -echo "./Maildir/" > /etc/skel/.qmail +/var/qmail/bin/maildirmake /etc/skel/Maildir +echo "./Maildir/" > /etc/skel/.qmail
As recommended, we will run qmail with daemontools control
files. Create daemontools control directories, set up a daemontools
control script, copy the supervise control files, and set
@@ -210,7 +99,7 @@
[root root]# chmod 755 /var/qmail/supervise/qmail-smtpd/run
[root root]# chmod 755 /var/qmail/supervise/qmail-smtpd/log/run
[root root]# ln -s /var/qmail/supervise/qmail-send /var/qmail/supervise/qmail-smtpd /service
-[root root]# ln -s /var/qmail/supervise/qmail-send /var/qmail/supervise/qmail-smtpd /servicemkdir -p /var/qmail/supervise/qmail-send/log
+[root root]# ln -s /var/qmail/supervise/qmail-send /var/qmail/supervise/qmail-smtpd /servicemkdir -p /var/qmail/supervise/qmail-send/log
mkdir -p /var/qmail/supervise/qmail-smtpd/log
mkdir /var/log/qmail
chown qmaill /var/log/qmail
@@ -226,7 +115,7 @@
chmod 755 /var/qmail/supervise/qmail-smtpd/run
chmod 755 /var/qmail/supervise/qmail-smtpd/log/run
ln -s /var/qmail/supervise/qmail-send /var/qmail/supervise/qmail-smtpd /service
-
+
Wait ten seconds or so, and then verify that that the four qmail processes are running. If uptimes don't rise above 1 second, this may indicate broken scripts that are continuously restarting.