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mail, See also delivery; junk mail; messages

configuring scalable servers and, 396–399

filtering, 144–148

extension addresses, 145–146

maildrop, 148

procmail, 146–148

mail problems

local users can't send mail, 223

mail not accepted from remote hosts, 219

mail not delivered to local user, 220–221

mail not delivered to remote address, 221–222

mail not retrievable by users, 222

retrieving, 369–374

Fetchmail, 369–370

getmail, 371–374

mail exchangers

backup mail exchanger, 226–228

MX, and performance, 6–7

Mail-Followup-To, 133

mail hubs, 233–235

mail servers, See also specific servers

functions of, 396

Mail User Agents (MUAs)

changing mailbox formats and, 243

explained, 2–3

listed, 2

mailbox servers, See also IMAP (Internet Mail Access Protocol) servers; POP3 servers

basics, 235–236

changing mailbox formats and, 243

mailboxes

configuring boot script and, 66–68

configuring scalable servers and, 399–401

defined, 29

domain mailboxes

and Fetchmail, 370

and getmail, 373–374

format selection and location, 29–32

location and format basics, 239–245

migrating to maildir-format mail-boxes, 243–245

moving to home directories, 241–242

service, 400–401

serving, 327–328, See also IMAP (Internet Mail Access Protocol); POP3 servers

utilities. See dot-qmail utilities

maildir mailbox format

delivery and, 138

installation and, 31–32

installing UW-IMAP with support of, 344–349

mailbox locations and, 32

migrating to maildir-format mailboxes, 243–245

reliability and, 7

support by Courier-IMAP, 350

support by qmail-pop3d, 328

support by SolidPOP, 338

vs. mbox mailbox format, 31

maildir2mbox utility, 152–153

maildirmake command, 31, 153

maildirsmtp command, 232

maildirwatch utility, 153

Maildrop, 148, 434

mailing list management, 295–326

ezmlm, 297–305

basics, 297

ezmlm-idx, 298

installing, 298–301

subscribing and unsubscribing, 304–305

testing, 301–302

using, 302–304

Mailman, 315–324

basics, 315–316

creating mailing lists, 320–324

installing, 316–320

subscribing, 324

Majordomo, 305–315

basics, 305–306

creating lists with, 312–314

installing, 306–312

subscribing to Majordomo lists, 314–315

other MLMs, 324–325

simple mailing lists, 295–297

mailing list managers. See MLMs (mailing list managers)

mailing lists

in ezmlm

creating, 302–304

subscribing and unsubscribing, 304–305

in Mailman

creating, 320–324

subscribing, 324

in Majordomo

creating, 312–314

subscribing, 314–315

list archives, 23

simple, 295–297

subscribing extension addresses to, 146

support for qmail, 23–25

support of, 14

Mailman, 315–324

basics, 315–316

creating mailing lists, 320–324

installing, 316–320

subscribing, 324

mailsubj utility, 154

Majordomo, 305–315

basics, 305–306

creating lists with, 312–314

installing, 306–312

subscribing to Majordomo lists, 314–315

make check, 190–191

make, failures in VMailMgr installation, 379

man

man pages, 20–21

MANPATH, setting, 20

man /var/qmail directory, 17

management of qmail, See also queue management

management commands, 165–187

qmail-clean, 165

qmail-getpw, 166–167

qmail-local, 168–169

qmail-lspawn, 169

qmail-newmrh, 170

qmail-newu, 170

qmail-pop3d, 170–171

qmail-popup, 171–172

qmail-pw2u, 172–175

qmail-qmqpc, 175

qmail-qmqpd, 175

qmail-qmtpd, 176

qmail-qread, 176–177

qmail-qstat, 177

qmail-remote, 177–179

qmail-rspawn, 179

qmail-send, 179–180

qmail-showctl, 180–182

qmail-smtpd, 183

qmail-start, 184

qmail-tcpok, 184–185

qmail-tcpto, 185

splogger, 185–186

tcp-env, 186–187

qmailctl script, 159–165

interactive interface, 160–165

logging, 165

System V init.d script, 160

mandatory spam controls defined, 285, 287

Mastaler, Jason, and TMDA, 293, 440

mbox mailbox format, 29–30

and mailbox locations, 32

configuring home directories deliveries, 242

delivery and, 137

SolidPOP support of, 338

vs. maildirs, 31

me control file, 102–103

mess queue subdirectory contents, 18

mess822, 435

message construction features, 450

message headers, using to troubleshoot, 211–217

Cc fields, 215

Date fields, 214

Delivered-To field, 211–212

example header analysis, 216–217

From field, 215

Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and, 213

Message-ID fields, 214

Received fields, 212–213

Resent-fields, 215

Return-Path field, 211

To fields, 215

Message-ID fields, and troubleshooting, 214

Message Transfer Agents. See MTAs (Message Transfer Agents)

messages, See also receiving messages; sending messages

adjusting message lifetimes/retry schedules, 192

compatibility with Sendmail, 13

construction of, 13

error messages, 457–464

bounce messages, 459–464

log messages, 457–459

how qmail sends and receives, 417–418

how they travel, 443–444

logging, 209

retry schedule, 427–428

removing messages from queues, 193–195

mini-qmail, See also QMTP (Quick Mail Transfer Protocol)

defined, 258

nullmailer and, 264

support of clients, 230

MLMs (mailing list managers), See also ezmlm; mailing list management; Mailman; Majordomo

basic functions of, 325

defined, 295

list maintenance function, 325

other Unix MLMs, 324–325

resending function, 325

moderated mailing lists defined, 2

modular system architecture

adding features and, 9

basics, 16

disadvantages of, 16

performance and, 7

security and, 6, 16

modules

listed, 16

receiving modules, 418–425

local, 419–420

qmail-queue, 423–425

remote, 421–423

sending local modules, 428–429

monolithic defined, 5

morerecpthosts control file, 103

msg example file listing, 125–126, 135

MTAs (Message Transfer Agents)

comparison of various, 8, 10, See also specific MTAs

defined, 1

interactions with MUAs, 3

monolithic, and security, 5

MUAs (Mail User Agents)

changing mailbox formats and, 243

explained, 2–3

listed, 2

Müller, Olivier, oMail-webmail and oSpam and, 435

multilog

advantages of, 36

troubleshooting, 202

while using recordio, 208

multiple host names, configuring, 115

multiple-recipients

delivery to. See delivery

multiple RCPT commands, 391–394

MX (mail exchanger), and performance, 6–7

MX records

backup mail exchanger and, 227–228

directing mail to virtual domains and, 380, 386

distributing incoming load with, 397–398

for smart hosts, 234

null client and, 229–230

nullmailer, 264



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The Qmail Handbook
The qmail Handbook
ISBN: 1893115402
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2001
Pages: 186
Authors: Dave Sill

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