[Gllug] Qmail problem

[Sean Burlington]

and if you are using vpopmail the username is user at domain
(not just user)

on a related not I have had some trouble with a qmail server I don't 
noermally look after...

one of the things I have discovered while trying to track down the 
problem is that qmail won't accept mail for user at domain.
(where a trailing dot is added)

I've googled for this but I can't tell if the mailserver /should/
accept this mail or not

anyone run accross this before?

Sean

Robert Wood wrote:
> will,
> 
>      it needs to be compiled with whatever auth type they need, so if
> they are using vpopmail the configure needs --with-auth=vchkpw or if
> its against the system passwd file --with-auth=vpasswd somethinig
> along those lines anyway, its been a while since i make'd it myself
> 
> Regards
> 
> Robert Wood                     Data Centre Support Technician
> Tel: +44(0)20 7531 8750         Fax: +44(0)20 7531 8701
> Redbus Interhouse (UK) Ltd.     http://www.interhouse.redbus.com
> Registered in England no.       3607764
> 
> ===================Original message text===============
> Friday, August 30, 2002, 11:06:46 AM, Robert Wood wrote:
> 
> w> Hi All,
> 
> w> I have never used Qmail before but a customer has just installed it on one of 
> w> their boxes and it doesn't work and they have asked us to look into it.  The 
> w> problem at the moment is that POP3 does not seem to work (they are using the 
> w> Qmail POP3 demon), here is the section of the /var/qmail/bin/qmailctl file that 
> w> starts it up:
> 
> w> if svok /service/qmail-pop3d ; then
> w> svc -u /service/qmail-pop3d
> 
> w> It is running because you can connect to the server fine, the problem is that it 
> w> is giving authorisation failed for users:
> 
> w> [will at localhost will]$ telnet server.host.name.net 110
> w> Trying <IPaddress of server.host.name.net>...
> w> Connected to server.host.name.net.
> w> Escape character is '^]'.
> w> +OK <7440.1030701243 at server.host.name.net>
> w> user test
> w> +OK
> w> pass test
> w> -ERR authorization failed
> w> Connection closed by foreign host.
> 
> w> Can anyone point me in the right direction here?  I have no idea why this might 
> w> be failing, I guess the authentication method used is different, but How?
> 
> w> Thanks
> w> Will
> 
> 



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