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Old 09-12-2003, 10:29 AM   #1
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POP3 mail server - sendmail at FreeBSD


Hey, I am new at this site, and it is a really nice forum in here =)! Are there someone, who would like to give me som links to guide's, then I can get pop3 server op, via sendmail, in unix (freebsd 4.8) (not some lameness guides, just a simple user-friendly guide) grrr.. well thx ;)
 
Old 09-12-2003, 12:34 PM   #2
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Qpopper is a POPular pop3 server.
I think it will work 'out of the box' if you install it via the ports tree.
By the way, is sendmail already working?

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Old 09-14-2003, 03:12 AM   #3
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ok, but how do I configure sendmail, then it works with a domain.xx?
 
Old 09-14-2003, 05:12 AM   #4
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last time I got pop3 server, then POPA3D with sendmailworks fine, but now it doesn't, its really strange.. but J_Szucs, it is this server you mean > http://www.eudora.com/qpopper/ < ? the Qpopper..
 
Old 09-15-2003, 10:23 AM   #5
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The first step is to install and/or configure sendmail, as qpopper will not work without that.

I installed sendmail on two FreeBSD machines in the last weeks, but I installed both from source, not by the ports tree.
I do not even know where are the sendmail mc files and how to use them when sendmail is installed by the ports system.

However, (re-) installation from a source tar.gz turned out to be very easy. One has to follow the step-by-step installation instructions in the INSTALL file on the top of the sendmail directory tree, only.
If you choose this method and get stucked, I can help you with my siteconfig mc file as an example.
If you choose to keep the present sendmail installation, we should first identify what files you have and where.

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Old 09-16-2003, 08:32 AM   #6
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I would like, to get your help J_Szucs =) When you got time
 
Old 09-16-2003, 09:25 AM   #7
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Backup /etc/mail, the sendmail and makemap binaries, then download the sendmail sources from ftp://ftp.sendmail.org/pub/sendmail. (I downloaded sendmail-8.11.7.tar.gz, since I had 8.11.6 previously and my only aim was to patch sendmail, you can choose 8.12 branch instead.)
Copy the file into /usr/local, and extract it:
tar -zxvf sendmail-x.xx.x.tar.gz
cd into the newly created sendmail-x.xx.x directory, and follow the step-by-step instructions in the INSTALL file there.

My sendmail.mc file used for the generation of the sendmail.cf file was as follows (my domain: foo.bar, mail domain: mail.foo.bar, my ISP's relay: smtp.myisp.hu):
divert(-1)
divert(0)
VERSIONID(`$FreeBSD: src/etc/sendmail/freebsd.mc,v 1.10.2.8 2001/03/06 02:12:59 gshapiro Exp $')
OSTYPE(bsd4.4)
DOMAIN(generic)
FEATURE(access_db, `hash -o /etc/mail/access')
FEATURE(blacklist_recipients)
FEATURE(local_lmtp)
FEATURE(mailertable, `hash -o /etc/mail/mailertable')
FEATURE(genericstable, `hash -o /etc/mail/genericstable')
FEATURE(always_add_domain)
FEATURE(relay_entire_domain)
FEATURE(virtusertable, `hash -o /etc/mail/virtusertable')
EXPOSED_USER(`root')
MASQUERADE_AS(`foo.bar')
MASQUERADE_DOMAIN(`mail.foo.bar')
FEATURE(allmasquerade)
FEATURE(masquerade_envelope)
define(`confPRIVACY_FLAGS',`goaway')
define(`confMAX_HEADERS_LENGTH',`16384')
define(`confMAX_MESSAGE_SIZE',`50000000')
define(`confCONNECTION_RATE_THROTTLE',`3')
define(`confMAX_DAEMON_CHILDREN',`12')
define(`confSMTP_LOGIN_MSG',`great mailer')
define(`confMAX_RCPTS_PER_MESSAGE',`50')
define(`confTO_IDENT', `0')
define(`confTO_QUIT', `8m')
define(`SMART_HOST', `smtp.myisp.hu')
define(`confCW_FILE', `-o /etc/mail/local-host-names')
DAEMON_OPTIONS(`Name=IPv4, Family=inet')
define(`confCOPY_ERRORS_TO', `postmaster')
define(`confMAX_MIME_HEADER_LENGTH', `256/128')
define(`confNO_RCPT_ACTION', `add-to-undisclosed')
FEATURE(use_cw_file)
MAILER(local)
MAILER(smtp)

There are some files mentioned in the .mc file, which you shall also created, and your dns records in your local name server shall be created, too.
 
Old 09-16-2003, 10:30 AM   #8
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J_Szucs > Do you use ICQ/MSN or IRC? then we can write about it.. because I have some questions for sure, it sounds interesting, that you are writing!?
 
Old 09-16-2003, 01:57 PM   #9
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No, I do not, but I come here 5 times a day.
 
Old 09-17-2003, 08:18 AM   #10
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Oh okay =) nice nice!
 
Old 09-19-2003, 07:13 AM   #11
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Damn, I can not get it in work :/
 
Old 09-19-2003, 11:59 AM   #12
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Ohh, I just found a NICE manual, from #sendmail on efnet =) And now my pop3 server, works great!! Thx J_Szucs, for your messages =)
Not any problems now, dont worry I write here if there will became some other problems *hehe*
WiZaC =)
 
  


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