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KLUDGE v0.5 EMAIL SERVER – A DETAILED HOWTO

This is a reproduction of http://www.jm-associates.com/admin/kludge.html that has gone missing in 2009 KLUDGE v0.5 EMAIL SERVER – A DETAILED HOWTO AUTHOR – Chris Berry chris_berry@jm-associates.com MAILING LIST – kludge_list@jm-associates.com To subscribe just send a blank message to kludge_list-subscribe@jm-associates.com TABLE OF … Continue reading

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Qmail Autoresponder

Installation get it from http://untroubled.org/qmail-autoresponder/ untar the tarball  $ make  # ./installer  # ./instshow  # vi /etc/vmailmgr/vdeliver-postdeliver And make sure it contains:  #!/bin/sh  if test -s $MAILDIR/autoresponse/message.txt  then    qmail-autoresponder $MAILDIR/autoresponse/message.txt $MAILDIR/autoresponse  fi Then  # /etc/vmailmgr/vdeliver-predeliver and make sure it … Continue reading

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Ideal partition table for a qmail install

In order to get the optimal security and guaranteed mail delivery, the following partition table is recommended: / /data /home /tmp /usr /var /var/qmail /var/qmail/queue

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How to make cvm work on OpenBSD?

Bruce Guenter’s cvm librairies use Linux style sockets. That is usually fine on OpenBSD, except that the cvm_udp code opens a socket, and then uses sendto() which implicitly reoppens the socket. OpenBSD doesn’t like that, so here is the patch … Continue reading

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How to install Qmail / VmailMGR on OpenBSD

There is no single source that describes the proper installation of Qmail on OpenBSD, but there are multiple sources that combined provide a good picture: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=106872052209964&w=1 Installing and Configuring qmail 1.03 on OpenBSD 3.1 http://multivac.cwru.edu./spf/ http://multivac.cwru.edu./fs/#tricks Kludge e-mail server (local … Continue reading

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