Re: [courier-users] Courier/Postfix Installation/Configuration Issues - Robert Samuel White - net.sourceforge.lists.courier-users

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Subject:	Re: [courier-users] Courier/Postfix Installation/Configuration Issues	Actions...
From:	Robert Samuel White (rswf...@yahoo.com)
Date:	Oct 30, 2005 7:24:37 pm
List:	net.sourceforge.lists.courier-users

Okay, I did exactly as you recommended. I deleted everything off the server
related to Postfix and Courier, then I went through and downloaded all the
dependencies I needed for the RPM build and now it is compiling (hopefully
without a snag). I tried this last night, but I couldn't find most of the
dependencies on the Red Hat Network (for some reason they are there today).
That, or being up for more than 24 hours trying to get a mail server running!
I'm going to give Courier a try on its own and hopefully it will work out.
Thanks for your help!

mer <yiny...@eburg.com> wrote: Robert Samuel White wrote:

I was using Qmail, but I didn't like it. It would periodically cause some issue that would leave my queue all messed up.

heh... I moved to Courier because of similar issues with qmail.

I believe I've installed everything correctly, after almost ten hours of installing packages, patching problems, reading tons of information, etc.

It shouldn't take that long to build Courier. I understand that you'd like to use Postfix, but I personally recommend building the courier and courier-authlib packages, and installing a pure Courier email system. It should be much more simple to configure than postfix+courier-imap, and it gives you a sandbox in which you can learn to configure and operate the Courier software.

If you later decide that there's reason for you to use Postfix, you can install that knowing at least that all of your Courier components are working. You'll have fewer things that you need to check if Postfix gives you trouble doing mail delivery.

Also: build Courier using rpm if at all possible: http://www.courier-mta.org/?rpm.html

(Sam, that document is a little out of date... It still mentions courier-smtpauth, and does not mention courier-authlib. You might want to update it sometime.)

, but I cannot get maildrop to deliver any mail - depending on the mailbox, it either cannot set the uid/gid, or it cannot open the mailbox. I cannot figure out how to view the queue or to ask it to send it again.

All of those are Postfix-specific, so I can't help you.

In addition, I cannot connect remotely to IMAP, and I don't seem to have POP3 installed, or I cannot figure out how to turn it on!

Do you have courier-authlib installed and running?

The install document describes the process of starting the courier servers: http://www.courier-mta.org/?install.html~start

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