qmail configuration

[bmaskell]

I am a new user of Plesk 11.5.30 struggling to understand how qmail is configured.

I intend to install ezmlm to work with qmail but the installation guide assumes that the qmail installation is set up per LWQ (Life with qmail - see http://www.lifewithqmail.org/). It is not.

For example the following are quotes from LWQ:

• All of qmail's system configuration files, with the exception of the .qmail files in ~alias, reside in /var/qmail/control.

• A series of configuration files resides under /var/qmail/users.

• The qmail sendmail, which is normally in /var/qmail/bin/sendmail, usually replaces ...

None of these directories exist. So where are all these configuration entities?

 

[IgorG]

Look at Qmail section here http://kb.odin.com/en/111283

 

[bmaskell]

Thanks. I looked. Lots of apparently useful information but ...

• Services
  • Stop: /etc/init.d/qmail stop (/etc/init.d/qmail does not exist)
    
  • Start: /etc/init.d/qmail start
  • Restart: /etc/init.d/qmail restart
• Configuration
  • Control files in /var/qmail/control/ (/var/qmail/control/ does not exist)
    
  • /etc/xinetd.d/smtp_psa (/etc/xinetd.d/smtp_psa does not exist)
    
  • /etc/xinetd.d/smtps_psa (/etc/xinetd.d/smtps_psa does not exist)
    
  • /etc/xinetd.d/submission_psa (/etc/xinetd.d/submission_psa does not exist)

 

[IgorG]

Are you sure that you have Qmail as MTA but not default Postfix in Plesk?

 

[bmaskell]

I assumed so because when I change user mail options in Plesk, the appropriate changes appear in /var/qmail/mailnames/<domain>/<user>/.qmail
What is needed to check and, if appropriate, change to qmail?

 

[IgorG]

Just go to Tools&Settings > Mail Server Settings and check your current mail server there.

 

[bmaskell]

• Services
  • Stop: /etc/init.d/postfix stop (/etc/init.d/postfix does exist)
    
  • Start: /etc/init.d/postfix start
  • Restart: /etc/init.d/postfix restart
• Configuration
  • /etc/postfix/master.cf (/etc/postfix/master.cf and main.cf do exist)
    
  • /etc/postfix/main.cf

.

 

[bmaskell]

It is indeed Postfix. There is a seemingly appropriate option "You can install and use another mail server" but after several attempts this just opens a blank browser window. What should happen?

 

[IgorG]

Just swich to Qmail. If you prefer CLI, use this KB article http://kb.odin.com/en/5801

 

[bmaskell]

I prefer something that works! The CLI option generates the message "BUSY: Update operation was locked by another update process." while the blank browser window is still blank. Something is hung.

 

[IgorG]

Just kill autoinstaller processes.

 

[bmaskell]

Ok, now I have qmail installed via the CLI. However the GUI interface hung consistently; bug or feature?
Killing the autoinstaller process was not helped by it not being called autoinstaller; I killed the processes starting with "parallel".
Thanks for your help.

 

[IgorG]

However the GUI interface hung consistently; bug or feature?

Make sure that port 8447 is not firewalled.

 

[bmaskell]

I can see nothing in iptables or /etc/hosts.deny to suggest that port 8447 is firewalled.