Re: [Ext]Re: hPronto issue

Those were the days...

Mark

On 1/11/2017 9:06 AM, Jeff Wark wrote:
> That is interesting.  I can remember when we first switched to a cluster
> system, we discovered a few bugs with the web pages being delivered from
> personal file storage spaces.  Those bugs were fixed in the next
> iteration of CommuniGate after we reported it.
>
> That being said, that was probably 10-ish years ago.
>
> --
>
> Jeff Wark
> Tbaytel Internet
>
>
> On Wed, 11 Jan 2017 00:03:38 +0100
> "Terrence Koeman" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> Hi Robert,
>>>
>>> I don't use the default skins, so I can't help you with your specific
> problem. But before you dump CGP altogether, maybe check
>>>out the LookOut skin from Niversoft
> (http://www.niversoft.com/products/cgskins/lookout). It's well-supported.
>>>
>>> But you're not wrong, getting a bug fixed I CGP can take a long time,
> if it happens at all. Years ago I reported that CGP with
>>>--dropRoot would start its helpers as root (and then wasn't able to
> kill them later) as well as create the first logfile with
>>>owner root (if it didn't exist). After a year or two the first half of
> the bug got (silently) fixed, but CGP is still writing
>>>the logfile as root today.
>>>
>>> Eventually I just cronned a script that fixes the owner on the log
> file, and the helper problem I also had worked around with a
>>>script: periodically check if any helpers were running as root and, if
> so, kill them so CGP would restart them as user cgatepro
>>>and force the right permissions on helper files with SUIDDIR in the
> kernel and the sticky bit on helper dirs.
>>>
>>> Also, CGP is still shipping with a bunch of trusted (by CGP) root CA
> certificates that are expired or were revoked because of
>>>compromise (and even one known rogue CA). This issue I reported July
> 2015 (also on this list, see: "Expired, 1024bit, MD5 & a
>>>rogue/fake "Built-in trusted Certificate(s)" (root/CA certs) in CGP").
> They removed a few from the distribution, but left most
>>>in place. My GlobalSign S/MIME certificate is still not trusted by CGP
> unless I manually add the CA.
>>>
>>> CGP is great when it all works, if it doesn't work you'll need to be
> comfortable working around the problem(s) yourself. For
>>>instance, by using a 3rd party skin, using opensmtpd and/or stunnel as
> a gateway between CGP and the internet to get more
>>>control over SSL/TLS sessions than the 6 or so options/toggles CGP
> offers, manually trash and rebuild the trusted CA list,
>>>etcetera.
>>>
>>> Those are the only two issues I reported, but I've encountered many
> more. Unfortunately most seem FreeBSD-specific and from how
>>>the rc.d script is written for FreeBSD (an abomination) combined with
> how long it took to switch the package format to pkgng,
>>>it's pretty clear to me their developers don't understand FreeBSD very
> well (nor test on it regularly). So it seems a waste of
>>>time.
>>>
>>> But to be honest, I have a few people that need Outlook, and like the
> prospect of running MS Exchange even less ;) In any case,
>>>don't expect too much from support or the list.
>>>
>>> Good luck!
>>>
>>> --
>>> Regards,
>>>   Terrence Koeman, PhD/MTh/BPsy
>>>      Darkness Reigns (Holding) B.V.
>>>
>>> Please quote relevant replies.
>>>
>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: CommuniGate Pro Discussions [mailto:[email protected]] On
>>>> Behalf Of [email protected]
>>>> Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2017 10:35 PM
>>>> To: CommuniGate Pro Discussions <[email protected]>
>>>> Subject: Re: hPronto issue
>>>>
>>>> I am finally giving up and downgrading back to 6.1-8.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> No discussion list response and no response to support ticket. Looks
> like
>>>> CommuniGate is now dead!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Time to research for a new email server.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, 30 Dec 2016 18:50:42 -0500
>>>>
>>>> [email protected] wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Last issue I will bring up is that I do not like now having to go
>>>> through multiple pages to see all my email. Used to be that you
> could just
>>>> scroll and the additional messages would load.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> These two issues need to be fixed.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, 30 Dec 2016 11:50:31 -0500
>>>>
>>>> [email protected] wrote:
>>>>
>>>> So I was able to just confirm that somewhere between 6.1-8 and
>>>> 6.1-13/14, the hPronto interface has drastically changed in look and has
>>>> broken the automatic next message option.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> to confirm, I did the following:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 1. Downgraded 6.1-14 to 6.1-8
>>>>
>>>> 2. Restarted CG
>>>>
>>>> 3. Cleared browser cache
>>>>
>>>> 4. Went to the hPronto login page (Here, the page was
>>>> completely different)
>>>>
>>>> 5. Logged in, went to a message, deleted it, and was returned
>>>> to the list of email messages
>>>>
>>>> 6. Updated CG to 6.1-14
>>>>
>>>> 7. Restarted CG
>>>>
>>>> 8. Cleared browser cache
>>>>
>>>> 9. Went to the hPronto login page (Here, the page was
>>>> completely different again)
>>>>
>>>> 10. Logged in, went to a message, deleted it, was taken to the
>>>> next message
>>>>
>>>> 11. Confirmed that the option was correctly set
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Noted another difference that now both the Preferences -->
>>>> General and login screens are showing the correct current version number
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> So can someone from Stalker take a look at this? The automatic
>>>> message option was an irritation from the original roll out and now is
>>>> broken.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Robert
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, 30 Dec 2016 10:50:49 -0500
>>>>
>>>> [email protected] wrote:
>>>>
>>>> 6.1.13.3390
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Here is what is in the strings.version.data file in
>>>> /ope/CommuniGate/WebSkins/hPronto
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> cat strings.version.data
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ProductNameTag = "Pronto!";
>>>>
>>>> ProductVersionNumber = "6.1.14";
>>>>
>>>> ProductRevisionNumber = "3419";
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, 30 Dec 2016 09:48:45 -0600
>>>>
>>>> Robert Opalko <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> What is shown in Preferences->General->Version?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> (Mine shows 6.1.13 on the splash screen but 6.1.14
>>>> in the version page.)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>>
>>>> Robert Opalko
>>>>
>>>> City of Oxford
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 12/30/2016 9:44 AM, [email protected] wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Just following up...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On my hPronto login screen I am still seeing
>>>> version 6.1.13 but the strings.version.data file is showing 6.1.14.
> I have
>>>> cleared all my cache and used several different browsers and even
>>>> reinstall the rpm.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Any ideas?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, 29 Dec 2016 10:03:51 -0500
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> [email protected] wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> So I just recently rebuilt my email server
>>>> on a new host. Old host
>>>>
>>>> was version 6.1-8 and new version was 6.1-13
>>>> at install time and I
>>>>
>>>> just updated to 6.1-14. Both old and new are
>>>> CentOS.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> To move over data, I backed up the
>>>> /var/CommuniGate directory from
>>>>
>>>> the original host and restored to the new
>>>> host. All ownership
>>>>
>>>> appears to be correct as does the chmod
>>>> values.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> My issue is with the hPronto "Automatically
>>>> Select Message"
>>>>
>>>> options. On the old host, turning this off,
>>>> viewing an email, then
>>>>
>>>> deleting the email, would take you back to
>>>> the email listing. Now,
>>>>
>>>> when I delete the email being viewed, it
>>>> opens up the next email.
>>>>
>>>> I have tried toggling the option several
>>>> times and applying the
>>>>
>>>> change in between but the issue still
>>>> exists.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I do not know if this is a result of the
>>>> restore from the old host
>>>>
>>>> to a newer version or if it is an issue
>>>> intruced somewhere from
>>>>
>>>> version 6.1-8 to 6.1-13.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Any ideas?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
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