Re: SMTP relaying from Android
Philip Rhoades <[email protected]>
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People, On 2016-09-17 01:27, Philip Rhoades wrote: > People, > > Many thanks for all the responses - I really appreciate it! - I am > indeed checking out all the options as time allows . . there seems to > have been a flowering of different variants of qmail recently! - which > all seem to be very well made and reasonably pain-free to install but > with their own advantages and disadvantages - I probably should do a > Google Docs Spreadsheet comparison where people could put "1"s next to > each compared option to see which variant suits them best? I have started doing this here - in case anyone wants to help me build it: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Pj30OWYkbF3a5f8V6h2pTRCIabuzYYYcHu9pjcKg63o/edit#gid=0 P. > Regards, > > Phil. > > > On 2016-09-16 18:21, Pascal Nobus wrote: >> Phil, >> >> after more then 10 years good old Qmail (with many patches in the >> mean-time), I had almost the same problem as you. >> >> >> Tried a few packages (eqmail, indimail), and ended up with sqmail >> (they >> also got ucspi with SSL-support). >> I'm running now sqmail very smoothly and stable, it got SSL (in/out) >> and >> IPv6, both thing mandatory in the coming years. >> >> >> Just take a look: >> http://www.fehcom.de/sqmail/sqmail.html >> >> >> >> Best regards, >> Pascal >> >> >> >> Op 16-09-16 om 09:58 schreef Thibault Richard: >>> Hello, >>> >>> >>> >>>> Eric has qmailrocks but it's way too old and hardly updated . Maybe >>>> look at dev.qmailrocks.org it could help >>> >>> >>> >>> I’ve made my own version for Debian which is available on >>> http://qmailrocks.thibs.com/ >>> >>> >>> >>> About the question itself, you can take a look on >>> http://qmailrocks.thibs.com/test-qmail.php and start reading at >>> “Sending >>> e-mail through an authentificate connection : Testing TLS”. It >>> describes >>> some test to do on your server to check which methods are available >>> to >>> use your server to send mail. >>> >>> >>> >>> You can : >>> >>> >>> >>> -Accept relaying mail based on the IP (I strongly discourage it) >>> without >>> authentication >>> >>> -Accept relaying through port TCP 25 after authentication (“Sending >>> e-mail through an authentificate connection : Testing TLS” on my >>> page) >>> >>> -Accept relaying through port TCP 465 authenticated from the >>> beginning >>> of the session >>> >>> >>> >>> Best Regards >>> >>> >>> >>> Thibault >>> >>> >>> >>> *From:*Shepherd Nhongo [mailto:[email protected]] >>> *Sent:* jeudi 15 septembre 2016 15:20 >>> *To:* [email protected] >>> *Cc:* Qmail List >>> *Subject:* Re: SMTP relaying from Android >>> >>> >>> >>> Yes you need to do that . Your webserver's SSL certificate is good to >>> help encrypt your web server and your smtp service needs that too... >>> >>> >>> >>> Take a look at John Simpson's website it does really have good >>> information to help you through http://qmail.jms1.net/ >>> >>> >>> >>> Eric has qmailrocks but it's way too old and hardly updated . Maybe >>> look >>> at dev.qmailrocks.org <http://dev.qmailrocks.org> it could help >>> >>> >>> >>> Regards >>> >>> >>> >>> Shepherd >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>> >>> On 15 Sep 2016, at 3:04 PM, Philip Rhoades <[email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> On 2016-09-15 22:09, Shepherd Nhongo wrote: >>> >>> It Looks like you do not have the ssl service running on your >>> server >>> >>> or your email installation is not compiled to run with ssl >>> >>> Can you run the cmd >>> >>> #svstat /service/qmail-smtpd-ssl /service/qmail-smtpd-ssl/log >>> >>> If yes then what do you get when you tail the qmail-smtpd-ssl >>> log . See below >>> >>> #tail -f /service/qmail-smtpd-ssl/log/main/current >>> >>> >>> >>> # svstat /service/qmail-smtpd-ssl /service/qmail-smtpd-ssl/log >>> /service/qmail-smtpd-ssl: unable to chdir: file does not exist >>> /service/qmail-smtpd-ssl/log: unable to chdir: file does not >>> exist >>> >>> Hmm . . I have a certificate installed but I think it is only >>> working for HTTPS . . so it looks like I need to work out how to >>> use >>> it for SMTP as well . . back to Google I guess . . >>> >>> Thanks! >>> >>> Regards, >>> >>> Phil. >>> >>> >>> >>> Or do >>> >>> #taill -n 50 /service/qmail-smtpd-ssl/log/main/current >>> >>> To see the last fifty lines on the ssl log ... >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>> On 15 Sep 2016, at 1:53 PM, Philip Rhoades >>> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>> >>> Shepherd, >>> >>> On 2016-09-15 21:23, Shepherd Nhongo wrote: >>> >>> What does your server logs say when you try to send >>> mail >>> from your app ? >>> >>> I don't even get that far - when I try to setup the >>> Android >>> app with the server name; Security type = None and port = >>> 25, I get: >>> >>> "Unable to connect to email server to verify your account >>> information. No response from server." >>> >>> If I ignore that message and try to send an email, >>> nothing >>> ever arrives . . >>> >>> Again so can you telnet into your server and run ehlo >>> anydomain.com <http://anydomain.com> >>> >>> and post results >>> >>> # telnet pricom.com.au <http://pricom.com.au> 25 >>> >>> Trying 110.142.211.14... >>> >>> Connected to pricom.com.au <http://pricom.com.au>. >>> >>> Escape character is '^]'. >>> >>> ehlo anydomain.com <http://anydomain.com> >>> >>> 220 pricom.com.au <http://pricom.com.au> ESMTP >>> >>> 250-pricom.com.au <http://250-pricom.com.au> >>> >>> 250-PIPELINING >>> >>> 250-8BITMIME >>> >>> 250-SIZE 0 >>> >>> 250 AUTH LOGIN PLAIN CRAM-MD5 >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> Phil. >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>> On 15 Sep 2016, at 12:41 PM, Philip Rhoades >>> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> >>> wrote: >>> >>> People, >>> >>> I use RoundCubeMail as a webmail client to my >>> QMail >>> server and this works really nicely when I am on >>> the >>> LAN. There is a RCM client for Android that >>> works >>> via HTTPS to my server for both reading and >>> sending >>> but it is a very kludgey app. The standard >>> Android >>> app works very nicely for reading mail - the >>> incoming server is set up with the server name >>> and: >>> >>> SSL - Accepts all Certification >>> >>> and port: >>> >>> 993 >>> >>> via IMAP but I can't work out how to set up >>> outgoing >>> mail. The Android app wants an outgoing SMTP >>> server >>> and I have tried messing around with the security >>> types: >>> >>> None >>> >>> SSL >>> >>> SSL - Accepts all Certification >>> >>> TLS >>> >>> TLS - Accepts all Certification >>> >>> and ports: >>> >>> 25 >>> >>> 587 >>> >>> 993 >>> >>> but couldn't get anything to work. I could >>> configure relaying to allow a remote host with a >>> static IP to send mail via plain SMTP to my >>> server >>> but not for my phone ie part of /etc/tcp.smtp: >>> >>> 107.170.210.205:allow,RELAYCLIENT="" # works >>> >>> 101.119.20.:allow,RELAYCLIENT="" # >>> Vodafone >>> fails - looks like an IP problem? >>> >>> I don't want to be forced back to HTTPS with the >>> RCM >>> app - any suggestions about how to fix the SMTP >>> sending? >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> Phil. >>> >>> -- >>> >>> Philip Rhoades >>> >>> PO Box 896 >>> >>> Cowra NSW 2794 >>> >>> Australia >>> >>> E-mail: [email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]> >>> >>> -- >>> >>> Philip Rhoades >>> >>> PO Box 896 >>> >>> Cowra NSW 2794 >>> >>> Australia >>> >>> E-mail: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Philip Rhoades >>> >>> PO Box 896 >>> Cowra NSW 2794 >>> Australia >>> E-mail: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >>> -- Philip Rhoades PO Box 896 Cowra NSW 2794 Australia E-mail: [email protected]