Re: SMTP relaying from Android
Shepherd Nhongo <[email protected]>
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Good idea Phil. I will look at it too. Sent from my iPhone > On 16 Sep 2016, at 6:11 PM, Philip Rhoades <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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]