Re: tmda help

The mail server I uses neither qMail nor vpopmail so I'm not too certain 
how to check if it is being set.  I do know that the .tmda/config file 
is actually executed by tmda as a python script.  Therefore, anything 
that is possible in python can be done in your .tmda/config file, 
including writing environment variable out to a log file somewhere, or 
possibly even setting environment variables from within the config file 
(don't quote me on that though, I'm not a python expert either).  
However, since you are not getting any tmda log files you may not even 
be getting that far.  It may be possible to put something in your .qmail 
file to log your environment, but I don't know what or how.

Tek Support wrote:
> David, if I might ask you another question, how do I "ensure that
> $HOME" is getting set?  Since it's an environment variable, and
> qmail/vpopmail is running in the background, I'm not sure how to check
> if $HOME is actually getting set in an environment I can't log into.
>
> Thanks for the help...
> John
>
>
>
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> 2008/8/7 David Grimberg <[email protected]>:
>   
>> Hi John,
>>
>> I just took a quick look at your setup and noticed a discrepancy in some of
>> your directory locations.  In the first part of your email you stated your
>> directory structure was:
>>
>> ...
>> So now my directory/file setup is now like this:
>> /home/vpopmail/domain.com/user/.qmail
>> /home/vpopmail/domain.com/user/.qmail-default
>> /home/vpopmail/domain.com/user/Maildir/
>> /home/vpopmail/domain.com/user/.tmda/
>> /home/vpopmail/domain.com/user/.tmda/config
>> /home/vpopmail/domain.com/user/.tmda/crypt_key
>> /home/vpopmail/domain.com/user/.tmda/filters/
>> /home/vpopmail/domain.com/user/.tmda/lists/
>> /home/vpopmail/domain.com/user/.tmda/logs/
>>
>>
>> You then showed us your .qmail file:
>>
>> ...
>> ---Begin---
>> #| /var/qmail/bin/preline /home/vpopmail/tmda-1.1.12/bin/tmda-filter
>> -S /home/vpopmail/bin/vpopmail-vdir.sh
>> | /var/qmail/bin/preline /home/vpopmail/tmda-1.1.12/bin/tmda-filter -c
>> /home/vpopmail/domains/domain.com/user/.tmda/config
>> ./Maildir/
>> ---End---
>>
>>
>> What jumped out at me was the extra directory "domains" between "vpopmail"
>> and "domain.com"
>>
>> Further since you are in a virtual domain setup, you do need to ensure that
>> the $HOME environment variable is getting setup properly so that the tilde
>> "~" expansion will work, otherwise you should use full paths within your
>> config file as you did with the CRYPT_KEY_FILE variable.
>>
>> And my .tmda/config
>> ---Begin---
>> # -*- python -*-
>> MAIL_TRANSFER_AGENT = "qmail"
>> RECIPIENT_DELIMITER = "-"
>> DELIVERY = "~/Maildir/"
>> BARE_APPEND = "~/.tmda/lists/whitelist"
>> CONFIRM_APPEND = "~/.tmda/lists/whitelist"
>> LOGFILE_DEBUG = "~/.tmda/logs/debug"
>> LOGFILE_INCOMING = "~/.tmda/logs/incomging"
>> #CRYPT_KEY_FILE = "~/.tmda/crypt_key"
>> CRYPT_KEY_FILE = "/home/vpopmail/domains/domain.com/user/.tmda/crypt_key"
>> ---End---
>>
>>
>> Have you tried running tmda-filter yourself?  A simple test to see if your
>> setup is working is to just issue a command similar to the following:
>>
>> $ tmda-filter -M [email protected] [email protected]
>>
>> where [email protected] is one of the following:
>>
>> the address of your TMDA user e.g. [email protected]
>> a valid tagged address generated using the tmda-address script e.g.
>> [email protected]
>> an invalid tagged address generated using the tmda-address script e.g.
>> [email protected]
>>
>> and where [email protected] is an address is your whitelist when
>> using the first recipient address form and a non white listed address when
>> using the second recipient address form.
>>
>> If possible you should run these tests from the same user that processes you
>> incoming mail so you can be sure that there aren't any file permission
>> issues preventing qmail from executing your tmda filter setup.  Which brings
>> me to my next question, You did set the permissions on your tmda related
>> files as per the documentation right?
>>
>> Good luck with the rest of your debugging,
>>
>> - Dave
>>
>>

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