Re: [mlmmj] new mlmmj install on 64bit CentOS 7 server running Exim

On 6/10/2018 1:13 PM, webmaster wrote:
> On 6/10/2018 12:57 PM, Zhang Huangbin wrote:
>>> On Jun 10, 2018, at 4:46 PM,[email protected]  wrote:
>>>
>>> I'm using a /var/spool/mlmmj/check-test/subscribers.d/test.txt file with 3 emails in it, that I've used for test purposes previously, and all other list parameters are defaults.
>> Does renaming file “test.txt” to “t” fix the issue?
>>
>> btw, i use Postfix instead of Exim, i hope i didn’t lead you to wrong direction due to we use different MTAs.
>>
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>> Zhang Huangbin, founder of iRedMail project:http://www.iredmail.org/
>> Time zone: GMT+2 (Slovenia/Ljubljana).
>> Available on Telegram:https://t.me/iredmail
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
> Thanks Geert, for the heads-up on reading the discussion in order!
>
> No worries Zhang - all feedback is welcome.
>
>
> I re-checked the ownership of the new server /var/spool/mlmmj - I have 
> it set the same as on the old server:
>
> mail:mlmmj
>
> I changed this to: mlmmj:mlmmj on the new server ...and now I receive 
> a different bounce message when sending email:
>
> The message from<[email protected]>  with subject "Re: team racing event" was unable to be delivered to the list because you are not a list subscriber.
>
> progress././.
>
> I know the subscribers.d file contains my email, so I checked the 
> maillog and found this:
> /usr/local/bin/mlmmj-process[29043]: subscriberfuncs.c:135: Could not open /var/spool/mlmmj/vlsc-test/subscribers.d/test.txt: Permission denied
>
> So it is a linux permissions issue; not really a non-subscriber issue.
>
> I renamed the subscriber file to 't' but still getting a post denial 
> bounce.
>
> Philip
>
>
>
>
>
>

SUCCESS!

I chmod'd the /var/spool/mlmmj with -R to 755, and then the email list 
began working.


So it looks like it was 2 problems:

The ownership of /var/spool/mlmmj was set to:

mail:mlmmj

which worked on my old server (running sendmail and an older CentOS), 
but on my new server it needs to be:

mlmmj:mlmmj

(could be a difference of group memberships perhaps? not sure on the 
exact issue here).

It was also the permissions issue, as it finally worked as soon as I 
reset all to 755 (although I thought I'd already done this once before).

Its working now.  There might be other combinations of ownership, 
membership, and permissions that could work as well, but I can stick 
with what works!

Thanks so much for all the feedback! I was stuck, and it definitely 
helped me get mlmmj working...

Joyful now!!!

Philip

On 6/10/2018 1:13 PM, webmaster wrote:

On 6/10/2018 12:57 PM, Zhang Huangbin wrote:

On Jun 10, 2018, at 4:46 PM, [email protected] wrote:

I'm using a /var/spool/mlmmj/check-test/subscribers.d/test.txt file with 3 emails in it, that I've used for test purposes previously, and all other list parameters are defaults.

Does renaming file “test.txt” to “t” fix the issue?

btw, i use Postfix instead of Exim, i hope i didn’t lead you to wrong direction due to we use different MTAs.

----
Zhang Huangbin, founder of iRedMail project: http://www.iredmail.org/
Time zone: GMT+2 (Slovenia/Ljubljana).
Available on Telegram: https://t.me/iredmail

Thanks Geert, for the
heads-up on reading the discussion in order!

No worries Zhang - all feedback is welcome.

I re-checked the ownership of the new server /var/spool/mlmmj -
I have it set the same as on the old server:

mail:mlmmj

I changed this to: mlmmj:mlmmj on the new server ...and now I
receive a different bounce message when sending email:

The message from <[email protected]> with subject "Re: team racing event" was unable to be delivered to the list because you are not a list subscriber.

progress...

I know the subscribers.d file contains my email, so I checked
the maillog and found this:

/usr/local/bin/mlmmj-process[29043]: subscriberfuncs.c:135: Could not open /var/spool/mlmmj/vlsc-test/subscribers.d/test.txt: Permission denied

So it is a linux
permissions issue; not really a non-subscriber issue.

I renamed the subscriber file to 't' but still getting a post
denial bounce.

Philip

SUCCESS!

I chmod'd the /var/spool/mlmmj with -R to 755, and then the email
list began working.

So it looks like it was 2 problems:

The ownership of /var/spool/mlmmj was set to:

mail:mlmmj

which worked on my old server (running sendmail and an older
CentOS), but on my new server it needs to be:

mlmmj:mlmmj

(could be a difference of group memberships perhaps? not sure on
the exact issue here).

It was also the permissions issue, as it finally worked as soon as
I reset all to 755 (although I thought I'd already done this once
before).

Its working now. There might be other combinations of ownership,
membership, and permissions that could work as well, but I can
stick with what works!

Thanks so much for all the feedback! I was stuck, and it
definitely helped me get mlmmj working...

Joyful now!!!

Philip