Re: smtp auth works in shell, but not in Outlook Express

[mike <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello again,

to stop and start qmail use the qmailctl stop and start command.

For more info I need more details.





On Thursday 02 January 2003 21:27, you wrote:
> Mike:
>
> Thanks for replying.  Before i get into detail about
> the problems I am having (that you inquired
> about).....I have another question that has some
> urgency to it....How do you restart qmail and all it
> services/daemon??....shut them down completely and
> restart them WITHOUT restarting the server...I don't
> think "service qmail restart" is doing it.
>
> The reason:  -->  I have some processes that keep
> respawning themselves, i want to kill them
> completelty, and b/c whenever I telnet to my SMTP port
> a few times, and try sending a few test e-mail (I'll
> send a test e-mail back to myself --> ie
> from:joe@acme.com   to: joe@acme.com.  I suddenly
> won't be able to telnet anymore to the smtp
> port...it'll connect, but it doesn't resolve the host
> name...its not a DNS error because i had this same
> prob earlier in the day, and I fixed it by killing
> some of the SMTP processes....so I'm wondering why
> this is happening???...its almost as if the SMTP
> portion is hung...
>
> I don't want this to be happening all the time, when i
> bring the server up live....and people can't connect
> to the SMTP server, because its hung...
>
> Thanks.
>
> hopefully you understand what's going on....
>
> --- mike <mike@afectatsopeninglleida.org> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > are you sending mail from the same net or from other
> > net?
> > Are you configuring properly the user account, the
> > smtp server, pop server...?
> > Can you get mail from the pop server?
> >
> > Try this things or give more details about what you
> > are doing.
> >
> > On Thursday 02 January 2003 15:36, you wrote:
> > > Guys:
> > >
> > > I've installed the
> > > "checkpassword" program...I can test the
> > > authentication in the shell/terminal, and it
> > > works (ie)
> > >  # /var/qmail/bin/qmail-popup blah
> >
> > /bin/checkpassword
> >
> > > pwd
> > > +OK <...@blah>
> > > user Frodo
> > > +OK
> > > pass Friend
> > >    -ERR authorization failed
> > >
> > > ....so thats a good sign.  I just tried then
> > > going over to a Mac running Outlook Express, setup
> >
> > up
> >
> > > a test account that required SMTP
> > > authentication.....but everytime i log on to my
> >
> > SMTP
> >
> > > server, it says that authorization failed....even
> >
> > when
> >
> > > i know it is the right user/pass combo....at least
> >
> > it
> >
> > > gives a authentication error.....I wasn't seeing
> >
> > that
> >
> > > at all before.
> > >
> > > Its just a matter of figuring out how to get
> >
> > Outlook
> >
> > > Express (or any other mail client out there) to
> >
> > "sync"
> >
> > > with the checkpassword program....and authenticate
> > > properly.  I can see in the bottom taskbar of
> >
> > Outlook
> >
> > > Express after i enter my password that it says,
> > > "Checking password" on my smtp server....but for
> >
> > some
> >
> > > reason, authentication fails no matter what
> >
> > password i
> >
> > > enter.....Like i said, I am suspecting that maybe
> >
> > it
> >
> > > isn't syncing with checkpassword (which checks
> >
> > against
> >
> > > the passwd file...its not looking in the right
> >
> > place)
> >
> > > Any ideas??  Thanks
> > >
> > >
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