[MacTUG] Mailing issues

[Richard Crispin]

Hi All
After much experimentation I figured out that I needed a special account 
set up to do mail administration and I put that in the imapd.conf with a 
"," between the cyrusmail account and new one. Once this was done 
everythng came up roses. I had conflicting information about whether I 
should use port 2003 or port 2000 so I did both.

Everything is working properly now.

I also had a response from the nexus folks but I some how deleted it 
before reading it. Who ever sent it I would appreciate getting again.
Thanks
Richard

Steve Hellyer wrote:
> Hi Richard,
>
> Some things to try/check....
> 1) Make sure you have the updated manual. Apple updates the server 
> manuals and post to here:
> http://www.apple.com/server/macosx/resources/
>
> Specifically for mail:
> http://images.apple.com/server/macosx/docs/Mail_Service_Admin_v10.5_2nd_Ed.pdf 
>
>
> 2) Make sure the the firewall is NOT set to block port 2003 UDP & TCP.
>
> 3) Try a test (internally) to see if it answering on 
> sju-serv1.uwaterloo.ca
>
> On the sju-serv1.uwaterloo.ca Mail -> Settings -> Advanced tab, ensure 
> you have IMAP set to allow 'PLAIN' as well as 'Clear' Authentication. 
> (Make note of previous setting so you can set it back after this test).
>
> Then Start the mail services from Server Admin.
>
> Then in terminal try: telnet localhost 2003
>
> You should see something like...
>
> Trying...
> Connected to localhost.
> Escape character is '^]'.
> "SIEVE" "<some settings text here>"
> "STARTTLS"
> OK
>
> I noted all mail is going through mxer.uwaterloo.ca. It's the only 
> Mail Exchange server listed a uwaterloo.ca.
> So you can't get mail directly from internet it will always come via 
> mxer.uwaterloo.ca or other internal servers it knows about.
>
> Also remember to use Postfix-style alias (username at domain_name) not 
> the Mac OS X style aliases are easy to make and are listed with a 
> user’s login name. The Postfix-style are the only kind sieve understands.
>
> Hope some of this helps.
>
> Steve
>
> On 25-Sep-08, at 9:59 AM, Richard Crispin wrote:
>
>> Hi All
>> The xserve mailer does not work nicely with nexus web mail so I am
>> trying to set up some of the features separately. One of the things I
>> need to activate is sieve. I think I have it configured correctly based
>> on the manual. When i try to run sieve I get the error that it cannot
>> connect to the server. The command I am using is
>> sieve --user=glombard --authname=sysadmin sju-serv1.uwaterloo.ca
>>
>> This should launch the sieve shell and let me manipulate the scripts for
>> glombard. What happens is I get a request for a password twice and then
>> the error cannot connect. The mail service is on sju-serv1 but the open
>> direcotory server is on sju-serv3.uwaterloo.ca with a replica on 
>> sju-serv1
>>
>> I am a bit lost as to how to proceed from here. Any ideas?
>> Thanks
>> Richard
>>
>> -- 
>> Richard Crispin
>> Information Systems Admin e-mail:rcrispin at sju.uwaterloo.ca
>> St. Jerome's University phone:Days (519)884-8111 ext. 28260
>> 290 Westmount Rd. N FAX:(519)725-0015
>> Waterloo, Ont. N2L 3G3
>> Canada
>> ---
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>> his sleep... ... not screaming and shouting, like his passengers.
>> "Boot, you transistorized tormentor! Boot!" Archibald Asparagus, 
>> VeggieTales
>> "Time, heat and pressure.
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-- 
Richard Crispin  
Information Systems Admin   e-mail:rcrispin at sju.uwaterloo.ca
St. Jerome's University     phone:Days (519)884-8111 ext. 28260
290 Westmount Rd. N         FAX:(519)725-0015
Waterloo, Ont.  N2L 3G3
Canada
---
When I die I'd like to die the way my grandfather died, peacefully in
    his sleep...      ... not screaming and shouting, like his passengers.
"Boot, you transistorized tormentor! Boot!" Archibald Asparagus, VeggieTales
"Time, heat and pressure.  
   The same things that make a diamond also make a waffle." Scott Meyer
"Every morning is the dawn of a new error." unknown