Mac OS X Server
OS X Tiger Server: open alternate SMTP port
If your mail server serves mobile or remote clients, you will probably run into the “port 25 block” problem that is sweeping the ISPs of the nation. To make life easier for my mobile users, I opened as second SMTP listener on an alternate port that will not get blocked, and configured their email [...]
OS X Tiger Server: Improving SpamAssassin
Tiger Server comes with SpamAssassin (3.0.1), which can be enabled on Mail services via the “Scan email for junk mail” checkbox in ServerAdmin. SpamAssassin is actually called by AMaVis as a postfix filter when receiving/sending mail.
The default installation leaves something to be desired, however. He’s a few tips I’ve culled from different places [...]
Cyrus on Panther Server
Good things to know if you have to administrate Cyrus mail services on Mac OS X Server (Panther):
If Cyrus is acting funky, do the following:
sudo serveradmin stop mail
sudo mv /var/imap /var/imap.bak
sudo cp -Rp /var/spool/imap /var/spool/imap.bak
sudo /usr/bin/cyrus/tools/mkimap
chown -R cyrus:mail /var/imap
sudo -u cyrus /usr/bin/cyrus/bin/reconstruct -i
sudo serveradmin start mail
This will rebuild all mailboxes, and restore to original settings [...]
RE: Panther Server mail services and Active Directory
Per my previous post, I’ve been working on getting Active Directory integrated with Panther’s mail services. My prior setup notes work, almost completely…but there’s one hurdle I can’t seem to get past. After puzzling over the exact sequence for awhile, I’ve discovered the problem.
Cyrus won’t let you login until you have received an [...]