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Message/mail transfer agent designed for UNIX hosts.

qmail is a public-domain mail transfer agent for UNIX hosts written by Dan Bernstein.

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The tag qmail can be used for all programming related problems. The tag can also be used for setting up a simple mail server. Please note that https://serverfault.com/ is another Stack Exchange website where you can ask especially configuration specific problems.

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python django send_mail does not work since smtp servers not supported

I first tried to use django send_mail function in my python code. But my live servers does not support SMTP and hence i was asked to try using qmail-inject or mail which are unix commands. Has anyone does this before ? how can we set the subject,…
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PEAR mail_queue sending duplicate emails with qmail

I'm sending about 1000 emails each week with PEAR mail_queue to my users who wants to receive a newsletter. Some of my users are telling me they receive this letter 2 or 3 times each week, in the same minute. I have a cron job wich runs every 15…
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Accept all incoming email, send messages from multiple identities

I am working on a research project that has to do with responding to spam. I want to implement the following functionality: 1. A mail server that saves all incoming email messages in an easily accessable form - hard drive, database, etc. For…
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Trigger PHP from alias with qmail

I'm pretty close here, all the examples I have found have been helpful. I can run the PHP from the terminal but cannot get the script to run from a received email. The part I am missing is getting the incoming email to connect to the qmail alias for…
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How to update lastauth table on Vpopmail by pop3 and imap auth? Qmail + Vpopmail + Courier Pop/Imap

I just figured out that some users were defined to use IMAP instead POP3/SMTP. They are working well. Auth OK, delivery ok. Loooking at /var/log/mail.log I can see clients check their inboxes by "imapd: LOGIN, user=client@domain.foo,…
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problem sending emails from a PHP app / linux server

I have a problem sending email from a linux machine. The application sends several different emails, and it uses PHP (the mail() function) / qmail (SMTP) to send emails. Some emails are sent correctly to their destination, but some the clients get…
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Advantages of using smtp relay over using a programing language's smtp library functions

I would like to know of any advantages/disadvantages of using an smtp relay (with sendmail/postfix/qmail) over using a programming language's built-in smtp api. We have always run a mail server off of the same box that runs our web app, so it has…
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Thunderbird replies using qmail extensions

I make generous use of qmail extensions (e.g., user-extension@domain.com). These extensions are not used by qmail for mail delivery — all mail goes to the user@domain.com mailbox. However, the extension is still present in the To: address. When…
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One account is migrating. How do I stop local delivery for that single domain and use a different mail server?

I have one account, domainABC.com that is moving to another provider. The same users have another domain, domainXYZ.com that is remaining on the server. These accounts email back and forth. To avoid local deliveries, do I need to do anything more…
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Delete or remove file from multiple email messages in storage

I manage a Linux mail server (qmail) for a small office employees thought well to make a signature with 4 logos, one of which is 2 Mb. No one noticed until the mail service began to finish the space. Now I find myself thousands of email sent…
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What is the best linux mail solution for a dedicated phplist installation?

I am setting up phplist for a client on my dedicated server. I am going to install a dedicated mail solution on a dedicated IP address for his mailing list. He has an estimated 5,000 subscribers interested in his newsletter right now. The goal is…
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Qmail - Local Queue stacking up

I have a big problem! My customer contacted me, and told me that he isn't recieving emails from his websites contactform. I checked the mail-queue in Plesk, and I can see that they're stuck in "local"(!) I tried to force send by running this in SSH…
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Email aliasing with qmail

I'm trying to set up email domain aliasing in qmail (I'm on a Plesk server). What should happen is that emails sent to user@myalias.com get sent to user@realdomain.com (regardless of what user is). I would like this to happen without having to set…
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Python script run as root Permission denied

I am configuring tmda on debian 8. I am running tmda-filter.py as root. This script reads a key file. that it insists be CHMOD 400 or 600. The script executes from /package/tmda-fork/tmda/bin/tmda-filter belonging to ROOT:ROOT The key is in…
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Sending telnet smtp data command and ending with a period does not work

I am stuck in my SSH telnet session, trying to test an SMTP connection, but when I enter a period to submit the data of a test email - nothing happens. I can end the session with the control] - but I want to submit the data, not close the session.…
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