da_vm-pop3d-1.1.7f-T6

I've just packaged a source rpm for vm-pop3d. For RedHat Users, you can update using:


I don't yet have the FreeBSD ports created, but you can easily update by running: John

Hello, when trying to run rpmbuild -ba vm-pop3d.spec I receive this:

RPM build errors:
Installed (but unpackaged) file(s) found:
/usr/etc/pam.d/vm-pop3d
/usr/man/man8/vm-pop3d.8.gz

What should I do?

P.S. I am running Fedora-Core 1.

Hey,

I got the same thing... RH 9

Processing files: da_vm-pop3d-debuginfo-1.1.7f-1
Checking for unpackaged file(s): /usr/lib/rpm/check-files /tmp/da_vm-pop3d-1.1.7f-root
error: Installed (but unpackaged) file(s) found:
/usr/etc/pam.d/vm-pop3d
/usr/man/man8/vm-pop3d.8.gz


RPM build errors:
Installed (but unpackaged) file(s) found:
/usr/etc/pam.d/vm-pop3d
/usr/man/man8/vm-pop3d.8.gz

David

I am using Red Hat 9.0 and my upgrade went fine... ?

I'll have to look into that. You should be able to compile it from source (follow the FreeBSD instructions.. they're the same for RedHat)

John

Hey,

That compiled OK but... The make install put the new daemon in the wrong place:

Original locations:
/usr/sbin/vm-pop3d
/etc/pam.d/vm-pop3d

After make install:
/usr/local/sbin/vm-pop3d
/usr/local/etc/pam.d/vm-pop3d

I copied the compiled vm-pop3d daemon over to /usr/sbin and restarted and it's running the new one:vm-Pop3d 1.1.7f-T6

The new file in /usr/local/etc/pam.d file looked the same as the old one so I didn't move it.

David

OK, I do the same thing, and the new version it's running good.

What sould I do with this files:

/usr/local/sbin/vm-pop3d
/usr/local/etc/pam.d/vm-pop3d

Can I delete them now, since I have copied them to /usr/bin/ ?

Hey,

I deleted them without any problems.

I also deleted the tar file and the directory it created "da_vm-pop3d-1.1.7f-T6".

David

I had a peek in the spec file and the configure line has a prefix value (see first post, updated)

John

For future reference, on all systems (but one) it went great, on the system that failed the /var/log/maillog reported that vm-pop3d was unable to bind on the port. After seeing this i got the idea to restart Xinetd (as it already gave more problems in the past), which worked. Although the Xinetd config doesn't indicate it should bind to the pop3 port.
So if anyone else experiences something like this, you can find it with the search on the forum

The exact error was:
Jul 20 14:06:12 horus vm-pop3d[14886]: Couldn't bind to socket: Address already
in use

Anyone noticed if clients need to use "Use Authentification" when sending emails?

We didn't have to do this before.

UltimeWWW said:

Anyone noticed if clients need to use "Use Authentification" when sending emails?

We didn't have to do this before.

Click to expand...

Hmm, popb4smtp is supposed to handle that...

I'll try sending a few mails, after i'm done with moving a few domains (if i don't forget)

UltimeWWW said:

Anyone noticed if clients need to use "Use Authentification" when sending emails?

We didn't have to do this before.

Click to expand...

Yes, I update it yesterday and my phone is not stop ringing...
But normaly POP3 does noet have this problem, it is the SMTP what is send out te mail

deltaned said:

Yes, I update it yesterday and my phone is not stop ringing...
But normaly POP3 does noet have this problem, it is the SMTP what is send out te mail

Click to expand...

Didn't notice it here yet.

All my resellers use their own ISP settings
I tested it with a domain, but so far it went alright.
Does the new pop daemon have any problems with popb4smtp or something ?

We installed DA on a new server on Sunday (july 18/04)and this morning I also noticed that it is requiring authentication in order for me to send email.
I reviewed the new Exim configuration file, but I could not see any clues in there as to why this behavious has changed.
Since we have a small number of users sending email through the server, having them choose the authentication option is simple. . . . But an extra step.

Hello,

It looks like they've changed how vm-pop3d logs the logins (more investigating required), which means da-popb4smtp is unable to find the new IP addresses to add them to the /etc/virtual/pophosts file. I'll have to fix that for the next release.

John

I am seeing random threads spike and hold the processor at 98% usage with this version....

CK

High CPU Usage with POP

Ok, the VM POP problem with high CPU usage is getting VERY VERY BAD. I need some help community:

Last login: Fri Jul 23 22:38:24 2004 from cs68203156-215.houston.rr.com
[root@da01 root]# uptime
21:02:55 up 22:29, 1 user, load average: 14.59, 13.45, 13.48
[root@da01 root]# ps -ax | grep pop
4206 ? S 0:02 /usr/local/directadmin/da-popb4smtp
26094 ? S 0:00 vm-pop3d -d 10 -t 120
14245 ? R 33:41 vm-pop3d -d 10 -t 120
14764 ? R 32:31 vm-pop3d -d 10 -t 120
14807 ? R 31:48 vm-pop3d -d 10 -t 120
14866 ? R 31:28 vm-pop3d -d 10 -t 120
14885 ? R 31:13 vm-pop3d -d 10 -t 120
14927 ? R 31:02 vm-pop3d -d 10 -t 120
15369 ? R 30:29 vm-pop3d -d 10 -t 120
15456 ? R 30:20 vm-pop3d -d 10 -t 120
15689 ? R 30:13 vm-pop3d -d 10 -t 120
15913 ? R 30:06 vm-pop3d -d 10 -t 120
[root@da01 root]# rpm -qa | grep pop
da_vm-pop3d-1.1.7f-1
popt-1.8.1-0.30
[root@da01 root]# uname -a
Linux XXXXX 2.4.22-1.2115.nptl #1 Wed Oct 29 15:42:51 EST 2003 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
[root@da01 root]#
101 processes: 81 sleeping, 15 running, 5 zombie, 0 stopped
CPU states: cpu user nice system irq softirq iowait idle
total 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Mem: 1024572k av, 981708k used, 42864k free, 0k shrd, 66696k buff
606456k active, 296196k inactive
Swap: 2096472k av, 28420k used, 2068052k free 254488k cached

PID USER PRI NI SIZE RSS SHARE STAT %CPU %MEM TIME CPU COMMAND
26094 root 16 0 552 512 492 S 99.2 0.0 314:52 0 vm-pop3d

FYI: I have had to restart pop and/or the entire server about 7 times in the last 3 hours because of this problem.

The "./configure --prefix=/usr" is not working for FreeBSD, the executable will then be placed in /usr/sbin.
It should be "./configure --prefix=/usr/local" or the --prefix should not be used at all.

vm_pop3d issue with Windows PDAs

Versions 1.1.7e and 1.1.7f-T6 both appear to have timing issue that was not in version 1.1.6. Some of my clients are experiencing issues getting their email via their Windows PDAs. Palm PDAs work just fine along with all other email clients.

My client finally found article of another user having the same issue and fixed the issue by recompiling 1.1.6 code in with the 1.1.7e code per the link below:


http://www.wcug.wwu.edu/~reed/lists/vm-pop3d-users/msg00954.html

John, is this something you can fix in upcoming release of vm_pop3d or can you post the link for 1.1.6 rpm or source so I can get these clients working?

Thanks,

Michael Bush