Qmail + Vpopmail – Rebuild maildirsize file
Let’s say some program or script that doesn’t support maildirquota was poking around with a user maildir and you need to recalculate the user maildirsize file (recalculate the quota), you just need to:...
View ArticleMy Qmail installation guide
A fresh Qmail installation on FreeBSD is something that i have to deal once a couple of years. It´s just one of those things that i could well live without, but the time will come again and usually i...
View ArticleNasty qmail-remote hangs forever bug
I am very happy with my current mail setup. But a nasty bug popped up out of nowhere and i can’t trace it…. Some qmail-remote processes, in some circunstances yet to determine, just hang-up forever...
View Article(auto magically) Deleting old Spam emails
If you followed My Qmail installation guide, or are using some kind of webmail or IMAP client that puts “SPAM” marked emails in some special folder, you can provide auto delete of old spam emails. The...
View Article.qmail delivery filtering by adress and subject
My goal was simple, to filter incoming emails by subject and to address (on a catch-all address…) in the server and move the matches to a specific folder instead of the normal delivery. I’m running a...
View ArticleQmail/Vpopmail renaming a domain
In a Qmail/Vpopmail email server system, there is no direct way to rename a domain. Let’s say, you have a costumer that is using domain.net and then registers domain.com to replace domain.net. The...
View ArticleMy Qmail installation guide reloaded
A couple of years ago I posted my Qmail installation guide, and has expected it served me good when was time to reform to the old mail server. But, i made some changes on this iteration and i think is...
View ArticleProcmail with Qmail + Vpopmail
Following the qmail threads in this blog, and after a successful experience filtering emails in the server with a php script! time was upon to thinker a bit with the elder of all email server filters,...
View ArticleGetting the feet wet with DKIM
DKIM stands for DomainKeys Identified Mail, it’s an anti-phishing / anti-spoofing system for email that relies on private/public key system to authenticate the origin of the email. Kind of SPF records...
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