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To cleanly handle double bounces: 1. Create a dot-qmail file at /var/qmail/mailnames/yourdomain.com/.qmail-doublebounce containing: |exit 0 2. Route double bounces to this file: echo yourdomain.com > /var/qmail/control/doublebouncehost echo doublebounce > /var/qmail/control/doublebounceto Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post [...]

To cleanly handle double bounces:

1. Create a dot-qmail file at /var/qmail/mailnames/yourdomain.com/.qmail-doublebounce containing:

|exit 0

2. Route double bounces to this file:

echo yourdomain.com > /var/qmail/control/doublebouncehost
echo doublebounce > /var/qmail/control/doublebounceto

To whitelist a host on a qmail install (qmailrocks in this case) do the following: Edit /etc/tcp.smtp and add this line: XXX.XXX.XXX.:allow,RBLSMTPD=”" Replacing XXX.XXX.XXX. with the ip of the host to be whitelisted. Next rebuild the cdb file with: qmailctl cdb This first procedure prevents RBL checks on the host. To whitelist a host or [...]

To whitelist a host on a qmail install (qmailrocks in this case) do the following:

Edit /etc/tcp.smtp and add this line:

XXX.XXX.XXX.:allow,RBLSMTPD=""

Replacing XXX.XXX.XXX. with the ip of the host to be whitelisted.

Next rebuild the cdb file with:

qmailctl cdb

This first procedure prevents RBL checks on the host.

To whitelist a host or domain in spam assassin, edit vi /etc/mail/spamassassin/local.cf and add a line like this:

whitelist_from *@friendlydomain.net

Here’s a link to a qmail faq: http://cr.yp.to/qmail/faq.html Don’t know if it’s the most recent version. Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post Print for later Bookmark in Browser Tell a friend

Here’s a link to a qmail faq:

http://cr.yp.to/qmail/faq.html

Don’t know if it’s the most recent version.

In qmail, relaying is usually controlled by the tcpserver wrapper which uses a config file at either /etc/tcp.smtp or /home/vpopmail/etc/tcp.smtp. The config file must be compiled into a binary format – “tcp.smtp.cdb” for actual use. Here’s the command line: tcprules /etc/tcp.smtp.cdb /etc/tcp.smtp.tmp < /etc/tcp.smtp You don’t need to restart qmail after rebuilding the database. Bookmark [...]

In qmail, relaying is usually controlled by the tcpserver wrapper which uses a config file at either /etc/tcp.smtp or /home/vpopmail/etc/tcp.smtp.

The config file must be compiled into a binary format – “tcp.smtp.cdb” for actual use. Here’s the command line:

tcprules /etc/tcp.smtp.cdb /etc/tcp.smtp.tmp < /etc/tcp.smtp

You don’t need to restart qmail after rebuilding the database.