Re: [magicmail-users] install

[Stephan Seitz <seitzst@kist.necron-x.net>]

Zitat von Takis Diakoumis <takisd@alphalink.com.au>:

> hi
> 
> i installed magic-smtpd as directed in the file INSTALL.
> 
> i restarted qmail as directed also. smtp auth is still not working, and in
> fact i can't really tell if magic-smtpd is doing anything. 

try to %telnet localhost smtp
you should get some response from the server.
a (blindly) typed HELP command to this server should indicate wether qmail-smtpd
or magic-smtpd is responding. Their output differs slightly but noticable.

> i am a linux newbie so i very well may have missed some crucial step - yet i
> followed them to the letter as in the directions. finding any additonal docs
> on this has also been difficult. 

magic-smtpd (as well as qmail) is IMHO not the best package for learning
purposes :) . Anyway,
 
> the INSTALL file also states that magic is installed in /etc/magic-mail - its
> not there... the installation did appear to go ok however. 

as far as i know, this (missing) directory could be your problem. With different
magic-smtpd packages i noticed some strange behavior if magic-smtpd is unable to
locate the configuration-files at it's default location.
i assume, you create an /etc/magic-mail/control (don't know why, but in my
(unpatched) version the "control"-subdirectory is searched by magic - differs
from the doc's)

> i'm basically after a facility that will allow smtp auth with qmail so users
> can send using my server.

I don't know in detail, but the control-files are well documented.