Question:

In order to determine if a prospective host might be compatible with og2list, I've sent them [pair.com] the specs for og2list as listed here:

http://www.writely.com/View.aspx?docid=bch3ff3c775sf

They replied to me re: og2list compatibility with the following: 

Our custom configuration uses
both Postfix and Qmail to handle incoming mail.  Outgoing mail is
mostly handled by Qmail.  The URL you included [http://www.writely.com/View.aspx?docid=bch3ff3c775sf] isn't specific on
what exactly it needs Postfix for, so I can't say for certain if
this installation would work.  Is there a page with more in-depth
information?

I'm not aware of any more in-depth info... so.... I've taken a look at the code a bit and the configs, and from what I can tell, og2list only really relies of postfix in the *relay_domain* and *transport_maps* which look like they deal with, respectively, receiving mail and sending mail [to the first hop] functionality?

So, it looks like, at first glance that og2list would be compatible with "receiving" but not "sending" mail with the pair.com setup.

However, my prospective host [pair.com] also sent this:

Root access is not provided on the QS servers.  [However,] the mail system is already set up to allow for relaying of locally originated mail so you would not need root access to change this on the system.

Which makes it sound like I could tweak the settings like in transport_maps?

Whew... any help here would be appreciated... I'm really just looking figure out how to get something like this set up on any dedicated server system.

Best,
Albert

Comments

ajwwong’s picture

ajwwong commented

More info from the host [pair.com]


Well, any local connections to send mail are going to be directed to Qmail instead of Postfix.  Unfortunately, we can't really change that if you want incoming mail to work correctly.  Postfix is only setup to accept incoming deliveries.

So.... would it be better to go with a different host?

Thanks, everyone.

Albert

ajwwong’s picture

ajwwong commented
Title: Is this workable? Dedicated server: incoming mail is postfix and qmail, but outgoing is qmail .... » Possible? Incoming mail[postfix & qmail] / outgoing mail[qmail]

More from pair.com...

Well, any local connections to send mail are going to be directed to Qmail instead of Postfix.  Unfortunately, we can't really change that if you want incoming mail to work correctly.  Postfix is only setup to accept incoming deliveries.

So, if I understand that correctly, I can use pair.com as a dedicated web host *only* if og2list only needs postfix for *incoming* mail, but can use any generic MTA for sending mail....

Is this the case? Keeping my fingers crossed that it is...

Thanks so much. :-)

Albert

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Amazon commented
Status: Active » Closed (works as designed)

OG2List is currently MTA independent. But only Postfix and Exim have been tested. If you want to add a Qmail option to mail-out.pl that would be welcome. We currently support sendmail, Perl SMTP to Postfix, and Exim's BatchSMTP. It should be straight forward to have SMTP talk to Qmail.

davidbessler’s picture

davidbessler commented

So for the not-so-savvy user, I have a server with PLESK, and they tell me I can't install Exim ... what would I need to do to use og2list with Qmail?