Re: Problem sending mail

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> On Tuesday 29 August 2006 12:20, Tomas Kuliavas wrote:
>> >> > Hi,
>> >> >
>> >> > I am searching around to figure out why squirrelmail is sending out
>> >>
>> >> all
>> >>
>> >> > my mail in double ( twice ). The strange part is that this occures
>> >>
>> >> only
>> >>
>> >> > in squirrelmail. I have tested with squirrelmail 1.4.7, and 1.4.8.
>> I
>> >>
>> >> have
>> >>
>> >> > disabled anti-spam/anti-virus so i can pinpoint the problem and
>> it's
>> >>
>> >> now
>> >>
>> >> > down
>> >> > to squirellmail and my configuration.
>> >> >
>> >> >>From standard email clients mail gets routed proprely only once.
>> From
>> >>
>> >> the
>> >>
>> >> > shell samething everything is alright.
>> >> >
>> >> > I created a small php script that sends an email and i hosted it
>> into
>> >> > apache's
>> >> > document root. I executed it via the shell, everything is ok, via a
>> >> > browser,
>> >> > i got my test email only once so everything is fine there.
>> >> >
>> >> > What i see in my logs is 2 smtp connections when i click the "send"
>> >> > button this is why i am thinking about a squirrelmail configuration
>> >> > error.
>> >> >
>> >> > I have a setup with postfixadmin and mysql and squirrelmail using
>> >>
>> >> virtual
>> >>
>> >> > domain and some kickass ldap authentication. But his doesn't affect
>> >>
>> >> much
>> >>
>> >> > outgoing mail :)
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > Has anyone ever had this problem ?
>> >> > I will be around all day if you want to see parts of my
>> configuration.
>> >>
>> >> 1. SquirrelMail does not use PHP mail() function. If you want to test
>> >> email sending "SquirrelMail way", feed email with popen() to
>> >> /usr/sbin/sendmail or with fsockopen() to smtp server.
>> >
>> > ok so squirrelmail sends it just like i do in the shell ( sort of ) i
>> do
>> > echo "test" | mail -s "test" user@domain
>>
>> SquirrelMail uses more options and runs within restrictions placed on
>> webserver user and PHP interpreter. It is not same thing as executing
>> mail
>> command in shell. I think, you are running mail command from admin's
>> account or account with valid shell and environment is not chrooted.
>> Webserver's user account is limited and in some cases chrooted.
>>
>> >> 2. Please provide information about webserver OS, PHP safe_mode
>> setting
>> >> and disabled PHP functions.
>> >
>> > I use freebsd 6.x with php 5.1.4
>> > safe_mode = Off
>> > disable_functions =
>>
>> If you use /usr/sbin/sendmail in SquirrelMail configuration, try
>> switching
>> to smtp or check your mailwrapper configuration. Some sendmail wrappers
>> are not fully compatible with sendmail.org's sendmail. SquirrelMail
>> 1.4.8
>> allows to control options used in sendmail command.
>>
>> If you use SMTP, check your smtp server.
> any hints ?
>
>> If you use Internet Explorer 7, test other browser.
>
> I didn't run tests from internet explorer 7 as it doesn't have a client
> for
> linux yet. I use firefox.
>
> I am sending mail via smtp to 127.0.0.1 on port 25
>
> Here is my config.php extract.
>
> $useSendmail            = false;
> $smtpServerAddress      = '127.0.0.1';
> $smtpPort               = 25;
> $sendmail_path          = '/usr/sbin/sendmail';
> $sendmail_args          = '-i -t';
>
> So i guess it's going thru my smtp server.
> But this still doesn't explain why i get 2 smtp connections in my logs.
>
> I hope this can help i have an extract from my log file and another one
> from
> the 2 emails i receive in my maildir after this whole process.
>...

First email headers show delivery through SMTP
----
Received: from etu.cegep-ste-foy.qc.ca (localhost.etu.cegep-ste-foy.qc.ca
[127.0.0.1])
     by estafette.cegep-ste-foy.qc.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6DA99F96E
     for <a00a1400@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Tue, 29 Aug 2006 13:10:35 -0400
(EDT)
----

Second one is delivered by UID=499
----
Received: by estafette.cegep-ste-foy.qc.ca (Postfix, from userid 499)
     id D2317F971; Tue, 29 Aug 2006 13:10:36 -0400 (EDT)
----

Have you enabled OUTBOX setting in courier imapd configuration?

Is it set to .Sent?

-- 
Tomas

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