The solution Here is the solution. You can stop reading now: ./check_email_delivery –smtp-server smtp.example.org –mailto dan@example.org \ –mailfrom dan@example.org \ –body ‘test, please ignore’ –imapssl \ –imap-server imap.example.org –username deltest –password secret That will test both delivery and receipt. There. Be gone. You don’t need the rest of this article. Thanks. Background As pointed out, […]
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This is not the first time this has happened. It last happened about a month ago. Tonight it happened for a different reason. This time it wasn’t the size of the mbox (I’m not using mbox on this server). This time it’s the size of the log. $ ls -lha ~/.mailfilter.log* -rw-r–r– 1 dan dan
temporary failure. Command output: maildrop: signal 0x19 Read More »
Full disclosure: I’m biased. I like the combination of PostgreSQL, FreeBSD, ZFS, and Bacula. In fact, I like it so much, I wrote the PostgreSQL backend for Bacula. Since then, I have been using Bacula for over 10 years. I have backed up to HDD, DDS, DLT, and SDLT. Bacula has proven to be reliable
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I tried upgrade some packages tonight, but I found
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This post is about removing the threaded ports from a gender-bender VGA adapter so you can use it with a connector which already has ports. The photos will make it clear what I’m referring to. I recently obtained a KVM switch. This will make sysadmin life at the console easier. Previously, if I needed to
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I ran into this problem today and spent about 2 hours trying to figure out what went wrong. I composed an email to the Mailman mailing list and never sent it, because I solved the problem. Here is that email: Subject: Cannot view archives via website Hello, I think this is solved, but I’m posting
You don’t have permission to access /pipermail/bsdcan-announce/ on this server – mailman Read More »