MariaDB replica setup
MariaDB uses asynchronous replication based on binary logs (binlog). Master (source) writes changes to the binary log, slave (replica) reads the binlog from the master and replays events locally. Replication is one-way by default (master to slave). Master configuration Configure MariaDB by editing /etc/my.cnf.d/mariadb-server.cnf [mysqld] server-id=1 log_bin=binlog binlog_format=ROWbind-address =...
SQL valias with sieve solution for qmail. New features and Roundcube plugin
Changelog Mar 29 , 2025 (vpopmail v5.6.8)- defaultdelivery feature (--enable-defaultdelivery) changes:* vdelivermail is installed by default in .qmail-default of newly created domains with option 'delete' as in the previous version.* if no user's valiases and no .qmail are found, then the message...
Installing Mailman3 in a qmail + vpopmail server
Mailman is free software for managing electronic mail discussion and e-newsletter lists. Mailman is integrated with the web, making it easy for users to manage their accounts and for list owners to administer their lists. Mailman supports built-in archiving, automatic bounce...
Dovecot's vpopmail-auth driver patch
Update: This patch won't work with version 2.4.x. Download the patch Ali Erturk TURKER is maintaining a patch which restores to life the vpopmail-auth driver for Dovecot (more info here). Patch and configure as follows. Be aware that an autoreconf must be provided, as...
Dovecot vpopmail-auth driver removal. Migrating to the SQL driver
Those who are still using the Dovecot's vpopmail auth driver should consider a migration to another backend, as on January 4, 2021 dovecot-2.3.13 was released and the vpopmail auth driver removed (more info here). I'll show below how to support domain aliases...
Testing qmail, SMTP and auth
At this time /command/svcscanboot should have started qmail: > ps axfww 20017 ? Ss 0:00 /bin/sh /command/svscanboot 20019 ? S 0:00 \_ svscan /service 20021 ? S 0:00 | \_ supervise qmail-submission 20032 ? S 0:00 | | \_ /usr/local/bin/tcpserver -v -R -l...
