Dovecot error : “Unknown database driver ‘mysql’”
I’ve been setting up a Postfix/Dovecot solution on a linux Fedora 9 machine and ran into this problem. A little snooping around led to this solution: Dovecot requires the dovecot-mysql package to run...
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Installing qmail-scanner on linux / plesk
Qmail-Scanner is a very versatile tool for linux which allows you to scan any email that passes your system with various brands of virus scanners, including the open source ClamAV. Alongside the more...
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Email archive, Google style!
I managed to get a little email archiving system working which I am finding to be potentially quite useful in the future. The beauty of it is that every email going in and out the system is saved onto...
View ArticleQueue management with qmail/plesk
Here’s some handy tips for managing your qmail queue on a linux machine, which can be helpful for debugging: Clear your Queue Firstly, stop Qmail from your PLESK control panel in Server > Services,...
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How to Set Up a Backup MX Mail Server on PLESK
It’s possible to have a server act as a backup server, so in the unfortunate event that your main mail server goes down, mail gets queued up on the backup server until the main one is fixed. Setting up...
View ArticleFilter spam to a folder with procmail and qmail
This post is inspired by Russ Whittmann and Europheus’ solutions , with these goals/improvements in mind: Move spam marked by spamassassin into a special Spam folder in each account (flabergasted this...
View ArticleLinux Commands : Argument list too long
There may come a time where you try to run a command on many files in a folder and you’ll get this annoying message similar to this: -bash: //bin/chown: Argument list too long The reason for this...
View ArticleLibClamAV Warning: Cannot dlopen: file not found – unrar support unavailable
We encountered this error recently when upgrading our ClamAV to 0.95 and ran into a problem where we got the error : LibClamAV Warning: Cannot dlopen: file not found – unrar support unavailable The...
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Restoring your Qmail mailbox settings on PLESK
Screw up your email settings? it happens to the best of us. PLESK has a handy little app that reverts your mailbox settings back to the settings in the PLESK database, and makes sure permissions, etc....
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