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[cobalt-users] Suddenly all my lights in System Monitor are gray



Suddenly all my lights in system monitor are gray

I rebooted the server but it did not help

What can be wrong

email services have stopped to function

Please help me

Johnny
----- Original Message -----
From: Jeff Lasman <jblists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, March 16, 2000 11:29 AM
Subject: RE: [cobalt-users] Installed POP before SMTP on RAQ2 with no
results


> At 03:52 AM 3/16/00 -0600, you wrote:
>
> >I am really curious that only two or three members of the list got
> >interested in what seems to me a crucial issue for the RaQ
> >
> >Have the other members their RaQs functioning with no problems regarding
> >SMTP relay?
>
> I'm not sure what you mean.  My RaQ2 doesn't relay.  Which is good.
>
> Do you mean you want it to relay?  That's bad.
>
> (Of course, by default, the RaQ will add relaying rules for every domain
> you set up, which you should then remove by hand.  It's NOT A GOOD IDEA to
> allow relaying on today's Internet.
>
> To be spammer-safe, you need to close your RaQ to all relaying, and to
then
> to educate your clients to use (for outgoing email) either their own
server
> (may I respectfully suggest one I sell for Windows-based systems
> <smile>?  You can sell it at a nice profit if you'd like <smile, again>)
if
> their connectivity ISP allows it, or else they should use their
> connectivity ISP's mail server for outgoing email.
>
> There's an ongoing discussion on this subject right now at
> <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, but if you join that list you'll find yourself
> among a very close group of friends who really know the ISP-business; I
> recommend reading quietly on that list for a half-year or more; if you
ever
> even accidentally make a fool of yourself on that list, you'll never live
> it down <smile>.
>
> >Can please those of you who have this problem resolved, share with the
rest
> >of us how you did it?
>
> I'm not sure what "problem" you're talking about.  Are you having trouble
> setting up SMTP after POP?  I can test your system for you if you'd like,
> and at no charge, as long as you'll let me post the results to this list
> for the edification of all.  If you're interested, please write me
> privately, and when you do, send me a login name and password for an email
> account for me you've set up on your server.
>
> >We are a web hosting company and this issue can make or break my business
>
> I really don't see how, since most webhosting businesses do NOT allow
their
> customers to send outgoing email through their servers.
>
> If you really think this is a big issue (and by your own admission, many
of
> us do not), please advise as to why you think so.
>
> >Thanks and regards
>
> You're very welcome.
>
> I'm going to point out something in the original exchange with Will DeHaan
> of Cobalt which you might have missed, so keep reading <smile>...
>
> Will wrote:
>
> > >   Mar 20 14:48:09 raq1 sendmail[21472]: OAA21472: ruleset=check_mail,
> > >     arg1=<gerald@xxxxxxxxx>, relay=[208.49.167.126], reject=501
> > >     <gerald@xxxxxxxxx>... Sender domain must exist
> > >
> > > Sendmail is unable to resolve waugh.com, although I can from my
> > > workstation at Cobalt.  Otherwise I'm not seeing any denied or
accepted
> > > mail relays.
>
> Who owns waugh.com?  What name-server resolves it?  Is that nameserver
> reachable from your RaQ?  This reject has nothing to do with SMTP after
POP.
>
> It's a completely separate problem, which you must help us help you
> resolve, if it's to be resolved at all.
>
> After you let me test your SMTP after POP, we'll know if you ALSO have a
> problem with that.
>
> Jeff
>
> --
> Jeff Lasman <jblists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
>
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