Eric's Simple qmail Setup

This is a simple, step-by-step set of instructions for setting up qmail to run as a relay box. It assumes you want to use ucspi and daemontools.

This will assume you will want to use the "standard" directories. God help you if you want to go against djb.

daemontools

1. cd /var/tmp
2. fetch http://cr.yp.to/daemontools/daemontools-0.76.tar.gz
3. tar -xzf daemontools-0.76.tar.gz
4. cd admin/daemontools-0.76
5. package/install
6. reboot

ucspi

1. cd /var/tmp
2. fetch http://cr.yp.to/ucspi-tcp/ucspi-tcp-0.88.tar.gz
3. tar -xzf ucspi-tcp-0.88.tar.gz
4. cd ucspi-tcp-0.88
5. make
6. make setup check

qmail

1. cd /var/tmp
2. fetch http://cr.yp.to/software/qmail-1.03.tar.gz
3. tar -xzf qmail-1.03.tar.gz
4. cd qmail-1.03
5. mkdir /var/qmail
6. Add the qmail users.
   

   Linux	groupadd nofiles useradd -g nofiles -d /var/qmail/alias alias useradd -g nofiles -d /var/qmail qmaild useradd -g nofiles -d /var/qmail qmaill useradd -g nofiles -d /var/qmail qmailp groupadd qmail useradd -g qmail -d /var/qmail qmailq useradd -g qmail -d /var/qmail qmailr useradd -g qmail -d /var/qmail qmails
   FreeBSD	pw groupadd nofiles pw useradd alias -g nofiles -d /var/qmail/alias -s /nonexistent pw useradd qmaild -g nofiles -d /var/qmail -s /nonexistent pw useradd qmaill -g nofiles -d /var/qmail -s /nonexistent pw useradd qmailp -g nofiles -d /var/qmail -s /nonexistent pw groupadd qmail pw useradd qmailq -g qmail -d /var/qmail -s /nonexistent pw useradd qmailr -g qmail -d /var/qmail -s /nonexistent pw useradd qmails -g qmail -d /var/qmail -s /nonexistent
   BSDI 2.0	addgroup nofiles adduser -g nofiles -H/var/qmail/alias -G,,, -s/dev/null -P'*' alias adduser -g nofiles -H/var/qmail -G,,, -s/dev/null -P'*' qmaild adduser -g nofiles -H/var/qmail -G,,, -s/dev/null -P'*' qmaill adduser -g nofiles -H/var/qmail -G,,, -s/dev/null -P'*' qmailp addgroup qmail adduser -g qmail -H/var/qmail -G,,, -s/dev/null -P'*' qmailq adduser -g qmail -H/var/qmail -G,,, -s/dev/null -P'*' qmailr adduser -g qmail -H/var/qmail -G,,, -s/dev/null -P'*' qmails
   AIX	mkgroup -A nofiles mkuser pgrp=nofiles home=/var/qmail/alias shell=/bin/true alias mkuser pgrp=nofiles home=/var/qmail shell=/bin/true qmaild mkuser pgrp=nofiles home=/var/qmail shell=/bin/true qmaill mkuser pgrp=nofiles home=/var/qmail shell=/bin/true qmailp mkgroup -A qmail mkuser pgrp=qmail home=/var/qmail shell=/bin/true qmailq mkuser pgrp=qmail home=/var/qmail shell=/bin/true qmailr mkuser pgrp=qmail home=/var/qmail shell=/bin/true qmails

7. make setup check
8. mkdir /var/log/qmail
9. chown qmaill /var/log/qmail
10. CSH users should type "rehash"
11. ./config
12. (cd ~alias; touch .qmail-postmaster .qmail-mailer-daemon .qmail-root)
13. chmod 644 ~alias/.qmail*
14. cd /var/qmail

15. cat > rc <<EOF
    #!/bin/sh
    
    exec env - PATH="/var/qmail/bin:$PATH" \
    qmail-start ./Mailbox multilog t s2000000 /var/log/qmail
    EOF
    

16. chmod a+x rc
17. mkdir /service/qmail ; ln -s /var/qmail/rc /service/qmail/run
18. cd /var/qmail/control
19. Note: This will open relaying for everyone in the 10.x.x.x network. You can create a rules database however you desire. See http://cr.yp.to/ucspi-tcp/tcprules.html for more info.

    cat > tcp.smtp <<EOF
    10.:allow,RELAYCLIENT=""
    EOF
    

20. tcprules tcp.smtp.cdb tcp.smtp.tmp < tcp.smtp
21. mkdir /service/qmail-smtpd
22. cd /service/qmail-smtpd
23. Note: You must replace the "1234" in the script below with the actual user id form "qmaild" and the actual group id for "nofiles".

    cat > run <<EOF
    #!/bin/sh
    #
    # Qmail startup/shutdown script by Eric Huss
    #
    PATH=/var/qmail/bin:/usr/local/bin:$PATH export PATH
    QMAILDUID=1234
    NOFILESGID=1234
    
    ulimit -n 400
    exec tcpserver -R -x /var/qmail/control/tcp.smtp.cdb -u \$QMAILDUID -g \$NOFILESGID 0 smtp /var/qmail/bin/qmail-smtpd
    EOF
    

24. chmod a+x run