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OpenWebMail is a webmail system which provides a range of features to help users migrate smoothly from Microsoft Outlook. OpenWebMail has the following features for users: auto-login, multiple languages and charsets, strong MIME message capability, full content search, draft folder, confirm reading receipt, spelling check, vCard compliant addressbook, POP3 support, mail filter, antispam through SpamAssassin, antivirus through ClamAV, calendar with reminder/notification, webdisk, and HTTP compression.

Author:
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Homepage:
http://openwebmail.org/
Tar/GZ:
http://openwebmail.org/openwebmail/download/release
Changelog:
http://openwebmail.acatysmoof.com/dev/svn/index.pl/openwebmail/log/trunk
RPM package:
http://openwebmail.org/openwebmail/download/redhat/
BSD Ports URL:
http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/ports/mail/openwebmail/
Mailing list archive:
http://openwebmail.acatysmoof.com/archive
Mirror site:
http://openwebmail.acatysmoof.com/
Demo site:
http://openwebmail.amcpl.net/

Trove categories: [change]

[Development Status]		5 - Production/Stable
[Environment]		Web Environment
[Intended Audience]		End Users/Desktop
[License]		OSI Approved :: GNU General Public License (GPL)
[Operating System]		POSIX :: BSD, POSIX :: Linux, POSIX :: SunOS/Solaris
[Programming Language]		Perl
[Topic]		Communications :: Email :: Email Clients (MUA), Communications :: Email :: Filters, Communications :: Email :: Post-Office :: POP3

Dependencies: [change]
No dependencies filed

 Branches

Branch	Version	Last release	License	URLs
Stable	2.53	25-Jan-2008	GNU General Public License (GPL)

 Comments

[»] I am wondering how to change my password
by Saveria Lowther - Mar 14th 2008 09:38:18

I was wondering if I can change my password to access my account, or if I have to go through my system administrator (I'm not quite sure if who that is or if we have one). I looked through all the options and couldn't find a way.

Thank you for your time and help. It is so appreciated.
Truly,
Saveria

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[»] Re: I am wondering how to change my password
by Saveria Lowther - Mar 14th 2008 11:45:58

Nevermind! I found that it appeared at the top menu in the preferences. Thanks anyways!


> I was wondering if I can change my

> password to access my account, or if I

> have to go through my system

> administrator (I'm not quite sure if who

> that is or if we have one). I looked

> through all the options and couldn't

> find a way.

>

> Thank you for your time and help. It is

> so appreciated.

> Truly,

> Saveria



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[»] 'Couldn't get read lock on ....' error? Please help
by dirtlvr - Nov 26th 2007 07:37:26

I am no longer able to log onto my email account. Each time I try I get 'Couln't get read lock on ...' error. What do I need to do to correct this error?

Thank you.

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[»] Please Help, I can't access my g-mail
by carowarchitects - Nov 18th 2007 10:07:32

When I enter my name and password I get the error message: ndbm store returned -1, errno 122, key "<200711120350.lAC3oFjN024143@host.braschconsulting.com>" at shares/maildb.pl line 518.

What do I do to gain access again????

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[»] Re: Please Help, I can't access my g-mail
by carowarchitects - Nov 22nd 2007 09:20:49


> When I enter my name and password I get

> the error message: ndbm store returned

> -1, errno 122, key

> "<200711120350.lAC3oFjN024143@host.braschconsulting.com>"

> at shares/maildb.pl line 518.

>

> What do I do to gain access again????

>

>

>

>

I found the problem (not open web mail) by calling my e-mail host, brasch consulting: there was no room in my box, as my former employees mail boxes which had filled up with spam over the last several years choked the box. By deleting these names there is now plenty of room.


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[»] Sending Message Twice
by missy7777 - Sep 14th 2007 09:33:40

Every time I send an message from Open Webmail, it sends it TWICE. It is a duplicate message sent about 2 minutes apart from each other. It is very bothersome! What's the deal?

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[»] ndbm store returned -1, errno 69, key ""
by John - Jul 27th 2007 05:29:22

I just started getting this error after many years of use. It is running OpenBSD 4.1 i386, Perl 5.8.8. With Speedy CGI 2.22.

I can reproduce the error using the tool. See here:

./openwebmail-tool.pl -i john
db /home/john/.openwebmail/db/john verify & updated ok
db /home/john/.openwebmail/db/saved-messages verify & updated ok
ndbm store returned -1, errno 69, key "" at shares/maildb.pl line 518.

I can still use POP3/IMAP to access the mail folders just fine using Thunderbird Client.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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[»] Re: ndbm store returned -1, errno 69, key ""
by John - Jul 27th 2007 05:49:16

I think I found my problem, I tweak the php.ini file and set higher MAX values for timeouts and memory usage. Seem's to have fixed it.

Sorry about the repeat post below.


> I just started getting this error after

> many years of use. It is running OpenBSD

> 4.1 i386, Perl 5.8.8. With Speedy CGI

> 2.22.

>

> I can reproduce the error using the

> tool. See here:

>

> ./openwebmail-tool.pl -i john

> db /home/john/.openwebmail/db/john

> verify & updated ok

> db

> /home/john/.openwebmail/db/saved-messages

> verify & updated ok

> ndbm store returned -1, errno 69, key

> "" at shares/maildb.pl line

> 518.

>

> I can still use POP3/IMAP to access the

> mail folders just fine using Thunderbird

> Client.

>

> Any help would be greatly appreciated.



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[»] Spellcheck openwebmail 2.52
by servinfo - Mar 14th 2007 06:04:39

Hello, I have installed openwebmail 2.52 ok, but when I am going to use spellchecking for a message, the textfield with the differents words to choose, is not on the form. So in personal dictionary, I can not add words.
What is the problem. I am using ispell 3.1.20 because aspell not go ok. In shell ispell go ok.

Thank you very much.

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[»] send mail address autocomplete
by smithsgj - Feb 5th 2007 06:59:41

I have 2 openwebmail accounts with 2 institutions, and I use both on the same windows xp desktop using IE.

Recently one of the 2 logins stopped letting me use auto-complete to enter a destination email address. Any ideas? The other one still workd fine. Preferences are the same for both accounts!

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[»] Openwebmail 2.52 problems Solaris 10 X86
by enilkciw - Jan 3rd 2007 20:37:40

I keep getting "Out of memory!, referer: http://192.168.1.121/cgi-bin/openwebmail/openwebmail.pl" in my apache error log. I've tried running it under Apache 1.X and Apache 2.X. I've tried using the perl builtin with Solaris and the perl from sunfreeware.com. I've re-installed openwebmail and it still occurs. How do I debug this!?!?! HELP?!?!?!?!?!?!

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[»] Install Problem/Export-Import Question
by cpfogarty - Nov 24th 2006 19:52:31

Hi All,

I have been experiencing intermittent issues with day 30 out
of date range with several different users. A couple weeks
ago I decided it must be an issue, not just a user error. I
downloaded a newer version of OWM I think I was running
2.10 from 2003. I installed or updated the prerequisites and
fixed some admin errors as I went. I am now experiencing:

Can't load '/usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8/sun4-solaris/
auto/Text/Iconv/Iconv.so' for module Text::Iconv: ld.so.1: /
usr/local/bin/suidOWMperl: fatal: libgcc_s.so.1: open failed:
No such file or directory at /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.8.8/sun4-
solaris/DynaLoader.pm line 230.
at /www01/bmfenterprises/openwebmail/cgi-bin/
openwebmail/shares/iconv.pl line 9
Compilation failed in require at /www01/bmfenterprises/
openwebmail/cgi-bin/openwebmail/shares/iconv.pl line 9.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /www01/
bmfenterprises/openwebmail/cgi-bin/openwebmail/shares/
iconv.pl line 9.

Now non of my clients can get there mail via OWM and I
have been hurriedly switching as many as I can to Outlook
Express or the like. I would like to resolve this issue and get
everyone back to OWM. However, in the mean time, I have
been asked about exporting the saved-mail and sent-mail
directories from OWM to Outlook. The backup procedures
suggest downloading a zipped copy of the files but this
creates one large file with many emails. Is there an easy
way to get these exported from the Unix side, as I can’t log
into these OWM accounts, and imported to the Outlook side?

Thank you in advance for any help!!!

Corey

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[»] Re: Install Problem/Export-Import Question
by WsiWlt GmbH - Sep 16th 2007 07:21:37


> Hi All,

>

> I have been experiencing intermittent

> issues with day 30 out

> of date range with several different

> users. A couple weeks

> ago I decided it must be an issue, not

> just a user error. I

> downloaded a newer version of OWM I

> think I was running

> 2.10 from 2003. I installed or updated

> the prerequisites and

> fixed some admin errors as I went. I am

> now experiencing:

>

> Can't load

> '/usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8/sun4-solaris/

> auto/Text/Iconv/Iconv.so' for module

> Text::Iconv: ld.so.1: /

> usr/local/bin/suidOWMperl: fatal:

> libgcc_s.so.1: open failed:

> No such file or directory at

> /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.8.8/sun4-

> solaris/DynaLoader.pm line 230.

> at

> /www01/bmfenterprises/openwebmail/cgi-bin/

> openwebmail/shares/iconv.pl line 9

> Compilation failed in require at

> /www01/bmfenterprises/

> openwebmail/cgi-bin/openwebmail/shares/iconv.pl

> line 9.

> BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at

> /www01/

> bmfenterprises/openwebmail/cgi-bin/openwebmail/shares/

> iconv.pl line 9.

>

> Now non of my clients can get there mail

> via OWM and I

> have been hurriedly switching as many as

> I can to Outlook

> Express or the like. I would like to

> resolve this issue and get

> everyone back to OWM. However, in the

> mean time, I have

> been asked about exporting the

> saved-mail and sent-mail

> directories from OWM to Outlook. The

> backup procedures

> suggest downloading a zipped copy of the

> files but this

> creates one large file with many emails.

> Is there an easy

> way to get these exported from the Unix

> side, as I can’t log

> into these OWM accounts, and imported to

> the Outlook side?

>

> Thank you in advance for any help!!!

>

> Corey

Hi all,

I just faced the same problem. To solve it proceed the following way:
You just need to provide the path to your Makefile.PL. If you use the
libiconv package from www.sunfreeware.com it will be:

perl Makefile.PL LIBS='-L/usr/local/lib/' INC='-I/usr/local/include'

Next edit the produced makefile:

Change: CC = cc to CC = gcc
Change: LD = cc to LD = gcc
Change: OPTIMIZE = -x03 -x depends to OPTIMIZE = -O3 -mcpu=ultrasparc

The latter is only valid for Sparc plattform else change to -O3 (it is not a zero!)

make
make test
make install

will do the job.







--
WsiWlt GmbH Information technology Switzerland

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[»] Additionally...
by hieb - Oct 4th 2006 18:47:34

One other that is happening (it just happened again!) when I refresh my inbox, messages disappear. If I goto any other folder and then come back to the inbox they are usually back, I'm not losing any messages as when I download my messages off the server they are all intact...

?

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[»] Additionally...
by hieb - Oct 4th 2006 18:47:33

One other that is happening (it just happened again!) when I refresh my inbox, messages disappear. If I goto any other folder and then come back to the inbox they are usually back, I'm not losing any messages as when I download my messages off the server they are all intact...

?

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[»] OWM Issues
by hieb - Oct 4th 2006 18:35:00

My host oneononeinternet.com utilizes OWM as their web based mail application and they recently upgraded to a new version. This has been entirely frustrating...Forgive me if I dont know all the details.

I am experiencing two problems:

1) When moving messages to folders out of the inbox messages I want to keep in the inbox disappear to who knows where. If I logout/in the messages are returned to the inbox. This has happened to me on multiple machines so I know that isnt local. It's like a guessing game as to where they go.

2) every so often after composing and sending a message I get an error saying it couldnt be sent and has been moved to my "drafts" folder. I'll copy the error next time it occurs and paste it here.

I miss the old OWM as it never gave me issues.

Any suggestions??

Thanks in advance.

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[»] Open Webmail end user question
by David - Sep 15th 2006 07:58:11

Apologies if I'm posting in the wrong place (as it seems) - I couldn't find an answer in the 'Open Webmail Help'...

End users at our school (using Safari) get an error upon login (approx): 'a cookie couldn't be set... or your system clock is wrong'. Safari is set to accept cookies from sites navigated to, and the clock is okay. We don't get this problem from Firefox.

I'm the net admin, and most of our users access their mail via our mail host's web interface using Safari.

Suggestions greatly appreciated!

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[»] Problems opening mail
by jay - Sep 5th 2006 05:32:17

Could someone please help me. I am getting this message when I am attempting to open my mail:

Couldn't create /var/www/cgi-bin/openwebmail/etc/sessions/northstar@studyguides.com*www.studyguides.com-session-0.725157943162234! (Disk quota exceeded)

Help Please!
Thanks,
Jay

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[»] Re: Problems opening mail
by Mario Mol - Jul 8th 2007 09:53:21

Hy, when i try to login it says: couldn't read /var/www/cgi-bin/openwebmail/etc/sessions/XXX-session-0.808450629775511 I testes with 777 permissions, group apache, email , from /var to /sessions!!! And it doesnt work! Any body has any ideia? Remember that i cant reinstall openwebadmin cause i am afraid to lost conf and personal files!! Thanks!

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[»] plugins/add-ons
by Arthur Sherman - Aug 24th 2006 05:48:31

howdy,

sorry for the lamish question, but i have a hard time trying to find plugins/addons for OWM.

could anyone point me into the right direction?

thanx

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[»] Login Loop
by Winson - Jul 20th 2006 20:36:34

I have installed OpenWebmail 2.52 on FC5 completely, and can see the OWM login screen. But, I only can login to system and have Copyright screen, after that, the system is gone back the login screen. Checked the sessions folder that is stored my login records here.

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[»] Re: Login Loop
by Daniel Varella - Aug 1st 2006 15:16:53


> I have installed OpenWebmail 2.52 on FC5

> completely, and can see the OWM login

> screen. But, I only can login to system

> and have Copyright screen, after that,

> the system is gone back the login

> screen. Checked the sessions folder that

> is stored my login records here.



It is happening with me too. I've tried to install Openwebmail 2.51 (and later 2.52) on Slackware 10.0, but it still looping back to Login page after show the Copyright screen...
I've alredy upgraded all packets of my server to the version that Openwebmail requested.
I tried to install Openwebmail through Webmin module, but the same problem occurs.
No erros are showed on the log files... (neither apache's log).

I don' t know what to do to resolve this...
Anybody can give us a clue ?

Thanks in advance.

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[»] Re: Login Loop
by lukeiam - Aug 17th 2006 16:05:59

Are you sure the user has shell to use? becasue I think user with shell set to "noshell" will kick user out without warning or error. Luke

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[»] removing some column information
by tonyfleming - Jul 9th 2006 07:30:22

In accessing my email (using openwebmail) on my blackberry, the numerous columns wordwrap on the small screen. Does anyone know how to hide some column information, i.e. time, envelope icon, etc? does anyone else access openwebmail via their blackberry browser?

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[»] Reaching max quota spaces, user often can't login
by xfyrose - Feb 15th 2006 18:33:14

I am Chinsese. When i use unix quota, the user reach the max spaces,for example:
#quota -v work
Disk quotas for user work (uid 2859):
Filesystem usage quota limit grace files quota limit grace
/home 116434* 100000 100000 none 56 0 0
/mail 179968 0 0 1 0 0
The user "work" often can't login, the login pages display error:
Software error:
ndbm store returned -1, errno 69, key "<200602011432.k11EW97v058654@mail.ahedu.gov.cn>" at /usr/local/www/cgi-bin/openwebmail/shares/maildb.pl line 534.
For help, please send mail to the webmaster
(you@your.address), giving this error message and the time and date of the error.

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[»] Re: Reaching max quota spaces, user often can't login
by lukeiam - Aug 17th 2006 16:07:41

What version of openwebmail r u using? also os, kernel ver. and perl ver.

try to update your box with "yum update"

Luke

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[»] Re: Reaching max quota spaces, user often can't login
by John - Jul 27th 2007 05:25:19

I just started getting this error after many yaers of use. It is running OpenBSD 4.1 i386, Perl 5.8.8. With Speedy CGI.

I all started when I tried moving a 17MB email from inbox to Saved (i think).

I can reproduce the error using the tool. See here:

./openwebmail-tool.pl -i john
db /home/john/.openwebmail/db/john verify & updated ok
db /home/john/.openwebmail/db/saved-messages verify & updated ok
ndbm store returned -1, errno 69, key "" at shares/maildb.pl line 518.

I can still use POP3/IMAP to access the mail folders just fine using Thunderbird Client.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.


> What version of openwebmail r u using?

> also os, kernel ver. and perl ver. try

> to update your box with "yum update"Luke



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[»] Move mails from inbox to Saved mails disappears
by Lars Hansen - Jan 17th 2006 00:07:49

Hi, is there anyone who could help me here?

When i tried to move the messages from inbox to Saved mails, then it show me that the mails first was moved, but when i would show them by select the Saved mails in dropdown, then all the mails in this Saved mails suddenly gone away!

It's all disappearing??

Help!

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[»] Re: Move mails from inbox to Saved mails disappears
by lukeiam - Aug 17th 2006 16:08:49

Hmmm... refresh the browser ans see again...

Luke

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[»] must setuid to root
by pchelper - Oct 13th 2005 12:21:28

i have a problem with the setuid.
if i try and change all of openwebmail .pl to 4755 i still get the error
cgi-bin/openwebmail/openwebmail.pl' must setuid to root
only if i checnge the /usr/bin/perl to 4755 does it work
the problem is the security risk and the other program that needs perl and will not work if perl has +s.
how do i fix that?

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[»] Re: must setuid to root
by vlaspld - Dec 21st 2005 04:56:12


> i have a problem with the setuid.

> if i try and change all of openwebmail

> .pl to 4755 i still get the error

> cgi-bin/openwebmail/openwebmail.pl' must

> setuid to root

> only if i checnge the /usr/bin/perl to

> 4755 does it work

> the problem is the security risk and the

> other program that needs perl and will

> not work if perl has +s.

> how do i fix that?

I have the same error? does your issue already been
resolved or is it still there? The forum of openwebmail
is closed so can't my help there.

Can you give me your feedback or anyone who can
help me?


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[»] Re: must setuid to root
by nalter - Feb 16th 2006 07:30:51


>

> % i have a problem with the setuid.

> % if i try and change all of openwebmail

>

> % .pl to 4755 i still get the error

> % cgi-bin/openwebmail/openwebmail.pl'

> must

> % setuid to root

> % only if i checnge the /usr/bin/perl to

>

> % 4755 does it work

> % the problem is the security risk and

> the

> % other program that needs perl and will

>

> % not work if perl has +s.

> % how do i fix that?

>

>

> I have the same error? does your issue

> already been

> resolved or is it still there? The forum

> of openwebmail

> is closed so can't my help there.

>

> Can you give me your feedback or anyone

> who can

> help me?

>

I had the same problem.
chmod 7755 openwebmail.pl fixed the problem
don't forget to touch openwebmail.pl if you are using speedy cgi.

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[»] Open Webmail HTML Composer?
by Gil - Sep 21st 2005 06:08:15

Hi ALL!!!
I am trying to find out if you can compose e-mail messages in HTML from the Open Webmail. I was able to find one thing related to it that said:

Q: I can not choose to compose HTML messages?
A: The HTML editor requires
1. IE5.5+ on windows platform, or
2. Mozilla 1.3b+ on all platforms

However...I could not find out how to install the editor, where to find it, etc.
Can someone please help me to know if this is possible...and if so, how? I need it for business purposes. The text e-mails simply aren't looking professional enough.
Thank you so much!
~Gil

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[»] vacation problem
by cksoo - Aug 9th 2005 17:02:59

I had install openwebmail as my company web mail but i discover that the vacation (autoreply) function doesn't work. The autoreply message didn't send back to the user, the message will be the dead.letter in the user home directory.

Anyone facing this problem before ? I use openwebmail with sendmail 8.12 and Mailscanner in Redhat AS 3.0

Thanks.

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[»] vacation problem
by cksoo - Aug 10th 2005 23:20:45

I had install openwebmail as my company web mail but i discover that the vacation (autoreply) function doesn't work. The autoreply message didn't send back to the user, the message will be the dead.letter in the user home directory. Anyone facing this problem before ? I use openwebmail with sendmail 8.12 and Mailscanner in Redhat AS 3.0 Aug 9 16:18:43 iris sendmail[13076]: j798I90H012870: to="| /var/www/cgi-bin/openwebmail/vacation.pl -t60s -a swloh@iris.com.my swloh", ctladdr= (662/100), delay=00:00:28, xdelay=00:00:25, mailer=prog, pri=121130, dsn=2.0.0, stat=Sent Aug 9 16:18:43 iris sendmail[13076]: j798I90H012870: to=\\swloh, ctladdr= (662/100), delay=00:00:28, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=local, pri=121130, dsn=2.0.0, stat=Sent although from the maillog i get the stat is send but it just become the dead.letter in the user directory hope someone can help me to resolve this problem. thanks.

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[»] Re: vacation problem
by Colin Jack - Aug 31st 2005 12:07:20


>

> I had install openwebmail as my

> company

> web mail but i discover that the

> vacation (autoreply) function doesn't

> work. The autoreply message didn't

> send

> back to the user, the message will be

> the dead.letter in the user home

> directory.

>

> Anyone facing this problem before ? I

> use openwebmail with sendmail 8.12 and

> Mailscanner in Redhat AS 3.0

>

> Aug 9 16:18:43 iris sendmail[13076]:

> j798I90H012870: to="|

> /var/www/cgi-bin/openwebmail/vacation.pl

> -t60s -a swloh@iris.com.my swloh",

> ctladdr= (662/100), delay=00:00:28,

> xdelay=00:00:25, mailer=prog,

> pri=121130, dsn=2.0.0, stat=Sent

>

> Aug 9 16:18:43 iris sendmail[13076]:

> j798I90H012870: to=\\swloh, ctladdr=

> (662/100), delay=00:00:28,

> xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=local,

> pri=121130, dsn=2.0.0, stat=Sent

>

> although from the maillog i get the stat

> is send but it just become the

> dead.letter in the user directory

>

> hope someone can help me to resolve this

> problem.

>

> thanks.

>

>


I have the same problem - does anybody have a solution? Does it have anything to do with sendmail -f?

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[»] Lost my email---HELP PLEASE!!
by Sunny - Mar 17th 2005 14:51:11

I had a .nu email address and using webmail that was setup through work. About 2 weeks ago we started having email problems and somehow lost our email domain(the .nu email address), now I have lost all my emails, lots of important work emails....can someone help me? Is there anyway to retreive these emails??? Can't seem to find anyone to answer this question for me, can anyone give me some feedback??

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[»] This project rocks!
by Greeny - Aug 16th 2004 19:29:11

I just checked out the demo - and it actually worked with Opera (kudo #1)....

Working thru the demo, I had no problems - everything worked flawlessly (kudo #2)...

Everything is easy to use, titled, runs quickly (kudo #3)...

It ties in with spamassassin, clamav, etc... (kudo #4)...

It imports that stuff everyone's collected in Outlook (kudo #5)

I'm installing it next week on a new email server that I'm building... Once it's up and running and I get my bill paid, I'm making a nice donation to this project... Thanks for the hard work folks...

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[»] Has anyone encountered HOTghost ?
by Prakash - Aug 1st 2004 11:48:22

I am using openwebmail at my site www.demicoma.com

I had this peculiar problem with the mail system. The problem started as follows. I noticed a mail from HOTghost with subject 'don't worry, be happy' with an attachment. I promptly trashed the mail. When I tried to clear the trashbox, the mail refused to clear from there. I ignored this occurrence.

A few weeks later, my mailbox bulged to 58MB (normal size 2-3 MB with saved mails in 4-5 folders). I had to delete a large file from my file manager menu just to be able to access the mailbox. Upon access, the memorey use mysteriously was back to usual size. I didnt do anything further.

When the memory flooding happened again, I informed website hosts. They backed up
the inbox (58MB). The HOTghost mail still remained in TRASHBOX. I asked them to delete it. They could do it after a couple of tries.

As it is, the inbox is cleared. I notice that there is a mail there with subject n/a. I sent a test mail - it went to trashbox. I have doubts that there is some email virus or something that is affecting the mailbox. This problem is not evident in any other mailbox on the same server of the same site.

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[»] Re: Has anyone encountered HOTghost ?
by wouter - May 5th 2005 08:19:36


> I am using openwebmail at my site

> www.demicoma.com

>

> I had this peculiar problem with the

> mail system. The problem started as

> follows. I noticed a mail from HOTghost

> with subject 'don't worry, be happy'

> with an attachment. I promptly trashed

> the mail. When I tried to clear the

> trashbox, the mail refused to clear from

> there. I ignored this occurrence.

>

> A few weeks later, my mailbox bulged to

> 58MB (normal size 2-3 MB with saved

> mails in 4-5 folders). I had to delete a

> large file from my file manager menu

> just to be able to access the mailbox.

> Upon access, the memorey use

> mysteriously was back to usual size. I

> didnt do anything further.

>

> When the memory flooding happened again,

> I informed website hosts. They backed up

>

> the inbox (58MB). The HOTghost mail

> still remained in TRASHBOX. I asked them

> to delete it. They could do it after a

> couple of tries.

>

> As it is, the inbox is cleared. I notice

> that there is a mail there with subject

> n/a. I sent a test mail - it went to

> trashbox. I have doubts that there is

> some email virus or something that is

> affecting the mailbox. This problem is

> not evident in any other mailbox on the

> same server of the same site.

>



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[»] attachments
by Maxim Kizik - May 29th 2004 06:35:15

Good Afternoon.

I try to send a letter with an attached zip file.
The recipient receives the completely broken file.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks.

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[»] Re: attachments
by PsSky - Apr 3rd 2005 08:52:20

I used this script several years ago and had no troubles with any attachments. I guess that may be your ZIP file was corrupted during uploading or when compressed by software.


> Good Afternoon.

>

> I try to send a letter with an attached

> zip file.

> The recipient receives the completely

> broken file.

> Any help would be greatly appreciated.

> Thanks.



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[»] Re: attachments
by lukeiam - Aug 17th 2006 11:05:23

I have a similar problem. I can receive email from pop3 account also with tiny attachments BUT if attachments get over like 100KB then I cannot receive anything. it even blocks my other emails as well. When I try to force the receive by clicking on the pop account in the pop setup, i get "Internal Server Error". When I look at the apache error log, it says "Premature ending..." How can this be resolved? I'm running FC5 with the newest ver. of Open WebMail

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[»] Re: attachments !!!FIX!!!
by lukeiam - Aug 17th 2006 15:58:25

I fixed the issue above... The problem was ClamAV. In Linux Fedora Core 5, there's a problem with ClamAV because the rpm package comes without daemon (clamd). There's clamd manual but no daemon. The fix is to go to the openwebmail.conf and disable virus check (set to no). When the patch to fix this will come up, then you can reenable the virus scan. Luke

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[»] HTML Email
by globex10 - Apr 29th 2004 02:34:38

Is it possible to create HTML/rich text emails within Webmail ie. fonts, color, bold and so on.. HTML formatted.

When I send an HTML mail to webmail account, it arrives as plain text stripped of all HTML.

Any help will be appreciated.

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[»] Re: HTML Email
by lukeiam - Aug 17th 2006 16:01:02

Try to set "html" edit as defaultin openwebmail.conf instead of as a user... Luke

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[»] openwebmail quota problem
by cudove - Mar 28th 2004 07:19:44

Hi,

I need to install the openwebmail. However, I find some posting related to the quota problem.

Whenever a user reaches their quota, openwebmail
freezes on logging into their mail account.

The only way to clear the problem is to increase the users quota.

Is there a way around this? or has it been solved in the latest version (2.3)?

Thanks

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[»] Strange Perl-Problem (insecure dependency in sysopen)
by Stefvienna - Aug 1st 2003 09:42:03

Hi Everybody!

I run an older version of openwebmail happily since quite some time and now I tried to install the new version (v2.10) on another Suse Linux box.
When I try to log in, I get the following error message:
Software error:
Insecure dependency in sysopen while running setuid at /usr/local/httpd/cgi-bin/openwebmail/filelock.pl line 42.

I run perl-5.8.0, just in case that matters ...

Any ideas?
Pls. send your thoughts to sb@digital-vitamins.com -
many thanks!

Best regards -
Cheers, Stefan !

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[»] Re: Strange Perl-Problem (insecure dependency in sysopen)
by Stefvienna - Aug 8th 2003 06:57:23


> Hi Everybody!
>
> I run an older version of openwebmail
> happily since quite some time and now I
> tried to install the new version (v2.10)
> on another Suse Linux box.
> When I try to log in, I get the
> following error message:
> Software error:
> Insecure dependency in sysopen while
> running setuid at
> /usr/local/httpd/cgi-bin/openwebmail/filelock.pl
> line 42.
>
> I run perl-5.8.0, just in case that
> matters ...

I went back using Perl 5.00.x.x - now everything works fine... Cheer, Stefan !

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