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followup: up at 5am! (river rafting)

http://www.whitewatervoyages.com/rivers … river.html It was rather fun and I’d definitely do it again. We’ll probably go again next month. We’re debating on how to do it though. Some want to do a class 4, but I’m arguing to do a class 3 without a guide. Hopefully, they give us our refund – we initially scheduled 5 people and only 4 went and also rented 5 wetsuits and only needed 3, so we’ll see what happens. If we don’t get the refund or credit, we might not go to the same place again. After rafting, we stopped by downtown Sacramento on the way home. Just to take a stroll around the capitol and stop by a coffee shop for a pastry/coffee and conversation for a break away from driving. Among other things we talked about, I remembered talking about genetically modified food – how it may not be fully tested, etc. I guess there’s a couple arguments for and against it. Growing corn that the bugs won’t eat might be cool so we can have more food for ourselves, but who knows? Maybe the bugs know better not to eat the corn for one reason or another. Then again, this might be a good thing as we can grow more food for less money and we can feed more people with it. It may disturb the ecosystem a bit though – perhaps creating an imbalance. When they took the wolves out of Yellowstone park because they were killing a lot of elk, they created in imbalance where all of the water was being drinken and grass was being eaten. Bring the wolves back brought back some balance. For dinner, we headed to a restaurant called Prasand. (http://www.pasand.com/index.html) It was pretty good – had a bread basket, some naan and Chicken Tikka Masala Curry. I’d recommend the restaurant – I went with Indians and they thought it was good and authentic. It was good for my taste buds as well. Our dinnertime conversation included of some talk about some of the art on the wall. I asked about one of them similar to this one:
Image
(Image pulled from: http://www.asitis.com/)
From that, I got the brief version of the story about Krishna and Arjuna. The Legend of Bagger Vance was actually a book based on that story. Cool stuff. Was exhausted – went home, showered and went to bed.]]>

PIPE channel in iMS

iMS 5.x – Setting up Program Delivery through the PIPE channel

The purpose of this article is so that you will be able to send email to an script or program like procmail and do something with it.

1. Make sure that your mailsrv user has a home directory that he can write to. /tmp will work just fine. The user does not need to have a valid shell, so /bin/false will work.

2. Write the program and put it in msg-/imta/programs directory.

In my case, I will be creating symbolic link to cat.

# cd msg-/imta/programs

# ln -s /usr/bin/cat cat

3. register cat into the MTA program list.

# ./imsimta program -a -p cat -m catter -g ‘>>/tmp/alton_mails’ -e user

4. list programs to see that your program is there:

#./imsimta program -l

==================================================

Method_name : catter

Program_name : /opt/iMS5.1/msg-goofy/imta/programs/cat

Argument_list : >>/tmp/alton_mails

Execute Permission : User

==================================================

5. add program delivery attributes to your user ldap entries:

mailprogramdeliveryinfo: catter

maildeliveryoption: program

6. execute “imsimta dirsync -F” if necessary.

7. run ./imsimta test -rewrite – you should see that it will send to the pipe channel.

Submitted address list:

ims-ms

program1@ims-ms-daemon (orig [email protected], inter [email protected], host ims-ms-daemon) *NOTIFY-FAILURES* *NOTIFY-DELAYS*

pipe

[email protected]-daemon (orig [email protected], inter [email protected], host catter.pipe-daemon) *NOTIFY-FAILURES* *NOTIFY-DELAYS*

8. Send mail to the user and test it!

VMware – migrating virtual disk from GSX to ESX

Here are the steps for importing a GSX VM to ESX:

1) Here’s how to convert the vmdk file into 2gb chunks:

vmware-vdiskmanager -r sourceDisk.vmdk -t 0 targetDisk.vmdk

2) Share the folder of the new targetDisk with Windows.

3) Make temp directory and mount Windows shared folder on the ESX server:

a) mkdir /mnt/tempwindowsmountpoint

b) mount -t smbfs -o username //gsxserver/sharename /mnt/tempwindowsmountpoint

4) Import vmdk

vmkfstools -i /mnt/tempwindowsmountpoint/targetDisk.vmdk /vmfs/vmfs/newtargetDisk.vmdk

5) Create new VM in ESX and point to the newtargetDisk.vmdk

6) Start up new VM.

Regards,

Alton

qmail setup – install + log

changed conf-home
changed /usr/local to /usr
changed error.h
replace the line “extern int errno;” with “#include ”
ran: make
make setup check install of checkpassword-0.90.tar.gz
changed conf-cc to:
gcc -O2 -march=i586 -mcpu=i586 -funroll-loops -fomit-frame-pointer
changed error.h
replace the line “extern int errno;” with “#include ”
ran: make
make setup check install of qmail-1.03.tar.gz
changed conf-cc to:
gcc -O2 -march=i586 -mcpu=i586 -funroll-loops -fomit-frame-pointer
changed error.h
replace the line “extern int errno;” with “#include ” ran:
groupadd nofiles
useradd qmaild -g nofiles -d /var/qmail -s /bin/false
useradd alias -g nofiles -d /var/qmail/alias -s /bin/false
useradd qmaill -g nofiles -d /var/qmail -s /bin/false
useradd qmailp -g nofiles -d /var/qmail -s /bin/false
groupadd qmail
useradd qmailq -g qmail -d /var/qmail -s /bin/false
useradd qmailr -g qmail -d /var/qmail -s /bin/false
useradd qmails -g qmail -d /var/qmail -s /bin/false ran: make
make setup check
ln -s /var/qmail/bin/sendmail /usr/lib/sendmail
ln -s /var/qmail/bin/sendmail /usr/sbin/sendmail
mv -f /var/qmail/bin/maildir2mbox /usr/bin
mv -f /var/qmail/bin/maildirmake /usr/bin
mv -f /var/qmail/bin/maildirwatch /usr/bin
mv -f /var/qmail/bin/qmail-qread /usr/bin
mv -f /var/qmail/bin/qmail-qstat /usr/bin
chmod 444 /var/qmail/man/man1/*
chmod 444 /var/qmail/man/man5/*
chmod 444 /var/qmail/man/man7/*
chmod 444 /var/qmail/man/man8/*
mv -f /var/qmail/man/man1/* /usr/share/man/man1
mv -f /var/qmail/man/man5/* /usr/share/man/man5
mv -f /var/qmail/man/man7/* /usr/share/man/man7
mv -f /var/qmail/man/man8/* /usr/share/man/man8
rm -rf /var/qmail/man/
rm -rf /var/qmail/doc/
maildirmake /etc/skel/Maildir
./config-fast kitana.shocknetwork.com cd ~alias
touch .qmail-postmaster
touch .qmail-mailer-daemon
touch .qmail-root
touch .qmail-postmaster
chmod 644 ~alias/.qmail-* cat /etc/dot-qmail
./Maildir/
|qbiff cat /etc/tcp.smtp
192.168.0.:allow,RELAYCLIENT=”” tcprules /etc/tcp.smtp.cdb /etc/tcp.smtp.tmp < /etc/tcp.smtp chmod 644 /etc/tcp.smtp* —————————————————————————————-
tar zxvf ucspi-tcp-0.88.tar.gz
cd ucspi-tcp-0.88
vi conf-home
make
vi error.h
cd ..
rm -rf ucspi-tcp-0.88
tar zxvf ucspi-tcp-0.88.tar.gz
cd ucspi-tcp-0.88
vi conf-home
vi conf-cc
vi error.h
make
vi error.h
make
cd
find /* > ucspitcp1
cd –
make setup check
cd –
find /* > ucspitcp2
diff ucspitcp1 ucspitcp2 > ucspitcp_install
cat ucspitcp_install
file /usr/bin/who
mcs
who -r
pwd
cd
tar zxvf checkpassword-0.90.tar.gz
cd checkpassword-0.90
cat conf-cc
cp ../ucspi-tcp-0.88/conf-cc .
cat conf-cc
make
vi error.h
make
cd
find /* > checkpass1
cd –
make setup check
cd –
find /* > checkpass2
diff checkpass1 checkpass2 > checkpass_install
cat checkpass_install
tar zxvf qmail-1.03.tar.gz
cd qmail-1.03
vi conf-cc
cat ../ucspi-tcp-0.88/conf-cc
cp ../ucspi-tcp-0.88/conf-cc .
cat conf-cc
cd
find /* > pre_qmail
init 0
uname -a
ps -ef
cd /var/log
ls -lrt
tail -f messages
groupadd nofiles
useradd qmaild -g nofiles -d /var/qmail -s /bin/false
useradd alias -g nofiles -d /var/qmail/alias -s /bin/false
useradd qmaill -g nofiles -d /var/qmail -s /bin/false
useradd qmailp -g nofiles -d /var/qmail -s /bin/false
groupadd qmail
useradd qmailq -g qmail -d /var/qmail -s /bin/false
useradd qmailr -g qmail -d /var/qmail -s /bin/false
useradd qmails -g qmail -d /var/qmail -s /bin/false
cd
ls
cd checkpass
cd checkpassword-0.90
cat conf-home
cat conf-cc
cd ../ucspi-tcp-0.88
cat conf-home
cat conf-cc
which checkpassword
cd ~
cd qmail-1.03
./config
vi /etc/hosts
./config
./config-fast kitana.shocknetwork.com
cat /var/qmail/control/rcpthosts
vi /var/qmail/control/rcpthosts
grep cy *
grep cr.yp *
pwd
ls -l
ls
pwd
cd /var/qmail/control/
ls
ls -l
cat *
pwd
cd ..
ls
cd –
cd ~/qmail-1.03
cat headerbody.c
cat headerbody.h
grep cr.yp.to *
grep pobox.com *
grep qmail.html *
clear
clear
grep qmail.html *
vi qmail-smtpd.c
make setup check
cd ~alias
touch .qmail-postmaster
touch .qmail-mailer-daemon
touch .qmail-root
touch .qmail-postmaster
chmod 644 ~alias/.qmail-*
cd
cd qmail-1.03
ls
grep qmail *
grep ‘invoked by uid’ *
vi qmail-header.
vi qmail-header.0
grep ‘invoked by uid’ *
vi qmail-header.5
pwd
cd
cd /var/qmail/control/
ls
cd ../queue/
ls
cd remote/
ls
ls -R
ls -l
cd ..
ls
cd ..
ls
cd boot/
ls
cd ../boot/
ls
cd ../alias/
ls
cd ..
ls
man qmail-qstat
ls
cd qmail-1.03
ls -l
ls
cat conf-cc
more config.sh
ls
ls
make setup check
vi error.h
make setup check
which sendmail
/usr/lib/sendmail
cd /var/qmail/bin/
ls -l
file sendmail
for i in *; do file $i; done
history
ls -lR /var/qmail/man/
ls -lRd /var/qmail/man/
ls -ld /var/qmail/man/
ls -ld /var/qmail/man/*
ls -l /usr/share/man/
ls -l /usr/share/man/*
ls -l /usr/share/man/
ls -l /usr/share/man/*
ls -ld /var/qmail/man/*
ls -ld /var/qmail/man/*/*
ln -s /var/qmail/bin/sendmail /usr/lib/sendmail
ln -s /var/qmail/bin/sendmail /usr/sbin/sendmail
mv -f /var/qmail/bin/maildir2mbox /usr/bin
mv -f /var/qmail/bin/maildirmake /usr/bin
mv -f /var/qmail/bin/maildirwatch /usr/bin
mv -f /var/qmail/bin/qmail-qread /usr/bin
mv -f /var/qmail/bin/qmail-qstat /usr/bin
chmod 444 /var/qmail/man/man1/*
chmod 444 /var/qmail/man/man5/*
chmod 444 /var/qmail/man/man7/*
chmod 444 /var/qmail/man/man8/*
mv -f /var/qmail/man/man1/* /usr/share/man/man1
mv -f /var/qmail/man/man5/* /usr/share/man/man5
mv -f /var/qmail/man/man7/* /usr/share/man/man7
mv -f /var/qmail/man/man8/* /usr/share/man/man8
rm -rf /var/qmail/man/
rm -rf /var/qmail/doc/
maildirmake /etc/skel/Maildir
which sendmail
file sendmail
strings sendmail
man qmail-qread
mailq
cd
find /* > post_qmail
diff pre_qmail post_qmail
diff pre_qmail post_qmail > qmail_install
ls -l
dig collegetext.com mx
telnet mail.collegetext.com. 25
dig dekluge.com mx
telnet mail.dekluge.com 25
dig yahoo.com mx
telnet mx2.mail.yahoo.com 25
telnet mx3.mail.yahoo.com 25
telnet mx4.mail.yahoo.com 25
dig openna.com mx
telnet smtp.openna.com 25
dig sill.org mx
telnet mail.sill.org 25
cd
wget http://www.lifewithqmail.org/qmailctl-script-dt70
cat qmailctl-script-dt70
sh qmailctl-script-dt70 start
bash qmailctl-script-dt70 start
rm qmailctl-script-dt70
pwd
lynx ftp://ftp.openna.com/ConfigFiles-v2.0
lynx ftp://ftp.openna.com/
ftp ftp.openna.com
ftp ftp.openna.com
ftp ftp.openna.com
ls -l
bunzip2 ConfigFiles-v2.0.tar.bz2
tar xvf ConfigFiles-v2.0.tar
cd ConfigFiles-v2.0.tar
cd ConfigFiles-v2.0
ls
tar zxvf floppy-2.0.tgz
ls -l
cd floppy
ls
cd Qmail/
ls
cd init.d/
ls
sh qmail start
vi /etc/dot-qmail
man qbiff
sh qmail start
ps -ef | grep qmail
telnet 0 25
telnet 192.168.0.2 25
sh qmail stop
sh qmail stop
sh qmail start
sh qmail stop
sh qmail stop
cat /etc/dot-qmail
sh qmail start
netstat -an | grep 25
telnet 192.168.0.2 25
ifconfig -a
netstat -apn | grep 25
sh qmail stop
vi /etc/tcp.smtp
cat /etc/tcp.smtp
tcprules /etc/tcp.smtp.cdb /etc/tcp.smtp.tmp < /etc/tcp.smtp
sh qmail start
telnet 192.168.0.2 25
sh qmail stop
chmod 644 /etc/tcp.smtp*
sh qmail start]]>

iMS add footer to outbound mails

CONVERSIONS IN-CHAN=*;OUT-CHAN=*;CONVERT yes
2. Create conversions file as specified in imta_tailor:
! Append disclaimer to single part messages if the body part
! is text.
!
in-channel=*; out-channel=*;
in-type=text; in-subtype=*; part-number=1;
parameter-symbol-0=APPARENT_NAME; parameter-copy-0=*;
dparameter-symbol-0=APPARENT_FILENAME; dparameter-copy-0=*;
message-header-file=2; original-header-file=1;
override-header-file=1;
command=”/train/conversion/append_disclaimer.sh footer.txt”
!
! Append disclaimer only to the first part of a multipart message
! if that part is a text message part. (part-number=1.1 is the
! first part of a multipart message).
!
in-channel=*; out-channel=*;
in-type=text; in-subtype=*; part-number=1.1;
parameter-symbol-0=APPARENT_NAME; parameter-copy-0=*;
dparameter-symbol-0=APPARENT_FILENAME; dparameter-copy-0=*;
message-header-file=2; original-header-file=1;
override-header-file=1;
command=”/train/conversion/append_disclaimer.sh footer.txt”
! 3. a shell script for /train/conversion/append_disclaimer.sh
#!/bin/sh
#
# File: append_disclaimer.sh
#
# Usage:
# append_disclaimer.sh [-debug] “name-of-disclaimer-text-file”
#
# References:
# http://docs.sun.com/source/816-6009-10/ … .htm#42323
# http://docs.sun.com/source/816-6009-10/ … .htm#42402
#
#
if [ “$1” = “-debug” ] then
shift
set -x fi DISCLAIMER_FILE=$1 DISCLAIMER_FILE=/train/conversion/${DISCLAIMER_FILE} TAG=”Standard Disclaimer
Appended `date`” cp $INPUT_FILE $OUTPUT_FILE # copy original message part to output destination.
# See if the message was already tagged.
grep “Comments: Standard Disclaimer Appended” $MESSAGE_HEADERS >/dev/null if [ $? -ne 0 ] then
# add a blank line
echo “” >> $OUTPUT_FILE
# append the disclaimer
cat $DISCLAIMER_FILE >> $OUTPUT_FILE # Set a directive so the message will be tagged
echo “OUTPUT_DIAGNOSTIC=\”${TAG}\”” > $OUTPUT_OPTIONS fi
#
# end script.
4. footer.txt – just whatever you want to append to your mails:
*****This footer is appended to the message.***** 5. imsimta refresh — that’s about it!]]>