Guide updated on 29th of February 2016

Download all the needed items for the Qmail installation


Download a bundle with all the packages needed in this guide Download each software individually from original locations


Users comments
Fabiano - 27/06/2018 15:51

Hi Thibs

Many thanks for the guide

To collaborate a little to those who need to download qmailmrtg, follow the updated link:
*http://www.inter7.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/qmailmrtg7-4.2.tar.gz

Seba - 20/12/2016 18:20

hi Thibs

i've been using this setup and now i've discovered some clients sending tons of mails/spam. 

Is there a patch or configuration like tarpiting  that works with this guide and i could use to limit this behavior?

Thibs - 22/03/2013 12:33

I try to update those pages on regular basis but I must admit it's not always accurate.

As far as I know, the latest change for Roundcube are new functiallities or bug fixes but not about security.

Note that I sometimes update the bundle with newer software version (and I sometimes forget to update this page)

Michiel - 13/03/2013 11:00

Hi Thibs,

Do you keep this page updated with latest vulnerabilities/technical improvements ?
For example the packages in the bundle seem to be outdated and thus vulnerable if you use them in production; I would suggest using the apt packages (squirrelmail, roundcube) whenever possible and use the latest versions from the vendors.

My 0,02$

Michiel

Someone - 20/03/2012 05:49

THibs:

 

Actually.. it does... it just isn't called by that name... but I checked the patch file and it does indeed make the changes that the "big dns" patch does.

Thibs - 17/03/2012 16:50

No : it includes all patches described in http://qmail.jms1.net/patches/combined-details.shtml#details

Someone - 17/03/2012 02:27

Does this include the Big-DNS patch?

Thibs - 29/01/2012 23:13

It's installed at this step

Scott o\'neil - 28/01/2012 22:51

I found that nothing actually installed the resulting  mta-local_1.0_all.deb in the last step of the "software invidually" method. I noticed this problem when an unrelated apt-get gave me all sorts of dep problems. I simply did a  dpkg -i mta-local_1.0_all.deb and all was well.

Syngin - 15/08/2011 15:19

I have an older update buried on my site for a Debian Qmailrocks install.  The steps are probably a little old but the notes there might help someone.  Its not 100% complete though:

http://www.syngin.com/qmail.php

Thibs - 04/10/2010 08:45

Hello Mark,

It allows visitors to see the original sources location. Moreover, it allows more expert visitors to adapt my procedure with newer version of some softwares (for instance the beta version of vpopmail)

 

Thibs

Mark - 29/09/2010 20:25

Why bother with the choice?  You are specifying the versions to download so you get the same packages and versions anyway.AMSR9


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