mmX
21-12-2006, 16:13
Yes it is possible to run a mail server on a wl500g, but it acts very slow and uses a lot of memory.
If you a running a webcam or a lot of other programs on the router, it would not be a pleasure to work with the
mail server. I only have experience with the wl500g, perhaps it will run like charm on a newer asus model
with a little bit more of ram.
So I use Olegs latest firmware 1.9.2.7-7f on a wl500g. (Thanks for his great work!)
We need a /opt partition on a external data storage. (I used a 128 MB USB-Drive on my test router).
I run the standard ipkg-package configuration:
ipkg.conf
src wl500g http://wl500g.dyndns.org/ipkg
src unslung http://ipkg.nslu2-linux.org/feeds/unslung/wl500g
dest root /
Login via telnet or ssh and
run "ipkg update"
then run "ipkg install xmail"
Xmail and its necessary packages are going to be installed.
Installing xmail (1.22-3) to root...
Downloading http://ipkg.nslu2-linux.org/feeds/unslung/wl500g/xmail_1.22-3_mipsel.ipk
Installing libstdc++ (0.2.0-5) to root...
Downloading http://ipkg.nslu2-linux.org/feeds/unslung/wl500g/libstdc++_0.2.0-5_mipsel.ipk
Installing libuclibc++ (0.1.12-1) to root...
Downloading http://ipkg.nslu2-linux.org/feeds/unslung/wl500g/libuclibc++_0.1.12-1_mipsel.ipk
Configuring libstdc++
Configuring libuclibc++
Configuring xmail
Successfully terminated.
If you start the xmail-deamon via standard init script "/opt/etc/init.d/S43xmail start" the deamon
is starting with 3 processes after a few moments, but if you try to connect via telnet on port 25 or 110
the connection are refused.
So I begin to change some instructions in the "/opt/var/MailRoot/xmail" file:
#!/bin/sh
#
# skeleton example file to build /etc/init.d/ scripts.
# This file should be used to construct scripts for /etc/init.d.
#
# Written by Miquel van Smoorenburg <miquels@cistron.nl>.
# Modified by Davide Libenzi <davidel@xmailserver.org>
#
# Version: @(#)skeleton 1.8 03-Mar-1998 miquels@cistron.nl
#
XMAIL_ROOT=/opt/var/MailRoot
#XMAIL_CMD_LINE="-SX 1 -Qn 1 -Yt 1 -Ln 1 -PX 1 -CX 1"
XMAIL_CMD_LINE="-Md -SX 1 -Qn 1 -Yt 1 -Ln 1 -PX 1 -CX 1"
PATH=$XMAIL_ROOT/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
DAEMON=/opt/bin/XMail
NAME=XMail
DESC="XMail server"
test -f $DAEMON || exit 0
set -e
ulimit -c 10000
start_xmail()
{
MAIL_ROOT=$XMAIL_ROOT
export MAIL_ROOT
MAIL_CMD_LINE=$XMAIL_CMD_LINE
export MAIL_CMD_LINE
$DAEMON $MAIL_CMD_LINE > /dev/null 2>&1 &
while [ ! -f /var/run/$NAME.pid ]
do
sleep 1
done
}
If you would like to have a log file from the mail services simple change "/dev/null" with the path and
filename from the logfile e.g. "/opt/var/log/mail.log"
The environment from the router seems to have problem with exporting the global variables. I don't
know why, but if anybody knows why, please tell me.
I also have problems get the server equitable started without the option "-Md", which is for verbose logging.
But I thing this is not really a big problem.
Now try to start the mail-server with "/opt/etc/init.d/S43xmail start".
After 20 seconds try telnet localhost 25
If everything works fine you get something like this:
220 <1166714250.9226@xmailserver.test> [XMail 1.22 ESMTP Server] service ready; Thu, 21 Dec 2006 16:17:30 +0100
Now we need to add a admin user for the xmail-server administration:
Edit the file "/opt/var/MailRoot/ctrlaccounts.tab"
Add a username for administrating the mail server and a password.
To create the password you need the programm "XMCrypt".
Simple run XMCrypt followed by the password to encrypt - e.g.:
[admin@MMXAP bin]$ XMCrypt password
15041616120a1701
If you use the user "administrator" with the password "password" the ctrlaccounts.tab must look like this:
!The parameters must be seperated by a [TAB] space!
"administrator" "15041616120a1701"
Restart the mail-server with "/opt/etc/init.d/S43xmail restart".
The easiest way to configure the mail server is the tool phpxmail. But you need a running webserver with
php to run this programm, but the webserver must not run on the router itself, you can also use
a external webserver.
I used phpxmail on the router itself, running on a lighttpd server with php-fcgi support, and it
works like charm.
If you would like to configure it without the tool CyberUX did a great tutorial.
http://www.geocities.com/xmailearn/
The System is now ready for testing. If you would like to create a new domain and so on you also need
to change the server.tab according to the tutorial by Cyberux.
I also get the dovecot imap server running, if there is interest I will make a short tutorial too.
If you would like to run the mail-server not only for internal mail traffic you must
open the ports 25 and 110 tcp of course. But there a enough tutorials in this
fine forum.
I know that this isn't a complete tutorial, but the nessesery steps to get the server running
are included. So fell free to help me completing it.
So good luck and have fun.
Best regards
mmX
If you a running a webcam or a lot of other programs on the router, it would not be a pleasure to work with the
mail server. I only have experience with the wl500g, perhaps it will run like charm on a newer asus model
with a little bit more of ram.
So I use Olegs latest firmware 1.9.2.7-7f on a wl500g. (Thanks for his great work!)
We need a /opt partition on a external data storage. (I used a 128 MB USB-Drive on my test router).
I run the standard ipkg-package configuration:
ipkg.conf
src wl500g http://wl500g.dyndns.org/ipkg
src unslung http://ipkg.nslu2-linux.org/feeds/unslung/wl500g
dest root /
Login via telnet or ssh and
run "ipkg update"
then run "ipkg install xmail"
Xmail and its necessary packages are going to be installed.
Installing xmail (1.22-3) to root...
Downloading http://ipkg.nslu2-linux.org/feeds/unslung/wl500g/xmail_1.22-3_mipsel.ipk
Installing libstdc++ (0.2.0-5) to root...
Downloading http://ipkg.nslu2-linux.org/feeds/unslung/wl500g/libstdc++_0.2.0-5_mipsel.ipk
Installing libuclibc++ (0.1.12-1) to root...
Downloading http://ipkg.nslu2-linux.org/feeds/unslung/wl500g/libuclibc++_0.1.12-1_mipsel.ipk
Configuring libstdc++
Configuring libuclibc++
Configuring xmail
Successfully terminated.
If you start the xmail-deamon via standard init script "/opt/etc/init.d/S43xmail start" the deamon
is starting with 3 processes after a few moments, but if you try to connect via telnet on port 25 or 110
the connection are refused.
So I begin to change some instructions in the "/opt/var/MailRoot/xmail" file:
#!/bin/sh
#
# skeleton example file to build /etc/init.d/ scripts.
# This file should be used to construct scripts for /etc/init.d.
#
# Written by Miquel van Smoorenburg <miquels@cistron.nl>.
# Modified by Davide Libenzi <davidel@xmailserver.org>
#
# Version: @(#)skeleton 1.8 03-Mar-1998 miquels@cistron.nl
#
XMAIL_ROOT=/opt/var/MailRoot
#XMAIL_CMD_LINE="-SX 1 -Qn 1 -Yt 1 -Ln 1 -PX 1 -CX 1"
XMAIL_CMD_LINE="-Md -SX 1 -Qn 1 -Yt 1 -Ln 1 -PX 1 -CX 1"
PATH=$XMAIL_ROOT/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
DAEMON=/opt/bin/XMail
NAME=XMail
DESC="XMail server"
test -f $DAEMON || exit 0
set -e
ulimit -c 10000
start_xmail()
{
MAIL_ROOT=$XMAIL_ROOT
export MAIL_ROOT
MAIL_CMD_LINE=$XMAIL_CMD_LINE
export MAIL_CMD_LINE
$DAEMON $MAIL_CMD_LINE > /dev/null 2>&1 &
while [ ! -f /var/run/$NAME.pid ]
do
sleep 1
done
}
If you would like to have a log file from the mail services simple change "/dev/null" with the path and
filename from the logfile e.g. "/opt/var/log/mail.log"
The environment from the router seems to have problem with exporting the global variables. I don't
know why, but if anybody knows why, please tell me.
I also have problems get the server equitable started without the option "-Md", which is for verbose logging.
But I thing this is not really a big problem.
Now try to start the mail-server with "/opt/etc/init.d/S43xmail start".
After 20 seconds try telnet localhost 25
If everything works fine you get something like this:
220 <1166714250.9226@xmailserver.test> [XMail 1.22 ESMTP Server] service ready; Thu, 21 Dec 2006 16:17:30 +0100
Now we need to add a admin user for the xmail-server administration:
Edit the file "/opt/var/MailRoot/ctrlaccounts.tab"
Add a username for administrating the mail server and a password.
To create the password you need the programm "XMCrypt".
Simple run XMCrypt followed by the password to encrypt - e.g.:
[admin@MMXAP bin]$ XMCrypt password
15041616120a1701
If you use the user "administrator" with the password "password" the ctrlaccounts.tab must look like this:
!The parameters must be seperated by a [TAB] space!
"administrator" "15041616120a1701"
Restart the mail-server with "/opt/etc/init.d/S43xmail restart".
The easiest way to configure the mail server is the tool phpxmail. But you need a running webserver with
php to run this programm, but the webserver must not run on the router itself, you can also use
a external webserver.
I used phpxmail on the router itself, running on a lighttpd server with php-fcgi support, and it
works like charm.
If you would like to configure it without the tool CyberUX did a great tutorial.
http://www.geocities.com/xmailearn/
The System is now ready for testing. If you would like to create a new domain and so on you also need
to change the server.tab according to the tutorial by Cyberux.
I also get the dovecot imap server running, if there is interest I will make a short tutorial too.
If you would like to run the mail-server not only for internal mail traffic you must
open the ports 25 and 110 tcp of course. But there a enough tutorials in this
fine forum.
I know that this isn't a complete tutorial, but the nessesery steps to get the server running
are included. So fell free to help me completing it.
So good luck and have fun.
Best regards
mmX