[How-To] Install and configure xmail an a wl500g
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
Code:
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/un...2-3_mipsel.ipk
Installing libstdc++ (0.2.0-5) to root...
Downloading http://ipkg.nslu2-linux.org/feeds/un...0-5_mipsel.ipk
Installing libuclibc++ (0.1.12-1) to root...
Downloading http://ipkg.nslu2-linux.org/feeds/un...2-1_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:
Code:
#!/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:
Code:
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.:
Code:
[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!
Code:
"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
