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Qmail -587 port activation

vi /etc/shorewall/rules

Add

ACCEPT net fw tcp 1433,3389,9101,9102,9103,110,80,587

shorewall clear ; shorewall start

cd/var/qmail/supervise/

mkdir qmail-smtpd-587

cd qmail-smtpd-587/

cp -pvr ../qmail-smtpd/run .

vi run

change smtp to 587

mkdir log

cd log/

cp -pvr ../../qmail-smtpd/log/run .

vi run

change qmail-smtpd to qmail-smtpd-587

mkdir -p /var/log/qmail/qmail-smtpd-587

chown qmaill.nofiles -R /var/log/qmail/qmail-smtpd-587

ln -s /var/qmail/supervise/qmail-smtpd-587 /service/

Checking via

ls -al /service/

ps -ef

tailf /var/log/qmail/qmail-smtpd-587/current | tai64nlocal

telnet localhost 587