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Ok I got it to work finally. In any case I am scheduleing downtime to do the final copy later so that I can make sure that I get everything copied correctly and that it works before taking down the old system.

Do you have a bugzilla or something like that?

I cannot sign into Webcit using my openid (a blog from wordpress).

on Aug 13 2012 12:29:19 AM EDT from IGnatius T Foobar @ Uncensored Subject: Re: Bugzilla or something like that

If you have an issue please describe it here as best as you can, and if we can reproduce your issue we will add it to our internal to-do list.

OK.

1. Log into Webcit.
2. Go to Advanced > Manage your OpenIDs.
3. Insert your wordpress blog url and press attach.

Now nothing happens, but it should happen what says here.

1. Log off.
2. Try to log in with that same OpenID.

I get this error: There is no OpenID identity provider at this location.

This was happening in my host, but I tested in Uncensored and also fails.

BTW, I used that OpenID in other sites without problems.

Now, off-topic...

I would appreciate some kind of in-depth tutorial for WebCit. It's a bit confusing at first. Where can I find it?

Also, how can I forbid public access to my pod, and disable random users from opening an account in it?

Thanks a lot.

Hi,

This is my first post here, I hope I'm posting in the correct place.

I downloaded the VNware virtual appliance and I am so impressed ... is it intended for demo purposes only? I'm considering using it as is on my local network. Is this sensible or are there reasons for starting from scratch for use in a (semi) production environment?

I notice that running in a shell from the menu that I am logged in as root. Can I use, say, putty to get a terminal connetion and how do I find out the root password? Would it be better perhaps to create another user and log on remotely as that user?

I think that that's enough with the questions for now ... I've got loads! Any help would be greatly appreciated.

thanks,

Simon.

Mon Aug 13 2012 12:46:05 EDT from IGnatius T Foobar @ Uncensored Subject: Re: Virtual Appliance Log In

@slyme -- welcome to Citadel. Glad to hear that you are enjoying it so far.

The virtual appliance is definitely usable in a production environment. It makes use of the same Citadel code base as all other distributions of the system, and you can upgrade it at any time from the console menu.

The console menu is also where you can set a password for the root account, should you wish to log in remotely. It's built atop an ordinary Debian base, and can be treated that way if you wish. The console menu is provided for the benefit of those who do not wish to learn the Linux underpinnings of the system, but if you know your way around a Debian box (or plan to learn it) then the console menu is optional.

And if you haven't done so already, please run a Citadel code upgrade as soon as you bring the appliance online. The procedure is handled automatically by the appliance but you do have to tell it to do so.

Thanks for answering so quickly  IGnatius ... I really should have thought of that ... I'm already logged in as root, just change the password ... I suppose it's because I've been warned so often not to log on as root and do anything as root if I can avoid it. I shall do that right away.

Each time I restart the virtual appliance I have to go through the Setup routine to get everything up and running. Is that normal?

thanks again,

Simon.

I have finally switched over my production system to Citadel/Spamassassin from Qmail/TMDA and things are working well.

However I have an old network scanner that allows users to send as their own users from the machine but doesn't support SMTP Auth. Right now I have checked the option to allow spoofing from un-authenticated hosts. Which fixes the scanner but allows spammers from outside to spoof as well.

The old system let me define subnets that were allowed to spoof, rejecting anybody else. Is there a similar way to do this in Citadel? Maybe I need to write a custom Spamassassin rule as a workaround?

Thanks!

no, thats not possible.

maybe its able to relay via lmtp?

alternatively you may let it send its reports to a room which has public posting allowed. So... if that roomname is leaked outside you may get spam ;-)

Mon Aug 13 2012 09:53:25 EDT from yajo @ Uncensored Subject: Re: Bugzilla or something like that

Now, off-topic...

I would appreciate some kind of in-depth tutorial for WebCit. It's a bit confusing at first. Where can I find it?

Also, how can I forbid public access to my pod, and disable random users from opening an account in it?

 

Thanks a lot.

you might find this section of the FAQ usefull:

http://citadel.org/doku.php?id=faq:start#everydayuse

if you find important information missing, let us know, we'll add it.

managed to do it only via IMAP (by the way, is it IMAP or IMAP+?), but
not calendars, tasks, notes nor contacts.

I tried with the plugins evolution-mapi, evolution-ews and
evolution-exchange, but I have no idea of configuring any of these, and
I cannot find any docs about it. I also readed about an evolution-kolab
plugin, which is not in the repos, and if I have to compile it myself,
before I'd like to know if it is what I need.

So any help about this, please?

Thank you.

hey folks.  just read about citadel and thought i would give it a try.  installed citadel-suite and says its running

i disabled the http port since i have apache2 running and just used the https port set to 4438

disabled ufw and csf firewalls

dynamic ip on my home machine but that shouldnt be an issue yet because:

1. checked NETSTAT and no listening on 4438

2. ran WEBCIT -D and still no listening with NETSTAT

3. cannot log into the server (192.168.1.25) locally on any port besides the already configure apache2 ports

4. checked PS -E | GREP CIT and citserver and webcit running

5. but NETSTAT still doesnt see any listening server

in config i chose 0.0.0.0 as listen address

internal web server option

where is this thing?

Wed Aug 15 2012 22:24:25 EDT from dcarrco @ Uncensored Subject: fresh install on ubuntu server 10.10 cant log in to citadel after inst

hey folks.  just read about citadel and thought i would give it a try.  installed citadel-suite and says its running

i disabled the http port since i have apache2 running and just used the https port set to 4438

disabled ufw and csf firewalls

dynamic ip on my home machine but that shouldnt be an issue yet because:

1. checked NETSTAT and no listening on 4438

2. ran WEBCIT -D and still no listening with NETSTAT

3. cannot log into the server (192.168.1.25) locally on any port besides the already configure apache2 ports

4. checked PS -E | GREP CIT and citserver and webcit running

5. but NETSTAT still doesnt see any listening server

in config i chose 0.0.0.0 as listen address

internal web server option

where is this thing?

 

 

have a look at these faqs:

http://citadel.org/doku.php?id=faq:installation:apacheproxy

(which is at least partialy implemented by the .debs)

http://citadel.org/doku.php?id=documentation:cmdman:webcit

(which more detailed describes the webcit commandline params)

In doubt try running webcit without -d  plus all the other params, it should give you some errors.

Incoming messages are being sent back to sender.  The response from the sender is

"This message was created automatically by the mail system (ecelerity). A message that you sent could not be delivered to one or more of its recipients. This is a permanent error. The following address(es) failed: >>> support@carbon14online.net (reading BANNER): 550 �2" (SENT FROM Road Runner)

On gmail the mail never gets to the server or sent back to the host.

the ONLY thing that changes (which granted could be a big thing) is a ran APT-GET UPDATE && APT-GET DIST-UPGRADE.

WEBCIT WORKS FIND and citadel mail server seems to be working (Can log in from CLI) but still no incoming mesages.

I checked for Black Listing and there and th domain came back a-okay. Not even 1 warning from MXTOOLBOX

In the AIDE INBOX the followin is repeated

------ MESSAGE IN AIDE BOX, REPEATED THOUSANDS OF TIMES -------------------

#] Thu Aug 16 2012 4:39:01 am CDT CDT from "Cron Daemon" <root@mail> to root

Subject: Cron <root@mail> [ -x /usr/lib/php5/maxlifetime ] && [ -d /var/lib/php5 ] && find /var/lib/php5/ -depth -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -type f -ignore_readdir_race -cmin +$(/usr/lib/php5/maxlifetime) ! -execdir fuser -s {} 2>/dev/null \; -delete

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to my previous post above

uname -r = 3.2.0-3-amd64

Thank you for the starting point.  Unfortunately when I connect I get

Connected to mail.carbon14.net.
Escape character is '^]'.
550 �2
Connection closed by foreign host.

which happends to be the exact message i get from the returned mail.  so do you think this is the same thing?  somehow there is a mail client trumping CITADEL? If so wouldn't it appear here?

Scott