For what its worth, i switched to using Apache as the reverse proxy, things are ok now.
Tried to use Pound after Tinyproxy, and while i think it woudl work ( and is small, etc ) but it does a https redirect on every call, and it seems you cant turn it off. Sure, that might be the 'best' way these days, and one should never do anything that isn't SSL, but until i have certs on everything that breaks me.
So I quickly followed the directions in the docs in regards to the docker install (which there are no -p docs for it seems?) and I have the server up and running, but logging into it interactively and trying to run setup results in an error that 'setup could not connect to a running citadel server.: No such file or directory citadel-admin.socket'. How does one 'setup' the docker container install?
sorry if I missed the docs on this somewhere!
So I quickly followed the directions in the docs in regards to the docker install (which there are no -p docs for it seems?) and I have the server up and running, but logging into it interactively and trying to run setup results in an error that 'setup could not connect to a running citadel server.: No such file or directory citadel-admin.socket'. How does one 'setup' the docker container install?
sorry if I missed the docs on this somewhere!
nevermind! got the setup to work, see the default password is 'citadel' ... duh ...
cheers ..
Help me out here, what is a "-p doc" ?
Correct, there is no setup step on the Docker version, it is already running and you just log into it.
Help me out here, what is a "-p doc" ?
apologies ... -p (parameters that you pass docker run ...)
thanks!
also, just a heads up, looks like the link for the 'example customized login screen' on https://www.citadel.org/documentation.html is incorrect ... it links to the same link as 'sample customized room view' ...
Cheers,
Jay
apologies ... -p (parameters that you pass docker run ...)
Thanks for pointing that out. I have amended https://www.citadel.org/docker.html with a section documenting all of the optional flags.
also, just a heads up, looks like the link for the 'example customized login screen' on https://www.citadel.org/documentation.html is incorrect ... it links to the same link as 'sample customized room view' ...
Thanks for pointing that out too. There were a bunch of obsolete links in that section and I have removed them.
Hi all,
I'm just about to set up a personal email server, and am considering Citadel, but have two questions.
1) Is it possible to set up "encryption on rest" (what I mean by this is that any unencrypted emails that land on the server are encrypted using a GPG key)?
2) I'm planning on having a local server on a Raspberry Pi and a remote server on a VPS (both Citadel). Any emails I send should go to my local server, get forwarded to the remote server and then sent to their intended recipient. Any emails sent to me should be sent to the remote server, and then forwarded to my local server. Basically I want the remote server to act as a private relay (which doesn't permanently store any messages, just sends them where they have to go). I saw https://www.citadel.org/relay.html but that doesn't seem to be about what I'm trying to do. Is a set up like this possible?
:)
Subject: Re: Two questions: Encryption on rest and Relays
1) There's no support for encryption-at-rest in the message store itself.
You might consider just encrypting the volume that it runs on? I don't know your specific situation but maybe that would work.
2) If you need to relay both inbound and outbound mail through an external relay, then your "local" server should be a Citadel, but the "external" server should not. You can use postfix or whatever your favorite traditional MTA is. The configuration would be something like this:
* For outbound mail, follow the smart host instructions at https://www.citadel.org/relay.html
* For inbound mail, configure the external server to relay your domain's mail to the Citadel server. If you are running Citadel from a dynamic or unpublished address then maybe configure a Wireguard tunnel to be initiated by the private server and then point the mail towards your end of the tunnel, so when the tunnel is up, the mail queue will be sent to it.
This type of setup used to be very common back in the days when a lot of sites had demand-dialed Internet connections.
Subject: Re: Two questions: Encryption on rest and Relays
Excellent. Thank you. That all sounds perfect. I'll have a go setting it up, and come back if I get stuck! :)
Sun Jan 30 2022 11:47:41 EST from IGnatius T Foobar Subject: Re: Two questions: Encryption on rest and Relays
1) There's no support for encryption-at-rest in the message store itself.
You might consider just encrypting the volume that it runs on? I don't know your specific situation but maybe that would work.
2) If you need to relay both inbound and outbound mail through an external relay, then your "local" server should be a Citadel, but the "external" server should not. You can use postfix or whatever your favorite traditional MTA is. The configuration would be something like this:
* For outbound mail, follow the smart host instructions at https://www.citadel.org/relay.html
* For inbound mail, configure the external server to relay your domain's mail to the Citadel server. If you are running Citadel from a dynamic or unpublished address then maybe configure a Wireguard tunnel to be initiated by the private server and then point the mail towards your end of the tunnel, so when the tunnel is up, the mail queue will be sent to it.
This type of setup used to be very common back in the days when a lot of sites had demand-dialed Internet connections.
Subject: Re: Two questions: Encryption on rest and Relays
Excellent. Thank you. That all sounds perfect. I'll have a go setting itup,
and come back if I get stuck! :)
Come back even if you don't get stuck. We have a great community here :)
I am condiering to install Citadel on an Unbuntu test/home machine. My main interest lies in mediawiki farm and mails. I do not find where to have documentation about installing and running them under citadel?
Thx!
I have just installed Citadel on Mint Linux 19.3 using the Software manager. I used all the defaults. I am unable to log in. When I get to the login screen, there is a banner that says "You must be logged in to access this page." Attempting to login using admin user name and password gets me back to the same page. Using a different password bring up a Wrong Password message as one would expect.
Never Mind. Installed using Easy Install and everything seems to be working.
Hey everyone,
I'm still struggling with this problem. I'm out of ideas of what to try. Everything else works perfectly.
Mail attachments wont receive correctly. I managed to send a text document attached, but ended up with text like the following;
ensure that when the wor����2F��R��R�fR6��f�FV�6P��F�R&�6W72�B�W"��O�egrity.
There was no formatting in the original document.
I'm assuming this is why no other files are working correctly, the information is corrupted.
Citadel 939 with WebCit 939, server build 939
Running on raspberry pi 3b, raspbian.
Changed the max message length to more then enough aswell. No change.
Thanks,
Subject: Re: Mail attachments corrupted
Hey everyone,
I'm still struggling with this problem. I'm out of ideas of what to try. Everything else works perfectly.
Mail attachments wont receive correctly. I managed to send a text document attached, but ended up with text like the following;
ensure that when the wor����2F��R��R�fR6��f�FV�6P��F�R&�6W72�B�W"��O�egrity.
There was no formatting in the original document.
I'm assuming this is why no other files are working correctly, the information is corrupted.
Citadel 939 with WebCit 939, server build 939
Running on raspberry pi 3b, raspbian.
Changed the max message length to more then enough aswell. No change.
Thanks,