1 You can do several tests of qmail delivery without setting up qmail to
2 accept messages through SMTP or through /usr/lib/sendmail:
4 1. After you start qmail, look for a
5 qmail: status: local 0/10 remote 0/20
6 line in syslog. qmail-send always prints either ``cannot start'' or
7 ``status''. (The big number is a splogger timestamp.)
9 2. Do a ps and look for the qmail daemons. There should be four of
10 them, all idle: qmail-send, running as qmails; qmail-lspawn, running
11 as root; qmail-rspawn, running as qmailr; and qmail-clean, running
12 as qmailq. You will also see splogger, running as qmaill.
14 3. Local-local test: Send yourself an empty message. (Replace ``me''
15 with your username. Make sure to include the ``to:'' colon.)
16 % echo to: me | /var/qmail/bin/qmail-inject
17 The message will show up immediately in your mailbox, and syslog
18 will show something like this:
20 qmail: info msg 53: bytes 246 from <me@domain> qp 20345 uid 666
21 qmail: starting delivery 1: msg 53 to local me@domain
22 qmail: status: local 1/10 remote 0/20
23 qmail: delivery 1: success: did_1+0+0/
24 qmail: status: local 0/10 remote 0/20
26 (53 is an inode number; 20345 is a process ID; your numbers will
27 probably be different.)
29 4. Local-error test: Send a message to a nonexistent local address.
30 % echo to: nonexistent | /var/qmail/bin/qmail-inject
32 qmail: info msg 53: bytes 246 from <me@domain> qp 20351 uid 666
33 qmail: starting delivery 2: msg 53 to local nonexistent@domain
34 qmail: status: local 1/10 remote 0/20
35 qmail: delivery 2: failure: No_such_address.__#5.1.1_/
36 qmail: status: local 0/10 remote 0/20
37 qmail: bounce msg 53 qp 20357
40 qmail: info msg 54: bytes 743 from <> qp 20357 uid 666
41 qmail: starting delivery 3: msg 54 to local me@domain
42 qmail: status: local 1/10 remote 0/20
43 qmail: delivery 3: success: did_1+0+0/
44 qmail: status: local 0/10 remote 0/20
46 You will now have a bounce message in your mailbox.
48 5. Local-remote test: Send an empty message to your account on another
50 % echo to: me@wherever | /var/qmail/bin/qmail-inject
52 qmail: info msg 53: bytes 246 from <me@domain> qp 20372 uid 666
53 qmail: starting delivery 4: msg 53 to remote me@wherever
54 qmail: status: local 0/10 remote 1/20
55 qmail: delivery 4: success: 1.2.3.4_accepted_message./...
56 qmail: status: local 0/10 remote 0/20
58 There will be a pause between ``starting delivery'' and ``success'';
59 SMTP is slow. Check that the message is in your mailbox on the other
62 6. Local-postmaster test: Send mail to postmaster, any capitalization.
63 % echo to: POSTmaster | /var/qmail/bin/qmail-inject
64 Look for the message in the alias mailbox, normally ~alias/Mailbox.
66 7. Double-bounce test: Send a message with a completely bad envelope.
67 % /var/qmail/bin/qmail-inject -f nonexistent
71 This is a test. This is only a test.
73 (Use end-of-file, not dot, to end the message.) Look for the double
74 bounce in the alias mailbox.
76 8. Group membership test:
77 % cat > ~me/.qmail-groups
78 |groups >> MYGROUPS; exit 0
79 % /var/qmail/bin/qmail-inject me-groups < /dev/null
81 MYGROUPS will show your normal gid and nothing else. (Under Solaris,
82 make sure to use /usr/ucb/groups; /usr/bin/groups is broken.)