help required: how to get mailutils-comsatd biff notification

[sh4r4d]

Hi All,

I am new user to mailutils,

In my Ubuntu 9.04 I have installed mailutils
I also copied dot.biffrc

=============================\/=========================
~% aptitude search mailutil
i   libmailutils-dev        - Development files for GNU mailutils                            
i   libmailutils1           - GNU Mail abstraction library                                  
i   mailutils               - GNU mailutils utilities for handling mail
i   mailutils-comsatd       - GNU mailutils-based comsatd daemon      
p   mailutils-imap4d        - GNU mailutils-based IMAP4 Daemon        
p   mailutils-mh            - GNU mailutils-based MH utilities        
p   mailutils-pop3d         - GNU mailutils-based POP3 Daemon          
i   uw-mailutils            - c-client support programs    

~% cp /usr/share/doc/mailutils-comsatd/examples/dot.biffrc ~/.biffrc

~% cat /etc/inetd.conf
biff dgram udp wait root /usr/sbin/comsatd comsatd -i

~% xhost +

=============================/\=========================

and used six line biff script,
=============================\/=========================
#!/usr/bin/env bash
case $1 in
y) chmod u+x `tty`;;
n) chmod u-x `tty`;;
'') ls -l `tty`|sed 's/...x.*/is y/;s/...-.*/is n/';;
*) echo "usage: $0 "'[y|n]' >&2;;
esac
=============================/\=========================

But still unable to get any new mail notification.

I am using postfix to send mail, not to receive mail
I am receiving mail using offlineimap

Attached my /etc/potfix/main.cf also



Please help how to get comsatd both tty and graphical new mail
notifications.

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[Sergey Poznyakoff-2]

Hello,

> Please help how to get comsatd both tty and graphical new mail
> notifications.

Follow these steps:

1. Make sure your mail delivery agent is able to send biff
notifications, and is properly configured to do that.
2. Read comsatd documentation [1], especially its part
regarding per-user configuration files [2]:

 [1] http://www.gnu.org/software/mailutils/manual/html_node/comsatd.html
 [2] http://www.gnu.org/software/mailutils/manual/html_node/dot_002ebiffrc.html

3. Make sure your .biffrc matches [2] and has correct permissions.
4. Enable biff notifications by running `biff y'

Regards,
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[sh4r4d]

Hi Sergey

> Follow these steps:
>
> 1. Make sure your mail delivery agent is able to send biff
> notifications, and is properly configured to do that.

This I do not have correct idea, what MDA should be here,
So I have posted my postfix main.cf file which has

biff = yes

and I configured postfix as null machine can not receive mails.

and I am using offlinemap for syning mail from gmail,its offlinemaprc I am pasting here
        ==========================\/==========================
        [general]
        autorefresh = 30
        accounts = Gmail
        maxsyncaccounts = 1
       
        [Account Gmail]
        localrepository = Local
        remoterepository = Remote
       
        [Repository Local]
        type = IMAP
        remotehost = localhost
        port = 143
        remoteuser = sharad
        remotepass = ********
       
        [Repository Remote]
        type = IMAP
        remotehost = imap.gmail.com
        remoteuser = sh4r4d@...
        remotepass = ********
        ssl = yes
        maxconnections = 1
        realdelete = no
        folderfilter = lambda foldername: foldername in ['INBOX']
       
        # realdelete = no
        ==========================\/==========================

So exactly I can not say who is actually MDA here.

> 2. Read comsatd documentation [1], especially its part
> regarding per-user configuration files [2]:
>
>  [1] http://www.gnu.org/software/mailutils/manual/html_node/comsatd.html
>  [2] http://www.gnu.org/software/mailutils/manual/html_node/dot_002ebiffrc.html
>

Yes both part already before first mail.

> 3. Make sure your .biffrc matches [2] and has correct permissions.

attaching my .biffrc




its permission is
600

> 4. Enable biff notifications by running `biff y'
>

I do not have biff as it conflict with mailutils-comsats in Ubuntu
so using six line biff script.

But still not able to get anything working.
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[sh4r4d]

Hi,

Few more thing wanted to add to last post

On Ubuntu 9.04

   comsatd  do not accept --test

and
   mailutils-config --info sysconfdir

return error.

   mailutils-config --info
        VERSION=1.2
        USE_LIBPAM
        HAVE_LIBLTDL
        WITH_GDBM
        WITH_GNUTLS
        WITH_GSASL
        WITH_GSSAPI
        WITH_GUILE
        WITH_PTHREAD
        WITH_READLINE
        HAVE_MYSQL
        ENABLE_VIRTUAL_DOMAINS
        ENABLE_IMAP
        ENABLE_POP
        ENABLE_MH
        ENABLE_MAILDIR
        ENABLE_SMTP
        ENABLE_SENDMAIL
        ENABLE_NNTP

very much different from as given in Manual.

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[Sergey Poznyakoff-2]

> Few more thing wanted to add to last post

So, let's begin with this one:

>    comsatd  do not accept --test
>
> and
>    mailutils-config --info sysconfdir
>
> return error.
>
>    mailutils-config --info
> VERSION=1.2

Version 1.2 is more than two years old by now. I strongly recommend
to upgrade to the recent Mailutils version (which is 2.1, released
on 10 Sep 2009).

> This I do not have correct idea, what MDA should be here,
> So I have posted my postfix main.cf file which has
>
> biff = yes

OK.

> and I configured postfix as null machine can not receive mails.
>
> and I am using offlinemap for syning mail from gmail,its offlinemaprc
> I am pasting here

I don't know what offlinemap is and what is has to do with biff notification.

> > 3. Make sure your .biffrc matches [2] and has correct permissions.
>
> attaching my .biffrc

It is OK and works fine on my box.

> its permission is
> 600

Good.

> I do not have biff as it conflict with mailutils-comsats in Ubuntu

Huh? What to you mean?

> so using six line biff script.

It's OK.

> But still not able to get anything working.

Verify the following:

1. Is comsat listening on its port?
Run
  netstat -an|grep :512
and verify its output. It should display something similar to

udp        0      0 127.0.0.1:512             0.0.0.0:*

2. Is the delivery agent able to reach the IP address comsat listens
on?
The IP address in question is shown in the output from [1].

3. Does your tty have the `execute' bit on?
Run
  ls -l `tty`
and verify its output.

If the answer on all three questions above is `yes', send some mail
to your account and watch if the notification message appears on the
console. If it does not, than your MDA does not send notifications at
all.

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Sergey


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[sh4r4d]

Hi Sergey,

> Version 1.2 is more than two years old by now. I strongly recommend
> to upgrade to the recent Mailutils version (which is 2.1, released
> on 10 Sep 2009).

Installed 2.1 from source

> I don't know what offlinemap is and what is has to do with biff notification.

offlineimap sync two different imap accounts.

,----[from offlineimap wiki]
| OfflineIMAP is a tool to simplify your e-mail reading. With OfflineIMAP,
| you can read the same mailbox from multiple computers. You get a current
| copy of your messages on each computer, and changes you make one place
| will be visible on all other systems. For instance, you can delete a
| message on your home computer, and it will appear deleted on your work
| computer as well. OfflineIMAP is also useful if you want to use a mail
| reader that does not have IMAP support, has poor IMAP support, or does
| not provide disconnected operation.
`----

> Verify the following:
>
> 1. Is comsat listening on its port?
> Run
>   netstat -an|grep :512
> and verify its output. It should display something similar to
>
> udp        0      0 127.0.0.1:512             0.0.0.0:*

No, my machine output is like

 $ netstat -an|grep :512
 udp6       0      0 :::512                  :::*                              

 
> 2. Is the delivery agent able to reach the IP address comsat listens
> on?
> The IP address in question is shown in the output from [1].
>

I do not have good idea about MDA, but in postfix I guess it is maildrop
I do not know how to test that it can access ip address.


> 3. Does your tty have the `execute' bit on?
> Run
>   ls -l `tty`
> and verify its output.

Now it i on.

  $ cat /etc/inetd.conf look like
  # biff dgram udp wait root /usr/sbin/comsatd comsatd -i
  comsat dgram  udp wait  root  /usr/local/sbin/comsatd            comsatd -c /etc/comsat.conf

and /etc/comsat.conf is empty.


In maillog I am seeing repeated error

   /var/log/mail.err:Oct  7 23:12:52 localhost comsatd[28713]: recvfrom: Socket operation on non-socket


> If the answer on all three questions above is `yes', send some mail
> to your account and watch if the notification message appears on the
> console. If it does not, than your MDA does not send notifications at
> all.

at for Q1 answer is not yes, Q2 output is not same, Q3 answer is yes.
you might have some idea about maillog error.

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