[: Re: [Vmail-discuss] problems with vmc]

[Donovan Craig]

Sorry pressed r instead of g..

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> Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2004 16:43:10 +1000
> Subject: Re: [Vmail-discuss] problems with vmc
> To: Odhiambo Washington <wash@wananchi.com>
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> On Wed, Sep 22, 2004 at 08:17:37AM +0300, Odhiambo Washington wrote:
> 
> [..]
> 
> > > I don't think Derek is around anymore. He was the original author of
> > > VMC. 
> > 
> > Does that mean he "went home to the Father"?
> 
> I don't think so.. I hope not.
> 
> [..]
> 
> > > > I am running vmc-0.2.1 and I must say it's really served me well.
> > > > However, I have some problem that I believe emanates from my stupidity!
> > > > At some point, there were messages being displayed, for example after
> > > > you changed a password, it would say something to the effect that the
> > > > password was changed, when a popbox was deleted, it would display a mesg
> > > > to that effect. What setting do I require to get the msgs displaying?
> > > > I am imagining it's something in php.ini
> > > 
> > > This is probably my (or Derek's) fault, it may require 'register_globals = off' for
> > > this feature to work.
> > 
> > I checked my php.ini and that value was actually "Off". I remember I
> > turned this Off some time.
> 
> My mistake, I meant 'On'. I tried to get all of these as the original
> version was completely different in the back-end. 
> 
> It's worth mentioning that you can use the lib file as a back-end to any
> front end you may want.
> 
> [..]
> 
> > > It's been a while since I've done any work on it, but have a look at the
> > > latest version which is:
> > > 
> > > www.snapfrozen.com/vmc-latest.tar.bz2
> > 
> > Well, actually, this is what I have been running all along. It was a
> > mistake when I said I was running the one from
> > http://www.etherealdesign.com/vmc/ - I am actually running your
> > code. Sorry for the misrepresentation.
> 
> No problem. I've fixed these little things now.
> > 
> > 
> > > > How do I diagnose this one?
> > > 
> > > Try switching register_globals to 'off' in php.ini, if this solves the
> > > problem let me know and I'll fix it for you.
> 
> I got it wrong again! I really meant 'On' ;-) Basically you can't access
> variables directly from a GET string, they are now only available from
> within the 'super globals' like $_GET and $_POST.
> 
> > I actually turned it On for the confirmation messages to work.
> > The same change also made Derek's version to work as well.
> > ...but it's said that php code should be written such that it does
> > not require register_globals to be "On", yes?  
> 
> That's right. I tried to get them all but missed some. These are fixed
> now. Let me know if you have any further problems with this.
> 
> > > BTW: There are actually two versions of the application. The one
> > > available for download doesn't have IMAP support and the one I use does.
> > > I need to get around to making this a switch so that the support can be
> > > switched on and off. In the meantime, are you using IMAP?
> > 
> > My setup supports Maildir but the users I manage with vmail-sql have no
> > IMAP access. I have tied them to POP3 because I run a funny setup where
> > I have both virtual as well as system users. It would have been easy for
> > me to run IMAP if I eliminated the system users, who are the ones who
> > have IMAP access.
> 
> I'll need to look into how to switch these on and off in VMC. I've left
> it out for now.
> 
> [..]
> 
> > BTW, would you be willing to consider merging your project with the 
> > Vexim project (http://silverwraith.com/vexim)?
> > VMC and Vexim both seem to have the same goals. Vexim2 already handles
> > domain aliases very well. I remember you once asked that question and
> > noone responded on the list ;) Just a suggestion, not a step meant to
> > kill VMC.
> 
> From what I can see, this seems to be a replacement for vmail-sql. This
> is probably a question to ask Chris.
> 
> I'll have a good look at it though.. Thank's.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Donovan
> 
> 
> Donovan Craig
> Go4 Multimedia
> 
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Donovan Craig
Go4 Multimedia

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( ) 14B Warleigh Grv, Brighton VIC 3186