various fixes and improvements

[distro-setup] / mail-setup

diff --git a/mail-setup b/mail-setup
index 930ddcca0edd3b4d5dfd2d88c9e4407e3f006fad..b02da1ea52efaec1099e71c47d903269f47b815e 100755 (executable)
--- a/mail-setup
+++ b/mail-setup
@@ -27,6 +27,15 @@ Setup exim4 / postfix / dovecot
 
 The minimal assumption we have is that /etc/mailpass exists
 
+
+I've had problems with postfix on debian:
+on stretch, a startup ordering issue caused all mail to fail.
+postfix changed defaults to only use ipv6 dns, causing all my mail to fail.
+I haven't gotten around to getting a non-debian exim
+setup.
+
+
+
 -h|--help  Print help and exit.
 EOF
     exit $1
@@ -117,6 +126,7 @@ u=$SUDO_USER
 # echo "dmarc dns, name: _dmarc value: v=DMARC1; p=none; rua=mailto:mailauth-reports@$domain"
 
 # # 2017-02 spf policies:
+# # host -t txt lists.fedoraproject.org
 # # google ~all, hotmail -all, yahoo: ?all, fastmail ?all
 # # i include fastmail\'s settings, per their instructions,
 # # and follow their policy. In mail in a box, or similar instructions,
@@ -281,8 +291,9 @@ else # begin exim. has debian specific stuff for now
 
     if [[ -e /p/c/filesystem ]]; then
         # to put the hostname in the known hosts
-        ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no root@li.iankelling.org :
-        /a/exe/vpn-mk-client-cert -b mail -n mail li.iankelling.org
+        :
+        #ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no root@li.iankelling.org :
+        #/a/exe/vpn-mk-client-cert -b mail -n mail li.iankelling.org
     fi
 
     cat >/etc/systemd/system/mailroute.service <<EOF
@@ -405,7 +416,7 @@ OnCalendar=daily
 WantedBy=timers.target
 EOF
     systemctl daemon-reload
-    systemctl start mailcert
+    #systemctl start mailcert
     systemctl restart mailcert.timer
     systemctl enable mailcert.timer
 
@@ -883,6 +894,9 @@ EOF
     done
     # end setup passwd.client
 
+    # by default, only 10 days of logs are kept. increase that.
+    sed -ri 's/^(\s*rotate\s).*/\11000/' /etc/logrotate.d/exim4-base
+
     systemctl restart exim4
 
 fi  #### end if exim4