[Koha] Koha Emails

[vinod mishra]

There is chances of attack/spam through your Koha server, however gmail
always block such automated emails after some time as per my observation.


With Regards,

Vinod Kumar Mishra,
Assistant Librarian,
Biju Patnaik Central Library (BPCL),
NIT Rourkela,
Sundergadh-769008,
Odisha,
India.
Mob:91+9439420860
Website: http://mishravk.com/
ORCID ID: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4666-7874

*"Spiritual relationship is far more precious than physical. Physical
relationship divorced from spiritual is body without soul" -- Mahatma
Gandhi*

On Tue, Jul 31, 2018 at 5:45 PM, Hira Akram <hira.akram at almusnet.com> wrote:

> I Checked and it is showing too many login attempts in log that’s why
> google server has blocked emails from this account. In Gmail account, it is
> showing too many random emails on invalid accounts. But I haven’t sent
> these through Koha or anything. Is it possible that koha sent these emails
> automatically??
>
> Sent from Mail for Windows 10
>
> From: SATISH
> Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2018 4:21 PM
> To: Hira Akram
> Cc: bob at calyx.net.au; koha at lists.katipo.co.nz
> Subject: Re: [Koha] Koha Emails
>
> Hello,
>
> 1. Please verify firewall is enabled or disabled for your machine's IP
> address.
> 2. Next, You could check for "mail log"  to the know exact status.
>
> # tail -f /var/log/mail.log
> # mialq
>
> example is shown here.
> ---------
> # tail -f /var/log/mail.log
> Apr 28 11:20:03 gechlibrary postfix/smtpd[4449]: disconnect from
> localhost[127.0.0.1]
> Apr 28 11:20:32 gechlibrary postfix/smtp[4451]: connect to smtp.gmail.com
> [74.125.24.108]:587: Connection timed out
> Apr 28 11:20:32 gechlibrary postfix/smtp[4452]: connect to smtp.gmail.com
> [74.125.24.109]:587: Connection timed out
> Apr 28 11:21:02 gechlibrary postfix/smtp[4451]: 9BE0E7805B6: to=<
> xyz at gmail.com>, relay=none, delay=60, delays=0.12/0/60/0, dsn=4.4.1,
> status=deferred (connect to smtp.gmail.com[74.125.24.109]:587: Connection
> timed out)
> Apr 28 11:21:03 gechlibrary postfix/smtp[4452]: connect to smtp.gmail.com
> [74.125.24.108]:587: Connection timed out
> Apr 28 11:21:03 gechlibrary postfix/smtp[4452]: C7A8F7805E6: to=<
> xyz at gmail.com>, relay=none, delay=60, delays=0.07/0.01/60/0, dsn=4.4.1,
> status=deferred (connect to smtp.gmail.com[74.125.24.108]:587: Connection
> timed out)
> Apr 28 11:21:03 gechlibrary postfix/smtp[4453]: connect to smtp.gmail.com
> [74.125.24.108]:587: Connection timed out
> Apr 28 11:21:03 gechlibrary postfix/smtp[4453]: E4358780614: to=<
> pqrs at gmail.com>, relay=none, delay=60, delays=0.07/0.01/60/0, dsn=4.4.1,
> status=deferred (connect to smtp.gmail.com[74.125.24.108]:587: Connection
> timed out)
>
> firewall was blocked, and because of this reason, status = deferred was
> appeared in mail log.
>
> #mialq
>
> 18308780A2A      918 Sat Apr 28 10:40:03  root at localhost
> (delivery temporarily suspended: connect to smtp.gmail.com[74.125.24.109]:587:
> Connection timed out)
>                                          xyz at rediffmail.com
>
>
> ---------
> Also refer
> https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/21407/postfix-
> doesnt-send-mail-complaining-about-host-or-domain-name-not-found
>
> Hope! It helps to identify the problem.
>
> Satish MV
> Librarian - Govt. Engineering College
> Opp. Dairy Circle, B.M.Road, Hassan 573 201
> Karnataka, INDIA
> Website: www.gechassan.ac.in, www.library.wordpress.com
>
>
>
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