Test Xqm Agent 1.06/win32 Now!, New: Hostnames and subnets as trustees

[hschneider]

Hi,

if you are interested in some BETA testing, you can download XQM Agent 1.06 at
http://xmail.marketmix.com/download/xqmagent_106.exe (Win32 platform, only!)

There is also an update of the XQM manual with some config examples for the agent at
http://xmail.marketmix.com/preview/docs/in...html

New in this XQM Agent release:
- TRUSTED_CLIENTS can be a mixed list of IP numbers, subnets (e.g. 192.168.0.*) or hostnames.
- Together with free dynamic IP services like e.g. http://no-ip.com, you can manage a XMail host in the internet, even when your client and your server use dynamic IP addresses.

ToDo:
- If a new dynamic IP is reassigned, then the agent needs to be restarted. This will be automated later on.

Please give some feedback, especially about your network scenario.

[BooT]

Hi

COOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL

Works 100 % So far....

I just added my IP like this: 10.245.23.*

When i dailup the last part always changes. My Xmail server is on the internet and i have to log in every time and add my IP to the list... Then restart the service and then only i could log in.

What would be nice is a username and password to be abl;e to connect vie agent to your Xmail box... What would u think?
Specify it in the .conf file or just use the master admin password for Xmail.

makes it more secure....

I like secure connections...LOL

But as it is now it works.

[hschneider]

>time and add my IP to the list... Then restart the service and then only i could log in.

If the XMail machine has a static IP, then you can use a dynamic name service for your client. See http://no-ip.com for details. Then the agent verifys the connection by your no-ip domain name. Your agent's .conf file then looks something like this:

TRUSTED_CLIENTS=somename.no-ip.com

>.. username and password
This is indeed in my queue ... :-)
Seperate user+password auth or combination with IP check.

Thanks for the feedback!

[BooT]

Anything to help

[BooT]

Hmmmmmmmmmmm

I just Ran a Query to the Que....

There was 2 frozen messages....

I deleted them and then it ran a Query again......

It was running for about 10 Min's and nothing happened. I then hit the Cancel Query button... It was running for another 10 min's and nothing happened. I Had to "End Task" on my local PC.

???

After i "End Task" I ran it again....
Worked 100 % again.... ( Nothing was in the Que )

[hschneider]

Thanks for the info. Are there any hints in the server's event logs ?
Can you reproduce that error?
Can you remember why the 2 messages were frozen (e.g. invalid spoolfile format) ?
Do you access the server by machine name or by a dynamic IP service?

I only know that behavior from one certain situation:
- The server's or the client's IP changes during a transaction betwwen XQM and the agent.
- This can happen, when you use dyn. IPs and their leasing time expired.
Then your DHCP service reassignes a new IP to a machine name.

This will be fixed in one of the next releases.

[hschneider]

IP changes should be no prob anymore with 1.19.