Thread Notifier broken?

[Mark Ross]

Hi Rob,

Not sure if you are aware of this, but when you post to a thread in this forum software you can choose to be notified if anyone replies to your post, via a number of mechanisms. I have my set to instant notification, but, I never get notified. Not sure, maybe your setup doesn't send these notices?

Makes it hard to keep on top of stuff thats been posted in replies to ones posts...

- mark

[Mark Ross]

I just got a test message from you Rob!

[Rob Beckers]

Thank you for letting me know Mark!
The move to Linux must have broken it. I've gone over the settings, fixed what was broken (hopefully), and am hopeful that it's working again. The issue I found had to do with SELinux (stands for Security Enhanced Linux, it's a kernel-mode layer adding more security to standard Linux) not allowing the Web server (where the forum runs) to contact the mail server. SELinux is a very restrictive security framework, aimed at limiting the damage in case someone hacks an account or subsystem. For example, hacking the Web server, if possible, will not get one very far on this server or the local network; SELinux doesn't allow the hacker to do much with that account.

So, I've added a rule for SELinux to allow the Web server to talk to our mail server (but nothing else), and tested it. Seems to work OK when I try it with my mail account. I've sent a test message to your mail account as well, hopefully that arrived!

-RoB-

[Mark Ross]

Thank you for letting me know Mark!
The move to Linux must have broken it. I've gone over the settings, fixed what was broken (hopefully), and am hopeful that it's working again. The issue I found had to do with SELinux (stands for Security Enhanced Linux, it's a kernel-mode layer adding more security to standard Linux) not allowing the Web server (where the forum runs) to contact the mail server. SELinux is a very restrictive security framework, aimed at limiting the damage in case someone hacks an account or subsystem. For example, hacking the Web server, if possible, will not get one very far on this server or the local network; SELinux doesn't allow the hacker to do much with that account.

So, I've added a rule for SELinux to allow the Web server to talk to our mail server (but nothing else), and tested it. Seems to work OK when I try it with my mail account. I've sent a test message to your mail account as well, hopefully that arrived!

-RoB-

Yay, all seems to be working now! Thanks for the quick turnaround!