[exim] Setup for authenticated submission

2006-01-18 Thread Nigel Wade
I'm in the process of deciding how to configure our mail server to provide client submission (port 587, and possibly 465). I'm looking for general tips, and do's and dont's for its configuration. The purpose is to allow authenticated client submission over SSL from the Internet. We are not able

Re: [exim] Setup for authenticated submission

2006-01-18 Thread Jeremy Harris
Nigel Wade wrote: I'm currently leaning towards the idea of a separate Exim process handle mail submission, and for this to relay the mail to the main Exim process for delivery. I'm hoping that will be easier to setup and maintain than a single configuration. Are there any gotchas to this

[exim] SMTP error from remote mail server

2006-01-18 Thread Leonid Shulov
When I send mail from root to SMTP server in log file and Mail Delivery I see this report: [EMAIL PROTECTED] SMTP error from remote mail server after RCPT TO:[EMAIL PROTECTED]: host mail.arabellasw.com [xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx]: 550 cannot route to sender address [EMAIL PROTECTED] What can

Antwort: [exim] SMTP error from remote mail server

2006-01-18 Thread srunschke
[EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb am 18.01.2006 11:16:13: When I send mail from root to SMTP server in log file and Mail Delivery I see this report: [EMAIL PROTECTED] SMTP error from remote mail server after RCPT TO:[EMAIL PROTECTED]: host mail.arabellasw.com [xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx]: 550

Re: [exim] SMTP error from remote mail server

2006-01-18 Thread Jeremy Harris
Leonid Shulov wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] SMTP error from remote mail server after RCPT TO:[EMAIL PROTECTED]: host mail.arabellasw.com [xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx]: 550 cannot route to sender address [EMAIL PROTECTED] Probably myhost.localdomain isn't in the DNS as viewed by mail.arabellasw.com.

Re: Antwort: [exim] SMTP error from remote mail server

2006-01-18 Thread Leonid Shulov
I grep'ed in config files but don't found require verify=sender Leonid [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb am 18.01.2006 11:16:13: When I send mail from root to SMTP server in log file and Mail Delivery I see this report: [EMAIL PROTECTED] SMTP error from

Re: [exim] SMTP error from remote mail server

2006-01-18 Thread Leonid Shulov
Steven Wayne wrote: On Wed, Jan 18, 2006 at 12:16:13PM +0200, Leonid Shulov wrote: Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2006 12:16:13 +0200 From: Leonid Shulov [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: exim-users@exim.org Subject: [exim] SMTP error from remote mail server When I send mail from root to SMTP server in log file

[exim] Recipient verification message

2006-01-18 Thread Steffen Heil
Hi I want to reject mail, if the local recipient is invalid and I have the following in my acl_rcpt: denymessage= unknown user domains= mydomain.de !verify= recipient However, exim printe Unrouteable address instread of unknown user. Why? Is

Re: [exim] Setup for authenticated submission

2006-01-18 Thread Bill Hacker
Jakob Hirsch wrote: Nigel Wade wrote: I'm in the process of deciding how to configure our mail server to provide client submission (port 587, and possibly 465). I'm looking for general tips, and do's and dont's for its configuration. The purpose is to allow authenticated client submission

Re: [exim] Setup for authenticated submission

2006-01-18 Thread Jakob Hirsch
Bill Hacker wrote: bad idea. While RFC 2476 does not explicitly specify it, all installations I know of use STARTTLS. on this port, that is. We have the luxury of not having to cater to WinWoes or Apple 'native' alleged-MUA's, and use different SSL arrival ports for: - faster setup than

Re: [exim] Setup for authenticated submission

2006-01-18 Thread Kjetil Torgrim Homme
On Wed, 2006-01-18 at 18:00 +0800, Bill Hacker wrote: tls_on_connect_ports = 465 : 587 IF and ONLY IF using old-style SSL instead of STARTTLS. MUA-dependent there is NO good reason to use tls_on_connect on port 587. this will only cause interoperability woes. Note that this does not

Re: [exim] Setup for authenticated submission

2006-01-18 Thread Tony Finch
On Wed, 18 Jan 2006, Jakob Hirsch wrote: Bill Hacker wrote: - selecting different acl routing rules for different user groups Depending on the incoming port? Sounds not very reliable. Anyway, I'd rather use some arbitrary port for this than abuse a well-known port. Another way of doing

Re: [exim] Setup for authenticated submission

2006-01-18 Thread Bill Hacker
Jakob Hirsch wrote: Bill Hacker wrote: bad idea. While RFC 2476 does not explicitly specify it, all installations I know of use STARTTLS. on this port, that is. We have the luxury of not having to cater to WinWoes or Apple 'native' alleged-MUA's, and use different SSL arrival ports

Re: [exim] Setup for authenticated submission

2006-01-18 Thread Bill Hacker
Kjetil Torgrim Homme wrote: On Wed, 2006-01-18 at 18:00 +0800, Bill Hacker wrote: tls_on_connect_ports = 465 : 587 IF and ONLY IF using old-style SSL instead of STARTTLS. MUA-dependent there is NO good reason to use tls_on_connect on port 587. this will only cause interoperability woes.

Re: [exim] Setup for authenticated submission

2006-01-18 Thread Bill Hacker
Tony Finch wrote: On Wed, 18 Jan 2006, Jakob Hirsch wrote: Bill Hacker wrote: - selecting different acl routing rules for different user groups Depending on the incoming port? Sounds not very reliable. Anyway, I'd rather use some arbitrary port for this than abuse a well-known port.

Re: [exim] Setup for authenticated submission

2006-01-18 Thread Kjetil Torgrim Homme
On Wed, 2006-01-18 at 22:53 +0800, Bill Hacker wrote: Kjetil Torgrim Homme wrote: there is NO good reason to use tls_on_connect on port 587. this will only cause interoperability woes. [...] an MTA set up to use port 587, ostensibly for security purposes! luckily we had put in a check

[exim] Conditions for unseen option

2006-01-18 Thread Josh Berry
Just a quick question, Is is possible, in a router, to specify unseen only if certain conditions are met. i.e. the router will not always be unseen but whether it is or not will depend on some pre-defined condition (in my case a mysql lookup). Thanks, -- | Josh Berry

Re: [exim] Conditions for unseen option

2006-01-18 Thread Mike Grice
On Wed, 2006-01-18 at 15:19 +, Josh Berry wrote: Just a quick question, Is is possible, in a router, to specify unseen only if certain conditions are met. i.e. the router will not always be unseen but whether it is or not will depend on some pre-defined condition (in my case a mysql

Re: [exim] Conditions for unseen option

2006-01-18 Thread Tony Finch
On Wed, 18 Jan 2006, Josh Berry wrote: Is is possible, in a router, to specify unseen only if certain conditions are met. Yes, the unseen option goes through string expansion, as you can see from the * in its header in the documentation. Tony. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [exim] Exim mail is going into Yahoo Bulk Mail folder

2006-01-18 Thread Giuliano Gavazzi
strange, I got this when I attempted delivery of this message: SMTP error from remote mail server after end of data: host sesame.csx.cam.ac.uk [131.111.8.41]: 550 Administrative prohibition was it for the presence of the string spam in the To:? On 18 Jan 2006, at 07:50, [EMAIL

Re: [exim] Exim mail is going into Yahoo Bulk Mail folder

2006-01-18 Thread Tony Finch
On Wed, 18 Jan 2006, Giuliano Gavazzi wrote: strange, I got this when I attempted delivery of this message: SMTP error from remote mail server after end of data: host sesame.csx.cam.ac.uk [131.111.8.41]: 550 Administrative prohibition was it for the presence of the string spam in the

Re: [exim] Setup for authenticated submission

2006-01-18 Thread Bill Hacker
Kjetil Torgrim Homme wrote: On Wed, 2006-01-18 at 22:53 +0800, Bill Hacker wrote: Kjetil Torgrim Homme wrote: there is NO good reason to use tls_on_connect on port 587. this will only cause interoperability woes. [...] an MTA set up to use port 587, ostensibly for security purposes!

Re: [exim] Setup for authenticated submission

2006-01-18 Thread Jakob Hirsch
Bill Hacker wrote: - selecting different acl routing rules for different user groups Depending on the incoming port? Sounds not very reliable. Why so? Incoming ports tend to stay where you put 'em. Sure, but client configurations tend to change all the time. And what stops people from using

Re: [exim] Setup for authenticated submission

2006-01-18 Thread Marc Sherman
Nigel Wade wrote: If you rely on STARTTLS, is it possible to enforce STARTTLS *before* authentication, so some user doesn't configure their MUA to send their credentials unencrypted? Since this is to allow non-local submission I don't want this information being sent unencrypted. Yes,

Re: [exim] Exim mail is going into Yahoo Bulk Mail folder

2006-01-18 Thread Giuliano Gavazzi
On 18 Jan 2006, at 16:29, Tony Finch wrote: On Wed, 18 Jan 2006, Giuliano Gavazzi wrote: strange, I got this when I attempted delivery of this message: SMTP error from remote mail server after end of data: host sesame.csx.cam.ac.uk [131.111.8.41]: 550 Administrative prohibition was

Re: [exim] Setup for authenticated submission

2006-01-18 Thread Kjetil Torgrim Homme
On Wed, 2006-01-18 at 23:33 +0800, Bill Hacker wrote: Kjetil Torgrim Homme wrote: uh. this doesn't make any sense. port 587 is to be used to authenticated SMTP. it should start out unencrypted. Why should it not be encrypted from the outset? 'Coz there are inflexible MUA's? Easily

Re: [exim] Setup for authenticated submission

2006-01-18 Thread Bill Hacker
Jakob Hirsch wrote: Bill Hacker wrote: - selecting different acl routing rules for different user groups Depending on the incoming port? Sounds not very reliable. Why so? Incoming ports tend to stay where you put 'em. Sure, but client configurations tend to change all the time. Not

Re: [exim] Setup for authenticated submission

2006-01-18 Thread Kjetil Torgrim Homme
On Wed, 2006-01-18 at 15:53 +, Nigel Wade wrote: One thing which puzzles me is that everyone is of the opinion that a single Exim, with everything rolled into one config. is simpler. I don't get this. I really would have expected it to be simpler and cleaner, to separate the roles,

Re: [exim] Extending greylisting

2006-01-18 Thread Richard Clayton
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Alun [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes I've had an idea that could make greylisting more useful in the presence of spammers that retry. I thought I'd publicise it somewhere to see what people think. why not on an anti-spam

Re: [exim] Setup for authenticated submission

2006-01-18 Thread John W. Baxter
On 1/18/06 1:22 AM, Nigel Wade [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm in the process of deciding how to configure our mail server to provide client submission (port 587, and possibly 465). I'm looking for general tips, and do's and dont's for its configuration. The purpose is to allow authenticated

Re: [exim] Setup for authenticated submission

2006-01-18 Thread John W. Baxter
On 1/18/06 8:09 AM, Kjetil Torgrim Homme [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Only if you do not want it to begin life in an SSL 'tunnel'. We do. fair enough, but this is at odds with Internet standards Now, now...it's only been deprecated for a decade or so, in favor of STARTTLS. And it will stay in

Re: [exim] Setup for authenticated submission

2006-01-18 Thread Jakob Hirsch
Bill Hacker wrote: it is NOT required to use STARTTLS, many prefer to use CRAM-MD5 or similar schemes which aren't vulnerable to sniffing. How, pray tell, is the know-long-ago-compromised MD5 less 'vulnerable' than the current higher-level releases of SSL/TLS? It is surely not (and Kjetil

Re: [exim] Setup for authenticated submission

2006-01-18 Thread Andrew - Supernews
Bill == Bill Hacker [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Bill The first is wasteful of a scarce resource, (IP's) the second Bill is not optimal if the far-end is looking at the sender's Bill {domain} against the helo (as we ourselves do). Trying to match the sender domain against the helo is an

Re: [exim] Exim mail is going into Yahoo Bulk Mail folder

2006-01-18 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Received: from h-67-102-130-132.lsanca54.covad.net ([67.102.130.132]: 1133 helo=hermione.shadowamerica.org) by sesame.csx.cam.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.44) id 1Ez79E-000DoJ-3S for exim-users@exim.org; Wed, 18 Jan 2006 06:50:29 + Received: from spamhole (helo=localhost)

Re: [exim] Setup for authenticated submission

2006-01-18 Thread John W. Baxter
On 1/18/06 1:22 PM, Kjetil Torgrim Homme [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: upgrade to TLS in HTTP is RFC 2817, btw. And the wording under Motivation might be called not optimistic about https: going away within my lifetime (which is more past than future unless I make 132 or so). It is interesting that

RE: [exim] best practices for set up and authentication

2006-01-18 Thread Kjetil Torgrim Homme
On Wed, 2006-01-18 at 12:24 -0500, Tony Heal wrote: BTW If you are going to take the time to reply with comments on upgrading I would think that the least you could do is answer the questions asked and assume that the user would be using the upgraded version. I am looking for a list of best

Re: [exim] Setup for authenticated submission

2006-01-18 Thread Bill Hacker
Andrew - Supernews wrote: Bill == Bill Hacker [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: *SNIP* It is a _NORMAL_ case for the HELO domain to be different to the domain Not uncommon, yes, Dunno if 'Normal' fits so well w/r MTA's. *SNIP* However, and this is the important point, looking for multiple

Re: [exim] Setup for authenticated submission

2006-01-18 Thread Kjetil Torgrim Homme
On Thu, 2006-01-19 at 08:04 +0800, Bill Hacker wrote: Andrew - Supernews wrote: It is a _NORMAL_ case for the HELO domain to be different to the domain Not uncommon, yes, Dunno if 'Normal' fits so well w/r MTA's. very few properly set up servers will have the domain name as their hostname.

Re: [exim] Setup for authenticated submission

2006-01-18 Thread Andrew - Supernews
Bill == Bill Hacker [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: It is a _NORMAL_ case for the HELO domain to be different to the domain Bill Not uncommon, yes, Dunno if 'Normal' fits so well w/r MTA's. Less than 50% of the non-spam mail that comes to our support mailbox from our customers has a HELO

Re: [exim] Setup for authenticated submission

2006-01-18 Thread Bill Hacker
Kjetil Torgrim Homme wrote: On Thu, 2006-01-19 at 08:04 +0800, Bill Hacker wrote: Andrew - Supernews wrote: It is a _NORMAL_ case for the HELO domain to be different to the domain Not uncommon, yes, Dunno if 'Normal' fits so well w/r MTA's. very few properly set up servers will have

Re: [exim] Setup for authenticated submission

2006-01-18 Thread John W. Baxter
On 1/18/06 5:20 PM, Andrew - Supernews [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It surprises you? We've been doing it for ten years; there are parts of the world in which none of the ISPs have ever heard of Usenet, and even in the USA there are few ISPs that have an inhouse Usenet service of usable quality.