On Tue, Jun 10, 2014 at 08:02:55PM -0500, Noel Jones wrote: > On 6/10/2014 5:45 PM, Jay G. Scott wrote: > > > > After trying various combinations of things in > > main.cf and master.cf, I find that, using the script > > below, if the mail reaches the filter script, the > > resulting mail message bounces (too many hops) > > but the filter has processed the input. > > > > If I turn content_filter off in main.cf the > > mail gets delivered unfiltered, no bounces, no hops. > > > > main.cf: > > > > content_filter = filter > > > > got it filtered, but resulted in the hops bounce. > > > > What am I missing? > > > > j. > > > Near the bottom of > http://www.postfix.org/FILTER_README.html#simple_filter > the document describes how to turn on filtering for mail arriving > via SMTP, but leave it turned off as the main.cf default so mail > won't loop.
I had two smtp lines in the master.cf file. Splutter. The change to the pickup line (per Dukhovni) also helped me. It's working for me now. Thanks. j. > > Of course this means you would need to submit mail via SMTP for > testing; mail submitted via the sendmail(1) interface is not > filtered. This is necessary since the "simple" filter resubmits the > mail to postfix via the sendmail command. > > > > -- Noel Jones -- Jay Scott 512-835-3553 g...@arlut.utexas.edu Head of Sun Support, Sr. System Administrator Applied Research Labs, Computer Science Div. S224 University of Texas at Austin
