o/ I was doing some log processing today for a supposedly sent mail I didn't recieve. It turns out that while I was playing with the log file I suddenly realized that every connection is made from localhost...
root@messagerie[10.10.10.19] ~/SCRIPTS/MAIL # zgrep client= /var/log/mail.* | grep -v localhost root@messagerie[10.10.10.19] ~/SCRIPTS/MAIL # that command was supposed to spit all the client connections that weren't made by localhost, and it had 0 results... On another machine (with an old setup) this is definitely not the case (had 923 unique clients/IPs) : root@messagerie-secours[10.10.10.20] /var/log # zgrep -o 'client=.*]' /var/log/mail.* | grep -v localhost | cut -f 2 -d : | sort | uniq -c | sort -n 1 client=118-163-37-8.HINET-IP.hinet.net[118.163.37.8] 1 client=131.red-80-35-249.staticip.rima-tde.net[80.35.249.131] 1 client=179-191-149-46.dynamic.starweb.net.br[179.191.149.46] 1 client=a95-93-181-252.cpe.netcabo.pt[95.93.181.252] [...snip...] 1713 client=mta-gw11.infomaniak.ch[84.16.68.70] 1715 client=mta-gw16.infomaniak.ch[84.16.68.77] 1943 client=messagerie.algerian-radio.dz[10.10.10.19] 4499 client=wsus.eprs.dz[10.10.10.1] root@messagerie-secours[10.10.10.20] /var/log # This is a little embarassing since I can not know if any other server has attempted to connect to my posftix or not. Any idea on what could be wrong ? Config follows : postfinger - postfix configuration on Thu Mar 2 14:16:09 CET 2017 version: 1.30 Warning: postfinger output may show private configuration information, such as ip addresses and/or domain names which you do not want to show to the public. If this is the case it is your responsibility to modify the output to hide this private information. [Remove this warning with the --nowarn option.] --System Parameters-- mail_version = 2.11.3 hostname = messagerie uname = Linux messagerie 3.16.0-4-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 3.16.7-ckt20-1+deb8u2 (2016-01-02) x86_64 GNU/Linux --Packaging information-- looks like this postfix comes from deb package: postfix-2.11.3-1 --main.cf non-default parameters-- alias_maps = hash:/etc/aliases append_dot_mydomain = no biff = no content_filter = amavis:[127.0.0.1]:10024 enable_original_recipient = no inet_protocols = ipv4 mailbox_command = procmail -a "$EXTENSION" mailbox_size_limit = 0 maildrop_destination_recipient_limit = 1 message_size_limit = 20971520 mydestination = messagerie.domain.tld, messagerie, localhost.localdomain, localhost myhostname = messagerie.domain.tld mynetworks = 127.0.0.0/8 [::ffff:127.0.0.0]/104 [::1]/128 myorigin = /etc/mailname readme_directory = no recipient_delimiter = + smtpd_banner = $myhostname ESMTP $mail_name (Debian/GNU) smtpd_client_message_rate_limit = 100 smtpd_relay_restrictions = permit_mynetworks, permit_sasl_authenticated, reject_unauth_destination smtpd_sasl_auth_enable = yes smtpd_sasl_authenticated_header = yes smtpd_sender_restrictions = check_sender_access hash:/etc/postfix/maps/reject_senders smtpd_tls_cert_file = /etc/ssl/private/LETSENCRYPT/nouveau_complet.cert smtpd_tls_key_file = /etc/ssl/private/LETSENCRYPT/server.private_key smtpd_tls_loglevel = 1 smtpd_tls_security_level = may smtpd_tls_session_cache_database = btree:${data_directory}/smtpd_scache smtpd_use_tls = yes smtp_tls_security_level = may smtp_tls_session_cache_database = btree:${data_directory}/smtp_scache virtual_alias_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/maps/alias virtual_gid_maps = static:1002 virtual_mailbox_base = /var/vmail/ virtual_mailbox_domains = backup.domain.tld, domain.tld virtual_mailbox_maps = mysql:/etc/postfix/maps/mailboxes.cf virtual_transport = lmtp:unix:private/dovecot-lmtp virtual_uid_maps = static:113 --master.cf-- smtp inet n - n - - smtpd -o content_filter=spamassassin pickup unix n - - 60 1 pickup cleanup unix n - - - 0 cleanup qmgr unix n - n 300 1 qmgr tlsmgr unix - - - 1000? 1 tlsmgr rewrite unix - - - - - trivial-rewrite bounce unix - - - - 0 bounce defer unix - - - - 0 bounce trace unix - - - - 0 bounce verify unix - - - - 1 verify flush unix n - - 1000? 0 flush proxymap unix - - n - - proxymap proxywrite unix - - n - 1 proxymap smtp unix - - - - - smtp relay unix - - - - - smtp showq unix n - - - - showq error unix - - - - - error retry unix - - - - - error discard unix - - - - - discard local unix - n n - - local virtual unix - n n - - virtual lmtp unix - - - - - lmtp anvil unix - - - - 1 anvil scache unix - - - - 1 scache # flags=DRhu user=vmail argv=/usr/bin/maildrop -d vmail ${extension} ${recipient} ${user} ${nexthop} ${sender} maildrop unix - n n - - pipe # flags=DRhu user=vmail argv=/usr/bin/maildrop -V9 -d ${recipient} -w 80 flags=DRhu user=vmail argv=/var/vmail/maildropwrapper -V9 -d ${recipient} # flags=DRhu user=vmail argv=/var/vmail/maildropwrapper -V9 -d vmail ${extension} ${recipient} ${user} ${nexthop} ${sender} uucp unix - n n - - pipe flags=Fqhu user=uucp argv=uux -r -n -z -a$sender - $nexthop!rmail ($recipient) ifmail unix - n n - - pipe flags=F user=ftn argv=/usr/lib/ifmail/ifmail -r $nexthop ($recipient) bsmtp unix - n n - - pipe flags=Fq. user=bsmtp argv=/usr/lib/bsmtp/bsmtp -t$nexthop -f$sender $recipient scalemail-backend unix - n n - 2 pipe flags=R user=scalemail argv=/usr/lib/scalemail/bin/scalemail-store ${nexthop} ${user} ${extension} mailman unix - n n - - pipe flags=FR user=list argv=/usr/lib/mailman/bin/postfix-to-mailman.py ${nexthop} ${user} amavis unix - - - - 2 smtp -o smtp_data_done_timeout=1200 -o smtp_send_xforward_command=yes 127.0.0.1:10025 inet n - - - - smtpd -o content_filter= -o local_recipient_maps= -o relay_recipient_maps= -o smtpd_restriction_classes= -o smtpd_client_restrictions= -o smtpd_helo_restrictions= #-o smtpd_sender_restrictions= -o smtpd_recipient_restrictions=permit_mynetworks,reject -o mynetworks=127.0.0.0/8 -o strict_rfc821_envelopes=yes -o receive_override_options=no_unknown_recipient_checks,no_header_body_checks # yassine 27/03/2016 # me donne un warning au démarrage # /usr/sbin/postconf: warning: /etc/postfix/master.cf: unused parameter: smtpd_bind_address=127.0.0.1 #-o smtpd_bind_address=127.0.0.1 spamassassin unix - n n - - pipe user=spamd argv=/usr/bin/spamc -f -e /usr/sbin/sendmail -oi -f ${sender} ${recipient} -- end of postfinger output -- -- Yassine