Ok...Clearer now...You had mentioned what you were using the internal server for, I just forgot, or got your issue confused with someone else's. :-)
Have you tried to see if you can send via port 587 w/o eMPF getting in the way? If you can, then you could just set your smtproutes to use your QMT's IP and port 587. I think it's: *:ipaddressofserver:587 Michael J. Colvin NorCal Internet Services www.norcalisp.com > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 9:13 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [qmailtoaster] Re: eMPF requires authentication to work? > > Thanks guys for all the input. I should be more descriptive with my > issue. First, my users do not connect to any email accounts on my > internal servers. I have different applications running on my internal > servers that need to send email to accounts on my external > (qmail-toaster). For instance, I run timetrex on one server. Users > login and clock in and out. Managers can send email to the time > administrator email account which resides on my external server > ([email protected]). These are the emails that are failing in the > example logs I posted. > > Thinking of what Jake was suggesting: > I added 192.168.105.110 to the whitelist_ip and > @local.solution-group.com to whitelist_rdns and whitelist_senders in > /etc/spamdyke. I still get the "11-10 16:07:45 spamdyke[27917]: > DENIED_OTHER from: [email protected] to: [email protected] origin_ip: > 192.168.105.110 origin_rdns: " message in the smtp logfile on the > qmailtoaster. > > I can say with 100% confidence that when I remove all entries from the > policy (eMPF) file on the external mail server - these emails are > successfully delivered. The issue is, timetrex and other application > have no configuration file where I can put the smtp username and > password. Since eMPF requires a user to authenticate (it has to know > who you are so it can apply a rule if applicable) it fails any message > that does not authenticate. > > So, at this point, my best option is to follow the quickie guide to > installing postfix. > > If anyone has anything else to add or suggest, I am all ears. > > Thanks, > Dave > > > Jake Vickers wrote: > > Eric Shubert wrote: > >> Good question. I don't know the answer to that off hand. > >> > >> Michael Colvin wrote: > >>> Oh, I totally agree, Eric. I guess my point was trying to find out > >>> if there > >>> was any reason they needed to do it that way... Really, the eMPF > >>> functionality should be on his internal server, not the external relay > >>> server... Then, the internal server could relay to the QMT w/o > >>> having eMPF > >>> on it, and the internal server would still limit user e-mails. > >>> > >>> Unless of course the users also connect from externally... > >>> > >>> Couldn't he also have the internal server relay via port 587 to the > >>> toaster? > >>> Does eMPF look at 587 traffic also? > > > > I'm 99% sure that it does, since it's a patch applied to the smtp > > daemon in a global sense. > > Also, isn't this a Spamdyke config issue with the IP addres? > > > > 11-10 16:07:45 spamdyke[27917]: DENIED_OTHER from: [email protected] to: > > [email protected] origin_ip: 192.168.105.110 origin_rdns: > > > > It reads to me that it was denied because of "DENIED_OTHER" by > > spamdyke for origin_rdns. > > It's late, so correct me if I'm wrong. > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > --------- > > > > Qmailtoaster is sponsored by Vickers Consulting Group > > (www.vickersconsulting.com) > > Vickers Consulting Group offers Qmailtoaster support and > > installations. > > If you need professional help with your setup, contact them today! > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > --------- > > > > Please visit qmailtoaster.com for the latest news, updates, and > > packages. > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > > [email protected] > > For additional commands, e-mail: > > [email protected] > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ------- > Qmailtoaster is sponsored by Vickers Consulting Group > (www.vickersconsulting.com) > Vickers Consulting Group offers Qmailtoaster support and > installations. > If you need professional help with your setup, contact them today! > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ------- > Please visit qmailtoaster.com for the latest news, updates, and > packages. > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: qmailtoaster-list- > [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: qmailtoaster-list- > [email protected] > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Qmailtoaster is sponsored by Vickers Consulting Group (www.vickersconsulting.com) Vickers Consulting Group offers Qmailtoaster support and installations. 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