Re: On the subject of errors from unknown ...

2010-08-05 Thread Ralf Hildebrandt
* Peter Evans pe...@ixp.jp: I would like to direct all mail from places with no reverse dns into a big bit-bucket. Obviously something like 95% of those mails would be going to a bogus address. reject_unknown_reverse_client_hostname Would: header_checks =

restrict user from sending / receiving email to / from allowed domains only

2010-08-05 Thread Joe Wong
I am looking to into configure postfix with the captioned feature, does anyone has a pointer for me to follow? many thanks, - joe

Re: mailing lists and unknown mail transport error

2010-08-05 Thread Andrzej Kukuła
On Wed, Aug 4, 2010 at 10:39, Dominik Storck domi...@storck.net wrote: This has been working perfectly for years. Now the number of recipients for some of these lists have increased to more than 200. When a mail is sent to these recipients mail delivery starts as expected but stops short

Question about check_sender_mx_access

2010-08-05 Thread Wolfgang Zeikat
Various sender domains use MX records like mail.spam.domain that point to an IP that has a DSL PTR record, like 123-345-78-9.dsl.some.provid.er Can I catch those using a table entry like /\.dsl\.some\.provid\.er$/ result ? Or would I have to use their IP or their A record, e.g.

Re: On the subject of errors from unknown ...

2010-08-05 Thread Noel Jones
On 8/4/2010 9:33 PM, Peter Evans wrote: I have an experiment I would like to perform but I am uncertain how to do it without breaking everything else. I would like to direct all mail from places with no reverse dns into a big bit-bucket. Obviously something like 95% of those mails would be

Re: restrict user from sending / receiving email to / from allowed domains only

2010-08-05 Thread Noel Jones
On 8/5/2010 5:10 AM, Joe Wong wrote: I am looking to into configure postfix with the captioned feature, does anyone has a pointer for me to follow? many thanks, - joe Here's the basic outline. Adjust for your purposes. http://www.postfix.org/RESTRICTION_CLASS_README.html#external --

Re: Question about check_sender_mx_access

2010-08-05 Thread Noel Jones
On 8/5/2010 7:05 AM, Wolfgang Zeikat wrote: Various sender domains use MX records like mail.spam.domain that point to an IP that has a DSL PTR record, like 123-345-78-9.dsl.some.provid.er Can I catch those using a table entry like /\.dsl\.some\.provid\.er$/ result ? Or would I have to use

Re: How to accept email from unknown servers

2010-08-05 Thread Noel Jones
On 8/4/2010 6:01 PM, Bill Gee wrote: Hello everyone - I have my Postfix server set up to reject mail from servers which are unknown in DNS. Normally that is a good thing, but every now and then I run across one that I want to accept mail from. I have tried several ways to set up the

mail for loops back to myself

2010-08-05 Thread Alain Spineux
Hello I have a server having 2 IP addresses running 2 postfix managing different domains When the fisrt one need to relay an email for the second one I get this smtp[4488]: 91F162240CB: to=b...@xxx.yyy.zzz, relay=none, delay=0.08, delays=0.07/0.01/0/0, dsn=5.4.6, status=bounced (mail for

Re: How to accept email from unknown servers

2010-08-05 Thread Walter Pinto
Thanks Noel, this information has helped me as well.

Header information missing

2010-08-05 Thread Alex
Hi, I'm running postfix with amavisd-new, spamassassin-v3.2.5, and clamav and for some reason the Received headers are either being stripped or not properly inserted on mail that is not spam. Messages in the amavisd quarantine have their full headers. Some non-spam messages have Received

Re: Header information missing

2010-08-05 Thread Noel Jones
On 8/5/2010 1:30 PM, Alex wrote: Hi, I'm running postfix with amavisd-new, spamassassin-v3.2.5, and clamav and for some reason the Received headers are either being stripped or not properly inserted on mail that is not spam. Messages in the amavisd quarantine have their full headers. Some

Re: mail for loops back to myself

2010-08-05 Thread Noel Jones
On 8/5/2010 1:25 PM, Alain Spineux wrote: Hello I have a server having 2 IP addresses running 2 postfix managing different domains When the fisrt one need to relay an email for the second one I get this smtp[4488]: 91F162240CB: to=b...@xxx.yyy.zzz, relay=none, delay=0.08, delays=0.07/0.01/0/0,

Re: mail for loops back to myself

2010-08-05 Thread Alain Spineux
Yes This is what I was looking for ! I will test it later Thanks On Thu, Aug 5, 2010 at 8:35 PM, Noel Jones njo...@megan.vbhcs.org wrote: On 8/5/2010 1:25 PM, Alain Spineux wrote: Hello I have a server having 2 IP addresses running 2 postfix managing different domains When the fisrt one

Re: reject unknown hosts

2010-08-05 Thread Jeroen Geilman
On 08/03/2010 02:05 AM, Edward avanti wrote: Halo Noel, On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 12:37 AM, Noel Jones njo...@megan.vbhcs.org mailto:njo...@megan.vbhcs.org wrote: It appear from more investigation this cause is SERVFAIL always send 4xx, can postifx override to 5xx with

Re: Separate Submission Instance on Same IP as MX

2010-08-05 Thread Jeroen Geilman
On 08/01/2010 08:42 PM, Mike Morris wrote: On 08/01/2010 02:37 AM, Jeroen Geilman wrote: On 08/01/2010 04:11 AM, Mike Morris wrote: Hi, I'm working on a mail server deployment that will only have one server for MX and SASL submission purposes. Generally I like to have separate

Re: How to accept email from unknown servers

2010-08-05 Thread Adam Lanier
On Thu, 2010-08-05 at 11:02 -0500, Noel Jones wrote: You should remove your smtpd_client_restrictions and smtpd_helo_restrictions (and smtpd_sender_restrictions if you're using it) and put everything under smtpd_recipient restrictions arranged like so: smtpd_recipient_restrictions = #

Re: Header information missing

2010-08-05 Thread Alex
Some non-spam messages have Received headers, but they are always internal non-routable addresses. The majority of the messages have no Received headers at all. ... Check your header_checks file for IGNORE rules. Ah, thanks very much. I should have known to check for something like that. Why

Send mail thru a certaing interface

2010-08-05 Thread Arthur Titeica
Hello. I'm trying to convince Postfix to send mail only thru a specific interface/IP address (only one would be nice, many but not all would be better). - inet_interfaces isn't suited for the job as it seems to be for The network interface addresses that this mail system receives mail

Re: Send mail thru a certaing interface

2010-08-05 Thread Walter Pinto
smtp_bind_address = x.x.x.x

Re: Send mail thru a certaing interface

2010-08-05 Thread Mihira Fernando
On 08/06/2010 01:00 AM, Arthur Titeica wrote: Hello. I'm trying to convince Postfix to send mail only thru a specific interface/IP address (only one would be nice, many but not all would be better). - inet_interfaces isn't suited for the job as it seems to be for The network interface

Re: Header information missing

2010-08-05 Thread Noel Jones
On 8/5/2010 2:26 PM, Alex wrote: Some non-spam messages have Received headers, but they are always internal non-routable addresses. The majority of the messages have no Received headers at all. ... Check your header_checks file for IGNORE rules. Ah, thanks very much. I should have known to

Re: Send mail thru a certaing interface

2010-08-05 Thread Arthur Titeica
On Thu, 5 Aug 2010 12:33:07 -0700, Walter Pinto wal...@amhosting.com wrote: smtp_bind_address = x.x.x.x I knew I forgot something :) I've tried that in master.cf in the form smtp inet n - - - 30 smtpd -o smtp_bind_address=94.62.132.84 -o

Re: Send mail thru a certaing interface

2010-08-05 Thread Walter Pinto
inet_interfaces - contols which IP addresses that Postfix listens on. smtp_bind_address - specifies which IP address to send email from. That's all I know

Re: Send mail thru a certaing interface

2010-08-05 Thread Walter Pinto
I may be wrong, but I believe when you change those settings, a postfix reload might not work. You may need to stop and start the service.

Re: Send mail thru a certaing interface

2010-08-05 Thread Arthur Titeica
On Thu, 5 Aug 2010 12:48:42 -0700, Walter Pinto wal...@amhosting.com wrote: I may be wrong, but I believe when you change those settings, a postfix reload might not work. You may need to stop and start the service. Oh, I know... the server suffered a full restart even. Thanks for the input so

Re: Send mail thru a certaing interface

2010-08-05 Thread Brian Evans - Postfix List
On 8/5/2010 3:39 PM, Arthur Titeica wrote: On Thu, 5 Aug 2010 12:33:07 -0700, Walter Pintowal...@amhosting.com wrote: smtp_bind_address = x.x.x.x I knew I forgot something :) I've tried that in master.cf in the form smtp inet n - - - 30 smtpd -o

Re: How to accept email from unknown servers

2010-08-05 Thread Noel Jones
On 8/5/2010 2:20 PM, Adam Lanier wrote: On Thu, 2010-08-05 at 11:02 -0500, Noel Jones wrote: You should remove your smtpd_client_restrictions and smtpd_helo_restrictions (and smtpd_sender_restrictions if you're using it) and put everything under smtpd_recipient restrictions arranged like so:

Re: How to accept email from unknown servers

2010-08-05 Thread Adam Lanier
On Thu, 2010-08-05 at 14:58 -0500, Noel Jones wrote: What's the advantage of having all checks in smtpd_recipient_restrictions? The biggest advantage occurs when you must use a whitelist. If you use the multiple smtpd_*_restrictions sections you need to make sure to use your

Re: Send mail thru a certaing interface

2010-08-05 Thread Arthur Titeica
On Thu, 05 Aug 2010 15:57:48 -0400, Brian Evans - Postfix List grkni...@scent-team.com wrote: On 8/5/2010 3:39 PM, Arthur Titeica wrote: On Thu, 5 Aug 2010 12:33:07 -0700, Walter Pintowal...@amhosting.com wrote: smtp_bind_address = x.x.x.x I knew I forgot something :) I've tried that in

Re: Separate Submission Instance on Same IP as MX

2010-08-05 Thread Mike Morris
On 08/05/2010 11:57 AM, Jeroen Geilman wrote: On 08/01/2010 08:42 PM, Mike Morris wrote: On 08/01/2010 02:37 AM, Jeroen Geilman wrote: On 08/01/2010 04:11 AM, Mike Morris wrote: Hi, I'm working on a mail server deployment that will only have one server for MX and SASL submission

Re: Send mail thru a certaing interface

2010-08-05 Thread Brian Evans - Postfix List
On 8/5/2010 4:09 PM, Arthur Titeica wrote: On Thu, 05 Aug 2010 15:57:48 -0400, Brian Evans - Postfix List grkni...@scent-team.com wrote: On 8/5/2010 3:39 PM, Arthur Titeica wrote: On Thu, 5 Aug 2010 12:33:07 -0700, Walter Pintowal...@amhosting.com wrote: smtp_bind_address = x.x.x.x I knew

Re: Send mail thru a certaing interface

2010-08-05 Thread Walter Pinto
Arthur, why not just set it in the main.cf ?

Re: Send mail thru a certaing interface

2010-08-05 Thread Arthur Titeica
On Thu, 05 Aug 2010 16:21:08 -0400, Brian Evans - Postfix List grkni...@scent-team.com wrote: On 8/5/2010 4:09 PM, Arthur Titeica wrote: On Thu, 05 Aug 2010 15:57:48 -0400, Brian Evans - Postfix List grkni...@scent-team.com wrote: On 8/5/2010 3:39 PM, Arthur Titeica wrote: On Thu, 5 Aug 2010

Re: Separate Submission Instance on Same IP as MX

2010-08-05 Thread Jeroen Geilman
On 08/05/2010 10:15 PM, Mike Morris wrote: On 08/05/2010 11:57 AM, Jeroen Geilman wrote: On 08/01/2010 08:42 PM, Mike Morris wrote: On 08/01/2010 02:37 AM, Jeroen Geilman wrote: On 08/01/2010 04:11 AM, Mike Morris wrote: Hi, I'm working on a mail server

Re: Send mail thru a certaing interface

2010-08-05 Thread Arthur Titeica
On Thu, 5 Aug 2010 13:35:59 -0700, Walter Pinto wal...@amhosting.com wrote: Arthur, why not just set it in the main.cf ? Because, as I understand it, in main.cf smtp_bind_address only accepts *one* interface, not many but not all as I need. -- Arthur Titeica

Re: Header information missing

2010-08-05 Thread Alex
Hi, Outside of the obvious reason to purposely prevent them from being written to the message, what use does this have? Strip any non-internal headers for privacy, perhaps? ... External headers should never be removed.  The lines are probably someone trying to remove internal headers -- a

Re: Send mail thru a certaing interface

2010-08-05 Thread Walter Pinto
Makes sense.

Re: why no configure script?

2010-08-05 Thread Roger Marquis
fine. but, c'mon. that's no reason to reinvent the wheel. autoconf/automake do this in a way that's already familiar to everyone. if you use the standard stuff you save everybody grief. One problem with that analogy is that not everyone is familiar with what you think of as standard stuff.