Re: my server generates spam

sent. Hopefully you have SMTP AUTH turned on, otherwise you'll just get a source IP to track down. -- Bill Weiss

Re: misunderstanding of some connections

a character you want to escape (e.g. .). -- Bill Weiss

Re: cidr table on mysql database

with PostgreSQL, it has a native CIDR type that you might find useful: http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.2/static/datatype-net-types.html -- Bill Weiss I once bought some crack, now I'm down with the CIA -- Sublime

Re: Unknown senders and spam

= reject_maps_rbl backscatter.spameatingmonkey.net You probably want: warn_if_reject reject_maps_rbl backscatter.spameatingmonkey.net without the =. -- Bill Weiss We will not prove this by intimidation and excessive fist waving. [while screaming these lines and frantically waving arms

Re: procmail hitting sometimes but not others?

unknown_local_recipient_reject_code = 550 -- Bill Weiss The ten commandments of hooking anything to anything VIII. Never screw with something thou cannot replace.

Re: 554 5.7.1 relay access denied

? Apologies if you've sent it before, but it sounds like you've been making some changes. -- Bill Weiss There are two ways to write error-free programs; only the third one works.

Re: address rewriting with regexp

-local addresses. The mapping is used by the cleanup(8) daemon, before mail is stored into the queue. The address mapping is recursive. ^^ Try something like this: /^([0-9]+)@smscountry\.net$/ $1.prodea_u...@smscountry.net -- Bill Weiss

Re: address rewriting with regexp

Bill Weiss(houdini+post...@clanspum.net)@Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 11:08:08AM -0600: Andy Smith(flapjack2...@gmail.com)@Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 11:01:05AM -0600: ok i have put that in canonical and when the rewrite occurs i get a log that looks like this Feb 10 16:52:45 dal1-svc-12 postfix/smtp

Re: Relaying mail through remote server?

-without.html How can I duplicate this using postfix, and without the PITA that is popb4smtp, so he doesn't have to leave our system, and doesn't think we're a bunch of inept fools? You're looking for authenticated SMTP: http://www.postfix.org/SASL_README.html -- Bill Weiss

Re: OT: Diagnose blocked mail

...@geekdelivery.com 250 2.1.5 Ok RSET 250 2.0.0 Ok QUIT 221 2.0.0 Bye Connection closed by foreign host. houd...@www ~ % Have you tried getting a pcap while the mystery server is supposed to be sending you mail? -- Bill Weiss C has all the expressive power of two dixie cups and a string

Re: OT: Diagnose blocked mail

Ray(r...@stilltech.net)@Wed, Mar 04, 2009 at 08:32:40PM -0700: On Wednesday 04 March 2009 18:10:22 Bill Weiss wrote: (lots of content snipped for context) Have you tried getting a pcap while the mystery server is supposed to be sending you mail? Haven't done this yet, but I will try

Re: Blocking spam/address

in the xxx.com domain else it should be rejected. Is it possible to do this? You might want to look at SPF, which is a variant of what you're suggesting. -- Bill Weiss I once bought some crack, now I'm down with the CIA -- Sublime

Re: has yahoo mailservers problems ?

you really think that most of us wouldn't set it up? -- Bill Weiss tragic political term meaning inconvenient. -- The Devil's Dictionary X