Running postfix along with another MTA

2011-03-14 Thread Mehmet Tolga Avcioglu
I would like to run postfix on port 587, accept mail and than pass it onto another MTA that is running on port 25. Initially I thought I could achieve this by turning of smtp and turning on submission on master.conf and than add a default_transport to 127.0.0.1, but this resulted in mail loops

Re: The future of SMTP ?

2011-03-14 Thread Curtis Maurand
I would argue that its partially Microsoft's fault for allowing scripts in email or from web pages to have access to anything on your machine outside of the message viewer or the browser.  ActiveX is not your friend in these cases. --Curtis Dennis Carr wrote: On Sun, 13 Mar 2011, Frank

Re: Running postfix along with another MTA

2011-03-14 Thread Wietse Venema
Mehmet Tolga Avcioglu: I eventually fixed it by adding a transport rule * relay:127.0.0.1:10025 and having the other MTA listen on 10025, but wondering if this is the best way. I would rather touch the other MTA as little as possible and current setup requires me to do some configuration

Re: The future of SMTP ?

2011-03-14 Thread Glen Lee Edwards
On 3/13/2011 8:27 AM, Dennis Carr wrote: On Sun, 13 Mar 2011, Frank Bonnet wrote: But to fight spam and all other malicious problems it's getting more and more sophisticated and complex to configure every day. It is not a criticism it is a fact that jump to every sysadmin's face. Does

Re: Mailbox limit not observed

2011-03-14 Thread Stan Hoeppner
Vincent Lefevre put forth on 3/13/2011 5:44 PM: On 2011-03-13 07:52:11 -0500, Stan Hoeppner wrote: If you use virtual_mailbox_limit with strictly maildir mailboxes, you may as well set message_size_limit=0 and leave it alone, so you only have one setting to keep track of. Is 0 accepted for

THREAD KILL: The future of SMTP

2011-03-14 Thread Wietse Venema
Everything about SMTP and open networks has already been said in this thread. There is no need to repeat it. Everyone has the right to decide what email they want to receive, but no-one has the right to make the spam problem worse by sending email to innocent people whose address was mis-used to

Re: The future of SMTP ?

2011-03-14 Thread Steve
Original-Nachricht Datum: Mon, 14 Mar 2011 08:08:18 -0500 Von: Glen Lee Edwards g...@holiness.ch An: postfix-users@postfix.org Betreff: Re: The future of SMTP ? On 3/13/2011 8:27 AM, Dennis Carr wrote: On Sun, 13 Mar 2011, Frank Bonnet wrote: But to fight spam and

Re: The future of SMTP ?

2011-03-14 Thread Eric S. Johansson
On 3/13/2011 9:37 AM, Dennis Carr wrote: So the problem is not with SMTP, it's with the spammers. Only thing we can do is block them. I really, REALLY wish there was more we could do so we can stop them - but the only thing we can do to stop them is to make it cost more than it's worth,

Re: The future of SMTP ?

2011-03-14 Thread The Doctor
On Mon, Mar 14, 2011 at 07:19:21AM -0400, Curtis Maurand wrote: I would argue that its partially Microsoft's fault for allowing scripts in email or from web pages to have access to anything on your machine outside of the message viewer or the browser.  ActiveX is not your friend in these

Re: Mailbox limit not observed

2011-03-14 Thread Vincent Lefevre
On 2011-03-14 08:22:53 -0500, Stan Hoeppner wrote: Vincent Lefevre put forth on 3/13/2011 5:44 PM: On 2011-03-13 07:52:11 -0500, Stan Hoeppner wrote: If you use virtual_mailbox_limit with strictly maildir mailboxes, you may as well set message_size_limit=0 and leave it alone, so you only

Re: Mailbox limit not observed

2011-03-14 Thread Charles Marcus
On 2011-03-14 10:34 AM, Vincent Lefevre wrote: But there's also mailbox_size_limit to track. Wouldn't it be better to set both mailbox_size_limit and virtual_mailbox_limit to much larger values (or zero) and modify message_size_limit only, so that one can focus to one parameter only? Imo,

Re: ..::Smtp Attacks::..

2011-03-14 Thread Randy Ramsdell
mouss wrote: Le 13/03/2011 17:57, Alfonso Alejandro Reyes Jimenez a écrit : Hi everyone. I'm sending this email because I'm looking for a reference regarding smtp attacks, this is because I'm working to create some smtp signatures for the snort solution. It's not directly with snort, I'm

Re: Mailbox limit not observed

2011-03-14 Thread Charles Marcus
On 2011-03-14 11:12 AM, Vincent Lefevre wrote: On 2011-03-14 10:41:16 -0400, Charles Marcus wrote: Imo, zero/unlimited is *never* a good idea... Why (for mailbox_size_limit and virtual_mailbox_limit)? Because... *unlimited* *anything* is never a good idea... too much room for error. I

Re: GeoIP based rejections

2011-03-14 Thread Mark Watts
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 03/12/2011 12:17 PM, Justin Piszcz wrote: On Sat, 12 Mar 2011, mouss wrote: - write your own policy server or milter Hi, There is a GeoIP policy server out there if you search around, it is called: geoip-policyd-0.01.tar.gz With

Best practices for implementing SRS or another SPF forwarding solution

2011-03-14 Thread Alexander 'Leo' Bergolth
Hi! I'd like to implement SRS (or another solution that rewrites the envelope sender on forwarding) using a milter plugin or an SMTP based content filter. What are your experiences? Does anyone already use such a solution? Which plugins are you using? Thanks in advance, --leo -- e-mail :::

Re: Mailbox limit not observed

2011-03-14 Thread Stan Hoeppner
Vincent Lefevre put forth on 3/14/2011 9:34 AM: But there's also mailbox_size_limit to track. Wouldn't it be better to set both mailbox_size_limit and virtual_mailbox_limit to much larger values (or zero) and modify message_size_limit only, so that one can focus to one parameter only? I

Re: Mailbox limit not observed

2011-03-14 Thread Vincent Lefevre
On 2011-03-14 11:30:14 -0400, Charles Marcus wrote: On 2011-03-14 11:12 AM, Vincent Lefevre wrote: On 2011-03-14 10:41:16 -0400, Charles Marcus wrote: Imo, zero/unlimited is *never* a good idea... Why (for mailbox_size_limit and virtual_mailbox_limit)? Because... *unlimited* *anything*

Re: Mailbox limit not observed

2011-03-14 Thread Vincent Lefevre
On 2011-03-14 11:04:02 -0500, Stan Hoeppner wrote: Vincent Lefevre put forth on 3/14/2011 9:34 AM: But there's also mailbox_size_limit to track. Wouldn't it be better to set both mailbox_size_limit and virtual_mailbox_limit to much larger values (or zero) and modify message_size_limit

Re: Mailbox limit not observed

2011-03-14 Thread Charles Marcus
On 2011-03-14 12:11 PM, Vincent Lefevre wrote: On 2011-03-14 11:30:14 -0400, Charles Marcus wrote: On 2011-03-14 11:12 AM, Vincent Lefevre wrote: On 2011-03-14 10:41:16 -0400, Charles Marcus wrote: Imo, zero/unlimited is *never* a good idea... Why (for mailbox_size_limit and

Re: Duplicated messages

2011-03-14 Thread Victor Duchovni
On Sat, Mar 12, 2011 at 06:08:55PM +0200, Nikolaos Milas wrote: On 12/3/2011 5:55 , Wietse Venema wrote: There is no code to store multiple original recipients with each recipient in queue files, to read multiple original recipients from queue files, to log multiple original recipients,

Re: Mailbox limit not observed

2011-03-14 Thread Stan Hoeppner
Vincent Lefevre put forth on 3/14/2011 11:17 AM: On 2011-03-14 11:04:02 -0500, Stan Hoeppner wrote: Vincent Lefevre put forth on 3/14/2011 9:34 AM: But there's also mailbox_size_limit to track. Wouldn't it be better to set both mailbox_size_limit and virtual_mailbox_limit to much larger

Re: Using transport_maps

2011-03-14 Thread Petre Bandac
hallo sorry for continuing the post, but my problem is somehow related to the solution you gave (which also was my first setup, but didn't work) one single domain - x.ro - virtual users stored in mysql database subdomain intern.x.ro goes to a LAN station (Lotus server) - 10.0.0.77 both x.ro

Re: Using transport_maps

2011-03-14 Thread Noel Jones
On 3/14/2011 1:01 PM, Petre Bandac wrote: hallo sorry for continuing the post, but my problem is somehow related to the solution you gave (which also was my first setup, but didn't work) one single domain - x.ro - virtual users stored in mysql database subdomain intern.x.ro goes to a LAN

Re: Using transport_maps

2011-03-14 Thread Victor Duchovni
On Mon, Mar 14, 2011 at 08:01:09PM +0200, Petre Bandac wrote: intern.c.ro relay:[10.0.0.77] ## and I still get the relay denied error Mar 14 19:31:11 mx postfix/smtpd[43289]: NOQUEUE: reject: RCPT from mail.kgb.ro[193.239.159.34]: 554 5.7.1 john@intern.c.ro: Relay access denied;

Re: Using transport_maps

2011-03-14 Thread Petre Bandac
On Mon, 14 Mar 2011 14:28:51 -0400 the honourable Victor Duchovni victor.ducho...@morganstanley.com wrote using one of his/her keyboards: On Mon, Mar 14, 2011 at 08:01:09PM +0200, Petre Bandac wrote: intern.c.ro relay:[10.0.0.77] ## and I still get the relay denied error Mar

Re: Running postfix along with another MTA

2011-03-14 Thread Mehmet Tolga Avcioglu
On Mon, Mar 14, 2011 at 9:01 AM, Wietse Venema wie...@porcupine.org wrote: Mehmet Tolga Avcioglu: I eventually fixed it by adding a transport rule * relay:127.0.0.1:10025 and having the other MTA listen on 10025, but wondering if this is the best way. I would rather touch the other MTA as

Re: Running postfix along with another MTA

2011-03-14 Thread Mehmet Tolga Avcioglu
On Mon, Mar 14, 2011 at 5:56 PM, Victor Duchovni victor.ducho...@morganstanley.com wrote: On Mon, Mar 14, 2011 at 05:48:45PM -0400, Mehmet Tolga Avcioglu wrote: Tried that and got the following: fatal: bad string length 0 1: inet_interfaces = Yes, you can set inet_interfaces =

Re: Running postfix along with another MTA

2011-03-14 Thread Mehmet Tolga Avcioglu
On Mon, Mar 14, 2011 at 6:02 PM, Wietse Venema wie...@porcupine.org wrote: Mehmet Tolga Avcioglu: On Mon, Mar 14, 2011 at 9:01 AM, Wietse Venema wie...@porcupine.org wrote: Mehmet Tolga Avcioglu: I eventually fixed it by adding a transport rule * relay:127.0.0.1:10025 and having the other

Re: Running postfix along with another MTA

2011-03-14 Thread Wietse Venema
Mehmet Tolga Avcioglu: warning: host 127.0.0.1[127.0.0.1]:25 greeted me with my own hostname warning: host 127.0.0.1[127.0.0.1]:25 replied to HELO/EHLO with my own hostname You also need to configure a myhostname that is different than the other MTA. Wietse

Re: Running postfix along with another MTA

2011-03-14 Thread Wietse Venema
Mehmet Tolga Avcioglu: On Mon, Mar 14, 2011 at 5:56 PM, Victor Duchovni victor.ducho...@morganstanley.com wrote: On Mon, Mar 14, 2011 at 05:48:45PM -0400, Mehmet Tolga Avcioglu wrote: Tried that and got the following: fatal: bad string length 0 1: inet_interfaces = Yes, you can