Re: 450 temp error when 550 perm error is possible

2009-08-18 Thread LuKreme
On 17-Aug-2009, at 03:25, Martijn de Munnik wrote: The 450 error triggers the spammer to retry sending the mail. In point of fact, if it is a spammer sending you the mail, a 450 error is often enough to dissuade them. This is the principle behind greylisting. However, if these are real

Re: 450 temp error when 550 perm error is possible

2009-08-17 Thread Ralf Hildebrandt
* Martijn de Munnik mart...@youngguns.nl: Hi all, Sometimes our mail server is 'under attack' and we get a lot of these entries in our log file: Aug 17 11:08:19 stevie.youngguns.nl postfix/smtpd[14890]: [ID 197553 mail.info] NOQUEUE: reject: RCPT from unknown[212.22.199.165]: 450 4.1.8

Re: 450 temp error when 550 perm error is possible

2009-08-17 Thread Robert Schetterer
Martijn de Munnik schrieb: Hi all, Sometimes our mail server is 'under attack' and we get a lot of these entries in our log file: Aug 17 11:08:19 stevie.youngguns.nl postfix/smtpd[14890]: [ID 197553 mail.info] NOQUEUE: reject: RCPT from unknown[212.22.199.165]: 450 4.1.8

Re: 450 temp error when 550 perm error is possible

2009-08-17 Thread Martijn de Munnik
On Mon, 2009-08-17 at 11:28 +0200, Ralf Hildebrandt wrote: * Martijn de Munnik mart...@youngguns.nl: Hi all, Sometimes our mail server is 'under attack' and we get a lot of these entries in our log file: Aug 17 11:08:19 stevie.youngguns.nl postfix/smtpd[14890]: [ID 197553

Re: 450 temp error when 550 perm error is possible

2009-08-17 Thread Ralf Hildebrandt
* Martijn de Munnik mart...@youngguns.nl: Do you have a caching DNS server? Yes, but still things can go wrong and I don't want a failing DNS lookup to be fatal. Postfix always returns a 4xx in case of such failures As far as I know it does. But I see it is also included in

Re: 450 temp error when 550 perm error is possible

2009-08-17 Thread Martijn de Munnik
On Mon, 2009-08-17 at 12:46 +0200, Ralf Hildebrandt wrote: * Martijn de Munnik mart...@youngguns.nl: Do you have a caching DNS server? Yes, but still things can go wrong and I don't want a failing DNS lookup to be fatal. Postfix always returns a 4xx in case of such failures As

Re: 450 temp error when 550 perm error is possible

2009-08-17 Thread Ralf Hildebrandt
* Martijn de Munnik mart...@youngguns.nl: I'd put them all into smtpd_recipient_restrictions #:) http://www.postfix.org/SMTPD_ACCESS_README.html#danger Doesn't apply for your restrictions -- Ralf Hildebrandt Geschäftsbereich IT | Abteilung Netzwerk Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin

Re: 450 temp error when 550 perm error is possible

2009-08-17 Thread Martijn de Munnik
On Mon, 2009-08-17 at 12:46 +0200, Ralf Hildebrandt wrote: * Martijn de Munnik mart...@youngguns.nl: Do you have a caching DNS server? Yes, but still things can go wrong and I don't want a failing DNS lookup to be fatal. Postfix always returns a 4xx in case of such failures As

Re: 450 temp error when 550 perm error is possible

2009-08-17 Thread Ralf Hildebrandt
* Martijn de Munnik mart...@youngguns.nl: I'd put them all into smtpd_recipient_restrictions #:) I did some updates in my main.cf. I've attached the updated file. I kept the restrictions with the different smtpd_*_restrictions, I find it a little easier to understand. Thus your initial

Re: 450 temp error when 550 perm error is possible

2009-08-17 Thread Benny Pedersen
On Mon, 17 Aug 2009 13:39:39 +0200, Ralf Hildebrandt ralf.hildebra...@charite.de wrote: smtpd_recipient_restrictions = reject_unverified_recipient, reject_unauth_destination, is a unverified recipient a auth destination ? :) -- Benny Pedersen

Re: 450 temp error when 550 perm error is possible

2009-08-17 Thread KLaM Postmaster
Martijn de Munnik wrote: Hi all, Sometimes our mail server is 'under attack' and we get a lot of these entries in our log file: Aug 17 11:08:19 stevie.youngguns.nl postfix/smtpd[14890]: [ID 197553 mail.info] NOQUEUE: reject: RCPT from unknown[212.22.199.165]: 450 4.1.8