Public bug reported:

Hi,

Postfix by default enables the pix workarround for an server after a
message has been queued for more than 500s.

http://www.postfix.org/postconf.5.html#smtp_pix_workaround_threshold_time

If the server with an downtime of more than 500s has DANE enabled. And
we're respecting DANE this leads tho the messages, when the server gets
reachable again:

Apr 26 09:39:46 <MyServer> postfix/smtp[22908]: E7CD35F79E: enabling PIX
workarounds: disable_esmtp delay_dotcrlf for <ServerFQHN>[<ServerIP>]:25
Apr 26 09:39:46 <MyServer> postfix/smtp[22908]: E7CD35F79E: TLS is required, but
was not offered by host <ServerFQHN>[<ServerIP>]

And the mail won't be delivered any more, and it seems like also any
further mail to this server is affected.

My workarround is to set
smtp_pix_workarounds = delay_dotcrlf
in the main.cf and leave ESMTP enabled this way. And hoping nobody is using 
Cisco PIXes without ESMTP today anymore. Disabling ESMTP breaks the STARTTLS 
support, which is necessary for DANE.

If it's really neccessary there are also ways to configure exceptions,
but this is OT.

My suggestion for a real fix is to disable the pix workaround detection
if DANE or TLS enforcement is enabled, or not to disable ESMTP in that
case.

This is Postfix not Ubuntu specific, and in my case occured with a
postfix 3.1.0-3ubuntu0.3, but I would expect this to happen with all
versions, from the documented behavior.

Kind regards,
   Lars

** Affects: postfix (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Description changed:

  Hi,
  
  Postfix by default enables the pix workarround for an server after a
  message has been queued for more than 500s.
  
  http://www.postfix.org/postconf.5.html#smtp_pix_workaround_threshold_time
  
  If the server with an downtime of more than 500s has DANE enabled. And
- we're respecting dane this leads tho the messages, when the server gets
+ we're respecting DANE this leads tho the messages, when the server gets
  reachable again:
  
- 
- Apr 26 09:39:46 <MyServer> postfix/smtp[22908]: E7CD35F79E: enabling PIX 
+ Apr 26 09:39:46 <MyServer> postfix/smtp[22908]: E7CD35F79E: enabling PIX
  workarounds: disable_esmtp delay_dotcrlf for <ServerFQHN>[<ServerIP>]:25
- Apr 26 09:39:46 <MyServer> postfix/smtp[22908]: E7CD35F79E: TLS is required, 
but 
+ Apr 26 09:39:46 <MyServer> postfix/smtp[22908]: E7CD35F79E: TLS is required, 
but
  was not offered by host <ServerFQHN>[<ServerIP>]
  
  And the mail won't be delivered any more, and it seems like also any
  further mail to this server is affected.
  
- My workarround is to set 
+ My workarround is to set
  smtp_pix_workarounds = delay_dotcrlf
  in the main.cf and leave ESMTP enabled this way. And hoping nobody is using 
Cisco PIXes without ESMTP today anymore. Disabling ESMTP breaks the STARTTLS 
support, which is necessary for DANE.
  
  If it's really neccessary there are also ways to configure exceptions,
  but this is OT.
  
+ My suggestion for a real fix is to disable the pix workaround detection
+ if DANE or TLS enforcement is enabled, or not to disable ESMTP in that
+ case.
  
- My suggestion for a real fix is to disable the pix workaround detection if 
DANE or TLS enforcement is enabled, or not to disable ESMTP in that case.
- 
- 
- This is Postfix not Ubuntu specific, and in my case occured with a postfix 
3.1.0-3ubuntu0.3, but I would expect this to happen with all versions, from the 
documented behavior.
+ This is Postfix not Ubuntu specific, and in my case occured with a
+ postfix 3.1.0-3ubuntu0.3, but I would expect this to happen with all
+ versions, from the documented behavior.
  
  Kind regards,
-    Lars
+    Lars

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  Pix workaround should be (partially?) disabled when DANE is in use

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