Re: Finally blocking some spam

2008-10-13 Thread Nikita Kipriyanov
Joey wrote: I agree with you and that may be the case for us as well in respect to US spam. I can only tell you that in 4 days we have blocked at the firewall level ( on only 1 server ) 161,166 connections from Poland 1,184,747 connections from Turkey 418,162 connections from Russia 53,656 conne

Re: Finally blocking some spam

2008-10-13 Thread Nikita Kipriyanov
Joey wrote: I agree, however who has these lists. The only place I have found is the http://www.okean.com I keep referring to. I have asked on the list before if anyone else has similar resource with no luck. I have also searched the web without resolve. Have you tried a whois service? Just f

Re: Monitoring Postfix Processes

2008-10-13 Thread Victor Duchovni
On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 02:19:02PM +1100, Martin Barry wrote: > We run Postfix on most servers and would like to have accurate monitoring of > the various processes that are running. I take a different approach, I send probe messages every ~30s and monitor their arrival time. If everything is run

Monitoring Postfix Processes

2008-10-13 Thread Martin Barry
Hi all We run Postfix on most servers and would like to have accurate monitoring of the various processes that are running. The monitoring has configuration for processes that "must" be running (and will alert if they are not) and those "allowed" to be running (and will alert if anything not pres

Re: How to know what i'm looking at in the log file

2008-10-13 Thread Noel Jones
Lists wrote: Hi all, Does anyone know where I could find information on the commonly seen messages in maillog so that I can begin to better understand the log file? Many thanks Kate Here's a brief tutorial on reading postfix logs: http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2004/01/22/postfix.html

How to know what i'm looking at in the log file

2008-10-13 Thread Lists
Hi all, Does anyone know where I could find information on the commonly seen messages in maillog so that I can begin to better understand the log file? Many thanks Kate

Re: Bypassing one MX host?

2008-10-13 Thread Wietse Venema
Jim Garrison: > I have a Mailman list that contains a number of addresses at > a major ISP that lists 7 MX hosts. When delivering mail to > addresses at that ISP, all the MX hosts but one readily accept > the mail. That one recalcitrant host soft-rejects (gray-lists) > mail for about 1 hour. > >

Bypassing one MX host?

2008-10-13 Thread Jim Garrison
I have a Mailman list that contains a number of addresses at a major ISP that lists 7 MX hosts. When delivering mail to addresses at that ISP, all the MX hosts but one readily accept the mail. That one recalcitrant host soft-rejects (gray-lists) mail for about 1 hour. Is there any way to configu

Re: SMTP and SASL/TLS problem

2008-10-13 Thread Issac Kelly
I have some more details now: postfix/smtpd[11997]: warning: (outside host): SASL PLAIN authentication failed: authentication failure postfix/smtpd[11997]: > (outside host): 535 5.7.8 Error: authentication failed: authentication failure postfix/smtpd[11997]: watchdog_pat: 0x9ab5680 postfix/smtpd[

RE: Finally blocking some spam

2008-10-13 Thread Justin Piszcz
On Mon, 13 Oct 2008, Joey wrote: -Original Message- From: Justin Piszcz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, October 13, 2008 6:06 PM To: Joey Cc: postfix-users@postfix.org Subject: RE: Finally blocking some spam On Mon, 13 Oct 2008, Joey wrote: -Original Message- Fro

RE: Finally blocking some spam

2008-10-13 Thread Joey
> -Original Message- > From: Justin Piszcz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, October 13, 2008 6:06 PM > To: Joey > Cc: postfix-users@postfix.org > Subject: RE: Finally blocking some spam > > > > On Mon, 13 Oct 2008, Joey wrote: > > >> -Original Message- > >> From: Justi

RE: Finally blocking some spam

2008-10-13 Thread Joey
> -Original Message- > From: Jorey Bump [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, October 13, 2008 6:09 PM > To: Joey > Cc: postfix-users@postfix.org > Subject: Re: Finally blocking some spam > > Joey wrote, at 10/13/2008 05:10 PM: > Make sure you count the hosts, not the number of packets

Re: Finally blocking some spam

2008-10-13 Thread Justin Piszcz
On Mon, 13 Oct 2008, Aaron Wolfe wrote: On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 6:05 PM, Justin Piszcz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Mon, 13 Oct 2008, Joey wrote: -Original Message- From: Justin Piszcz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, October 13, 2008 5:37 PM To: Joey Subject: RE: Finally

RE: Finally blocking some spam

2008-10-13 Thread Joey
> -Original Message- > From: Jorey Bump [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, October 13, 2008 6:09 PM > To: Joey > Cc: postfix-users@postfix.org > Subject: Re: Finally blocking some spam > > > I don't think anyone can argue that these numbers are not the pattern of > > NORMAL servers,

Re: Finally blocking some spam

2008-10-13 Thread Aaron Wolfe
On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 6:22 PM, Joey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> -Original Message- >> From: Aaron Wolfe [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: Monday, October 13, 2008 5:56 PM >> To: Joey >> Cc: postfix-users@postfix.org >> Subject: Re: Finally blocking some spam > >> >> you might want to

Re: Finally blocking some spam

2008-10-13 Thread Aaron Wolfe
On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 6:05 PM, Justin Piszcz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Mon, 13 Oct 2008, Joey wrote: > >>> -Original Message- >>> From: Justin Piszcz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> Sent: Monday, October 13, 2008 5:37 PM >>> To: Joey >>> Subject: RE: Finally blocking some spam >>>

RE: Finally blocking some spam

2008-10-13 Thread Joey
> -Original Message- > From: Aaron Wolfe [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, October 13, 2008 5:56 PM > To: Joey > Cc: postfix-users@postfix.org > Subject: Re: Finally blocking some spam > > you might want to consider the invaluement Anti-Spam DNSBL > http://dnsbl.invaluement.com/

Re: Finally blocking some spam

2008-10-13 Thread Jorey Bump
Joey wrote, at 10/13/2008 05:10 PM: > I can only tell you that in 4 days we have blocked at the firewall level ( > on only 1 server ) > 161,166 connections from Poland > 1,184,747 connections from Turkey > 418,162 connections from Russia > 53,656 connections from Czech > 1,613,636 connections from

RE: Finally blocking some spam

2008-10-13 Thread Justin Piszcz
On Mon, 13 Oct 2008, Joey wrote: -Original Message- From: Justin Piszcz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, October 13, 2008 5:37 PM To: Joey Subject: RE: Finally blocking some spam What anti-spam measurements do you currently use? What does your main.cf look like? (Snip) reje

Re: Finally blocking some spam

2008-10-13 Thread Gerard
On Mon, 13 Oct 2008 14:31:54 -0700 (PDT) "Daniel V. Reinhardt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Im from the US, and i do not get that 403. I am in the US, and I am receiving a '403' error. -- Gerard [EMAIL PROTECTED] TO REPORT A PROBLEM see http://www.postfix.org/DEBUG_README.html#mail TO (UN)SUBSC

Re: Finally blocking some spam

2008-10-13 Thread Noel Jones
Joey wrote: The best list I have found is http://www.okean.com/ which is only known spammers from those countries. I don't see anywhere on that web site that they claim to list only spammers. In fact, they claim to list *all* Chinese and Korean IP network blocks. If you want to block al

Re: Finally blocking some spam

2008-10-13 Thread Aaron Wolfe
On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 5:53 PM, Joey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> -Original Message- >> From: Justin Piszcz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: Monday, October 13, 2008 5:37 PM >> To: Joey >> Subject: RE: Finally blocking some spam >> >> What anti-spam measurements do you currently use? >>

Re: Finally blocking some spam

2008-10-13 Thread Daniel V. Reinhardt
I am getting full access to those pages, and can download the cidr's and dns black hole lists. Daniel Reinhardt Website: www.cryptodan.com Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Junior Network Security Engineer - Original Message From: J Sloan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: postfix-users@postfix.org Sent

Re: Finally blocking some spam

2008-10-13 Thread Aaron Wolfe
On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 5:45 PM, J Sloan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Daniel V. Reinhardt wrote: >> >> >> Just to make sure I'm not crazy here, you can't get access to >> http://www.okean.com ? >> >> Links to screenshots of what I see ( right now ) >> http://web56.net/images/download/screenshot1.jp

RE: Finally blocking some spam

2008-10-13 Thread Joey
> -Original Message- > From: Justin Piszcz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, October 13, 2008 5:37 PM > To: Joey > Subject: RE: Finally blocking some spam > > What anti-spam measurements do you currently use? > > What does your main.cf look like? (Snip) 1st: Firewall using IPlis

Re: Finally blocking some spam

2008-10-13 Thread J Sloan
Daniel V. Reinhardt wrote: > > > Just to make sure I'm not crazy here, you can't get access to > http://www.okean.com ? > > Links to screenshots of what I see ( right now ) > http://web56.net/images/download/screenshot1.jpg > http://web56.net/images/download/screenshot2.jpg > That's interesting. I

Re: Finally blocking some spam

2008-10-13 Thread Neil
On Oct 13, 2008, at 17:35, Neil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Oct 13, 2008, at 16:43, "Issac Kelly" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I agree that it doesn't make sense to ban an entire country, but what about banning an ISP that won't crack down on spammers? Then, if you're running a legit b

Re: Finally blocking some spam

2008-10-13 Thread Neil
On Oct 13, 2008, at 16:43, "Issac Kelly" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I agree that it doesn't make sense to ban an entire country, but what about banning an ISP that won't crack down on spammers? Then, if you're running a legit business, don't work with ISPs that have lax rules, and everybody

Re: Finally blocking some spam

2008-10-13 Thread Daniel V. Reinhardt
Im from the US, and i do not get that 403. Daniel Reinhardt Website: www.cryptodan.com Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Junior Network Security Engineer - Original Message From: Joey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: postfix-users@postfix.org Sent: Monday, October 13, 2008 9:33:16 PM Subject: RE: Final

RE: Finally blocking some spam

2008-10-13 Thread Joey
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of Charles Marcus > Sent: Monday, October 13, 2008 5:28 PM > To: postfix-users@postfix.org > Subject: Re: Finally blocking some spam > > On 10/13/2008, Joey ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > Somewhere govern

RE: Finally blocking some spam

2008-10-13 Thread Joey
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of J Sloan > Sent: Monday, October 13, 2008 5:20 PM > To: postfix-users@postfix.org > Subject: Re: Finally blocking some spam > > mouss wrote: > > Joey a écrit : > > > >> One thing I didn't think of on thi

Re: Finally blocking some spam

2008-10-13 Thread Charles Marcus
On 10/13/2008, Joey ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Somewhere government ( which I dont want them to control, but is the > only one that can step in ) has to step in and setup hard and fast > laws and rules based on a committee of knowledgable people ( Wietse > etc ) to create a system which requires

Re: Postfix Virtual

2008-10-13 Thread sgsweb
mouss said the following on 10/13/2008 4:51 PM: sgsweb a écrit : Those are nice links, but when I subscribed to this list, I did not see that as a requirement or a stipulation on my confirmation e-mail nor are those links pertaining to postfix.org listserves. you can search the archi

Re: Finally blocking some spam

2008-10-13 Thread J Sloan
mouss wrote: > Joey a écrit : > >> One thing I didn't think of on this, is that the list from spamhaus will be >> the same I am already rejecting via RBL and while it is local, it would >> still not include all the IP's I am using from these other heavy spam >> countries. >> > > > you can b

RE: Finally blocking some spam

2008-10-13 Thread Joey
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Issac Kelly Sent: Monday, October 13, 2008 4:44 PM To: postfix-users@postfix.org Subject: Re: Finally blocking some spam I agree that it doesn't make sense to ban an entire country, but what about banning an ISP that won't crack down o

RE: Finally blocking some spam

2008-10-13 Thread Joey
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of mouss > Sent: Monday, October 13, 2008 4:43 PM > To: postfix-users@postfix.org > Subject: Re: Finally blocking some spam > > Joey a écrit : > > > > One thing I didn't think of on this, is that the list

Re: Finally blocking some spam

2008-10-13 Thread Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond
Joey said: I would like to know everyone's techniques... but yes there goes that completive advantage you mentioned. I get no spam whatsoever (zero, nil, zip) because my mailer rejects email from *all* countries. :-) Seriously, rejecting emails from a complete country is overkill. Might kil

RE: Finally blocking some spam

2008-10-13 Thread Joey
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of mouss > Sent: Monday, October 13, 2008 4:34 PM > To: postfix-users@postfix.org > Subject: Re: Finally blocking some spam > > Joey a écrit : > >> -Original Message- > >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >

Re: Postfix Virtual

2008-10-13 Thread Victor Duchovni
On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 04:44:42PM -0400, Brian Evans - Postfix List wrote: > > -RELAY ERROR LOG > > Oct 11 13:49:02 mail01 postfix/smtpd[4202]: NOQUEUE: reject: RCPT from > > web33504.mail.mud.yahoo.com[68.142.206.153]: 554 > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Relay access denied;

Re: Postfix Virtual

2008-10-13 Thread mouss
sgsweb a écrit : > Those are nice links, but when I subscribed to this list, I did not see > that as a requirement or a stipulation on my confirmation e-mail nor are > those links pertaining to postfix.org listserves. you can search the archives to see what others think about it. > Maybe when y

Re: Finally blocking some spam

2008-10-13 Thread Daniel V. Reinhardt
If you are overseas on Business you shouldn't be using any networks in that nation to begin with. Use something else. Daniel Reinhardt Website: www.cryptodan.com Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Junior Network Security Engineer - Original Message From: Jorey Bump <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Joe

Re: Postfix Virtual

2008-10-13 Thread Brian Evans - Postfix List
sgsweb wrote: > Thanks for the reply. Please see the answers to the questions below > starting with *SGS::.* > > sgs. > > mouss said the following on 10/11/2008 6:25 PM: >> sgsweb a écrit : >> >>> I have a configuration of the postfix server using MySQL. I have the >>> postfix_virtual entry wh

Re: Finally blocking some spam

2008-10-13 Thread Issac Kelly
I agree that it doesn't make sense to ban an entire country, but what about banning an ISP that won't crack down on spammers? Then, if you're running a legit business, don't work with ISPs that have lax rules, and everybody is happy, no? --issac kelly

Re: Finally blocking some spam

2008-10-13 Thread mouss
Joey a écrit : > > One thing I didn't think of on this, is that the list from spamhaus will be > the same I am already rejecting via RBL and while it is local, it would > still not include all the IP's I am using from these other heavy spam > countries. you can build your own "reputation list".

RE: Finally blocking some spam

2008-10-13 Thread Joey
> -Original Message- > From: Jorey Bump [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, October 13, 2008 4:25 PM > To: Joey > Cc: postfix-users@postfix.org > Subject: Re: Finally blocking some spam > > Joey wrote, at 10/13/2008 03:50 PM: > > > You feel like we are doing you a disservice uninten

RE: Finally blocking some spam

2008-10-13 Thread Joey
> > > On 13 Oct 2008, at 15:00, Joey wrote: > >> Joey wrote, at 10/13/2008 01:42 PM: > >> > >> Many school and government sites (not to mention China) can't seem to > >> configure rDNS and FCrDNS properly. I have given up trying to contact > >> offending sites. Too often, they decide the solution

Re: Finally blocking some spam

2008-10-13 Thread mouss
Joey a écrit : >> -Original Message- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> On Behalf Of Zbigniew Szalbot >> Sent: Monday, October 13, 2008 12:06 PM >> To: Postfix users >> Subject: Re: Finally blocking some spam >> >>> I am still using spamhaus at the RBL level wouldn't

Re: Finally blocking some spam

2008-10-13 Thread Jorey Bump
Joey wrote, at 10/13/2008 03:50 PM: > You feel like we are doing you a disservice unintentionally because we may > be blocking your IP, but in reality the other people in Poland who are > exploiting the internet are to blame. :( Glass houses... It may be true that your users can afford to give Po

Re: Postfix Virtual

2008-10-13 Thread sgsweb
Gerard, Most of the e-mail that is going back and forth is bottom posting. E.g., e-mail with subject "Re: Finally blocking some spam" from both Joey and Nikita. Not to mention the e-mail that was sent by mouss as the response to my e-mail is also bottom posting. Again, as I stated in my ea

Re: Postfix Virtual

2008-10-13 Thread sgsweb
Those are nice links, but when I subscribed to this list, I did not see that as a requirement or a stipulation on my confirmation e-mail nor are those links pertaining to postfix.org listserves. Maybe when you see something that is not right, you can give them the benefit of the doubt and expl

Re: Postfix Virtual

2008-10-13 Thread Gerard
On Mon, 13 Oct 2008 15:19:46 -0400 sgsweb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Are you really trying to be this anal or were you born that way? What >part of my response did you not understand? I tried to be as specific >as I can with the response. What did you not understand? Were you >offended (or

Re: Finally blocking some spam

2008-10-13 Thread Neil
On 13 Oct 2008, at 15:00, Joey wrote: Joey wrote, at 10/13/2008 01:42 PM: Many school and government sites (not to mention China) can't seem to configure rDNS and FCrDNS properly. I have given up trying to contact offending sites. Too often, they decide the solution is simply to drop the rec

Re: Finally blocking some spam

2008-10-13 Thread Nikita Kipriyanov
Joey wrote: I have at this point had NO false positives and have seen in my own personal spam a reduction of 90%. You will never see any false positives - those who aren't spammers simply think that your server gone away, even they aren't able to say to you anything... This method won't be

Re: Postfix Virtual

2008-10-13 Thread mouss
sgsweb a écrit : > Are you really trying to be this anal or were you born that way? What > part of my response did you not understand? I tried to be as specific > as I can with the response. What did you not understand? Were you > offended (or confused) by the two different colors? Yes, but

RE: Finally blocking some spam

2008-10-13 Thread Joey
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of Zbigniew Szalbot > Sent: Monday, October 13, 2008 12:06 PM > To: Postfix users > Subject: Re: Finally blocking some spam > > > I am still using spamhaus at the RBL level wouldn't that be the same? > > I

RE: Finally blocking some spam

2008-10-13 Thread Joey
> Sent: Monday, October 13, 2008 12:54 PM > To: postfix-users@postfix.org > Subject: Re: Finally blocking some spam > > >> A spamhaus data feed for 1-5,000 commercial users is $1850/year... You > >> really should consider subscribing, rather than fighting spam with > >> country blocks... > >> > >>

Re: Postfix Virtual

2008-10-13 Thread sgsweb
Are you really trying to be this anal or were you born that way? What part of my response did you not understand? I tried to be as specific as I can with the response. What did you not understand? Were you offended (or confused) by the two different colors? Please explain. sgs. mouss sai

RE: Finally blocking some spam

2008-10-13 Thread Joey
> -Original Message- > From: Jorey Bump [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, October 13, 2008 2:35 PM > To: Joey > Cc: postfix-users@postfix.org > Subject: Re: Finally blocking some spam > > Joey wrote, at 10/13/2008 01:42 PM: > > > You reach a point where the money we think we are p

Re: Postfix listening on 25, unable to telnet to 25 - my first config

2008-10-13 Thread Udo Rader
Paul Cocker schrieb: Definitely nothing in between, of that I'm certain. Are there any tools which will give me more information about attempts to connect to a port on a remote host? use tcpdump for that purpose please try $ telnet $IP_OF_SMTP_HOST 25 and show exactly, what you get I

Re: Finally blocking some spam

2008-10-13 Thread Jorey Bump
Joey wrote, at 10/13/2008 01:42 PM: > You reach a point where the money we think we are profiting from > services sucks up all our time and resources and somehow we have to > reduce that overhead and SPAM. Imagine that we are blocking millions > of spam messages a month through various methods and

RE: Finally blocking some spam

2008-10-13 Thread Joey
> -Original Message- > From: Jorey Bump [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, October 13, 2008 12:51 PM > To: Joey > Cc: postfix-users@postfix.org > Subject: Re: Finally blocking some spam > > Joey wrote, at 10/13/2008 11:57 AM: > > > For us greylisting was a problem because it put a

Re: Finally blocking some spam

2008-10-13 Thread mouss
Joey a écrit : >> -Original Message- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> On Behalf Of Victor Duchovni >> Sent: Monday, October 13, 2008 11:38 AM >> To: postfix-users@postfix.org >> Subject: Re: Finally blocking some spam >> >> On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 11:33

Re: Postfix Virtual

2008-10-13 Thread mouss
sgsweb a écrit : > Thanks for the reply. Please see the answers to the questions below > starting with Do you want help or do you want to impress us with bold blue?

Re: Finally blocking some spam

2008-10-13 Thread Jorey Bump
Joey wrote, at 10/13/2008 11:57 AM: > For us greylisting was a problem because it put a big delay on email when you > were sitting waiting for a message from someone you were talking to, but that > catches A LOT of email. Consider Nolisting. It doesn't have the delay associated with greylisting

Re: SQL DB/query change - concatenating fields

2008-10-13 Thread mouss
Charles Marcus a écrit : > Hello, > > Currently my virtual users are not organized by domain, and the > directory layout is: > > /var/virtual/mail/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with the following query to get the mailbox locations for virtual users: > > query = SELECT maildir FROM mailbox WHERE username='%

Re: Finally blocking some spam

2008-10-13 Thread Zbigniew Szalbot
> I am still using spamhaus at the RBL level wouldn't that be the same? > I am trying to reduce overhead by getting it at the point of connection at > the firewall level. We run a large subscription service. It happens that our server is located in Poland. Thanks to your policy, your users won't b

RE: Finally blocking some spam

2008-10-13 Thread Joey
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of Victor Duchovni > Sent: Monday, October 13, 2008 11:38 AM > To: postfix-users@postfix.org > Subject: Re: Finally blocking some spam > > On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 11:33:15AM -0400, Joey wrote: > > > Hell

RE: Finally blocking some spam

2008-10-13 Thread Joey
> -Original Message- > From: chteh [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, October 13, 2008 11:38 AM > To: Joey > Subject: Re: Finally blocking some spam > > Dear Joey, > > Thanks for your email, I am running 3 postfix mail servers too in our > research lab. > > I am quite interested w

SQL DB/query change - concatenating fields

2008-10-13 Thread Charles Marcus
Hello, Currently my virtual users are not organized by domain, and the directory layout is: /var/virtual/mail/[EMAIL PROTECTED] with the following query to get the mailbox locations for virtual users: query = SELECT maildir FROM mailbox WHERE username='%s' I am planning on migrating everything

Re: Finally blocking some spam

2008-10-13 Thread Victor Duchovni
On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 11:33:15AM -0400, Joey wrote: > Hello All, > > > > I just wanted to share my success with you guys. I have been on the list > for many years running 3 postfix servers. We don't have a lot of clients, > but enough to warrant millions of connections a month by spammers.

Finally blocking some spam

2008-10-13 Thread Joey
Hello All, I just wanted to share my success with you guys. I have been on the list for many years running 3 postfix servers. We don't have a lot of clients, but enough to warrant millions of connections a month by spammers. I have been using the RBL's along with other methods but we still g

RE: Postfix listening on 25, unable to telnet to 25 - my first config

2008-10-13 Thread Paul Cocker
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Noel Jones > Sent: 13 October 2008 15:51 > To: postfix users list > Subject: Re: Postfix listening on 25, unable to telnet to 25 > - my first config > > Paul Cocker wrote: > >> -Original Message--

RE: Postfix listening on 25, unable to telnet to 25 - my first config

2008-10-13 Thread Paul Cocker
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of mouss > Sent: 13 October 2008 16:11 > To: postfix-users@postfix.org > Subject: Re: Postfix listening on 25, unable to telnet to 25 > - my first config > > Paul Cocker a écrit : > >> -Original Mess

RE: Postfix listening on 25, unable to telnet to 25 - my first config

2008-10-13 Thread Paul Cocker
> -Original Message- > From: Udo Rader [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 13 October 2008 15:01 > To: Paul Cocker > Cc: postfix users list > Subject: Re: Postfix listening on 25, unable to telnet to 25 > - my first config > > Paul Cocker schrieb: > >> -Original Message- > >> From:

Re: Postfix listening on 25, unable to telnet to 25 - my first config

2008-10-13 Thread mouss
Paul Cocker a écrit : >> -Original Message- >> From: Arek Czereszewski [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: 13 October 2008 13:09 >> To: Paul Cocker >> Subject: Re: Postfix listening on 25, unable to telnet to 25 >> - my first config >> >> Paul Cocker wrote: >> >>> All my telneting had

Re: anvil(8) and RBLs

2008-10-13 Thread mouss
Jordi Espasa Clofent a écrit : > Hi all, > > I use RBLs as you can see: > > smtpd_client_restrictions = >permit_mynetworks, >permit_sasl_authenticated, >reject_rbl_client zen.spamhaus.org, >reject_rbl_client bl.spamcop.net, >reject_rbl_client list.dsbl.org and I guess you check

Re: Postfix listening on 25, unable to telnet to 25 - my first config

2008-10-13 Thread Noel Jones
Paul Cocker wrote: -Original Message- From: Noel Jones [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 13 October 2008 13:36 To: Paul Cocker; postfix-users@postfix.org Subject: Re: Postfix listening on 25, unable to telnet to 25 - my first config Paul Cocker wrote: All my telneting had been by IP a

Re: Postfix Virtual

2008-10-13 Thread sgsweb
Thanks for the reply. Please see the answers to the questions below starting with *SGS::.* sgs. mouss said the following on 10/11/2008 6:25 PM: sgsweb a écrit : I have a configuration of the postfix server using MySQL. I have the postfix_virtual entry where the destination includes sever

Re: SMTP and SASL/TLS problem

2008-10-13 Thread Issac Kelly
Thanks for the reply! I'm going crazy here.' I did change the setup between the set of logs in the previous e-mail. To keep things simple, I won't this time. # postconf -n # shortened for relavent iformation biff = no broken_sasl_auth_clients = yes config_directory = /etc/postfix inet_interfaces

Re: Postfix listening on 25, unable to telnet to 25 - my first config

2008-10-13 Thread Udo Rader
Paul Cocker schrieb: -Original Message- From: Noel Jones [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 13 October 2008 13:36 To: Paul Cocker; postfix-users@postfix.org Subject: Re: Postfix listening on 25, unable to telnet to 25 - my first config Paul Cocker wrote: All my telneting had been by IP

Re: Postfix listening on 25, unable to telnet to 25 - my first config

2008-10-13 Thread Matthias Haegele
The smtp line look correct: smtp inet n - n - - smtpd If postfix does appear to be listening on external interfaces, then you have firewall software on that host interfering with postfix. Definitely nothing in between, of that I'm certain. Are there any

RE: Postfix listening on 25, unable to telnet to 25 - my first config

2008-10-13 Thread Paul Cocker
> -Original Message- > From: Noel Jones [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 13 October 2008 13:36 > To: Paul Cocker; postfix-users@postfix.org > Subject: Re: Postfix listening on 25, unable to telnet to 25 > - my first config > > Paul Cocker wrote: > > > > All my telneting had been by IP

Re: SMTP and SASL/TLS problem

2008-10-13 Thread Brian Evans - Postfix List
Issac Kelly wrote: > I'm having problems with SASL and SSL on SMTP. > > Here are my logs from a connection request > > postfix/smtpd[2699]: connect from (outside host) > postfix/smtpd[2699]: setting up TLS connection from (outside host) > postfix/smtpd[2699]: SSL_accept error from (outside host_: -

RE: Postfix listening on 25, unable to telnet to 25 - my first config

2008-10-13 Thread Paul Cocker
> -Original Message- > From: Arek Czereszewski [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 13 October 2008 13:09 > To: Paul Cocker > Subject: Re: Postfix listening on 25, unable to telnet to 25 > - my first config > > Paul Cocker wrote: > > All my telneting had been by IP address, the name wasn't

Re: Postfix listening on 25, unable to telnet to 25 - my first config

2008-10-13 Thread Noel Jones
Paul Cocker wrote: All my telneting had been by IP address, the name wasn't in DNS yet. I've added it, but I get the same problems. As noted in my previous post I've now found I can access the port from the postfix machine, just not other machines. Use netstat or lsof to see if postfix is rea

RE: Postfix listening on 25, unable to telnet to 25 - my first config

2008-10-13 Thread Paul Cocker
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of MacShane, Tracy > Sent: 13 October 2008 12:05 > To: postfix-users@postfix.org > Subject: RE: Postfix listening on 25, unable to telnet to 25 > - my first config > > > -Original Message- > > Fr

RE: Postfix listening on 25, unable to telnet to 25 - my first config

2008-10-13 Thread Paul Cocker
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Barney Desmond > Sent: 13 October 2008 11:43 > To: postfix-users@postfix.org > Subject: Re: Postfix listening on 25, unable to telnet to 25 > - my first config > > Firewall? My attempt at reading the

RE: Postfix listening on 25, unable to telnet to 25 - my first config

2008-10-13 Thread MacShane, Tracy
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul Cocker > Sent: Monday, 13 October 2008 8:58 PM > To: postfix-users@postfix.org > Subject: Postfix listening on 25, unable to telnet to 25 - my > first config > > Okay, so last week I posted an is

Re: Postfix listening on 25, unable to telnet to 25 - my first config

2008-10-13 Thread Barney Desmond
Firewall? My attempt at reading the postconf output suggests it should work, though I don't know if an empty mydestination is correct. See if you can telnet to localhost on the postfix server itself, and check the output of netstat (`netstat -tnlp` for me) to make sure it's listening on the correc

Postfix automatic startup script for Mac OSX 10.4

2008-10-13 Thread Rupert Reid
Hello all, I am trying to setup postfix so that it will start automatically at startup. I placed the following script "postfix" in a text file "postfix" and saved it to Library/Startupitems/Postfix. As you probably guessed it did not work. I would be grateful for some detailed instructi

Postfix listening on 25, unable to telnet to 25 - my first config

2008-10-13 Thread Paul Cocker
Okay, so last week I posted an issue about the above with lots of errors and it turns out I hadn't generated the relevant .db files, along with a couple of other problems. So, I sorted all that out and fired up postfix, checked that the server was listening on port 25 and then tried to telnet: Con

Re: anvil(8) and RBLs

2008-10-13 Thread Ralf Hildebrandt
* Jordi Espasa Clofent <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi all, > > I use RBLs as you can see: > > smtpd_client_restrictions = >permit_mynetworks, >permit_sasl_authenticated, >reject_rbl_client zen.spamhaus.org, >reject_rbl_client bl.spamcop.net, >reject_rbl_client list.dsbl.org > > Moreo

anvil(8) and RBLs

2008-10-13 Thread Jordi Espasa Clofent
Hi all, I use RBLs as you can see: smtpd_client_restrictions = permit_mynetworks, permit_sasl_authenticated, reject_rbl_client zen.spamhaus.org, reject_rbl_client bl.spamcop.net, reject_rbl_client list.dsbl.org Moreover, I use anvil(8) with smtpd_client_connection_rate_limit = 1

Re: SMTP and SASL/TLS problem

2008-10-13 Thread Алексей Доморадов
-Original Message- From: "Issac Kelly" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: postfix-users@postfix.org Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2008 19:44:43 -0400 Subject: SMTP and SASL/TLS problem > > I'm having problems with SASL and SSL on SMTP. > > Here are my logs from a connection request > > postfix/smtpd[2699]: