Re: -o smtpd_banner very limited

2011-01-03 Thread Victor Duchovni
On Tue, Jan 04, 2011 at 07:14:34AM +0100, Ralf Hauser wrote: > When I want to add a different banner with -o in master.cf for a > secondary smtpd, this fails http://www.postfix.org/master.5.html ... -o name=value Override the named main.cf configuration

-o smtpd_banner very limited

2011-01-03 Thread Ralf Hauser
When I want to add a different banner with -o in master.cf for a secondary smtpd, this fails with <> http://www.postfix.org/postconf.5.html#smtpd_banner says << smtpd_banner (default: $myhostname ESMTP $mail_name) The text that follows the 220 status code in the SMTP greeting banner. Some peopl

Re: odd pickup maildrop permission denied warnings

2011-01-03 Thread Wietse Venema
Aaron Bennett: > Hi, > > I've got a number of message (150-200) on each of three mail relays stuck in > the maildrop queue generating pickup permission denied warnings as follows: > > Jan 3 18:18:29 megalon postfix/pickup[12469]: warning: maildrop/BC4872E769C: > Permission denied > > The mess

Re: Change error messages returned by Postfix

2011-01-03 Thread mouss
Le 03/01/2011 17:35, Wietse Venema a écrit : > J. Roeleveld: >> On Monday 03 January 2011 04:12:46 Wietse Venema wrote: >>> Mark Scholten: Hello, Should I look in the source or is there a better location to change the texts returned by Postfix after the error code for a connecti

Re: Change error messages returned by Postfix

2011-01-03 Thread mouss
Le 03/01/2011 15:19, /dev/rob0 a écrit : > On Mon, Jan 03, 2011 at 08:48:02AM +0100, J. Roeleveld wrote: >> On Monday 03 January 2011 04:12:46 Wietse Venema wrote: >>> Mark Scholten: Should I look in the source or is there a better location to change the texts returned by Postfix after t

odd pickup maildrop permission denied warnings

2011-01-03 Thread Aaron Bennett
Hi, I've got a number of message (150-200) on each of three mail relays stuck in the maildrop queue generating pickup permission denied warnings as follows: Jan 3 18:18:29 megalon postfix/pickup[12469]: warning: maildrop/BC4872E769C: Permission denied The messages are not particularly unusual

Re: Changing address in "From:" header

2011-01-03 Thread Wietse Venema
adambenesc...@aol.com: > > Wietse, > > OK, thanks. That explains everything. I'm using NMH and was able > to fix the problem by editing localname in mts.conf. > > Our previous system (on the machine that died) used sendmail, > which I'm guessing had the ability to fix the "From:" header the >

Re: Changing address in "From:" header

2011-01-03 Thread adambeneschan
Wietse, OK, thanks. That explains everything. I'm using NMH and was able to fix the problem by editing localname in mts.conf. Our previous system (on the machine that died) used sendmail, which I'm guessing had the ability to fix the "From:" header the way I needed it, but I haven't looked

Re: Changing address in "From:" header

2011-01-03 Thread Wietse Venema
adambenesc...@aol.com: > > > > Hi, > > I'm trying to set up Postfix on one of our hosts to handle (among other > things) outgoing mail. We have several hosts in our domain (which I'll call > domain.com). > > The problem I'm trying to solve is that when I send a message, either to > another

Changing address in "From:" header

2011-01-03 Thread adambeneschan
Hi, I'm trying to set up Postfix on one of our hosts to handle (among other things) outgoing mail. We have several hosts in our domain (which I'll call domain.com). The problem I'm trying to solve is that when I send a message, either to another user in our domain or to an outside address,

Re: Change error messages returned by Postfix

2011-01-03 Thread John Adams
Am 03.01.2011 20:00, schrieb Victor Duchovni: On Mon, Jan 03, 2011 at 07:44:51PM +0100, Ralf Hildebrandt wrote: * Wietse Venema: 421-4.4.2 host.example.com Error: timeout exceeded 421 4.4.2 For assistance, contact the helpdesk at 800-555-0101 I wonder how many calls you would actua

Re: Change error messages returned by Postfix

2011-01-03 Thread Ralf Hildebrandt
> This said, in a B2B context, a less experienced postmaster of a > remote domain may in some cases benefit from a link to a more detailed > explanation of an SMTP reject message. A fixed suffix for SMTP error > responses is probably the right cost/benefit trade-off. Recently a postmaster of a re

Re: Change error messages returned by Postfix

2011-01-03 Thread Victor Duchovni
On Mon, Jan 03, 2011 at 07:44:51PM +0100, Ralf Hildebrandt wrote: > * Wietse Venema : > > > 421-4.4.2 host.example.com Error: timeout exceeded > > 421 4.4.2 For assistance, contact the helpdesk at 800-555-0101 > > > > I wonder how many calls you would actually get for that. > > Almost n

Re: Change error messages returned by Postfix

2011-01-03 Thread Ralf Hildebrandt
* John Adams : > >Almost none, because users cannot read. > > well, actually they can. They just don't read the automated gibberish > that comes from us admins. :) -- Ralf Hildebrandt Geschäftsbereich IT | Abteilung Netzwerk Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin Campus Benjamin Franklin

Re: Change error messages returned by Postfix

2011-01-03 Thread John Adams
Am 03.01.2011 19:44, schrieb Ralf Hildebrandt: * Wietse Venema: 421-4.4.2 host.example.com Error: timeout exceeded 421 4.4.2 For assistance, contact the helpdesk at 800-555-0101 I wonder how many calls you would actually get for that. Almost none, because users cannot read. well

Re: Change error messages returned by Postfix

2011-01-03 Thread Ralf Hildebrandt
* Wietse Venema : > 421-4.4.2 host.example.com Error: timeout exceeded > 421 4.4.2 For assistance, contact the helpdesk at 800-555-0101 > > I wonder how many calls you would actually get for that. Almost none, because users cannot read. -- Ralf Hildebrandt Geschäftsbereich IT | Abtei

Re: - email Header corrupted?

2011-01-03 Thread Victor Duchovni
On Mon, Jan 03, 2011 at 12:26:18PM +, Ralf W. wrote: > I'm getting the indication that the Return-Path: could be the > problem. Can somebody explain to me if you every had some problem like this > and > how to fix it. http://www.postfix.org/pipe.8.html ... flags=

Re: Change error messages returned by Postfix

2011-01-03 Thread Wietse Venema
J. Roeleveld: > On Monday 03 January 2011 04:12:46 Wietse Venema wrote: > > Mark Scholten: > > > Hello, > > > > > > Should I look in the source or is there a better location to change the > > > texts returned by Postfix after the error code for a connecting MTA? I'd > > > like to give custom messa

Re: Change error messages returned by Postfix

2011-01-03 Thread /dev/rob0
On Mon, Jan 03, 2011 at 08:48:02AM +0100, J. Roeleveld wrote: > On Monday 03 January 2011 04:12:46 Wietse Venema wrote: > > Mark Scholten: > > > Should I look in the source or is there a better location to > > > change the texts returned by Postfix after the error code for > > > a connecting MTA?

Re: - email Header corrupted?

2011-01-03 Thread Robert Schetterer
Am 03.01.2011 13:26, schrieb Ralf W.: > Hello List - I have a client who has a MS-SBS and using a pop3 connector to > pop > emails from our server. It turns out that the SBS at some messages will not > pull the email, and is saying that the email header from this email is > corrupted. After t

Re: - email Header corrupted?

2011-01-03 Thread J. Roeleveld
On Mon, January 3, 2011 1:26 pm, Ralf W. wrote: > Hello List - I have a client who has a MS-SBS and using a pop3 connector > to pop > emails from our server. It turns out that the SBS at some messages will > not > pull the email, and is saying that the email header from this email is > corrupted.

- email Header corrupted?

2011-01-03 Thread Ralf W.
Hello List - I have a client who has a MS-SBS and using a pop3 connector to pop emails from our server. It turns out that the SBS at some messages will not pull the email, and is saying that the email header from this email is corrupted. After this the SBS will not pull any emails anymore. The

Re: Postfix and Postgrey Part II

2011-01-03 Thread jason hirsh
On Jan 3, 2011, at 7:03 AM, Jordi Espasa Clofent wrote: http://blog.minibofh.org/?p=45 -- thank you for you info.. This is pretty much what I did to install and from what I have seen.. it doesn't "learn" for me asbit will grey list the same domain over and over again I will face m

Re: Postfix and Postgrey Part II

2011-01-03 Thread Jordi Espasa Clofent
http://blog.minibofh.org/?p=45 -- I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.