Re: Question on max message size

2011-08-05 Thread Rob Sterenborg (Lists)
On Sat, 2011-08-06 at 01:04 -0500, Stan Hoeppner wrote: > Or do the smart thing: use a file transfer protocol for transferring > files instead of an email protocol. HTTP and FTP are readily available > good examples. We don't know why the OP wants this so it may not be that simple. Recently I h

Re: Question on max message size

2011-08-05 Thread Stan Hoeppner
On 8/5/2011 9:12 AM, Magnus Bäck wrote: > On Friday, August 05, 2011 at 15:37 CEST, > Nikolaos Milas wrote: > >> A quick question: message_size_limit refers to the MIME-encoded >> (base64) "final" message size or to the initial (non-encoded) size >> of message + attachments? > > The former.

Re: Separate postfix and dovecot log

2011-08-05 Thread Stan Hoeppner
On 8/5/2011 6:38 AM, Robert Schetterer wrote: > Am 05.08.2011 13:31, schrieb Ralf Hildebrandt: >> Multiple options: >> >> * use a syslogd which can do filtering (syslog-ng) based on regexp >> * or do it this way: >> >> main.cf: >> syslog_facility = local4 >> >> and in syslog.conf: >> local4.*

Re: Simplest way to enable smtpd_authorized_xforward_hosts for any/all clients?

2011-08-05 Thread Noel Jones
On 8/5/2011 3:26 PM, Jack Bates wrote: > What's the simplest way to enable smtpd_authorized_xforward_hosts for > any/all clients? That sounds very wrong. What problem are you trying to solve? -- Noel Jones

Simplest way to enable smtpd_authorized_xforward_hosts for any/all clients?

2011-08-05 Thread Jack Bates
What's the simplest way to enable smtpd_authorized_xforward_hosts for any/all clients?

Re: Domain in message envelope.

2011-08-05 Thread Noel Jones
On 8/5/2011 2:40 PM, Ryan Buffa wrote: > Running postfix on Max OS X Server 10.6. This servers only job is to > relay mail from our web servers as different domains. > A customer is saying the message envelope does not contain a domain > name and want to know if we can get that included in the mes

Re: Backscatter Assistance?

2011-08-05 Thread James Seymour
On Fri, 5 Aug 2011 15:24:41 -0400 (EDT) Gary Chambers wrote: [snip] > > Thanks. Once the sick feeling in my stomach subsided and I started > seeing things a bit more clearly, I realized that I just probably had > to ride it out. Ride it out? LOL! That's probably going to get worse, if anythi

Domain in message envelope.

2011-08-05 Thread Ryan Buffa
Running postfix on Max OS X Server 10.6. This servers only job is to relay mail from our web servers as different domains. A customer is saying the message envelope does not contain a domain name and want to know if we can get that included in the message envelope. Log reference below. Thu Aug 4

Re: Backscatter Assistance?

2011-08-05 Thread Gary Chambers
Jim, I don't see a problem, other than people trying to deliver email to your MX to invalid recipients and from clients w/no rDNS. Your MX is rejecting them. My mail server handles a trivial amount of mail so I panicked upon seeing the dramatic increase in log traffic. Further compounding ma

Re: Domain aliasing

2011-08-05 Thread Jeroen Geilman
On 2011-08-05 16:22, Magnus Bäck wrote: On Tuesday, August 02, 2011 at 19:25 CEST, Jeroen Geilman wrote: On 2011-08-02 06:30, Noel Butler wrote: Has been a while since I've looked at this, but at present if we need to alias a domain, eg f...@example.com to f...@example.net we are using

Re: Backscatter Assistance?

2011-08-05 Thread James Seymour
On Fri, 5 Aug 2011 14:23:42 -0400 (EDT) Gary Chambers wrote: > Jim, > > > What problem are you trying to solve? > > Thanks for the reply. > > I've been poring over the backscatterer README and from what I can > tell, my server isn't the problem. I don't see a problem, other than people trying

Re: Backscatter Assistance?

2011-08-05 Thread Gary Chambers
Jim, What problem are you trying to solve? Thanks for the reply. I've been poring over the backscatterer README and from what I can tell, my server isn't the problem. Having the experts validate that will help substantially, though. I was concerned about my server being the backscatterer an

Re: Backscatter Assistance?

2011-08-05 Thread James Seymour
On Fri, 5 Aug 2011 13:41:16 -0400 (EDT) Gary Chambers wrote: [snip] > > Will someone please assist me in determining the problem or offer any > short- (or long-) term suggestions? Thank you very much! What problem are you trying to solve? Regards, Jim -- Note: My mail server employs *very* a

Backscatter Assistance?

2011-08-05 Thread Gary Chambers
All, My Postfix (2.7.0 Ubuntu) mail server has just begun logging several hundred attempts of: Aug 5 13:35:37 lollipop postfix/smtpd[23022]: connect from unknown[173.0.131.197] Aug 5 13:35:37 lollipop postfix/smtpd[22847]: disconnect from joker.iwswebhosting.com[208.101.4.76] Aug 5 13:35:37

Re: mailling list

2011-08-05 Thread Brian Evans - Postfix List
On 8/5/2011 9:34 AM, Amira Othman wrote: > > Hi all > > I am using postfix-2.3.3-2.3.el5_6 on centos 5.6.I have configured > postfix to server 2 virtual domains and now I need to use mailing > list. I installed mailman-2.1.9-6.el5_6.1 when I add the virtual > domain to /etc/mailman/mm_cfg.py and ru

mailling list

2011-08-05 Thread Amira Othman
Hi all I am using postfix-2.3.3-2.3.el5_6 on centos 5.6.I have configured postfix to server 2 virtual domains and now I need to use mailing list. I installed mailman-2.1.9-6.el5_6.1 when I add the virtual domain to /etc/mailman/mm_cfg.py and run the command /usr/lib/mailman/bin/genaliases I got er

Re: Question on max message size

2011-08-05 Thread Nikolaos Milas
On 5/8/2011 5:12 μμ, Magnus Bäck wrote: A quick question: message_size_limit refers to the MIME-encoded (base64) "final" message size or to the initial (non-encoded) size of message + attachments? The former. That's the only representation of an email that's ever sent or stored. Thanks, Nick

Re: Domain aliasing

2011-08-05 Thread Magnus Bäck
On Tuesday, August 02, 2011 at 19:25 CEST, Jeroen Geilman wrote: > On 2011-08-02 06:30, Noel Butler wrote: > > > Has been a while since I've looked at this, but at present if we > > need to alias a domain, eg f...@example.com to f...@example.net > > we are using mysql:/etc/postfix/mysql_ali

Re: Question on max message size

2011-08-05 Thread Magnus Bäck
On Friday, August 05, 2011 at 15:37 CEST, Nikolaos Milas wrote: > A quick question: message_size_limit refers to the MIME-encoded > (base64) "final" message size or to the initial (non-encoded) size > of message + attachments? The former. That's the only representation of an email that's ev

Multiple Domains, Mail Gateway, Two Mail Servers

2011-08-05 Thread James Seymour
G'day All, My Postfix fu is weak these days, so I'm going to ask for a bit of help. I've dredged-up all I could remember of advanced Postfix techniques, trawled the various docs and HowTos, and haven't been able to solve this. We have multiple domains. We have one mail gateway. We have two mai

Question on max message size

2011-08-05 Thread Nikolaos Milas
Hi everyone, A quick question: message_size_limit refers to the MIME-encoded (base64) "final" message size or to the initial (non-encoded) size of message + attachments? (Encoded message size should be about 30% larger than the original, so if we want to allow attachments of max size e.g. 30

Re: Separate postfix and dovecot log

2011-08-05 Thread Reindl Harald
Am 05.08.2011 13:28, schrieb JEHERUL: > Dear all > > By default the log created by postfix and dovecot goes to /var/log/maillog. > I want to take the log separately. > How can I do that? I googled but nothing found like that this is a dovecot question so if you searach for "dovecot logging" in

Re: Separate postfix and dovecot log

2011-08-05 Thread Simone Caruso
On 05/08/2011 13:28, JEHERUL wrote: > Dear all > > By default the log created by postfix and dovecot goes to /var/log/maillog. I > want to take the log separately. > With rsyslog u can use 'expressions' (see the docs), u can do something similar to rsyslog with syslog-ng -- Simone Caruso IT Co

Re: Separate postfix and dovecot log

2011-08-05 Thread Ralf Hildebrandt
* Robert Schetterer : > or use seperate dovecot log file > http://wiki.dovecot.org/Logging Oh yes. My solution dates back to courier-imap, where courier-imap was not configurable at all! -- Ralf Hildebrandt Geschäftsbereich IT | Abteilung Netzwerk Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin Cam

Re: Separate postfix and dovecot log

2011-08-05 Thread Robert Schetterer
Am 05.08.2011 13:31, schrieb Ralf Hildebrandt: > * JEHERUL : >> Dear all >> >> By default the log created by postfix and dovecot goes to /var/log/maillog. >> I want to take the log separately. >> >> How can I do that? I googled but nothing found like that. > > :) > > Multiple options: > > * use

Re: Separate postfix and dovecot log

2011-08-05 Thread Ralf Hildebrandt
* JEHERUL : > Dear all > > By default the log created by postfix and dovecot goes to /var/log/maillog. > I want to take the log separately. > > How can I do that? I googled but nothing found like that. :) Multiple options: * use a syslogd which can do filtering (syslog-ng) based on regexp * or

Separate postfix and dovecot log

2011-08-05 Thread JEHERUL
Dear all By default the log created by postfix and dovecot goes to /var/log/maillog. I want to take the log separately. How can I do that? I googled but nothing found like that. -- Jeherul Islam Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati India

Re: Sending massive mails

2011-08-05 Thread Robert Schetterer
Am 05.08.2011 10:13, schrieb Bjron Mork: > I do have the same concerns, is there any way to implement users bases > sending policies through postfix … > > > > > > *Regards,* > > *B~Mork* > Hi, search the list archives for recommands on sending mass mails, there are tons of of good advices

RE: Sending massive mails

2011-08-05 Thread Bjron Mork
I do have the same concerns, is there any way to implement users bases sending policies through postfix … Regards, B~Mork From: owner-postfix-us...@postfix.org [mailto:owner-postfix-us...@postfix.org] On Behalf Of Alejandro Facultad Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2011 7:57 PM To: post

Re: About 'connect from unknown[IP address]' -> reject_unknown_reverse_client_hostname

2011-08-05 Thread Bruno Costacurta
... Ýou mean *client*. smtp_client_restrictions = reject_unknown_client_hostname NOTE that this is a very heavy restriction and will cause many, many false positives. I'll use warn-if-reject to see how is going. Instead, use the milder (but equally effective) smtp_client_restriction

Re: Postfix mail transport unavailable

2011-08-05 Thread Ralf Hildebrandt
* Geoffrey R Hardin : > The errors are the same in verbose and in non-verbose mode. Yes, but non-verbose mode is easier to read! -- Ralf Hildebrandt Geschäftsbereich IT | Abteilung Netzwerk Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin Campus Benjamin Franklin Hindenburgdamm 30 | D-12203 Berlin

Re: Sending massive mails

2011-08-05 Thread Ralf Hildebrandt
* Stan Hoeppner : > On 8/4/2011 9:57 AM, Alejandro Facultad wrote: > > What is the difference if the recipients opt in receive the mails or not, > > from the point of view of spam black lists ??? > > No difference, if you're referring to DNSBLs. Almost all are trap > driven. Uhm, if somebody