Re: eg: Transport table not working

2014-04-07 Thread Wietse Venema
Wietse > When the above [transport map entry and dedicated transport] works > as documented, then Postfix will deliver that mail in parallel > with other deliveries. Only a statistical analysis over a longer > time would reveal that some recipients are delivered via this > dedicated master.cf SMTP

RE: eg: Transport table not working

2014-04-07 Thread KK Patnaik
Thank you. What should I do to see that the deliveries to this particular domain doesn't disturb the regular outbound mails? Is relay_transport is advisable and if yes then can I just assign the same transport table to the relay_transport. -Original Message- From: owner-postfix-us...@postf

Re: eg: Transport table not working

2014-04-07 Thread Wietse Venema
KK Patnaik: > Hi, > > I have kept a transport map for the exclusive delivery of abcdmail.com but > its again going along with the regular outbound mails. Please suggest. > > #Cat /etc/postfix/transport > > abcdmail.com abcd:abcdmail.com > > I added the below line in master.cf > > abcd unix -

Re: Where is 'localdomain' defined?

2014-04-07 Thread Timothy D. Legg
Okay, I remember getting caught like this before. I thought the -d was for 'display' when it means 'defaults' I thought I was listing the current settings. I quickly read the man page, saw the word 'Print' and thought "BINGO!!! That's my parameter" > 07.04.2014 16:34, Timothy D. Legg: > >> On

eg: Transport table not working

2014-04-07 Thread KK Patnaik
Hi, I have kept a transport map for the exclusive delivery of abcdmail.com but its again going along with the regular outbound mails. Please suggest. #Cat /etc/postfix/transport abcdmail.com abcd:abcdmail.com I added the below line in master.cf abcd unix - - n

Re: High Availability

2014-04-07 Thread tejas sarade
I don't see any reason to complicate things by implementing HA solution, when you can simply have multiple MX records. On Mon, Apr 7, 2014 at 12:35 AM, Ramesh wrote: > > > Hi All, > > Presently we have primary MX and backup MX servers, when primary goes down mails will be queued in secondary MX,

Re: High Availability

2014-04-07 Thread Wietse Venema
Miles Fidelman: > Wietse Venema wrote: > > Miles Fidelman: > >>> Have you considered the following: > >>> > >>> - Inbound mail spends a fraction of a second in the queue. > >>> > >>> - Inbound mail spends days or weeks or more in the mailbox. > >>> > >>> - If an MTA goes down, mail flows via altern

Re: High Availability

2014-04-07 Thread Miles Fidelman
Wietse Venema wrote: Miles Fidelman: Have you considered the following: - Inbound mail spends a fraction of a second in the queue. - Inbound mail spends days or weeks or more in the mailbox. - If an MTA goes down, mail flows via alternate MX hosts. - If the mailbox store goes down, then you

Re: Where is 'localdomain' defined?

2014-04-07 Thread Markus Schönhaber
07.04.2014 16:34, Timothy D. Legg: > On my system, lets say the /etc/hostname is assigned to be 'example'. > This is not a FQDN, which would require $myhostname to be set as something > more exact. In my main.cf, I have a line: > > myhostname = example.com > > but when I run postconf -d myhost

Re: Where is 'localdomain' defined?

2014-04-07 Thread li...@rhsoft.net
Am 07.04.2014 16:34, schrieb Timothy D. Legg: > myhostname = example.com > > but when I run postconf -d myhostname, I get an output that I didn't expect: > > myhostname = example.localdomain re-read the manual postconf -d: default settings postconf -n: current active settings

Where is 'localdomain' defined?

2014-04-07 Thread Timothy D. Legg
Hello, My installation works fine. I am wanting to understand how Postfix works better so that I can extend my installation's capabilities in the future. I have Postfix: The Definitive Guide ebook that I bought and downloaded from O'Reilly and have been using it, as well as the postfix.org websi

Re: Lost Connection after AUTH - Dealing with Abuse

2014-04-07 Thread Alessandro Vesely
On Mon 07/Apr/2014 16:01:44 +0200 li...@rhsoft.net wrote: > Am 07.04.2014 15:42, schrieb Richard Laysell: >> Apr 7 12:52:42 polyphemus postfix/smtpd[1519]: lost connection after >> AUTH from unknown[78.188.45.153] >> Apr 7 12:52:42 polyphemus postfix/smtpd[25494]: lost connection after >> AUTH fr

Re: Lost Connection after AUTH - Dealing with Abuse

2014-04-07 Thread li...@rhsoft.net
Am 07.04.2014 15:42, schrieb Richard Laysell: > Apr 7 12:52:40 polyphemus postfix/smtpd[24765]: lost connection after > AUTH from unknown[78.188.45.153] > Apr 7 12:52:41 polyphemus postfix/smtpd[9398]: lost connection after > AUTH from unknown[78.188.45.153] > Apr 7 12:52:42 polyphemus postfix

Re: Lost Connection after AUTH - Dealing with Abuse

2014-04-07 Thread Noel Jones
On 4/7/2014 8:42 AM, Richard Laysell wrote: > > Hello all, > > What is the best way of dealing with pests like this? > > Apr 7 12:52:40 polyphemus postfix/smtpd[24765]: lost connection after > AUTH from unknown[78.188.45.153] > Apr 7 12:52:41 polyphemus postfix/smtpd[9398]: lost connection aft

Lost Connection after AUTH - Dealing with Abuse

2014-04-07 Thread Richard Laysell
Hello all, What is the best way of dealing with pests like this? Apr 7 12:52:40 polyphemus postfix/smtpd[24765]: lost connection after AUTH from unknown[78.188.45.153] Apr 7 12:52:41 polyphemus postfix/smtpd[9398]: lost connection after AUTH from unknown[78.188.45.153] Apr 7 12:52:42 polyphem

Re: Put all outgoing mail for domain in HOLD

2014-04-07 Thread Wietse Venema
Chris: > Hi all. > We have a postfix setup with recipient_bcc_maps and sender_bcc_maps enabled > for > each mailbox and delivering to another mta for archiving. > > We've maintained the same mailbox namings and added a suffix > incoming "u...@company.com" bccs to "user-in@company.local" > outgoin

Put all outgoing mail for domain in HOLD

2014-04-07 Thread Chris
Hi all. We have a postfix setup with recipient_bcc_maps and sender_bcc_maps enabled for each mailbox and delivering to another mta for archiving. We've maintained the same mailbox namings and added a suffix incoming "u...@company.com" bccs to "user-in@company.local" outgoing "u...@company.com" bcc

Re: High Availability

2014-04-07 Thread Wietse Venema
Miles Fidelman: > > Have you considered the following: > > > > - Inbound mail spends a fraction of a second in the queue. > > > > - Inbound mail spends days or weeks or more in the mailbox. > > > > - If an MTA goes down, mail flows via alternate MX hosts. > > > > - If the mailbox store goes down, t

Re: Mailbox structure help

2014-04-07 Thread jmct
Good morning Wietse, I found that this was user error and simply adding "username/" in my vmaps file worked like a charm. Additionally, I had to make sure Dovecot could access my mailboxes by explicitly setting my UID/GID to vmail/vmail in /etc/dovecot/conf.d/10-mail.conf Thank you for your cont

Re: mailman issue

2014-04-07 Thread /dev/rob0
On Fri, Apr 04, 2014 at 02:55:49PM -0400, Curtis Maurand wrote: > I'm not sure if this is on topic or not. I can't tell whether > this is mailman issue or a postfix issue. > > I have set up mailman. The simple way to do Postfix and Mailman is to put your lists subdomain[s] in $mydestination, an

Re: High Availability

2014-04-07 Thread Miles Fidelman
Wietse Venema wrote: Miles Fidelman: To find solutions, open your favorite search engine and try "cyrus mailbox replication", "dovecot meailbox replication", and so on. I've been wondering about this too, and it strikes me that "mailbox replication" is only relevant to local delivery. What abo

Re: High Availability

2014-04-07 Thread Wietse Venema
Miles Fidelman: > > To find solutions, open your favorite search engine and try "cyrus > > mailbox replication", "dovecot meailbox replication", and so on. > > I've been wondering about this too, and it strikes me that "mailbox > replication" is only relevant to local delivery. What about replic

Re: High Availability

2014-04-07 Thread Nikolaos Milas
On 7/4/2014 8:17 πμ, Patrick Ben Koetter wrote: On Linux use DRBD to replicate mail queues between a pair of machines and crm to control a second Postfix instance that will be started locally to pickup any remaining mails once the partner machine dies. Hmm, I think DRBD is only advised in case