Re: Current problems solved, but question...

2020-08-10 Thread cfs_postfix
Viktor Dukhovni wrote .. > The intention is not to suggest you avoid the list. Please keep asking, Since I have been able to thus far fix all of the problems I've had (and indeed mostly caused) myself; activate the complete virtusertable successfully; set up the mean-ugly sendmail access

Re: Is a listen on loopback-only even necessary?

2020-08-10 Thread Viktor Dukhovni
On Mon, Aug 10, 2020 at 07:47:35PM -0400, Adrian Pepper wrote: > However, /usr/lib/sendmail would appear to work fine to > send outgoing mail. Headers seem to suggest that messages > do get queued without using an smtp connection at all. Yes, local mail submission does not require an SMTP server

Re: Current problems solved, but question...

2020-08-10 Thread Viktor Dukhovni
On Mon, Aug 10, 2020 at 08:52:52PM -0400, cfs_post...@insec.lofcom.com wrote: > > Without *context* your question was and remains much too vague. > >Since there is no good way to answer this, I won't. Thank you for >your help; I will try not to bother the list any more than >absolutel

Re: Current problems solved, but question...

2020-08-10 Thread cfs_postfix
Viktor Dukhovni wrote .. > Without *context* your question was and remains much too vague. Since there is no good way to answer this, I won't. Thank you for your help; I will try not to bother the list any more than absolutely necessary in the future. Charlie

RE: Raw postfix newbie here...

2020-08-10 Thread cfs_postfix
Scott Techlist wrote .. > It's a little dated now, but I can't recommend enough "The Book of Postfix" > ISBN > 1-59327-001-1 It helped me a good deal when I was learning postfix. I have to buy books for the kid's upcoming school term this week or next, so I'll add it to the list, thanks.

Is a listen on loopback-only even necessary?

2020-08-10 Thread Adrian Pepper
Between compatability issues, and automated updates, our sending-only postfix hosts managed to have in /etc/postfix/main.cf === [...] smtpd_relay_restrictions = permit_mynetworks [...] mynetworks = 127.0.0.0/8 [:::127.0.0.

RE: Raw postfix newbie here...

2020-08-10 Thread Scott Techlist
> If I missed anywhere on the web where moving from sendmail to postfix while > using (or modifying) existing external files is discussed >in detail, pointers would be appreciated - might save me from making a bunch >of embarrassing newbie posts here... > If I missed anywhere on the web wher

Re: Current problems solved, but question...

2020-08-10 Thread Wietse Venema
cfs_post...@insec.lofcom.com: >Yes, I understand this (I never use catchalls), again it was >more a fear of the possibility that a bad rewrite (missed space >in a virtusertable line for example) might cause postfix to do >bad things as it did in this case; and other than my never >

Re: Current problems solved, but question...

2020-08-10 Thread Viktor Dukhovni
On Mon, Aug 10, 2020 at 04:44:34PM -0400, cfs_post...@insec.lofcom.com wrote: > Viktor Dukhovni wrote .. > > > You're indeed falling into the very trap I tried to steer you away > > from, that is, describing problems only in free-from prose, rather > > than clearly stated data (logs, configs, ..

Re: Current problems solved, but question...

2020-08-10 Thread cfs_postfix
Viktor Dukhovni wrote .. > You're indeed falling into the very trap I tried to steer you away > from, that is, describing problems only in free-from prose, rather > than clearly stated data (logs, configs, ...). No, I'm really not, and I'm a little insulted that you would accuse me of such.

Re: Current problems solved, but question...

2020-08-10 Thread Wietse Venema
cfs_post...@insec.lofcom.com: >1) May I assume every delivery must have a fully-qualified email >address, even those to MBOX files on the server? Internally in Postfix, all email addresses are in user@domain form. The null sender address is required by RFCm and is the main exception.

Re: dummy question, discard rcpt-to with header_checks

2020-08-10 Thread Viktor Dukhovni
On Mon, Aug 10, 2020 at 03:21:00PM -0300, SysAdmin EM wrote: > Hello, I am trying to discard the message after the DISCARD I add a > message which I use for informational purposes in the system. > > Example: > > /^To.*gus...@gmail.com/ DISCARD BLABLA001 This regular expr

Re: Current problems solved, but question...

2020-08-10 Thread Viktor Dukhovni
On Mon, Aug 10, 2020 at 01:39:55PM -0400, cfs_post...@insec.lofcom.com wrote: >1) May I assume every delivery must have a fully-qualified email >address, even those to MBOX files on the server? This question is too vague to have an answer (I have no idea what you're actually getting at).

Re: dummy question, discard rcpt-to with header_checks

2020-08-10 Thread SysAdmin EM
Hello, I am trying to discard the message after the DISCARD I add a message which I use for informational purposes in the system. Example: /^To.*gus...@gmail.com/ DISCARD BLABLA001 Aug 10 10:40:22 smarthost01-ded postfix/cleanup[9766]: 13F1D60065: warning: header From: Hi

Current problems solved, but question...

2020-08-10 Thread cfs_postfix
Folks; The initial problems I was concerned about are now completely fixed, literally by my writing them up for you to read. (I used to call this, "restating the problem," and I'm embarrassed I didn't do exactly that on my own.) Briefly, the second test I made, creating a one-line virtuserta

Re: Raw postfix newbie here...

2020-08-10 Thread Jaroslaw Rafa
Dnia 9.08.2020 o godz. 18:44:55 cfs_post...@insec.lofcom.com pisze: >I had skimmed these, and know I need to scan them properly (on the list > for tomorrow morning), but they tend to make the assumption that one is > setting up a fresh new mail server. I am migrating an old production > machin

Re: Raw postfix newbie here...

2020-08-10 Thread Viktor Dukhovni
On Mon, Aug 10, 2020 at 07:36:56AM +0200, Benny Pedersen wrote: > Daniele Nicolodi skrev den 2020-08-10 02:41: > > > Can you please elaborate on why this is the case, or point me to the > > relevant documentation? Is it a matter of tooling, robustness, > > performance, or something else? The iss