spam tags

hi all am getting spams with ***Spam*** tags in the subject line; esp lottery spams; anybody know an effective measure to prevent these i run amavis-new /postscreen on postfix relays and spam levels are tolerable so far except some creep i like the above -bharathan

postfix log

: domain lookup hits=20 miss=20 success=50% Mar 22 21:07:36 relay0 postfix/scache[61795]: statistics: address lookup hits=0 miss=20 success=0% why it is saying 'success=50%' ! am running a local resolver (unbound) -bharathan

Re: postscreen

On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 1:07 PM, /dev/rob0 wrote: > On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 10:59:51AM +0200, K bharathan wrote: > > with postscreen i experience the following problem: > > it blocks mail from hotmal as following (from mail log) > > > > Mar 19 10:17:19 relay1 postfix

postscreen

re_newline_enable = yes is there any way to whitelist sender domain or recipient domain i don't get any clue on the above; appreciate assistance thanks -bharathan

Re: mime header checks

On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 10:47 PM, Jeroen Geilman wrote: > On 2011-11-15 21:13, K bharathan wrote: > >> hi all >> added a following regular expression for mime_header check >> >> /^Subject:.*LOANS OFFER/ REJECT spam #1 >> if i understand correctly cleanup

mime header checks

the above thanks -bharathan

Light A Candle With SocialKonnekt And Pray For Japan

, bharathan

Re: MS AD integration

On Sun, Jan 9, 2011 at 7:41 PM, Jan Johansson wrote: > >hi all > > >is there any way to postfix could query the mail users directly from > Active Directory? > > >what is required for this > > >Thanks > > > > Sure, plenty of ways, but do you _*really*_ want this? > > > > The reason I myself pre

MS AD integration

hi all is there any way to postfix could query the mail users directly from Active Directory? what is required for this thanks -bharathan

Re: spamtrap

On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 8:35 PM, mouss wrote: > Le 29/12/2010 16:07, Jeroen Geilman a écrit : > > On 12/29/10 10:55 AM, K bharathan wrote: > >> hi all > >> how can i get (trap) spam messages recd by my mail users or users can > >> send to a particular emai

spamtrap

hi all how can i get (trap) spam messages recd by my mail users or users can send to a particular email-id the messages that they consider spam so that i can make these messages available to spamassassin for learning appreciate the guidance -bharathan

Character in Email address

hi all can i use '&' character in the local part of the email address ? thanks -bharathan

white list a user for smtp auth

hi all how can i whitelist a particular user (infact it's a user account which send virusalerts from the relays to the pop server) from smtp authentication. i've attached the postconf output ty help appreciated -bharathan inet_protocols = all myhostname = mail.exmaple.co

smtp out

hi all i'd like to put a smarthost using postfix; what are the min.precautions i shud put in? i've heard controls on outgoing mails are not that easily effective unlike the controls on incoming mails; also i plan to use SA and Amavis; appreciate valuable suggestions on this ty -bharathan

Re: hotmail problem

On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 11:04 AM, Patric Falinder wrote: > K bharathan skrev 2010-04-08 10:56: > >> sorry for this generic mail system question >> i've got a problem with hotmail; when i send mail to a particular domain ( >> example.com) >> sometimes it bo

hotmail problem

appreciate some guidance -bharathan

Re: restrict nrcpt

thanks for all -bharathan On Sat, Mar 20, 2010 at 3:20 PM, Wietse Venema wrote: > K bharathan: > > hi all > > is there a way to restrict a sender to send only to a fixed no.of > recipients > > in one mail! i want this to be kept as a general rule on my smtp out > s

restrict nrcpt

hi all is there a way to restrict a sender to send only to a fixed no.of recipients in one mail! i want this to be kept as a general rule on my smtp out server thanks

Re: suitable webmail

b 1, 2010 at 16:52, K bharathan wrote: > > of course this is a non postfix topic; but i'd like to know from the > > experienced which webmail is best for a postfix pop server > > It mostly depends on the type of users you have; > > - If they like flashy GUI bullshit li

Re: [OT] suitable webmail

thanks for all On Tue, Feb 2, 2010 at 6:05 PM, Carlos Williams wrote: > On Tue, Feb 2, 2010 at 8:36 AM, Charles Marcus > wrote: > > On 2010-02-01 7:17 PM, Stan Hoeppner wrote: > >> All of that said, I don't find I'm lacking any functionality with my > current > >> version of Roundcube. > > > > T

suitable webmail

hi all of course this is a non postfix topic; but i'd like to know from the experienced which webmail is best for a postfix pop server i'd also have it configured for user soft quota guidance appreciated thanks

Re: backscatter

On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 12:14 AM, Michael Orlitzky wrote: > Noel Jones wrote: > >> On 11/23/2009 3:25 PM, K bharathan wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 8:02 PM, /dev/rob0 >> <mailto:r...@gmx.co.uk>> wrote: >>> >

Re: backscatter

On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 8:02 PM, /dev/rob0 wrote: > On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 03:51:33PM +0100, Robert Schetterer wrote: > > > the server got a list of domains (those domains mail servers use this > > > server as relayhost)to relay out and does only smtp out; what could be > > > wrong in the above

Re: backscatter

in my access map 'mydomains' alongwith other allowed domains i've put an entry as follows: <> OK example.com OK is the above null sender is required ?! will this cause any harm? i think i'd try config sasl-auth -bharathan On Mon, Nov 2

backscatter

; appreciate ur assistance upon this thanks -bharathan

Re: server configuration error

On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 8:36 AM, Eray Aslan wrote: > On 19.11.2009 06:02, K bharathan wrote: > > now i understand ; > > in my check_client_access cidr:/etc/postfix/spam_cidr there was a block > > of IPs: > > > > 90.150.32.0/19 <http://90.150.32.0/19>

Re: server configuration error

On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 11:39 PM, Wietse Venema wrote: > K bharathan: > > [90.182.112.11] > > Nov 18 20:06:10 relay1 postfix/smtpd[21876]: NOQUEUE: reject: RCPT from > > ex.2n.cz[90.182.112.11]: 451 4.3.5 Server configurati > > Now try: > grep 21876 /the/log/file &

Re: server configuration error

On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 9:46 PM, Stan Hoeppner wrote: > K bharathan put forth on 11/18/2009 1:36 PM: > > > -is anything wrong with my settings?! > > help appreciated > > Try: > > grep warning: /the/maillog/file > > -- > Stan > when i do a fgrep 2n.cz /va

server configuration error

hi all the following is the log from my relay for example.com; this is read receipt which failed; this is happening only with this client domain; Nov 18 20:13:59 relay2 postfix/smtpd[4225]: NOQUEUE: reject: RCPT from ex.2n.cz[90.182.112.11]: 451 4.3.5 Server configuration error; from=<> to=< a...@

Re: relay and transport

thanks! On Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 2:33 PM, Noel Jones wrote: > On 11/4/2009 12:51 AM, K bharathan wrote: > >> hi all >> i understand i can transport an email id in the transport map; so i can >> put: >> >> a...@example.com <mailto:a...@example.com>

relay and transport

hi all i understand i can transport an email id in the transport map; so i can put: a...@example.com smtp:[192.168.0.1] example.com smtp:[192.168.0.12] my doubt : with the above all mails to example.com will go to 192.168.0.12; will it include a...@example.com? or that particular mail w

one domain and 2 mail servers

hi all i've to keep two postfix mail server; one at head office and another at regional office; both users will be using example.com domain; head office mail server has got hostname/ mx/rdns etc..in the public dns; head office has got seperate internet connection the regional office has got sepera

Re: queue file write error

from na3sys009aog105.obsmtp.com[74.125.149.75] Oct 7 10:35:38 relay1 postfix/smtpd[827]: D49D21613C4: client= na3sys009aog105.obsmtp.com[74.125.149.75] Oct 7 11:44:28 relay1 postfix/smtpd[827]: disconnect from na3sys009aog105.obsmtp.com[74.125.149.75] bharathan On Wed, Oct 7, 2009 at 5:31 PM

queue file write error

trying to connect from different ips; is it spam attack! this keep on happening on the server while i'm sending this mail help appreciated -bharathan

relayhost and authentication

/sasl_passwd: smtp.example.com userid:password is it the proper way of doing it? guidance appreciated bharathan

postfix listen on a particular IP

i've got a host with 2 network interfaces with two IPs (192.168.2.100 and 192.168.2.101) want postfix listen only to 192.168.2.101 (mail.example.com) can i put in main.cf intet_interfaces = IP or mail.exmaple.com help appreciated

Bcc problem

mail server is postfix with virtual users and postfix admin for domain example.com; server fetches mail from an ISP mail server; it works fine; but if anybody send a Bcc to someb...@example.com it is immediately sent to postmaster ; it does not deliver to someb...@example.com; this happens only fo

Re: distribution list

thanks all i'll check with postfixadmin On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 3:34 PM, Magnus Bäck wrote: > On Wednesday, August 05, 2009 at 14:43 CEST, > K bharathan wrote: > > > in fact the setup is virtual users/mysql with postfixadmin; how can i > > put a virtual alias map

Re: distribution list

in fact the setup is virtual users/mysql with postfixadmin; how can i put a virtual alias map? i feel sql to be queried for expanding the list members; i'm not getting that part properly.. On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 2:14 PM, Jose Alberto wrote: > I create the list in ldap with groups. > > in my ma

distribution list

hi can i make a distribution list in postfix? is it with aliasing? how can i do it? appreciate the guidance

Re: dsn

thnks On Sat, Jul 18, 2009 at 2:20 PM, Wietse Venema wrote: > K bharathan: > > i always see in the postfix maillog the following: > > > > dsn=2.6.0,dsn=2.0.0,dsn=4.0.0, > > > > understand this is the status of the delivery; what is the significance > of >

dsn

i always see in the postfix maillog the following: dsn=2.6.0,dsn=2.0.0,dsn=4.0.0, understand this is the status of the delivery; what is the significance of these numbers after dsn?; (e.g. dsn=2.0.0 i understand status sent ok) i googled for it but could not manage to get any info about this; som

Re: warning:address not listed

thnaks On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 10:00 PM, Noel Jones wrote: > K bharathan wrote: > >> i get the following warning from the relay log; this happens when this >> client connect to my relay; always i get this >> >> Jul 15 17:06:07 relay1 postfix/qmgr[3664]: 5CA7F1

warning:address not listed

i get the following warning from the relay log; this happens when this client connect to my relay; always i get this Jul 15 17:06:07 relay1 postfix/qmgr[3664]: 5CA7F16135E: from=, size=483945, nrcpt=2 (queue active) Jul 15 17:13:59 relay1 postfix/smtpd[16344]: warning: 192.168.2.35: address not li

Re: sender verification

sorry i posted my reply in some other thread; i read about SAV in backscatterer.org and want to confirm with list thanks On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 1:42 PM, Magnus Bäck wrote: > On Wed, July 8, 2009 8:57 am, K bharathan said: > > > is it effective if i use sender verification; i underst

Re: Filtering emails on server

i read about SAV in backscatterer.org and want to confirm with the list thanks On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 3:46 PM, Robert Jakob wrote: > Thank you, this was the hint I was looking for! > > Magnus Bäck schrieb: > > On Wed, July 8, 2009 1:44 pm, Robert Jakob said: >> >> >> >>> I am listed in several

sender verification

is it effective if i use sender verification; i understand there is a risk of getting blacklisted the mail server that's doing the SAV; what could be the guidelines for putting this in postfix guidance appreciated

Re: backscatter

i've been running this relay gateway for 2 yrs now; i'd no problems of backscatters; have got a relay_recipient table and it take care of this; also kept a check on multiple bounces from an empty envelope sender; this particular scatter was for a customer domain and haven't kept recipient table f

backscatter

the following is the log from my gateway to a subdomain; there are lot <> sender mails are going; is it backscatter?; some are rejected on the basis of header-checks; the owner of the subdomain has got a mail server; how can i prevent this Jul 3 10:25:28 relay2 postfix/cleanup[13619]: 60F3A2122

Re: deferred q

thnks On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 9:58 AM, Magnus Bäck wrote: > On Thu, July 2, 2009 9:15 am, K bharathan said: > > > On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 7:01 AM, Magnus Bäck wrote: > > > > > What do you mean? Do you want to delete all messages destined to a > > > specific d

Re: deferred q

> On Thursday, July 02, 2009 at 06:53 CEST, > K bharathan wrote: > > > can i delete a deferred queue for a specific site > > What do you mean? Do you want to delete all messages destined to a > specific domain? What problem would that solve? > > -- > Magnus Bäck > mag...@dsek.lth.se >

deferred q

can i delete a deferred queue for a specific site guidance appreciated

DKIM

hi all currently i've gota smtp out postfix server and one main and several subdomains are using it to send mails out want to put a DKIM sign on all the outbound mails; understand there are MAIL-DKIM and DKIMproxy, DKIM-milters etc.. which one i can choose for this purpose do i've to add anything t

Re: restrict external host

it's working i've been always a reader of this list. before i pose a question, i understand, i've to be well grounded on postfix ; these ingenuities r not comparable; great! to begin with i've started with 'the book of postfix' thanks everybody On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 1:25 AM, Ville Walveranta

Re: restrict external host

restrict internal relay host to accept only from external relay host(relay2.abc.com) or i miss some obvious! appreciate help On Sun, Jun 21, 2009 at 3:12 PM, Ralf Hildebrandt < ralf.hildebra...@charite.de> wrote: > * K bharathan : > > my setup: > > external relay1 -->in

restrict external host

my setup: external relay1 -->internal postfix mail server how can i restrict postfix to receive only mails from relay1; can i do it through a access map? help appreciated

Re: [ Urgent ] Problem with realy

what about 'transport' ! On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 8:51 AM, J. Bakshi wrote: > Dear list, > > Here is a very urgent problem with **relay** in my postfix. > > My postfix is allowed to relay a particular domain. I have put the > configuration as > > > relay_domain

Re: relays not connecting msexchange

i get the logs like the following: Jun 10 15:18:33 relay1 postfix/smtp[9353]: 574501614EC: to=, relay=none, delay=12531, delays=12501/0.28/30/0, d sn=4.4.1, status=deferred (connect to 192.168.20.240[192.168.20.240]: Connection timed out) Jun 10 15:18:33 relay1 postfix/error[9652]: 67FE8161520: t

relays not connecting msexchange

till yesterday there're no probs; suddenly two of my postfix relays not connecting the exchange2003; i cannot ping or telnet from the relays to exchange; exchange has got symantec endpoint protection and its firewall; what could've gone wrong!

Re: deferred mail -retry

thanks On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 2:24 PM, Ralf Hildebrandt < ralf.hildebra...@charite.de> wrote: > * K bharathan : > > retrying time for attempting deliver the message > > I assume you're thinking of non-local delivery > > queue_run_delay = 300s > maximal_backoff_

Re: deferred mail -retry

retrying time for attempting deliver the message On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 1:16 PM, Ralf Hildebrandt < ralf.hildebra...@charite.de> wrote: > * K bharathan : > > hi all > > what's the default deferred mail retry time in postfix? > > retry time for what? >

deferred mail -retry

hi all what's the default deferred mail retry time in postfix? can i change it? appreciate ur help

Re: received date differs

i find myself dumb on this appreciate an explanation On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 10:28 AM, Ralf Hildebrandt < ralf.hildebra...@charite.de> wrote: > * K bharathan : > > the attached is a header of a spam mail; i found the dates are different > and > > delivered today; bu

received date differs

the attached is a header of a spam mail; i found the dates are different and delivered today; but inbox date shows 13/02/2009; what could have gone wrong? Return-path: Received: from relay1.xxx.xx by xxx.xx (MDaemon.PRO.v8.1.3.R) with ESMTP id md50004123477.msg for ; Tue, 02 Jun 2009

forwarding & redirecting

is there any difference between these two? Redirect mail to another address and Forward mail to another address ? could be a dumb confusion!

Re: whitelist from spamhaus

my relay server has got multiple relay domains and i want only exempt mails to one particular domain from checking spamhaus; given below smtpd_recipient_restrictions = reject_non_fqdn_recipient reject_non_fqdn_sender reject_unknown_sender_domain reject_unknown_recipi

message may be sent more than once

Mar 18 17:25:19 relay2 postfix/smtp[21383]: 5470B21265: to=<41b.4.74998426-6452...@whereverstormy.com>, relay= mail.WhereverStormy.com[173.46.193.75]:25, delay=418568, delays=418439/0.46/4.7/123, dsn=4.4.2, status=deferred (lost connection with mail.WhereverStormy.com[173.46.193.75] while sending e

whitelist from spamhaus

Hi can i whitelist one domain from checking spamhaus ? thanks

sender IP check

hi all on my smtp out i want to put ''reject_rbl_client zen.spamhaus.org'' since many local ADSL dynamic ips are in PBL ; is it desirable? where i can put this? this relay machine does only sending out; help appreciated

Re: bounced msg

i understood but why two folders 'defer' and 'deferred'! using OpenSuse 10.3 thanks On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 9:48 PM, Noel Jones wrote: > bharathan kailath wrote: > >> Hi >> my ignorances: >> >> where can i find the contents of bounced message

bounced msg

Hi my ignorances: where can i find the contents of bounced messages in postfix? i see under /var/spool/postfix the following folders: active corrupt deferred hold maildrop pid private saved bounce defer flush incoming milter postgrey public trace what is defer and deferred? can i check

spams from live.com

hi is there anyway i can prevent spams from live.com with internal filters of postfix help appreciated thanks

forgery: config. flaws (2nd posting)

hi al sorry for this posting; my earlier posting was incomplete as to the header details the following surprise me because postfix rejected this message! sill it managed to get into inbox; the postfix logs are there; the message got first rejected and again gone throu amavis (q ids are same) (IPs

forgery: config. flaws

hi al the following surprise me because postfix rejected this message! sill it managed to get into inbox; the postfix logs are there; the message got first rejected and again gone throu amavis (q ids are same) (IPs are different); i don't know what is misconfigured; help appreciated Sat, 7

strict domain

hi the following implemented on the postfix relay for stopping forgery and it work great! but from one of our subsidiary company's mail server one of the email id forwarding thru this postfix relay; whatever comes from yahoo/hotmail get rejected; can we put some exceptions to the particular recipie

fax to inbox

hi trying to implement a fax store and forward with cisco AS5300. but while forwarding fax to the MTA it format recipient address as 'FAX= 3690...@example.com';the server that is receiving this message is not allowing to put '=' in the alias name to the recipient (it is not a postfix server unfortu

Re: forged spam mails

it is only in the From Header yahoo domain appears! On Sat, Jan 24, 2009 at 11:01 PM, Sahil Tandon wrote: > On Sat, 24 Jan 2009, bharathan kailath wrote: > > > i get spam mails that pretend to be from yahoo (eg.from yahoo.it, > yahoo.nl) > > on my postfix relay; how can i

strict domains

the following i got from this userlist and i tried to implement it without ful understanding Existing primitives can do this already. The example stops mail from yahoo.com/hotmail.com unless it comes from specific systems. Wietse smtpd_sender_restrictions = check_sender_access hash:/e

forged spam mails

i get spam mails that pretend to be from yahoo (eg.from yahoo.it, yahoo.nl) on my postfix relay; how can i prevent such kind of foregeries help appreciated thanks

forged outlook html

X-Spam-Status: No, score=2.797 tagged_above=2 required=5 tests=[BAYES_00=-2.599, FORGED_MUA_OUTLOOK=3.116, FORGED_OUTLOOK_HTML=0.001, HTML_MESSAGE=0.001, MIME_HTML_ONLY=1.457, MSOE_MID_WRONG_CASE=0.82, NORMAL_HTTP_TO_IP=0.001] the above header details are of a message which was a spam; what does

relay config

the following is my main.cf === relay_recipient_maps =hash:/etc/postfix/relay_recipients mime_header_checks = pcre:/etc/postfix/mime_header_checks disable_dns_lookups = no mailbox_command = mailbox_transport = strict_8bitmime = no disable_mime_output_conversion = no smtpd_sender_res

Nigerian 419 spam

hi how can i take some measures to stop this so called Nigerian 419 spam ;i've got two postfix relays with amavisd; but still i get some emails like Nigerian 419 spam help appreciated**

bulk mails

Hi one of our customer send mass mails thru our postfix server; is it possible to restrict number of mail recipient for a particular sender! help appreciated. thanks

multiple relayhosts

hi i've got smtpout1 and smtpout2 servers; can i specify a particular domain to send thru smtpout1 (as relayhost) and another domain thru smtpout2 (as relayhost) in postfix!?

forwarding problem

hi in smtp out server i configured the following: smtpd_sender_restrictions = check_sender_access hash:/etc/postfix/mydomains reject_unauth_destination it works but later on i realised that one email user is using smtp out server to forward mails to his another id; and these mails get 'ac

null return path

hi in smtp out server i configured the following: smtpd_sender_restrictions = check_sender_access hash:/etc/postfix/mydomains reject_unauth_destination and in mydomains i specified the domains that are allowed to send out; but now sender with a null address is getting blocked; how can i overri

connection timeout on win2007 exchange

Hi Jan 13 15:43:41 relay1 postfix/smtp[18476]: 5BF411611EE: to=< valer...@example.com>, relay=xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx[1xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx ]:25, delay=101565, delays=100962/0.02/3.4/600, dsn=4.4.1, status=deferred (host xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx[xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx] said: 421 4 .4.1 Connection timed out (in reply to end of

ETRN

we've got a gateway postfix server with which we provide mails to hosted domains; postfix is configured with Separate Domains with System Accounts (virtual alias domains and virtual alias maps); clients mail server pop up and collect all the their mails; it works great; but one of the client using

Re: delay - this is what?

thanks On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 11:43 AM, Ralf Hildebrandt < ralf.hildebra...@charite.de> wrote: > * bharathan kailath : > > > delay=85, delays=59/0.01/17/8.9, dsn=2.0.0, status=sent (250 Ok: queued > as 67C7D1AB30F) > > > > i find this in postfix log; what d

delay - this is what?

hi delay=85, delays=59/0.01/17/8.9, dsn=2.0.0, status=sent (250 Ok: queued as 67C7D1AB30F) i find this in postfix log; what does this mean? help

Re: forged address

it works is this enought to prevent forging the email ids?! thanks On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 5:59 PM, Noel Jones wrote: > bharathan kailath wrote: > >> 've a postfix server act as smtp out; i've allowed certain networks in >> mynetworks; my domain example.com <htt

forged address

've a postfix server act as smtp out; i've allowed certain networks in mynetworks; my domain example.com; my problem is from the allowed networks one can send mails (e.g m...@gmail.com to someb...@yahoo.com); it should not have accepted mails other than one of the sender/receiver belong to example.