Re: 450 temp error when 550 perm error is possible

2009-08-18 Thread LuKreme
On 17-Aug-2009, at 03:25, Martijn de Munnik wrote: The 450 error triggers the spammer to retry sending the mail. In point of fact, if it is a spammer sending you the mail, a 450 error is often enough to dissuade them. This is the principle behind greylisting. However, if these are real m

Re: 450 temp error when 550 perm error is possible

2009-08-17 Thread KLaM Postmaster
Martijn de Munnik wrote: > Hi all, > > Sometimes our mail server is 'under attack' and we get a lot of these > entries in our log file: > > Aug 17 11:08:19 stevie.youngguns.nl postfix/smtpd[14890]: [ID 197553 > mail.info] NOQUEUE: reject: RCPT from unknown[212.22.199.165]: 450 4.1.8 > : Sender addr

Re: 450 temp error when 550 perm error is possible

2009-08-17 Thread Benny Pedersen
On Mon, 17 Aug 2009 13:39:39 +0200, Ralf Hildebrandt wrote: > smtpd_recipient_restrictions = >reject_unverified_recipient, >reject_unauth_destination, is a unverified recipient a auth destination ? :) -- Benny Pedersen

Re: 450 temp error when 550 perm error is possible

2009-08-17 Thread Ralf Hildebrandt
* Martijn de Munnik : > > I'd put them all into smtpd_recipient_restrictions #:) > > I did some updates in my main.cf. I've attached the updated file. I kept > the restrictions with the different smtpd_*_restrictions, I find it a > little easier to understand. Thus your initial question :) (pard

Re: 450 temp error when 550 perm error is possible

2009-08-17 Thread Martijn de Munnik
On Mon, 2009-08-17 at 12:46 +0200, Ralf Hildebrandt wrote: > * Martijn de Munnik : > > > > Do you have a caching DNS server? > > > > Yes, but still things can go wrong and I don't want a failing DNS lookup > > to be fatal. > > Postfix always returns a 4xx in case of such failures > > > As far

Re: 450 temp error when 550 perm error is possible

2009-08-17 Thread Ralf Hildebrandt
* Martijn de Munnik : > > I'd put them all into smtpd_recipient_restrictions #:) > > http://www.postfix.org/SMTPD_ACCESS_README.html#danger Doesn't apply for your restrictions -- Ralf Hildebrandt Geschäftsbereich IT | Abteilung Netzwerk Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin Campus Benjami

Re: 450 temp error when 550 perm error is possible

2009-08-17 Thread Sahil Tandon
On Mon, 17 Aug 2009, Martijn de Munnik wrote: > On Mon, 2009-08-17 at 12:46 +0200, Ralf Hildebrandt wrote: > > * Martijn de Munnik : > > > > > > Do you have a caching DNS server? > > > > > > Yes, but still things can go wrong and I don't want a failing DNS lookup > > > to be fatal. > > > > Post

Re: 450 temp error when 550 perm error is possible

2009-08-17 Thread Martijn de Munnik
On Mon, 2009-08-17 at 12:46 +0200, Ralf Hildebrandt wrote: > * Martijn de Munnik : > > > > Do you have a caching DNS server? > > > > Yes, but still things can go wrong and I don't want a failing DNS lookup > > to be fatal. > > Postfix always returns a 4xx in case of such failures > > > As far

Re: 450 temp error when 550 perm error is possible

2009-08-17 Thread Ralf Hildebrandt
* Martijn de Munnik : > > Do you have a caching DNS server? > > Yes, but still things can go wrong and I don't want a failing DNS lookup > to be fatal. Postfix always returns a 4xx in case of such failures > As far as I know it does. But I see it is also included in > xbl.spamhaus.org. Rather

Re: 450 temp error when 550 perm error is possible

2009-08-17 Thread Martijn de Munnik
On Mon, 2009-08-17 at 11:28 +0200, Ralf Hildebrandt wrote: > * Martijn de Munnik : > > Hi all, > > > > Sometimes our mail server is 'under attack' and we get a lot of these > > entries in our log file: > > > > Aug 17 11:08:19 stevie.youngguns.nl postfix/smtpd[14890]: [ID 197553 > > mail.info] NO

Re: 450 temp error when 550 perm error is possible

2009-08-17 Thread Robert Schetterer
Martijn de Munnik schrieb: > Hi all, > > Sometimes our mail server is 'under attack' and we get a lot of these > entries in our log file: > > Aug 17 11:08:19 stevie.youngguns.nl postfix/smtpd[14890]: [ID 197553 > mail.info] NOQUEUE: reject: RCPT from unknown[212.22.199.165]: 450 4.1.8 > : Sender

Re: 450 temp error when 550 perm error is possible

2009-08-17 Thread Ralf Hildebrandt
* Martijn de Munnik : > Hi all, > > Sometimes our mail server is 'under attack' and we get a lot of these > entries in our log file: > > Aug 17 11:08:19 stevie.youngguns.nl postfix/smtpd[14890]: [ID 197553 > mail.info] NOQUEUE: reject: RCPT from unknown[212.22.199.165]: 450 4.1.8 > : Sender addre