Re: How to read maillog

2008-07-30 Thread mouss
Velvet Pixel wrote: On Jul 30, 2008, at 12:37 AM, MrC wrote: Isn't mail fun. YEAH! :) Post output from postconf -n and you'll get lots of good feedback about how to configure your anti-spam measures. MrC Here is my postconf output: # postconf -n alias_database = hash:/etc/alias

Re: How to read maillog

2008-07-30 Thread Velvet Pixel
On Jul 30, 2008, at 12:37 AM, MrC wrote: Isn't mail fun. YEAH! :) Post output from postconf -n and you'll get lots of good feedback about how to configure your anti-spam measures. MrC Here is my postconf output: # postconf -n alias_database = hash:/etc/aliases alias_maps = hash:

Re: How to read maillog

2008-07-30 Thread MrC
Velvet Pixel wrote: > > Whoa that's a lot of unauthorized people trying to connect! If you run a publicly available mail server, you've authorized the world connect. > Is it normal to have tons of unauthorized connect attempts in this > wonderful world of spammers looking for a hole? Yes sadly,

Re: How to read maillog

2008-07-30 Thread Velvet Pixel
On Jul 29, 2008, at 10:56 PM, MrC wrote: Velvet Pixel wrote: I think I understand what anvil is now. So to be clear, all listings in postfix/anvil are clients trying to connect to use my system to send and has nothing to do with messages received (such as spam) by my system or is it both?

Re: How to read maillog

2008-07-29 Thread MrC
Velvet Pixel wrote: > I think I understand what anvil is now. > > So to be clear, all listings in postfix/anvil are clients trying to > connect to use my system to send and has nothing to do with messages > received (such as spam) by my system or is it both? > Right, clients connecting to your

Re: How to read maillog

2008-07-29 Thread Velvet Pixel
On Jul 29, 2008, at 10:32 PM, MrC wrote: Velvet Pixel wrote: A grep of smtp returns two types of entries. A postfix/smtp and a postfix/anvil. When I grep the ID of a sample of each they look like this: postfix/smtp: Jul 29 20:14:11 vps postfix/smtp[21650]: A85225A08723: to=<[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: How to read maillog

2008-07-29 Thread MrC
Velvet Pixel wrote: > > A grep of smtp returns two types of entries. A postfix/smtp and a > postfix/anvil. > > When I grep the ID of a sample of each they look like this: > > postfix/smtp: > Jul 29 20:14:11 vps postfix/smtp[21650]: A85225A08723: > to=<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > relay=gmail-smtp-in.l.

Re: How to read maillog

2008-07-29 Thread Velvet Pixel
Thank you for your help Sahil! A grep of smtp returns two types of entries. A postfix/smtp and a postfix/anvil. When I grep the ID of a sample of each they look like this: postfix/smtp: Jul 29 20:14:11 vps postfix/smtp[21650]: A85225A08723: to=<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, relay=gmail-smtp-in.l.goog

Re: How to read maillog

2008-07-29 Thread Sahil Tandon
Velvet Pixel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > How can I tell from looking at my maillog file what emails have been sent > from my system? > > I don't care about local deliveries. > I just want to know what was sent from my server to other servers. Without any more information about your system, you