Re: Optimising new system and postscreen questions

2017-05-01 Thread Allen Coates
On 01/05/17 13:17, Simon Wilson wrote: > > 3. Any other ways to speed it up, or should I accept the trade-off > between speed and accuracy of result? > If you can create a postscreen white-list of your "regular" remote hosts, they will be almost instantly passed on to the mail server. Hope this

Re: Optimising new system and postscreen questions

2017-05-01 Thread Viktor Dukhovni
> On May 1, 2017, at 10:28 AM, Simon Wilson wrote: > > Can anyone comment on the value / no value of having zen.spamhaus as an RBL > in smtpd in addition to it being used by postscreen? Keep both. If you have SpamAssassin doing RBL lookups, raise the concurrency limit of the filter transport.

Re: Optimising new system and postscreen questions

2017-05-01 Thread Simon Wilson
Viktor Dukhovni: > On May 1, 2017, at 8:17 AM, Simon Wilson wrote: > > ostscreen is using (threshold 3): > >zen.spamhaus.org*3 >bl.mailspike.net*2 >b.barracudacentral.org*2 >bl.spameatingmonkey.net >bl.spamcop.net >dnsbl.sorbs.net >hostkar

Re: Optimising new system and postscreen questions

2017-05-01 Thread Wietse Venema
Viktor Dukhovni: > > > On May 1, 2017, at 8:17 AM, Simon Wilson wrote: > > > > ostscreen is using (threshold 3): > > > >zen.spamhaus.org*3 > >bl.mailspike.net*2 > >b.barracudacentral.org*2 > >bl.spameatingmonkey.net > >bl.spamcop.net > >dnsbl.sorb

Re: Optimising new system and postscreen questions

2017-05-01 Thread Viktor Dukhovni
> On May 1, 2017, at 8:17 AM, Simon Wilson wrote: > > ostscreen is using (threshold 3): > >zen.spamhaus.org*3 >bl.mailspike.net*2 >b.barracudacentral.org*2 >bl.spameatingmonkey.net >bl.spamcop.net >dnsbl.sorbs.net >hostkarma.junkemailfilte

Re: Optimising new system and postscreen questions

2017-05-01 Thread Simon Wilson
Simon Wilson: On my new Postfix 2.10 system incoming mail is slow to process (about 15 seconds end to end), and I think it is mainly because DNS queries are slowing things down. The server runs local caching DNS BIND, so it's as quick as I can get it on the slow Internet connection we are on. A

Re: Optimising new system and postscreen questions

2017-05-01 Thread Wietse Venema
Simon Wilson: > On my new Postfix 2.10 system incoming mail is slow to process (about > 15 seconds end to end), and I think it is mainly because DNS queries > are slowing things down. > > The server runs local caching DNS BIND, so it's as quick as I can get > it on the slow Internet connecti

RE: Optimising new system and postscreen questions

2017-05-01 Thread L . P . H . van Belle
ouis > -Oorspronkelijk bericht- > Van: si...@simonandkate.net > [mailto:owner-postfix-us...@postfix.org] Namens Simon Wilson > Verzonden: maandag 1 mei 2017 11:20 > Aan: Marco Pizzoli > CC: Postfix users > Onderwerp: Re: Optimising new system and postscreen question

Re: Optimising new system and postscreen questions

2017-05-01 Thread Simon Wilson
- Message from Marco Pizzoli - Date: Mon, 1 May 2017 11:18:30 +0200 From: Marco Pizzoli Subject: Re: Optimising new system and postscreen questions To: si...@simonandkate.net Cc: Postfix users Hello Simon, The server runs local caching DNS BIND, so it's as

Re: Optimising new system and postscreen questions

2017-05-01 Thread Marco Pizzoli
Hello Simon, The server runs local caching DNS BIND, so it's as quick as I can get it on > the slow Internet connection we are on. > I don't qualify mysef expert enough to answer the rest of your points, but for the DNS part I suggest you think about replacing BIND with Unbound, as the DNS resolv

Re: Optimising new system and postscreen questions

2017-05-01 Thread Simon Wilson
- Message from Simon Wilson - Date: Mon, 01 May 2017 18:43:41 +1000 From: Simon Wilson Reply-To: si...@simonandkate.net Subject: Optimising new system and postscreen questions To: Postfix users On my new Postfix 2.10 system incoming mail is slow to process (about

Optimising new system and postscreen questions

2017-05-01 Thread Simon Wilson
On my new Postfix 2.10 system incoming mail is slow to process (about 15 seconds end to end), and I think it is mainly because DNS queries are slowing things down. The server runs local caching DNS BIND, so it's as quick as I can get it on the slow Internet connection we are on. At the mo

Re: postscreen questions

2013-05-23 Thread Bill Cole
On 23 May 2013, at 10:49, Deeztek Support wrote: On another topic, I had an issue the other day where an outside sender was trying to send e-mail to an internal recipient and their e-mail was getting delayed due to a DNS issue on their end. The exact error was: (Host or domain name not found.

Re: postscreen questions

2013-05-23 Thread Stan Hoeppner
On 5/23/2013 10:23 AM, Wietse Venema wrote: > Deeztek Support: >> On another topic, I had an issue the other day where an outside >> sender was trying to send e-mail to an internal recipient and their >> e-mail was getting delayed due to a DNS issue on their end. The >> exact error was: >> >> (Host

Re: postscreen questions

2013-05-23 Thread LuKreme
On 22 May 2013, at 14:33 , Stan Hoeppner wrote: > I'll make an educated guess that many folks here have configured > postscreen simply because it was/is "the new thing", without considering > whether they -needed- it or not. Many have run into the same address > based whitelisting problem mentio

Re: postscreen questions

2013-05-23 Thread Wietse Venema
Deeztek Support: > > Manual whitelisting. > > > /etc/postfix/main.cf: > >smtpd_recipient_restrictions = > >... > >reject_unauth_destination > >check_sender_access hash:/etc/postfix/sender_access > >reject_unknown_sender_domain > > > /etc/postfix/sender_access:

RE: postscreen questions

2013-05-23 Thread Deeztek Support
> Manual whitelisting. > /etc/postfix/main.cf: >smtpd_recipient_restrictions = >... >reject_unauth_destination >check_sender_access hash:/etc/postfix/sender_access >reject_unknown_sender_domain > /etc/postfix/sender_access: >rotary.org OK So check_sender

Re: postscreen questions

2013-05-23 Thread Wietse Venema
Deeztek Support: > On another topic, I had an issue the other day where an outside > sender was trying to send e-mail to an internal recipient and their > e-mail was getting delayed due to a DNS issue on their end. The > exact error was: > > (Host or domain name not found. Name service error for na

RE: postscreen questions

2013-05-23 Thread Deeztek Support
postfix-us...@postfix.org] on behalf of Stan Hoeppner [s...@hardwarefreak.com] Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2013 4:33 PM To: postfix-users@postfix.org Subject: Re: postscreen questions On 5/22/2013 10:02 AM, Noel Jones wrote: ... > Secondly, remember postscreen is intended as a quick-and-simple > zombie

Re: postscreen questions

2013-05-22 Thread Stan Hoeppner
On 5/22/2013 10:02 AM, Noel Jones wrote: ... > Secondly, remember postscreen is intended as a quick-and-simple > zombie killer, its only purpose is to reduce the workload on the > more complex filters further downstream. This fact is not emphasized often enough. Many people forget the intended pu

Re: postscreen questions

2013-05-22 Thread Bill Cole
On 22 May 2013, at 11:02, Noel Jones wrote: so, the RBLs are getting utilized by postscreen before it even hits the smtp service. So, am I right to assume that the reject_rbl_client lines in my smtpd_recipient_restrictions are no longer needed? No, not needed. But some folks like to leave t

Re: postscreen questions

2013-05-22 Thread Noel Jones
On 5/22/2013 8:41 AM, Deeztek Support wrote: > I'm trying out postscreen and I have a couple of questions. First > off, here's my postscreen setup: > > postscreen_access_list = permit_mynetworks > postscreen_blacklist_action = enforce > postscreen_dnsbl_action = enforce > postscreen_greet_action =

postscreen questions

2013-05-22 Thread Deeztek Support
I'm trying out postscreen and I have a couple of questions. First off, here's my postscreen setup: postscreen_access_list = permit_mynetworks postscreen_blacklist_action = enforce postscreen_dnsbl_action = enforce postscreen_greet_action = enforce postscreen_dnsbl_sites = zen.spamhaus.org*3

Re: Postscreen questions

2011-11-20 Thread Wietse Venema
Alex: > Hi, > > >> - Is PREGREET always a sign of a zombie connection or misconfigured > >> client, or is it possible for properly configured clients to also > >> speak before their turn? > > > > It's safe. The only drawback is the pain of delaying mail. > > So you would recommend blacklist, gree

Re: Postscreen questions

2011-11-20 Thread Alex
Hi, >> - Is PREGREET always a sign of a zombie connection or misconfigured >> client, or is it possible for properly configured clients to also >> speak before their turn? > > It's safe. The only drawback is the pain of delaying mail. So you would recommend blacklist, greet, and dnsbl be safely s

Re: Postscreen questions

2011-11-19 Thread /dev/rob0
On Saturday 19 November 2011 23:30:21 Alex wrote: > I have two postfix-v2.8.5 hosts for one domain and have configured > postscreen on both of them using 'ignore' for all options while I > experiment. I have a few questions that I hoped someone could help > me to answer: > > - Do I still need the

Postscreen questions

2011-11-19 Thread Alex
Hi, I have two postfix-v2.8.5 hosts for one domain and have configured postscreen on both of them using 'ignore' for all options while I experiment. I have a few questions that I hoped someone could help me to answer: - Do I still need the reject_rbl_client commands in smtpd_recipient_restriction

Re: postscreen questions

2010-05-28 Thread lst_hoe02
Zitat von Robert Schetterer : Am 28.05.2010 14:13, schrieb lst_ho...@kwsoft.de: Zitat von LuKreme : On 27-May-2010, at 07:34, Andy Dills wrote: I've been investigating postscreen, as we've been address probed/bombed for years, as we have a few domains that are very old (well, early 90s) tha

Re: postscreen questions

2010-05-28 Thread Roderick A. Anderson
Wietse Venema wrote: Roderick A. Anderson: Also, would postscreen_cache_map work with a mysql backend? postscreen needs very low latency (I put in explicit tests for this). Also, postscreen requires read, write, iterate support which is implemented only for file-based databases. If table acce

Re: postscreen questions

2010-05-28 Thread Robert Schetterer
Am 28.05.2010 14:13, schrieb lst_ho...@kwsoft.de: > Zitat von LuKreme : > >> On 27-May-2010, at 07:34, Andy Dills wrote: >>> >>> I've been investigating postscreen, as we've been address probed/bombed >>> for years, as we have a few domains that are very old (well, early 90s) >>> that had a lot of

Re: postscreen questions

2010-05-28 Thread Wietse Venema
Roderick A. Anderson: > >>> Also, would postscreen_cache_map work with a mysql backend? > >> postscreen needs very low latency (I put in explicit tests for > >> this). Also, postscreen requires read, write, iterate support > >> which is implemented only for file-based databases. > >> > >> If table

Re: postscreen questions

2010-05-28 Thread Roderick A. Anderson
Andy Dills wrote: On Thu, 27 May 2010, Wietse Venema wrote: Andy Dills: I've been investigating postscreen, as we've been address probed/bombed for years, as we have a few domains that are very old (well, early 90s) that had a lot of users back in the dialup days. Our approach was to just th

Re: postscreen questions

2010-05-28 Thread lst_hoe02
Zitat von LuKreme : On 27-May-2010, at 07:34, Andy Dills wrote: I've been investigating postscreen, as we've been address probed/bombed for years, as we have a few domains that are very old (well, early 90s) that had a lot of users back in the dialup days. Our approach was to just throw hardwa

Re: postscreen questions

2010-05-28 Thread Andy Dills
On Thu, 27 May 2010, Wietse Venema wrote: > Andy Dills: > > > > I've been investigating postscreen, as we've been address probed/bombed > > for years, as we have a few domains that are very old (well, early 90s) > > that had a lot of users back in the dialup days. Our approach was to just > >

Re: postscreen questions

2010-05-27 Thread LuKreme
On 27-May-2010, at 07:34, Andy Dills wrote: > > I've been investigating postscreen, as we've been address probed/bombed > for years, as we have a few domains that are very old (well, early 90s) > that had a lot of users back in the dialup days. Our approach was to just > throw hardware at the p

Re: postscreen questions

2010-05-27 Thread Nataraj
Andy Dills wrote: I've been investigating postscreen, as we've been address probed/bombed for years, as we have a few domains that are very old (well, early 90s) that had a lot of users back in the dialup days. Our approach was to just throw hardware at the problem, and we've had a whole cluste

Re: postscreen questions

2010-05-27 Thread Wietse Venema
Andy Dills: > > I've been investigating postscreen, as we've been address probed/bombed > for years, as we have a few domains that are very old (well, early 90s) > that had a lot of users back in the dialup days. Our approach was to just > throw hardware at the problem, and we've had a whole cl

Re: postscreen questions

2010-05-27 Thread Robert Schetterer
Am 27.05.2010 15:34, schrieb Andy Dills: > > I've been investigating postscreen, as we've been address probed/bombed > for years, as we have a few domains that are very old (well, early 90s) > that had a lot of users back in the dialup days. Our approach was to just > throw hardware at the prob

postscreen questions

2010-05-27 Thread Andy Dills
I've been investigating postscreen, as we've been address probed/bombed for years, as we have a few domains that are very old (well, early 90s) that had a lot of users back in the dialup days. Our approach was to just throw hardware at the problem, and we've had a whole cluster of servers just