Re: failover for check_policy_service

J. Thomsen schrieb: This is the rationale behind an optional 'dunno if failing' on check_policy_service components. I wrote a little ha and loadbalacing script for policy delegation requests in perl some time ago. Maybe it is useful for you. Doc: http://postfwd.org/DEVEL/hapolicy-0.99.1.html

Per user whitelist in postfix

Hi, I'm currently using dnswl (dnswl.org) in my recipient restrictions on a mail gateway. Below is an example line from the list: 193.222.110.200/32 permit_auth_destination med nonea.se DNSWLId 10128 As I understand it, this whitelists those IP's from all the RBL etc checks that follow in th

Re: question about relay_recipient_maps

Hello, We receive a high volume of mail for non nonexistent mailboxes, so we want to prevent Postfix's SMTP probes to the nearest MTA, we just want to use localfile or LDAP queries. I've attached the postconf -n and some tests I've done, any help is appreciated. About the behavior, I see 2 cases:

Re: question about relay_recipient_maps

Nicolás Velásquez O. wrote: > Hello, > > We receive a high volume of mail for non nonexistent mailboxes, so we > want to prevent Postfix's SMTP probes to the nearest MTA, we just want > to use localfile or LDAP queries. I've attached the postconf -n and > some tests I've done, any help is appreciat

Out Of Office Utility

I had a user ask me if the Postfix email server can auto respond w/ "Out of Office" reply rather than do this on his client in case his machine is rebooted and or shut off. I Google'd this first and found a program called "Vacation" which appears to be somewhat compatible however I am not sure sinc

Re: Out Of Office Utility

On Mon, 2008-10-06 at 09:51 -0400, Carlos Williams wrote: > I had a user ask me if the Postfix email server can auto respond w/ > "Out of Office" reply rather than do this on his client in case his > machine is rebooted and or shut off. I Google'd this first and found a > program called "Vacation"

Re: Out Of Office Utility

On Mon, Oct 6, 2008 at 9:59 AM, Adam Tauno Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If your delivering to a Cyrus IMAPd server then SIEVE has very nice > facilities to handle vacation messages for you. Several rather nice > UI/clients are available as well so users can setup their own messages. Sadl

Re: Out Of Office Utility

Carlos Williams wrote: > I had a user ask me if the Postfix email server can auto respond w/ > "Out of Office" reply rather than do this on his client in case his > machine is rebooted and or shut off. I Google'd this first and found a > program called "Vacation" which appears to be somewhat compat

Re: Out Of Office Utility

Carlos Williams wrote: On Mon, Oct 6, 2008 at 9:59 AM, Adam Tauno Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: If your delivering to a Cyrus IMAPd server then SIEVE has very nice facilities to handle vacation messages for you. Several rather nice UI/clients are available as well so users can setup the

Re: Out Of Office Utility

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Carlos Williams wrote: > I had a user ask me if the Postfix email server can auto respond w/ > "Out of Office" reply rather than do this on his client in case his > machine is rebooted and or shut off. My first response would be to ask whether they re

My first config - unable to telnet to port 25, virtual.db missing

I have a CentOS 5.2 machine running postfix 2.3.3 install via yum and am setting up for the first time, having been a sendmail user previously. I have been configuring it based around 'Postfix email firewall/gateway' setup in the postfix documentation as this machine will be acting as the primary

Re: My first config - unable to telnet to port 25, virtual.db missing

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Create the file with: postmap /etc/postfix/virtual then attempt to start postfix again. The use of a Makefile in /etc/postfix is also advised, it'll help keep you sane. http://www.anchor.com.au/hosting/dedicated/postfix_makefile -BEGIN PGP SIGNAT

Re: My first config - unable to telnet to port 25, virtual.db missing

Paul Cocker wrote: > I have a CentOS 5.2 machine running postfix 2.3.3 install via yum and am > setting up for the first time, having been a sendmail user previously. > > I have been configuring it based around 'Postfix email firewall/gateway' > setup in the postfix documentation as this machine

Re: Out Of Office Utility

Carlos Williams wrote: On Mon, Oct 6, 2008 at 9:59 AM, Adam Tauno Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: If your delivering to a Cyrus IMAPd server then SIEVE has very nice facilities to handle vacation messages for you. Several rather nice UI/clients are available as well so users can setup th

Re: Per user whitelist in postfix

Guy a écrit : > Hi, > > I'm currently using dnswl (dnswl.org ) in my > recipient restrictions on a mail gateway. > Below is an example line from the list: > 193.222.110.200/32 > permit_auth_destination med nonea.se DNSWLId 10128 >

Re: Out Of Office Utility

Carlos Williams a écrit : > On Mon, Oct 6, 2008 at 9:59 AM, Adam Tauno Williams > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> If your delivering to a Cyrus IMAPd server then SIEVE has very nice >> facilities to handle vacation messages for you. Several rather nice >> UI/clients are available as well so use

Re: Out Of Office Utility

Barney Desmond a écrit : > Carlos Williams wrote: > > I had a user ask me if the Postfix email server can auto respond w/ > > "Out of Office" reply rather than do this on his client in case his > > machine is rebooted and or shut off. > > My first response would be to ask whether they really need i

Re: breaking multiple recipients into multiple messages

On Saturday 04 October 2008 05:52, Wietse Venema wrote: > Victor Duchovni: > > On Fri, Oct 03, 2008 at 09:09:56PM -0700, David Koski wrote: > > > Our CommuniGate server batches mail going out to Yahoo and at times > > > accumulates enough to exceed the limit of 5 messages per SMTP > > > connection

Re: My first config - unable to telnet to port 25, virtual.db missing

Paul Cocker a écrit : > I have a CentOS 5.2 machine running postfix 2.3.3 install via yum and am > setting up for the first time, having been a sendmail user previously. > > I have been configuring it based around 'Postfix email firewall/gateway' > setup in the postfix documentation as this machi

Re: question about relay_recipient_maps

Thanks, it was the reject_unverified_recipient. Now it is working... 2008/10/6 Brian Evans - Postfix List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Nicolás Velásquez O. wrote: >> Hello, >> >> We receive a high volume of mail for non nonexistent mailboxes, so we >> want to prevent Postfix's SMTP probes to the nearest

Retry - temp fail ndr?

Hello, I probably am using bad terminology, but... I have set the delay_warning_time to 15m on my system (boss demanded it), and now the boss wants more than just the one notification... Is there any way to configure postfix to send more than just the one/first 'problem' notification to the send

Re: Retry - temp fail ndr?

Charles Marcus: > Hello, > > I probably am using bad terminology, but... > > I have set the delay_warning_time to 15m on my system (boss demanded > it), and now the boss wants more than just the one notification... This is not implemented. However, Postfix 2.3+ can send a positive delivery stat

Re: Retry - temp fail ndr?

On Mon, Oct 06, 2008 at 11:57:01AM -0400, Charles Marcus wrote: > Hello, > > I probably am using bad terminology, but... > > I have set the delay_warning_time to 15m on my system (boss demanded > it), and now the boss wants more than just the one notification... Postfix will not do that (seriou

Re: Retry - temp fail ndr?

On 10/6/2008 12:40 PM, Wietse Venema wrote: >> I probably am using bad terminology, but... >> >> I have set the delay_warning_time to 15m on my system (boss demanded >> it), and now the boss wants more than just the one notification... > This is not implemented. Bummer... > However, Postfix 2.3+

Re: Retry - temp fail ndr?

Charles Marcus a écrit : > Hello, > > I probably am using bad terminology, but... > > I have set the delay_warning_time to 15m on my system (boss demanded > it), and now the boss wants more than just the one notification... > so you need bossfix :) > Is there any way to configure postfix to se

Re: Retry - temp fail ndr?

On Oct 6, 2008, at 1:00 PM, mouss wrote: Charles Marcus a écrit : Hello, I probably am using bad terminology, but... I have set the delay_warning_time to 15m on my system (boss demanded it), and now the boss wants more than just the one notification... so you need bossfix :) Nothing to

smtp only output

I'm looking to put a smtp server to deliver mails from a non-smtp server (database, web server, etc.). I started looking at ssmtp and masqmail, but neither convinced me. So, as I'm using postfix in my mail servers, and I really like it, and know how to use it, I thought I would give it a try. The

Re: smtp only output

Martín Marqués wrote: > I'm looking to put a smtp server to deliver mails from a non-smtp > server (database, web server, etc.). I started looking at ssmtp and > masqmail, but neither convinced me. > > So, as I'm using postfix in my mail servers, and I really like it, and > know how to use it, I th

Virtual domain uncertainty...

Hello, I've been tasked with adding a few more domains for handling mail. This server has been running flawlessly for about 5 years (and survived many updates), but this will be my first implementation of virtual hosting, so before I actually start changing config settings, I thought I'd ask for c

Re: Virtual domain uncertainty...

Charles Marcus a écrit : > Hello, > > I've been tasked with adding a few more domains for handling mail. This > server has been running flawlessly for about 5 years (and survived many > updates), but this will be my first implementation of virtual hosting, > so before I actually start changing conf

outgoing SPAM

In the past months there have been instances where pfishing was used to get account credentials and use the victim's account to send massive quantities of SPAM. Is there a way to configure postfix to detect such an event and/or to stop such an event from reoccurring? Is there a way to limit the nu

Re: outgoing SPAM

On Mon, Oct 6, 2008 at 2:33 PM, Robert Lopez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In the past months there have been instances where pfishing was used to get > account credentials and use the victim's account to send massive quantities > of SPAM. > > Is there a way to configure postfix to detect such an ev

Re: outgoing SPAM

Robert Lopez a écrit : > In the past months there have been instances where pfishing was used > to get account credentials and use the victim's account to send > massive quantities of SPAM. > > Is there a way to configure postfix to detect such an event and/or to > stop such an event from reoccurri

Re: smtp only output

Martín Marqués a écrit : > I'm looking to put a smtp server to deliver mails from a non-smtp > server (database, web server, etc.). I started looking at ssmtp and > masqmail, but neither convinced me. > > So, as I'm using postfix in my mail servers, and I really like it, and > know how to use it, I

Fwd: outgoing SPAM

Thank you Aaron. My supervisor asked me to find a configuration change to postfix. He wants to avoid adding any new agents/programs. It seems the person I replaced had some bad times when trying to add other programs to the mail gateway functionality. -- Forwarded message -- From:

Re: outgoing SPAM

On Mon, Oct 6, 2008 at 3:45 PM, Robert Lopez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thank you Aaron. > > My supervisor asked me to find a configuration change to postfix. He wants > to avoid adding any new agents/programs. It seems the person I replaced had > some bad times when trying to add other programs

Re: Virtual domain uncertainty...

On 10/6/2008 2:29 PM, mouss wrote: >> Currently, I simply have our one domain referenced in mydomain, and >> have the hostname set accordingly (see postconf -n below), and am >> not using virtual_mailbox_domains. > currently, you have domains in mydestination even if you didn't specify > that. you

Re: Fwd: outgoing SPAM

Robert Lopez wrote: Thank you Aaron. My supervisor asked me to find a configuration change to postfix. He wants to avoid adding any new agents/programs. It seems the person I replaced had some bad times when trying to add other programs to the mail gateway functionality. Postfix does have

Re: Virtual domain uncertainty...

Charles Marcus wrote: > On 10/6/2008 2:29 PM, mouss wrote: > >>> Does simply adding the additional domain example2.com in >>> virtual_mailbox_domains allow me to use the additional hostname >>> smtp.example2.com (in client configurations) for sending mail, >>> assuming example2.com is listed i

Re: Virtual domain uncertainty...

Charles Marcus wrote, at 10/06/2008 04:27 PM: > I'm going to be writing up instructions for users who will be using > these new domains how to set up their mail clients (Thunderbird mainly, > but I also include instructions for the Microsoft clients)... so I > wanted to confirm that I can use the

Re: Virtual domain uncertainty...

On 10/6/2008, Brian Evans - Postfix List ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: >> I'm going to be writing up instructions for users who will be using >> these new domains how to set up their mail clients (Thunderbird mainly, >> but I also include instructions for the Microsoft clients)... so I >> wanted to co

query re setup

Hi, I have got dovecot setup as the postfix smtp authentication now YAY - man its cool! Just wanted to check if my setup was good practice. I have it authenticating against a mysql database(MailEnable mysql db) with passwords stored as plain text. Is this ok? the passwd-file is to allow for

Re: Virtual domain uncertainty...

Charles Marcus wrote: Can I set up DNS (and MX records) for several different domains to point to the same postfix instance/host/IP address and reference that same postfix instance/host/IP by different DNS host names (smtp.example1.com, smtp.example2.com, etc), and have everything just work?

Re: Virtual domain uncertainty...

On 10/6/2008, Jorey Bump ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > If the name resolves, they'll connect to your server. However, if you're > going to offer STARTTLS, you have a problem. How are you going to > support all of these different domains in a single certificate? > Currently, you can't, so you'll need

Re: Virtual domain uncertainty...

Charles Marcus: > Can I set up DNS (and MX records) for several different domains to point > to the same postfix instance/host/IP address and reference that same > postfix instance/host/IP by different DNS host names (smtp.example1.com, > smtp.example2.com, etc), and have everything just work? Not

forwarding for unknown accounts.

Hello, I am currently hosting the mail for the domain santiago.cl at google Apps. Google Apps has a very limited mailing list system so I want to install a local linux+postfix+mailman server for mailing list administration. I can create the sub-domain lists.santiago.cl and point the MX records to

Fighting SPAM

Hi, I just wondering is there any way in postfix that can check port 25 of sender is open or not. Commonly I got spam where the sender IP address are not open for port 25 such as : Oct 6 20:47:06 smtp2 postfix/smtpd[58410]: 8F625267977: client=unknown[190.26.129.204] Oct 6 20:47:09 smtp

Re: Fighting SPAM

Marky Yehezkiel (SNC) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I just wondering is there any way in postfix that can check port 25 of > sender is open or not. > > Commonly I got spam where the sender IP address are not open for port 25 > such as : [...] > I want to make policy If source IP 190.26.129.204 a

Re: Fighting SPAM

On Tue, Oct 07, 2008 at 10:17:41AM +0800, Marky Yehezkiel (SNC) wrote: > Oct 6 20:47:06 smtp2 postfix/smtpd[58410]: 8F625267977: > client=unknown[190.26.129.204] > > I want to make policy If source IP 190.26.129.204 and 90.183.38.135 with > port 25 is not open then postfix will reject the email.

Re: Fighting SPAM

Marky Yehezkiel (SNC) wrote, at 10/06/2008 10:17 PM: > I just wondering is there any way in postfix that can check port 25 of > sender is open or not. Why do you assume that a legitimate relay must also accept connections on port 25? There's no requirement that an MX must also be the source of ou

Re: forwarding for unknown accounts.

On Tuesday, October 07, 2008 at 03:57 CEST, Marcelo Iturbe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am currently hosting the mail for the domain santiago.cl at google > Apps. Google Apps has a very limited mailing list system so I want to > install a local linux+postfix+mailman server for mailing list