Feedback List Question

2008-10-20 Thread Christian Arkadius Keil
Hi there, I am currently working out an Email System for outbound Emailing, the client I work wants to send out large Mailings to his customers, and past customers. I expect alot of Bounces and have found that AOL for example uses Feedback Loops ( http://postmaster.aol.com/fbl/ ) to inform the

Re: Feedback List Question

2008-10-20 Thread Devdas Bhagat
On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 10:29:20AM +0200, Christian Arkadius Keil wrote: > Hi there, > > I am currently working out an Email System for outbound Emailing, the > client I work wants to send out large Mailings to his customers, and > past customers. I expect alot of Bounces and have found that AOL f

Re: Feedback List Question

2008-10-20 Thread Erbil KARAMAN
http://www.reputationwiki.org/~reputati/index.php?title=Feedback_Loops Yahoo is not processing new applications (http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/mail/postmaster/postmaster-30.html) best, erbiL.. On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 11:29 AM, Christian Arkadius Keil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi there, >

Re: Finally blocking some spam

2008-10-20 Thread Charles Marcus
On 10/20/2008, Joey ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Running spamassasin on every domain we support will kill the server > CPU wise and again as in my messages before it's about reducing > overhead. I am abusing some RBL's in some cases so I need to reduce > connections. I highly recommend checking o

Re: multiple IP addresses/hosts to send/receive email + signed with DKIM+DomainKeys

2008-10-20 Thread Barney Desmond
mouss wrote: > use multiple instances: run postfix 8 times, each with its own config > dir, queue dir, data dir, ... etc, and configure each for its own > domain(s). This is something we've run into at work. One customer already uses PowerMTA, and there's another we'd like to discourage. We figur

Re: multiple IP addresses/hosts to send/receive email + signed with DKIM+DomainKeys

2008-10-20 Thread Erbil KARAMAN
actually 'letting MTA figure out how to get it to the internet' is not a great approach for high volume senders. there are lots of parameters you want to control 'logically' that no MTA out there supports. If you compare the config options of powerMTA and postfix you will see how they differ as a d

Re: multiple IP addresses/hosts to send/receive email + signed with DKIM+DomainKeys

2008-10-20 Thread Wietse Venema
Erbil KARAMAN: > actually 'letting MTA figure out how to get it to the internet' is not > a great approach for high volume senders. there are lots of parameters > you want to control 'logically' that no MTA out there supports. If you > compare the config options of powerMTA and postfix you will see

Re: multiple outgoing interfaces?

2008-10-20 Thread Wietse Venema
Rainer Frey (Inxmail GmbH): [ Charset ISO-8859-1 unsupported, converting... ] > On Friday 10 October 2008 15:46:46 Wietse Venema wrote: > > Rainer Frey (Inxmail GmbH): > > > On Wednesday 08 October 2008 00:52:10 Noel Jones wrote: > > > > Will the FILTER action accept an empty nexthop? > > > > > > I

Indirect relay on direct error

2008-10-20 Thread Michele
Hi list, I have a system that receive mails from internal network and deliver them directly on Internet. Sometimes mx server for some domains, refuse mails for users. It's there the possibility, by postfix, to relay that mails to a safe server that, I'm sure, will accept that mails and will know wh

Re: Indirect relay on direct error

2008-10-20 Thread Wietse Venema
Michele: > Hi list, > I have a system that receive mails from internal network and deliver them > directly on Internet. Sometimes mx server for some domains, refuse mails for > users. It's there the possibility, by postfix, to relay that mails to a safe > server that, I'm sure, will accept that mai

Re: multiple outgoing interfaces?

2008-10-20 Thread Wietse Venema
Wietse Venema: > Rainer Frey (Inxmail GmbH): > > On Friday 10 October 2008 15:46:46 Wietse Venema wrote: > > > Rainer Frey (Inxmail GmbH): > > > > On Wednesday 08 October 2008 00:52:10 Noel Jones wrote: > > > > > Will the FILTER action accept an empty nexthop? > > > > > > > > It seems it does not (

Books on Postfix

2008-10-20 Thread Guy
Hi guys, I'm running a few postfix servers at the moment, but I don't really understand postfix very well so I'm looking for some good books on it. Preferably one that includes the basics to start with. Can anyone recommend one or two good books for me to start with? The Book of Postfix has good r

header ?

2008-10-20 Thread Joey
Can someone tell me why headers shows received from 127.0.0.1 in the middle? Is this a filter thing, or is it someone connecting to that server making it look like that IP? Thanks! Microsoft Mail Internet Headers Version 2.0 Received: from mail.myserver4mail.net ([205.205.205.205]) by myse

Re: Feedback List Question

2008-10-20 Thread Gerald Livingston
Christian Arkadius Keil wrote: Hi there, I am currently working out an Email System for outbound Emailing, the client I work wants to send out large Mailings to his customers, and past customers. I expect alot of Bounces and have found that AOL for example uses Feedback Loops ( http://postma

multiple mx and timeout question

2008-10-20 Thread Joey
Hello All, I just wanted to confirm something. We are defining 3 servers for MX and the first one is basically nolisting. Should any server trying to deliver to the first mx IMMEDIATELY try to connect to the second, or should we see a delay like with greylisting? My understanding is there

Re: header ?

2008-10-20 Thread mouss
Joey a écrit : > Can someone tell me why headers shows received from 127.0.0.1 in the > middle? Do you mean the middle of the beginning? :-) when you read Received headers, stop at the first server that is not under your control. All other headers have been added by remote servers (whether legiti

Command died with status 9: "perl"

2008-10-20 Thread Vadtec
Hi, I'm trying to setup a perl script to parse incoming e-mails to a given e-mail address that is aliased. Postfix 2.5.5 is running on Debian Linux. (Path names and file names changed where necessary.) In /etc/aliases I have (for example): parse: |perl /path/to/my/perl/script/parse.pl Its

Re: Feedback List Question

2008-10-20 Thread mouss
Gerald Livingston a écrit : > Christian Arkadius Keil wrote: >> Hi there, >> >> I am currently working out an Email System for outbound Emailing, the >> client I work wants to send out large Mailings to his customers, and >> past customers. I expect alot of Bounces and have found that AOL for >>

Re: multiple mx and timeout question

2008-10-20 Thread Victor Duchovni
On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 12:42:05PM -0400, Joey wrote: > Hello All, > > > > I just wanted to confirm something. > > We are defining 3 servers for MX and the first one is basically nolisting. > > Should any server trying to deliver to the first mx IMMEDIATELY try to > connect to the second, or

Re: confirm log entry

2008-10-20 Thread mouss
Joey a écrit : > Hello everyone,, > > > > This is a warning message I see in my logs a lot getting hostname > vertification failed. > > Will this continue to process since this is only a warning, or will it > not accept the message from this source? > > > > Oct 1 05:40:14 pluto postfix/sm

Re: Command died with status 9: "perl"

2008-10-20 Thread mouss
Vadtec a écrit : > Hi, > > I'm trying to setup a perl script to parse incoming e-mails to a given > e-mail address that is aliased. Postfix 2.5.5 is running on Debian > Linux. (Path names and file names changed where necessary.) > > In /etc/aliases I have (for example): parse: |perl > /path/to/my

Re: multiple mx and timeout question

2008-10-20 Thread Jorey Bump
Joey wrote, at 10/20/2008 12:42 PM: > I just wanted to confirm something. > > We are defining 3 servers for MX and the first one is basically nolisting. > > Should any server trying to deliver to the first mx IMMEDIATELY try to > connect to the second, or should we see a delay like with greylist

Re: Command died with status 9: "perl"

2008-10-20 Thread Vadtec
Sorry mouss, meant to send this to the mailing list, not you directly. Actually, I just found the log file. Go figure, I was distracted earlier. Turns out its a lock file creation issue. Oct 20 18:18:09 example postfix/local[5396]: warning: unable to create lock file /path/to/my/script/parse.

Re: Command died with status 9: "perl"

2008-10-20 Thread Brian Evans - Postfix List
Vadtec wrote: > Sorry mouss, meant to send this to the mailing list, not you directly. > > Actually, I just found the log file. Go figure, I was distracted > earlier. Turns out its a lock file creation issue. > > Oct 20 18:18:09 example postfix/local[5396]: warning: unable to create > lock file /pa

Re: Command died with status 9: "perl"

2008-10-20 Thread Vadtec
Brian Evans - Postfix List wrote: 'man 5 postconf' says: --- default_privs (default: nobody) The default rights used by the local(8) delivery agent for delivery to external file or command. These rights are used when delivery is requested from an aliases(5) file that is owned by root, or whe

Re: Command died with status 9: "perl"

2008-10-20 Thread mouss
[reposting to list, even if you posted other messages after this] Vadtec a écrit : >> you have an error in your perl script. >> > Maybe. debug the script. run it manually. >> >>> [snipped to save space] >>> >>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: cannot append message to file >>>/path/to/my/perl/scri

Re: Command died with status 9: "perl"

2008-10-20 Thread Vadtec
Thanks for all the great info. mouss wrote: [reposting to list, even if you posted other messages after this] Vadtec a écrit : you have an error in your perl script. Maybe. debug the script. run it manually. I had already ran the script manually to verify it worked.

Re: Command died with status 9: "perl"

2008-10-20 Thread Wietse Venema
Vadtec: > Oct 20 18:18:09 example postfix/local[5396]: warning: unable to create > lock file /path/to/my/script/parse.pl.lock: Permission denied Postfix requires "|/path/to/my/script/parse.pl" if you want to EXECUTE the script. BTW Postfix will NOT execute the script with the privileges of the "p

Likely Spam.

2008-10-20 Thread Linux Addict
Hi, Looks like our MX servers are hit hard by a specific email address which is sending frequent mails trying to use our relay effectively many mail servers seems to be blacklisting. Oct 20 18:20:05 mx01 postfix/qmgr[6512]: DBB784BE68E: from=< [EMAIL PROTECTED]>, size=3309, nrcpt=1 (queue active)

Re: Books on Postfix

2008-10-20 Thread Stephen Holmes
Well, there's the de facto 'POSTFIX - state of the art message transport' by Hilderbrandt and Koetter. I found it invaluable, readable and relatively thorough. That said, this list is populated with some incredible minds that would complement any text! S. Guy wrote: > Hi guys, > > I'm runnin

Re: Likely Spam.

2008-10-20 Thread Neil
On 20 Oct 2008, at 18:24, Linux Addict wrote: Hi, Looks like our MX servers are hit hard by a specific email address which is sending frequent mails trying to use our relay effectively many mail servers seems to be blacklisting. Oct 20 18:20:05 mx01 postfix/qmgr[6512]: DBB784BE68E: from=<[

Re: Likely Spam.

2008-10-20 Thread Linux Addict
On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 6:33 PM, Neil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 20 Oct 2008, at 18:24, Linux Addict wrote: > > Hi, Looks like our MX servers are hit hard by a specific email address > which is sending frequent mails trying to use our relay effectively many > mail servers seems to be blacklis

Re: Likely Spam.

2008-10-20 Thread Neil
On 20 Oct 2008, at 18:39, Linux Addict wrote: On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 6:33 PM, Neil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 20 Oct 2008, at 18:24, Linux Addict wrote: Hi, Looks like our MX servers are hit hard by a specific email address which is sending frequent mails trying to use our relay effe

Re: Likely Spam.

2008-10-20 Thread Linux Addict
On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 6:41 PM, Neil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 20 Oct 2008, at 18:39, Linux Addict wrote: > > > > On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 6:33 PM, Neil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> On 20 Oct 2008, at 18:24, Linux Addict wrote: >> >> Hi, Looks like our MX servers are hit hard by a speci

Re: Likely Spam.

2008-10-20 Thread Neil
On 20 Oct 2008, at 18:45, Linux Addict wrote: On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 6:41 PM, Neil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 20 Oct 2008, at 18:39, Linux Addict wrote: On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 6:33 PM, Neil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 20 Oct 2008, at 18:24, Linux Addict wrote: Hi, Looks like our MX

Re: Likely Spam.

2008-10-20 Thread Wietse Venema
Neil: > > On 20 Oct 2008, at 18:45, Linux Addict wrote: > > > > On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 6:41 PM, Neil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On 20 Oct 2008, at 18:39, Linux Addict wrote: > > > >> > >> > >> On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 6:33 PM, Neil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> On 20 Oct 2008, at 18:24,

Postfix + openldap deliver each emails to Cyrus imapd +any IMAP server. Possible???

2008-10-20 Thread Steven Truong
Dear, all. I am running into a scenario where I might need to deliver the same incoming email for a user to 2 different IMAP servers. Is there anyway to implement it with Postfix with its various transport maps? I have for example [EMAIL PROTECTED] and I would like all emails for this user to be

Re: Likely Spam.

2008-10-20 Thread Charles Marcus
On 10/20/2008 Linux Addict wrote: mynetworks = /etc/postfix/network_table Contents of this file could be instructive...

Re: Likely Spam.

2008-10-20 Thread Linux Addict
On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 9:53 PM, Charles Marcus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > On 10/20/2008 Linux Addict wrote: > >> mynetworks = /etc/postfix/network_table >> > > Contents of this file could be instructive... > All I have on the file is RFC 1918 Address Space.

Re: Likely Spam.

2008-10-20 Thread Noel Jones
Linux Addict wrote: On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 9:53 PM, Charles Marcus <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: On 10/20/2008 Linux Addict wrote: mynetworks = /etc/postfix/network_table Contents of this file could be instructive... All I have on the file is RF

Temporarily REJECTing *everything*

2008-10-20 Thread Gerald V. Livingston II
What do I need to change in main or master to 55x ALL MAIL for a while? I've changed my MX records to point to a different host and I'll probably retask this one later, but, at the moment it is still set up to deliver mail that arrives with valid usernames and with the new MX records the only

Re: Temporarily REJECTing *everything*

2008-10-20 Thread Nikita Kipriyanov
Gerald V. Livingston II пишет: What do I need to change in main or master to 55x ALL MAIL for a while? For example, use smtpd_helo_restrictions = reject or any other smtpd_*_restrictions = reject I've changed my MX records to point to a different host and I'll probably retask this one later,

Re: Likely Spam.

2008-10-20 Thread Nikita Kipriyanov
Linux Addict пишет: alias_database = hash:/etc/aliases alias_maps = hash:/etc/aliases broken_sasl_auth_clients = yes command_directory = /usr/sbin config_directory = /etc/postfix daemon_directory = /usr/libexec/postfix debug_peer_level = 50 disable_vrfy_command = yes fallback_transport = maildrop