Postfix local users & fallback relay

2011-02-11 Thread Pieter Steyn
Hi, We currently have mail infrastructure setup like: mail.domain.co.za (primary in our dc) ptamail.domain.co.za (pta office) jhbmail.domain.co.za (jhb office) Currently we use mail.domain.co.za as the outgoing server for all users, but I want to change that so that user will use $branchmail.dom

Re: Lower which timeout values?

2011-02-11 Thread Ralf Hildebrandt
* Victor Duchovni : > On Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 10:50:20PM +0100, Jeroen Geilman wrote: > > >> and I'm not sure how > >> smtp_connection_reuse_time_limit = 300s > >> > >> could be lowered in such a way that busy destination MXes are not > >> keeping a lot of mail in the active queue... > > The re-u

Re: check_client_access using smtp auth usernames

2011-02-11 Thread Nikolaos Milas
Thank you Noel, After searching for a while, I found your info/solutions were complete and accurate. Locking sender addresses with authenticated users appears to be a good practice, anyway. Here, I have two questions about reject_sender_login_mismatch: 1. If sender is in the form "f...@e

Re: check_client_access using smtp auth usernames

2011-02-11 Thread Reindl Harald
Am 11.02.2011 10:08, schrieb Nikolaos Milas: > Thank you Noel, > > After searching for a while, I found your info/solutions were complete and > accurate. > > Locking sender addresses with authenticated users appears to be a good > practice, anyway. > > Here, I have two questions about reject

Re: check_client_access using smtp auth usernames

2011-02-11 Thread Nikolaos Milas
Thank you Harald, Please, let me ask for some clarifications, cause I'm confused: If we have (SASL) UNauthenticated clients (who are allowed to send emails from mynetworks) AND (SASL) authenticated clients (in mynetworks or anywhere), what will happen to our UNauthenticated clients (in mynetw

different server for the same domain

2011-02-11 Thread Matteo Cazzador
Hello i've a new question about two postfix server with the same mail domain for different users. Example server a -> a...@example.com a...@example.com server b ->b...@example.com b...@example.com this is my question, is it possibile to receive to the cor

Re: Lower which timeout values?

2011-02-11 Thread Wietse Venema
Ralf Hildebrandt: > * Victor Duchovni : > > On Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 10:50:20PM +0100, Jeroen Geilman wrote: > > > > >> and I'm not sure how > > >> smtp_connection_reuse_time_limit = 300s > > >> > > >> could be lowered in such a way that busy destination MXes are not > > >> keeping a lot of mail in

Re: different server for the same domain

2011-02-11 Thread Victor Duchovni
On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 01:35:51PM +0100, Matteo Cazzador wrote: > Hello i've a new question about two postfix server with the same mail > domain for different users. > Example > > server a -> a...@example.com > a...@example.com > > > server b ->b...@example.com >

Re: different server for the same domain

2011-02-11 Thread Matteo Cazzador
Thank's, i explain better why i need it, i need to do sò because i need to reduce the traffic between server b to server a and viceversa this is for me the first priority. Il 11/02/2011 14:28, Victor Duchovni ha scritto: On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 01:35:51PM +0100, Matteo Cazzador wrote: Hello

Re: different server for the same domain

2011-02-11 Thread Wietse Venema
Matteo Cazzador: > Thank's, i explain better why i need it, i need to do s? because i need > to reduce > the traffic between server b to server a and viceversa this is > for me the first priority. OK. If you know a better solution, how would a REMOTE SMTP host know that it must send mail for a...

Re: different server for the same domain

2011-02-11 Thread Victor Duchovni
On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 02:56:47PM +0100, Matteo Cazzador wrote: > Thank's, i explain better why i need it, i need to do s? because i need to > reduce > the traffic between server b to server a and viceversa this is > for me the first priority. If "a" and "b" are the MX hosts for a single email

Re: hold after permit question

2011-02-11 Thread Noel Jones
On 2/10/2011 11:58 PM, Gary Smith wrote: -Original Message- From: owner-postfix-us...@postfix.org [mailto:owner-postfix-us...@postfix.org] On Behalf Of Gary Smith Sent: Thursday, February 10, 2011 8:34 PM To: 'postfix-users@postfix.org' Subject: hold after permit question I have clien

Re: check_client_access using smtp auth usernames

2011-02-11 Thread Noel Jones
On 2/11/2011 6:08 AM, Nikolaos Milas wrote: Thank you Harald, Please, let me ask for some clarifications, cause I'm confused: If we have (SASL) UNauthenticated clients (who are allowed to send emails from mynetworks) AND (SASL) authenticated clients (in mynetworks or anywhere), what will happen

Re: Postfix local users & fallback relay

2011-02-11 Thread Jeroen Geilman
On 02/11/2011 09:25 AM, Pieter Steyn wrote: Hi, We currently have mail infrastructure setup like: mail.domain.co.za (primary in our dc) ptamail.domain.co.za (pta office) jhbmail.domain.co.za (jhb office) Currently we use mail.domain.co.za as the outgoing server for all users, but I want to cha

Re: check_client_access using smtp auth usernames

2011-02-11 Thread Nikolaos Milas
Thanks Noel, for the detailed info. In the meantime, I had already tested, and here are the test results, for reference (tested by removing ownership of f...@example.com by foo and logging in (in scenario II) as user foo): I.  1 --->a (mes

Re: check_client_access using smtp auth usernames

2011-02-11 Thread Nikolaos Milas
(I'm sending again, because by mistake the message I sent before was in html form.) Thanks Noel, for the detailed info. In the meantime, I had already tested, and here are the test results, for reference (tested by removing ownership of f...@example.com by foo and logging in (in scenario II)

Setting up postfix with a fallback transport

2011-02-11 Thread Zach Wily
Hi everyone. We've been using postfix + AuthSMTP for quite awhile for our outgoing email notifications. AuthSMTP is getting kind of expensive, so I'm trying to switch to Amazon's Simple Email Service. I've successfully configured postfix to send through SES and it works great, but Amazon thrott

Re: Setting up postfix with a fallback transport

2011-02-11 Thread Wietse Venema
Zach Wily: [ Charset UTF-8 unsupported, converting... ] > Hi everyone. > > We've been using postfix + AuthSMTP for quite awhile for our outgoing emai >-l notifications. AuthSMTP is getting kind of expensive, so I'm trying to swi >-tch to Amazon's Simple Email Service. I've successfully configured

Re: Postfix local users & fallback relay

2011-02-11 Thread Victor Duchovni
On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 04:54:00PM +0100, Jeroen Geilman wrote: >> I've tried simply setting: >> >> fallback_transport = mail.domain.co.za >> > > fallback_transport means "use this route if other routes are not > functional". > This is unrelated to sepcific recipients; it only deals in mail

Re: Postfix local users & fallback relay

2011-02-11 Thread Jeroen Geilman
On 02/11/2011 05:36 PM, Victor Duchovni wrote: On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 04:54:00PM +0100, Jeroen Geilman wrote: I've tried simply setting: fallback_transport = mail.domain.co.za fallback_transport means "use this route if other routes are not functional". This is unrelated to sepc

Re: Setting up postfix with a fallback transport

2011-02-11 Thread Zach Wily
This was designed to implement a graveyard service for mail > that can't be delivered via the preferred service. > > http://www.postfix.org/postconf.5.html#smtp_fallback_relay I tried this, but when a message to aws-email fails, it enters SOFTBOUNCE state and sits in the queue. What I'd like is f

RE: hold after permit question

2011-02-11 Thread Gary Smith
> HOLD always take place last, and only accepted mail is put on > HOLD. Since this server is for user submission and all mail > is either authenticated or rejected, it doesn't matter too > much where you put the hold. Good to know. I probably asked the same question years ago, but this helps. >

Re: different server for the same domain

2011-02-11 Thread Simone Caruso
On 11/02/2011 14:56, Matteo Cazzador wrote: Thank's, i explain better why i need it, i need to do sò because i need to reduce the traffic between server b to server a and viceversa this is for me the first priority. Why don't share email storage between server to solve the problem? -- Simone

Re: Setting up postfix with a fallback transport

2011-02-11 Thread Jeroen Geilman
On 02/11/2011 05:50 PM, Zach Wily wrote: This was designed to implement a graveyard service for mail that can't be delivered via the preferred service. http://www.postfix.org/postconf.5.html#smtp_fallback_relay I tried this, but when a message to aws-email fails, it enters SOFTBOUNCE

Re: different server for the same domain

2011-02-11 Thread Jeroen Geilman
On 02/11/2011 05:56 PM, Simone Caruso wrote: On 11/02/2011 14:56, Matteo Cazzador wrote: Thank's, i explain better why i need it, i need to do sò because i need to reduce the traffic between server b to server a and viceversa this is for me the first priority. Why don't share email storage be

RE: OT: How to resolve big ISP mail drop

2011-02-11 Thread Gary Smith
> > Anyway, the question is, how does the community as a whole deal with > > big ISP's losing email? It seems that some companies (like ATT) seem > > to have less and less access to tools necessary for communicating with > > them on things like this. Is there any know lists of contact/support >

Re: Setting up postfix with a fallback transport

2011-02-11 Thread Zach Wily
On Friday, February 11, 2011 at 10:03 AM, Jeroen Geilman wrote: On 02/11/2011 05:50 PM, Zach Wily wrote: > > This was designed to implement a graveyard service for mail > > > > > that can't be delivered via the preferred service. > > > > > > http://www.postfix.org/postconf.5.html#smtp_fallback_re

Re: hold after permit question

2011-02-11 Thread Noel Jones
On 2/11/2011 10:55 AM, Gary Smith wrote: smtpd_recipient_restrictions = permit_mynetworks,permit_sasl_authenticated,reject This line is sufficient to limit access to mynetworks and authenticated users. Do I even need this at all if I'm using smtpd_sender_restrictions since this is an outgo

RE: hold after permit question

2011-02-11 Thread Gary Smith
> You must have permit_sasl_authenticated in > smtpd_recipient_restrictions to allow users to relay. > Typically on the outgoing only server, only > smtpd_recipient_restrictions is used and the other > smtpd_*_restrictions sections are empty. > Gotcha > > The one that's repeated ;) > reject_

postscreen and sasl

2011-02-11 Thread Benny Pedersen
postscreen_access_list = permit_sasl_authenticated, permit_mynetworks, cidr:/etc/postfix/cidr/postscreen_access.cidr will it work ? to avoid sasl users being tested in dnsbl

Re: hold after permit question

2011-02-11 Thread Noel Jones
On 2/11/2011 11:36 AM, Gary Smith wrote: You must have permit_sasl_authenticated in smtpd_recipient_restrictions to allow users to relay. Typically on the outgoing only server, only smtpd_recipient_restrictions is used and the other smtpd_*_restrictions sections are empty. Gotcha The one

Re: postscreen and sasl

2011-02-11 Thread Noel Jones
On 2/11/2011 11:57 AM, Benny Pedersen wrote: postscreen_access_list = permit_sasl_authenticated, permit_mynetworks, cidr:/etc/postfix/cidr/postscreen_access.cidr will it work ? No. Authentication happens in smtpd after postscreen is done. to avoid sasl users being tested in dnsbl Bes

Re: postscreen and sasl

2011-02-11 Thread Benny Pedersen
On Fri, 11 Feb 2011 12:00:30 -0600, Noel Jones wrote: > On 2/11/2011 11:57 AM, Benny Pedersen wrote: >> postscreen_access_list = permit_sasl_authenticated, permit_mynetworks, >> cidr:/etc/postfix/cidr/postscreen_access.cidr >> will it work ? > No. Authentication happens in smtpd after postscreen

Re: postscreen and sasl

2011-02-11 Thread Victor Duchovni
On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 07:07:15PM +0100, Benny Pedersen wrote: > not the best option for me, but my users can live with it, but remote > servers will need tls on port 25 still TLS != SASL. Postscreen supports TLS/SSL, but not SASL, which belongs largely on port 587. -- Viktor.

Re: postscreen and sasl

2011-02-11 Thread Noel Jones
On 2/11/2011 12:07 PM, Benny Pedersen wrote: On Fri, 11 Feb 2011 12:00:30 -0600, Noel Jones wrote: On 2/11/2011 11:57 AM, Benny Pedersen wrote: postscreen_access_list = permit_sasl_authenticated, permit_mynetworks, cidr:/etc/postfix/cidr/postscreen_access.cidr will it work ? No. Authenticatio

Re: postscreen and sasl

2011-02-11 Thread Benny Pedersen
On Fri, 11 Feb 2011 13:10:35 -0500, Victor Duchovni wrote: > On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 07:07:15PM +0100, Benny Pedersen wrote: > >> not the best option for me, but my users can live with it, but remote >> servers will need tls on port 25 still > > TLS != SASL. Postscreen supports TLS/SSL, but not

Re: different server for the same domain

2011-02-11 Thread Matteo Cazzador
It's clear thank's a lot everybody Il 11/02/2011 15:09, Victor Duchovni ha scritto: On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 02:56:47PM +0100, Matteo Cazzador wrote: Thank's, i explain better why i need it, i need to do s? because i need to reduce the traffic between server b to server a and viceversa this is

Re: OT: How to resolve big ISP mail drop

2011-02-11 Thread Kris Deugau
Gary Smith wrote: Anyway, the question is, how does the community as a whole deal with big ISP's losing email? It seems that some companies (like ATT) seem to have less and less access to tools necessary for communicating with them on things like this. Is there any know lists of contact/sup

Re: postscreen and sasl

2011-02-11 Thread Wietse Venema
Benny Pedersen: > On Fri, 11 Feb 2011 13:10:35 -0500, Victor Duchovni > wrote: > > On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 07:07:15PM +0100, Benny Pedersen wrote: > > > >> not the best option for me, but my users can live with it, but remote > >> servers will need tls on port 25 still > > > > TLS != SASL. Posts

Re: Setting up postfix with a fallback transport

2011-02-11 Thread Wietse Venema
Zach Wily: > This was designed to implement a graveyard service for mail > > that can't be delivered via the preferred service. > > > > http://www.postfix.org/postconf.5.html#smtp_fallback_relay > I tried this, but when a message to aws-email fails, it enters SOFTBOUNCE >-state and sits in the qu

Re: postscreen and sasl

2011-02-11 Thread Noel Jones
On 2/11/2011 12:17 PM, Benny Pedersen wrote: On Fri, 11 Feb 2011 13:10:35 -0500, Victor Duchovni wrote: On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 07:07:15PM +0100, Benny Pedersen wrote: not the best option for me, but my users can live with it, but remote servers will need tls on port 25 still TLS != SASL.

Re: check_client_access using smtp auth usernames

2011-02-11 Thread Nikolaos Milas
Sorry, Noel, Now that I re-read your last post, I can see there is no discrepancy at all between my findings and your description in the two cases I mentioned. In fact, what happens is exactly what you describe. The email message is rejected because the client specifies a MAIL FROM listed in

Re: hold after permit question

2011-02-11 Thread /dev/rob0
On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 11:58:10AM -0600, Noel Jones wrote: > On 2/11/2011 11:36 AM, Gary Smith wrote: > >Um, if you put the restriction twice doesn't it give it a > >greater effect? ;) > > To increase the effect, google for the > reject_unknown_sender_domain_dammit feature patch. This opens up a

Re: hold after permit question

2011-02-11 Thread Noel Jones
On 2/11/2011 1:22 PM, /dev/rob0 wrote: On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 11:58:10AM -0600, Noel Jones wrote: On 2/11/2011 11:36 AM, Gary Smith wrote: Um, if you put the restriction twice doesn't it give it a greater effect? ;) To increase the effect, google for the reject_unknown_sender_domain_dammit f

Re: Setting up postfix with a fallback transport

2011-02-11 Thread Jeroen Geilman
On 02/11/2011 06:22 PM, Zach Wily wrote: On Friday, February 11, 2011 at 10:03 AM, Jeroen Geilman wrote: On 02/11/2011 05:50 PM, Zach Wily wrote: This was designed to implement a graveyard service for mail that can't be delivered via the preferred service. http://www.postfix.org/p

Re: Setting up postfix with a fallback transport

2011-02-11 Thread Jeroen Geilman
On 02/11/2011 08:59 PM, Jeroen Geilman wrote: On 02/11/2011 06:22 PM, Zach Wily wrote: On Friday, February 11, 2011 at 10:03 AM, Jeroen Geilman wrote: On 02/11/2011 05:50 PM, Zach Wily wrote: This was designed to implement a graveyard service for mail that can't be delivered via the preferred

rejecting invalid users

2011-02-11 Thread Alan Batie
I've discovered something odd: permit_mynetworks seems to be allowing invalid addresses in rather than just allowing relaying. The symptom is that if I connect from a local client, any rcpt to is accepted; if I connect from a non-local client, it's properly rejected. moving reject_unlisted_recipi

Re: rejecting invalid users

2011-02-11 Thread Wietse Venema
Alan Batie: > I've discovered something odd: permit_mynetworks seems to be allowing > invalid addresses in rather than just allowing relaying. The symptom is You changed "smtpd_reject_unlisted_recipient" from its default. Wietse

Re: rejecting invalid users

2011-02-11 Thread Brian Evans - Postfix List
On 2/11/2011 3:38 PM, Alan Batie wrote: > I've discovered something odd: permit_mynetworks seems to be allowing > invalid addresses in rather than just allowing relaying. The symptom is > that if I connect from a local client, any rcpt to is accepted; if I > connect from a non-local client, it's p

Re: rejecting invalid users

2011-02-11 Thread Noel Jones
On 2/11/2011 2:38 PM, Alan Batie wrote: I've discovered something odd: permit_mynetworks seems to be allowing invalid addresses in rather than just allowing relaying. The symptom is that if I connect from a local client, any rcpt to is accepted; if I connect from a non-local client, it's properl

Re: rejecting invalid users

2011-02-11 Thread Alan Batie
On 2/11/11 12:57 PM, Noel Jones wrote: > No, the reject_unlisted_{sender, recipient} checks only apply to domains > that postfix is responsible for. External domains are not checked. Perfect, that's what I needed to know. Thanks! smime.p7s Description: S/MIME Cryptographic Signature

newbie question

2011-02-11 Thread Gergely Buday
Dear Postfix experts, I'm new to mailing servers and need advice. Is it reasonable for my small company to use my own mail server? How much configuration is needed for a secure setup on a CentOS box? The requirements are: I have three domain names and only one user with some aliases. Google apps i

Re: newbie question

2011-02-11 Thread Victor Duchovni
On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 11:38:41PM +0100, Gergely Buday wrote: > Dear Postfix experts, > > I'm new to mailing servers and need advice. Is it reasonable for my > small company to use my own mail server? How much configuration is > needed for a secure setup on a CentOS box? The requirements are: I

Re: newbie question

2011-02-11 Thread Noel Jones
On 2/11/2011 4:38 PM, Gergely Buday wrote: Dear Postfix experts, I'm new to mailing servers and need advice. Is it reasonable for my small company to use my own mail server? How much configuration is needed for a secure setup on a CentOS box? Not too much. http://www.postfix.org/documentation.

Re: newbie question

2011-02-11 Thread Steve Jenkins
On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 3:38 PM, Gergely Buday wrote: > Dear Postfix experts, > > I'm new to mailing servers and need advice. Is it reasonable for my > small company to use my own mail server? How much configuration is > needed for a secure setup on a CentOS box? The requirements are: I > have thr

Re: newbie question

2011-02-11 Thread Charles T
On 02/11/2011 04:54 PM, Noel Jones wrote: On 2/11/2011 4:38 PM, Gergely Buday wrote: Dear Postfix experts, I'm new to mailing servers and need advice. Is it reasonable for my small company to use my own mail server? How much configuration is needed for a secure setup on a CentOS box? Not too

Re: newbie question

2011-02-11 Thread Miles Fidelman
Gergely Buday wrote: Dear Postfix experts, I'm new to mailing servers and need advice. Is it reasonable for my small company to use my own mail server? How much configuration is needed for a secure setup on a CentOS box? The requirements are: I have three domain names and only one user with some