Re: Dead Destination configuration

2011-12-01 Thread Robert Schetterer
Am 01.12.2011 08:35, schrieb DN Singh: > Hello Group, > > I am trying some extra configuration for postfix where it would mark > some destinations as undeliverable. I have found that there are some > destinations, start deferring the mails (may be greylisting) for a > particular period of time (ti

Re: Dead Destination configuration

2011-12-01 Thread DN Singh
Thanks for the suggestion Robert, but how do I find the time for which Postfix will not attempt a delivery after reaching the fail limit? Instead of outsourcing the task to script, and increasing a dependency, it would be better to keep it with Postfix itself, if possible. If there aren't any opti

Re: check_recipient_access with exceptions

2011-12-01 Thread Jeroen Geilman
On 2011-12-01 02:39, Viktor Dukhovni wrote: On Wed, Nov 30, 2011 at 08:38:13PM -0500, Vladimir Parkhaev wrote: Augment this: smtpd_recipient_restrictions = check_recipient_access hash:/usr/local/etc/postfix/access, reject_unauth_destination, permit As follows (and avoi

Re: MUA/Smtp client/script to send mails via a Postfix relay server

2011-12-01 Thread Jeroen Geilman
On 2011-11-29 04:15, Roger Goh wrote: Yes, understand the syntax/example mutt& nail that Jeroen& Noel provided but sendmail.cf will need to be configured. ...why ? Are you using sendmail, or are you using postfix ? -- J.

Re: Dead Destination configuration

2011-12-01 Thread Jeroen Geilman
On 2011-12-01 08:35, DN Singh wrote: Hello Group, I am trying some extra configuration for postfix where it would mark some destinations as undeliverable. I have found that there are some destinations, start deferring the mails (may be greylisting) for a particular period of time (times rangi

Re: Dead Destination configuration

2011-12-01 Thread DN Singh
Yes Jeroen, That is the case. I am suffering backlog of mails to one domain, due to its deferral policy. This is why I want to handle it manually. Could you help in the matter? On Thu, Dec 1, 2011 at 2:02 PM, Jeroen Geilman wrote: > On 2011-12-01 08:35, DN Singh wrote: > >> Hello Group, >> >> I

Corporate DNSBL ?

2011-12-01 Thread Frank Bonnet
Hello Would it be possible to use a "corporate" DNSBL with postscreen ? It is for internal use only of course. Infos, links, welcome. Thanks

Re: Corporate DNSBL ?

2011-12-01 Thread Frank Bonnet
Le 12/01/2011 10:32 AM, Frank Bonnet a écrit : Hello Would it be possible to use a "corporate" DNSBL with postscreen ? It is for internal use only of course. Infos, links, welcome. Thanks Sorry for the noiss ... I found an HOWTO http://www.kloth.net/internet/dnsbl-howto.php

Re: Corporate DNSBL ?

2011-12-01 Thread Ralf Hildebrandt
* Frank Bonnet : > Hello > > Would it be possible to use a "corporate" DNSBL with postscreen ? Yes. -- Ralf Hildebrandt Geschäftsbereich IT | Abteilung Netzwerk Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin Campus Benjamin Franklin Hindenburgdamm 30 | D-12203 Berlin Tel. +49 30 450 570 155 | F

smtpd_sasl_type

2011-12-01 Thread Marko Weber
hello list, i set in my main.cf smtpd_sasl_type = dovecot but in the logfiles i find this: Dec 1 08:25:05 fallbackhost postfix/smtp[1204]: warning: unsupported SASL client implementation: cyrus Dec 1 08:25:05 fallbackhost postfix/smtp[1204]: fatal: SA

Re: smtpd_sasl_type

2011-12-01 Thread Ralf Hildebrandt
* Marko Weber : > hello list, > > i set in my main.cf > > smtpd_sasl_type = dovecot > > but in the logfiles i find this: > > Dec 1 08:25:05 fallbackhost postfix/smtp[1204]: warning: unsupported SASL > client implementation: cyrus smtp != smtpd -- Ral

Postfix Hold queue

2011-12-01 Thread Roland de Lepper
Hi, Where're planning to migrate postfix from Suse to Ubuntu 10.04 LTS. The Postfix version on Suse has an higher version number than in Ubuntu 10.04LTS (2.7.2 - 2.7.0). Because of the migration we have to shutdown the MySQL server to make a full dump of it and import is on the new mailserver. In

Low Budget Backups

2011-12-01 Thread email builder
Hello, Does anyone have any low-end/low-budget backup suggestions for user mail spools?  Consider hobby type scenarios or small businesses with a cheap single hard drive rented (dedicated/shared) server where there may not be budget for another server or paid backup service. My thought was if

Re: Dead Destination configuration

2011-12-01 Thread Wietse Venema
DN Singh: > Yes Jeroen, > > That is the case. I am suffering backlog of mails to one domain, due to its > deferral policy. This is why I want to handle it manually. Could you help > in the matter? If you have backlogs for ONE domain, then Postfix built-in mechanisms are already solving the proble

Re: Dead Destination configuration

2011-12-01 Thread DN Singh
I will get more clear with an example: yahoo.com has different rejection codes, common of which is TS01. They say, after TS01, you aren't supposed to attempt delivery for 4 hours. But, the problem with postfix is that, it will even after many mails getting deferred, it does not mark the destinatio

Re: Dead Destination configuration

2011-12-01 Thread Wietse Venema
DN Singh: > I will get more clear with an example: > > yahoo.com has different rejection codes, common of which is TS01. They say, > after TS01, you aren't supposed to attempt delivery for 4 hours. But, the According to "Yahoo! Postmaster Help Topics", TS01 means: * We are seeing unusual traffic

Re: check_recipient_access with exceptions

2011-12-01 Thread Vladimir Parkhaev
It is much easier that I thought. :) Thank you. Quoting Viktor Dukhovni (postfix-us...@dukhovni.org): > On Wed, Nov 30, 2011 at 08:38:13PM -0500, Vladimir Parkhaev wrote: > > Augment this: > > > smtpd_recipient_restrictions = > > check_recipient_access hash:/usr/local/etc/postfix/access,

Re: MUA/Smtp client/script to send mails via a Postfix relay server

2011-12-01 Thread Roger Goh
>> Noel provided but sendmail.cf will need to be configured. > ...why ? > Are you using sendmail, or are you using postfix ? I need to send mails out from an RHES4.x box (which does not have Postfix installed & sendmail is not supposed to be started as it's hardened for security reason). This box

Re: Postfix Hold queue

2011-12-01 Thread Simon Brereton
On 1 December 2011 04:56, Roland de Lepper wrote: > Hi, > > Where're planning to migrate postfix from Suse to Ubuntu 10.04 LTS. The > Postfix version on Suse has an higher version number than in Ubuntu 10.04LTS > (2.7.2 - 2.7.0). > > Because of the migration we have to shutdown the MySQL server to

Re: Postfix Hold queue

2011-12-01 Thread Simon Deziel
On 12/01/2011 04:56 AM, Roland de Lepper wrote: > Hi, > > Where're planning to migrate postfix from Suse to Ubuntu 10.04 LTS. The > Postfix version on Suse has an higher version number than in Ubuntu > 10.04LTS (2.7.2 - 2.7.0). You might consider enabling the backport repository that provides Pos

Re: Postfix Hold queue

2011-12-01 Thread Roland de Lepper
On Thu, Dec 1, 2011 at 4:02 PM, Simon Brereton < simon.brere...@buongiorno.com> wrote: > On 1 December 2011 04:56, Roland de Lepper > wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Where're planning to migrate postfix from Suse to Ubuntu 10.04 LTS. The > > Postfix version on Suse has an higher version number than in Ubu

Re: Postfix Hold queue

2011-12-01 Thread Robert Schetterer
Am 01.12.2011 16:02, schrieb Simon Brereton: > On 1 December 2011 04:56, Roland de Lepper wrote: >> Hi, >> >> Where're planning to migrate postfix from Suse to Ubuntu 10.04 LTS. The >> Postfix version on Suse has an higher version number than in Ubuntu 10.04LTS >> (2.7.2 - 2.7.0). use backports

reject_unknown_reverse_client_hostname RFC basis?

2011-12-01 Thread Blake Hudson
I was under the impression that hosts using SMTP were required to have a valid reverse DNS entry. The reject_unknown_reverse_client_hostname restriction would then enforce this requirement. However, I can't find a basis for this in RFC 821, 2821, or 5321. The closest I can find is helo/ehlo req

Re: reject_unknown_reverse_client_hostname RFC basis?

2011-12-01 Thread Michael Weissenbacher
Hi Blake! Am 2011-12-01 18:09, schrieb Blake Hudson: > I was under the impression that hosts using SMTP were required to have a > valid reverse DNS entry. The reject_unknown_reverse_client_hostname > restriction would then enforce this requirement. However, I can't find a > basis for this in RFC 82

Re: reject_unknown_reverse_client_hostname RFC basis?

2011-12-01 Thread Rod Dorman
On Thursday, December 1, 2011, 12:09:42, Blake Hudson wrote: > I was under the impression that hosts using SMTP were required to have a > valid reverse DNS entry. The reject_unknown_reverse_client_hostname > restriction would then enforce this requirement. However, I can't find a > basis for this

Question re: not getting mail from specific domain

2011-12-01 Thread Charles Marcus
Hello, We are unable to receive mail from an automated system (Intuits Payroll Services), and have been unable to determine why. We use an outsourced anti-spam service (webroot), so I have to rely on what they tell me about their logs. One thing I noticed - when I do an nslookup on payroll

Re: Question re: not getting mail from specific domain

2011-12-01 Thread Noel Jones
On 12/1/2011 12:26 PM, Charles Marcus wrote: > Hello, > > We are unable to receive mail from an automated system (Intuits > Payroll Services), and have been unable to determine why. > > We use an outsourced anti-spam service (webroot), so I have to rely > on what they tell me about their logs. >

Re: MUA/Smtp client/script to send mails via a Postfix relay server

2011-12-01 Thread Jeroen Geilman
On 2011-12-01 14:53, Roger Goh wrote: Noel provided but sendmail.cf will need to be configured. ...why ? Are you using sendmail, or are you using postfix ? I need to send mails out from an RHES4.x box (which does not have Postfix installed& sendmail is not supposed to be started as it's harden

Re: Postfix Hold queue

2011-12-01 Thread Viktor Dukhovni
On Thu, Dec 01, 2011 at 10:56:34AM +0100, Roland de Lepper wrote: > Where're planning to migrate postfix from Suse to Ubuntu 10.04 LTS. The > Postfix version on Suse has an higher version number than in Ubuntu > 10.04LTS (2.7.2 - 2.7.0). > > Because of the migration we have to shutdown the MySQL

Re: Postfix Hold queue

2011-12-01 Thread Jeroen Geilman
On 2011-12-01 10:56, Roland de Lepper wrote: Hi, Where're planning to migrate postfix from Suse to Ubuntu 10.04 LTS. The Postfix version on Suse has an higher version number than in Ubuntu 10.04LTS (2.7.2 - 2.7.0). Because of the migration we have to shutdown the MySQL server to make a full

Re: Low Budget Backups

2011-12-01 Thread Jeroen Geilman
On 2011-12-01 12:14, email builder wrote: Hello, Does anyone have any low-end/low-budget backup suggestions for user mail spools? Consider hobby type scenarios or small businesses with a cheap single hard drive rented (dedicated/shared) server where there may not be budget for another server

Re: Question re: not getting mail from specific domain

2011-12-01 Thread Charles Marcus
On 2011-12-01 1:40 PM, Noel Jones wrote: It appears intuit payroll services use exacttarget.com for their mail services. Exacttarget is a legit bulk mailer, but some folks might block exacttarget for perceived spamming. Something else to look into anyway. Ok, at leats thats something... Tha

Couple of config questions

2011-12-01 Thread Philip Prindeville
Sorry about the noob questions, but it's been 12 years or more since I stared at Postfix... First, is there a way to get an out-of-the-box (in my case, Postfix 2.6.6 compiled for Centos6/EPEL6) to get $mydomain and $myhostname from the canonicalized hostname? I.e. to do a: gethostname(buf);

Problem with smtp client bind address

2011-12-01 Thread James Seymour
Good Day, I'm trying to bring up a new machine that serves several purposes and have run into a potentially Very Big Problem. The machine has two physical interfaces, one LAN-facing and one Internet-facing. So, naturally, I have something like: Let's say 10.1.1.0 is the Internet-facing network

Re: Couple of config questions

2011-12-01 Thread James Seymour
On Thu, 01 Dec 2011 13:45:53 -0700 Philip Prindeville wrote: > Sorry about the noob questions, but it's been 12 years or more since > I stared at Postfix... > > First, is there a way to get an out-of-the-box (in my case, Postfix > 2.6.6 compiled for Centos6/EPEL6) to get $mydomain and $myhostnam

Re: Problem with smtp client bind address

2011-12-01 Thread Wietse Venema
James Seymour: > Good Day, > > I'm trying to bring up a new machine that serves several purposes and > have run into a potentially Very Big Problem. > > The machine has two physical interfaces, one LAN-facing and one > Internet-facing. So, naturally, I have something like: > > Let's say 10.1.1.

Re: Couple of config questions

2011-12-01 Thread Wietse Venema
James Seymour: > On Thu, 01 Dec 2011 13:45:53 -0700 > Philip Prindeville wrote: > > > Sorry about the noob questions, but it's been 12 years or more since > > I stared at Postfix... > > > > First, is there a way to get an out-of-the-box (in my case, Postfix > > 2.6.6 compiled for Centos6/EPEL6)

Re: Problem with smtp client bind address

2011-12-01 Thread James Seymour
On Thu, 1 Dec 2011 16:27:07 -0500 (EST) Wietse Venema wrote: [snip] > I suggest that you use different smtp_bind_address settings in > master.cf for the (default) smtp transport and for the (inbound) > relay transport. This server is, amongst other things, a mail gateway. It accepts incoming on

Re: Problem with smtp client bind address

2011-12-01 Thread Wietse Venema
James Seymour: > On Thu, 1 Dec 2011 16:27:07 -0500 (EST) > Wietse Venema wrote: > [snip] > > I suggest that you use different smtp_bind_address settings in > > master.cf for the (default) smtp transport and for the (inbound) > > relay transport. > > This server is, amongst other things, a mail ga

Re: Problem with smtp client bind address

2011-12-01 Thread Jim Seymour
On Thu, 1 Dec 2011 16:46:00 -0500 (EST) Wietse Venema wrote: > James Seymour: > > On Thu, 1 Dec 2011 16:27:07 -0500 (EST) > > Wietse Venema wrote: > > [snip] > > > I suggest that you use different smtp_bind_address settings in > > > master.cf for the (default) smtp transport and for the (inbound

Re: smtpd_sasl_type

2011-12-01 Thread Benny Pedersen
On Thu, 01 Dec 2011 10:37:36 +0100, Marko Weber wrote: smtpd_sasl_type = dovecot smtpd... but in the logfiles i find this: Dec 1 08:25:05 fallbackhost postfix/smtp[1204]: warning: unsupported SASL client implementation: cyrus any ideas? smtp vs

Re: Couple of config questions

2011-12-01 Thread Philip Prindeville
On 12/1/11 1:45 PM, Philip Prindeville wrote: > Also, smtpd seems to silently ignore: > > submission ... smtpd ... -o inet_interfaces=127.0.0.1 in master.cf > > I was hoping to be able to use this to get it to listen for submissions only > on 127.0.0.1:587... but as I said, it ignores the "-o >

Re: Couple of config questions

2011-12-01 Thread Wietse Venema
Philip Prindeville: > > Also, smtpd seems to silently ignore: > > > > submission ... smtpd ... -o inet_interfaces=127.0.0.1 in master.cf > > > > I was hoping to be able to use this to get it to listen for submissions > > only on 127.0.0.1:587... but as I said, it ignores the "-o > > inet_interf

Re: Couple of config questions

2011-12-01 Thread Reindl Harald
Am 01.12.2011 21:45, schrieb Philip Prindeville: > Alternatively, is there a way to get $mydomain to initialize to something > other > than localdomain when "hostname" returns an uncanonicalized name? [root@mail:~]$ cat main.cf | grep mydomain mydomain = thelounge.net signature.asc Descrip

Re: Couple of config questions

2011-12-01 Thread Benny Pedersen
On Thu, 01 Dec 2011 13:45:53 -0700, Philip Prindeville wrote: submission ... smtpd ... -o inet_interfaces=127.0.0.1 in master.cf 127.0.0.1:submission ... smtpd ...

Re: Low Budget Backups

2011-12-01 Thread email builder
>> Does anyone have any low-end/low-budget backup suggestions for user mail >> spools?  Consider hobby type scenarios or small businesses with a cheap >> single >> hard drive rented (dedicated/shared) server where there may not be budget >> for >> another server or paid backup service. >> >

Re: Dead Destination configuration

2011-12-01 Thread DN Singh
Yes, I am trying some workarounds, like rate delays, to address unusual traffic, and also joined their FBL for complainants. But, am still facing problems with some MTAs. Also, this only for Yahoo, there are others like hotmail, rediffmail, aol, etc. Rediff being worst... The only thing that I wan

Re: Low Budget Backups

2011-12-01 Thread Robert Schetterer
Am 02.12.2011 07:02, schrieb email builder: >>> Does anyone have any low-end/low-budget backup suggestions for user mail > >>> spools? Consider hobby type scenarios or small businesses with a cheap >>> single >>> hard drive rented (dedicated/shared) server where there may not be budget >>> f