Re: message_size_limit causes postfix to stop delivering messages

2012-02-06 Thread Ralf Hildebrandt
> There are no log entries other than normal entries reflecting that > the messages have been accepted for delivery, though per another > posters' recommendation; I will enable debug logging and give it > another look. Please don't. > Also, the content filter doesn't announce a SIZE: > > $ telne

Re: message_size_limit causes postfix to stop delivering messages

2012-02-06 Thread Wietse Venema
Tomas Macek: > > Postfix logs all attempts to deliver mail, whether > > or not successful. > > > > Please do not turn on debug logging, it will just make > > the problem harder to diagnose. > > > > You probably have a bug in the VDA patch that breaks > > when the message size limit exceeds the mail

reject unknown helo hostname

2012-02-06 Thread James Day
Just wanted to get public opinion on this one. reject_unknown_helo_hostname My understanding is that to be RFC compliant your HELO greeting must be a valid hostname (ie there is a public A record). However since implementing this restriction under smtpd_helo_restrictions I have had nothing but

Re: reject unknown helo hostname

2012-02-06 Thread /dev/rob0
On Mon, Feb 06, 2012 at 01:36:09PM +, James Day wrote: > reject_unknown_helo_hostname Not safe for most use. > My understanding is that to be RFC compliant your HELO greeting > must be a valid hostname (ie there is a public A record). Right. > However since implementing this restriction un

Re: reject unknown helo hostname

2012-02-06 Thread Noel Jones
On 2/6/2012 7:36 AM, James Day wrote: > Just wanted to get public opinion on this one. > > reject_unknown­_helo_hostname I don't use that restriction because there seem to be too many legit hosts that fail, and not enough bad ones that do. Don't forget you can use a restriction with warn_if_rej

RE: reject unknown helo hostname

2012-02-06 Thread James Day
-Original Message- From: owner-postfix-us...@postfix.org [mailto:owner-postfix-us...@postfix.org] On Behalf Of Noel Jones Sent: 06 February 2012 14:19 To: postfix-users@postfix.org Subject: Re: reject unknown helo hostname On 2/6/2012 7:36 AM, James Day wrote: > Just wanted to get public

Postfix legacy release 2.7.8, 2.6.14 and 2.5.17

2012-02-06 Thread Wietse Venema
[An on-line version of this announcement will be available at http://www.postfix.org/announcements/postfix-2.7.8.html] Postfix legacy releases 2.7.8, 2.6.14 and 2.5.17 are available. This is the final update for Postfix 2.5, released in 2008. From now on, the supported stable and legacy releases a

Re: reject unknown helo hostname

2012-02-06 Thread Jim Wright
Hi, James. I use this here, but mine is a small server. When I see what looks like a real message that was blocked, I usually email the postmaster of the other system with a canned letter advising them of the issue and how to fix it. It's usually just a line in their config that sets the helo

Re: message_size_limit causes postfix to stop delivering messages

2012-02-06 Thread Nick Bright
On 2/6/2012 6:01 AM, Wietse Venema wrote: Tomas Macek: You probably have a bug in the VDA patch that breaks when the message size limit exceeds the mailbox size limit. Their code does not handle that correctly. That seems highly plausible. What should be a proper behaviour in this case? T

Re: message_size_limit causes postfix to stop delivering messages

2012-02-06 Thread Wietse Venema
Nick Bright: > > The patch should not allow message size limit> mailbox size limit. > > Unpatched Postfix forbids this, but they removed that check. > > > > In this case, mailbox_size_limit shouldn't come in to play. If I'm > reading http://www.postfix.org/postconf.5.html#mailbox_size_limit > c

Re: message_size_limit causes postfix to stop delivering messages

2012-02-06 Thread Nick Bright
On 2/6/2012 2:19 AM, Ralf Hildebrandt wrote: Also, the content filter doesn't announce a SIZE: You forgot to issue the EHLO command - only after this command the filter might announce the SIZE extension. Or rather LHLO (since mppscan seems to speak lmtp): Oops! $ telnet localhost 10025 Try

Re: message_size_limit causes postfix to stop delivering messages

2012-02-06 Thread Nick Bright
On 2/6/2012 2:17 PM, Wietse Venema wrote: Nick Bright: The patch should not allow message size limit> mailbox size limit. Unpatched Postfix forbids this, but they removed that check. I should have written: virtual_mailbox_limit. virtual_mailbox_limit isn't defined; but I am using a virtual

Transport: Multiple routes to internal domain

2012-02-06 Thread Greg Wilson
I'm using Postfix\Amavis\Spamassassin\Clamav to scan incoming emails for virus and spam and forward to our internal MS Exchange email system. Postifx shares the Internet domain with MS Exchange,  each forwarding messages to unknown  accounts to the other system. MS Exchange uses clustering to du

Re: Transport: Multiple routes to internal domain

2012-02-06 Thread Jose Ildefonso Camargo Tolosa
Hi! I would answer you with another question: In the event of a server failure, how are users directed to the other server? I mean, there are several ways of doing that, and knowing your current one would be helpful. Sincerely, Ildefonso Camargo. On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 6:57 PM, Greg Wilson w

Re: Transport: Multiple routes to internal domain

2012-02-06 Thread Wietse Venema
Greg Wilson: > 2 different servers. How do I setup Postfix to > automatically forward > messages to one of the MS Exchange servers if > the other one? goes > offline? Two options: A) Assuming that you use the "relay" transport in master.cf (which you should if relaying mail from outside): /etc/p

Re: Transport: Multiple routes to internal domain

2012-02-06 Thread Greg Wilson
Thanks for the advice. I don't use relay maps for the domain as the Internet doamin is shared betweent he MS Exchange server and the Postfix server. i.e I use MySql address lookups onthe Postfix server so it's easy to create addresses to forward email to different or multiple accounts. e.g sa...

Re: reject unknown helo hostname

2012-02-06 Thread Benny Pedersen
Den 2012-02-06 14:36, James Day skrev: > My current line of thought is to use a check_helo_access map to make exceptions on a per server basis, is there a better way? > write to postmas...@senderdomain.example.org perfectly done by users that complain :-)

Re: Transport: Multiple routes to internal domain

2012-02-06 Thread Greg Wilson
I've been testing Postifx for some solutions... One attempt was to make 2 entries with the same host name in /etc/hosts e.g 10.222.100.1 exchange.mydomain.local exchange 10.333.200.2 exchange.mydomain.local exchange Then changed the transport map to mydomain.local smtp:[exchange.mydomain.

Re: Transport: Multiple routes to internal domain

2012-02-06 Thread Lorens Kockum
On Tue, Feb 07, 2012 at 11:42:37AM +1100, Greg Wilson wrote: > I use this > technique, DNS round robin to evenly spread rdp connections to our > terminal servers. My understanding is that a device does a DNS lookup and > the server hands out each different IP address sequentially. Each device > use