reject_unknown_client_hostname and 450s

2013-06-30 Thread LuKreme
When reject_unknown_client_hostname triggers on an NXDOMAIN it returns a 550 error, which is great. When it triggers because there is no PTR record, it returns a 450 error, which is also great… except. What I see is servers that connect hundreds of times, getting 450 errors and ignoring them an

Re: reject_unknown_client_hostname and 450s

2013-06-30 Thread Ansgar Wiechers
On 2013-06-30 LuKreme wrote: > When reject_unknown_client_hostname triggers on an NXDOMAIN it returns > a 550 error, which is great. When it triggers because there is no PTR > record, it returns a 450 error, which is also great… except. > > What I see is servers that connect hundreds of times, get

smtpd_banner incorrect for 2nd domain

2013-06-30 Thread Cliff Dunn
I am in the process of setting up a second domain for mail, but am at a bit of a roadblock. When I check things with mxtoolbox smtp test, everything is correct on my primary domain, but on the second one I get a message "Warning - Reverse DNS does not match SMTP Banner". Reverse DNS is correc

Re: reject_unknown_client_hostname and 450s

2013-06-30 Thread Wietse Venema
LuKreme: > When reject_unknown_client_hostname triggers on an NXDOMAIN it > returns a 550 error, which is great. When it triggers because there > is no PTR record, it returns a 450 error, which is also great? > except. That is incorrect. The 450 code is for errors where lookup failed (no result in

Re: smtpd_banner incorrect for 2nd domain

2013-06-30 Thread Wietse Venema
Cliff Dunn: > I am in the process of setting up a second domain for mail, but am at a > bit of a roadblock. When I check things with mxtoolbox smtp test, > everything is correct on my primary domain, but on the second one I get > a message "Warning - Reverse DNS does not match SMTP Banner". Re

RE: cert error on outlook when send email using ssl

2013-06-30 Thread Bart J. Smit
From: owner-postfix-us...@postfix.org [mailto:owner-postfix-us...@postfix.org] On Behalf Of Jeroen Geilman Sent: 29 June 2013 22:42 To: postfix-users@postfix.org Subject: Re: cert error on outlook when send email using ssl On 06/29/2013 08:25 PM, kazabe wrote: > Hi. > > Im trying to use postfix w

Re: reject_unknown_client_hostname and 450s

2013-06-30 Thread Noel Jones
On 6/30/2013 3:12 AM, LuKreme wrote: > When reject_unknown_client_hostname triggers on an NXDOMAIN it returns a 550 > error, which is great. When it triggers because there is no PTR record, it > returns a 450 error, which is also great… except. What you're seeing is the PTR lookup fails with a t

Re: cert error on outlook when send email using ssl

2013-06-30 Thread Steve Jenkins
On Sun, Jun 30, 2013 at 5:33 AM, Bart J. Smit wrote: > --- > StartSSL will do you a free certificate. https://www.startssl.com/ +1 to Bart's comment. Just get a free cert from StartCom. I have no affiliation, and YMMV, but back in 2011 I wrote a howto for

Re: cert error on outlook when send email using ssl

2013-06-30 Thread Hans Spaans
Jerry schreef op 2013-06-29 22:05: On Sat, 29 Jun 2013 13:25:50 -0500 kazabe articulated: Hi. Im trying to use postfix with ssl. Now is working, but i have a little situation with the outloook clients. always to send a email, see a message "The name of the security certificate is invalid or

Re: reject_unknown_client_hostname and 450s

2013-06-30 Thread Stan Hoeppner
On 6/30/2013 3:12 AM, LuKreme wrote: > When reject_unknown_client_hostname triggers on an NXDOMAIN it returns a 550 > error, which is great. When it triggers because there is no PTR record, it > returns a 450 error, which is also great… except. > > What I see is servers that connect hundreds of

Re: PATCH: Option to log clients that execute invalid commands or disconnect with no email delivery

2013-06-30 Thread John Fawcett
On 28/06/13 22:30, Wietse Venema wrote: > Wietse Venema: >> John Fawcett: >>> I use fail2ban in order to block some types of apparently malicious >>> connections to postfix when the clients keep retrying. For example the >> As you agree logging every failed command would not be safe by >> default.

Re: PATCH: Option to log clients that execute invalid commands or disconnect with no email delivery

2013-06-30 Thread Wietse Venema
John Fawcett: > I would like to propose the following addition. As well as logging > error_count as per the original patch, it also logs the number of > messages accepted during the smtp session. The aim of that would be to > identify clients that repeatedly connect and never attempt delivery. Why

Re: PATCH: Option to log clients that execute invalid commands or disconnect with no email delivery

2013-06-30 Thread Wietse Venema
Wietse Venema: > John Fawcett: > > I would like to propose the following addition. As well as logging > > error_count as per the original patch, it also logs the number of > > messages accepted during the smtp session. The aim of that would be to > > identify clients that repeatedly connect and nev

Re: PATCH: Option to log clients that execute invalid commands or disconnect with no email delivery

2013-06-30 Thread John Fawcett
On 01/07/13 02:18, Wietse Venema wrote: > John Fawcett: >> I would like to propose the following addition. As well as logging >> error_count as per the original patch, it also logs the number of >> messages accepted during the smtp session. The aim of that would be to >> identify clients that repea

Re: PATCH: Option to log clients that execute invalid commands or disconnect with no email delivery

2013-06-30 Thread John Fawcett
On 01/07/13 02:59, Wietse Venema wrote: > Wietse Venema: >> John Fawcett: >>> I would like to propose the following addition. As well as logging >>> error_count as per the original patch, it also logs the number of >>> messages accepted during the smtp session. The aim of that would be to >>> ident

Re: Option to log clients that execute invalid commands or disconnect with no email delivery

2013-06-30 Thread Stan Hoeppner
On 6/28/2013 12:31 PM, John Fawcett wrote: > One type of connection which I cannot block in fail2ban are clients that > try the AUTH command on port 25, where I have disabled it. I got 245 > connections this morning in the space of 5 minutes and those are the > ones that got through despite the co

Re: Option to log clients that execute invalid commands or disconnect with no email delivery

2013-06-30 Thread John Fawcett
On 01/07/13 04:30, Stan Hoeppner wrote: > On 6/28/2013 12:31 PM, John Fawcett wrote: > >> One type of connection which I cannot block in fail2ban are clients that >> try the AUTH command on port 25, where I have disabled it. I got 245 >> connections this morning in the space of 5 minutes and those

Re: Bulk Mailing Performance

2013-06-30 Thread Marius Gologan
Bulk doesn't mean to blast the world in 1 second with emails. 1) The magic of PowerMTA consists in rotating IPs base on returned codes and returned message patterns. e.g.: if an IP addresses is banned by an ESP, will backoff on a different IP address in order in an attempt to achieve delivery. Th