Postfix vs Exim

2017-12-25 Thread vonProteus
With one is better and why do you think so? I’m going to chose one and would like to know your opinion regards vonProteus

Re: Postfix vs Exim

2017-12-25 Thread Marat Khalili
Flamebait question, but I happened to configure both (repository versions) recently, so here's one opinion. Both are useable, and used. Exim is sold as easier to configure, but IMO it doesn't deliver on this - probably simple config is just an impossible thing for universal SMTP MTA. On the othe

Temporarily stop mail delivery

2017-12-25 Thread Black Sheep
Is there a simple way to temporarily stop postfix delivering mail into the /var/vmail mail boxes, instead queueing them up? The purpose being to get a clean backup of /var/vmail without stopping receipt of mail from the internet. Then restart mail delivery so the queue is emptied into the approp

Re: Postfix vs Exim

2017-12-25 Thread Philip Paeps
On 2017-12-25 09:31:07 (+0100), vonProteus wrote: With one is better and why do you think so? I’m going to chose one and would like to know your opinion Well ... you're asking on the Postfix mailing list. Obviously people are going to answer Postfix. :) To be honest, I never looked at Exim.

Re: Postfix vs Exim

2017-12-25 Thread vonProteus
my ultimate goal is to configure MTA in that way that i'm able to use it as a mail relay station sorry for my not fully technical and poor language my idea is that i recently encounter more and more email forms which do not allow me to use + addressing so my idea is to setup my own MTA which will r

Re: Temporarily stop mail delivery

2017-12-25 Thread Ralph Seichter
On 25.12.2017 11:14, Black Sheep wrote: > Is there a simple way to temporarily stop postfix delivering mail into > the /var/vmail mail boxes [...] The following method works (I'm not certain if reloading is even required): #!/bin/bash # Temporarily disable local delivery postconf -e defer_transp

Re: Postfix vs Exim

2017-12-25 Thread Philip Paeps
[Please don't top-post. Formatting repaired.] On 2017-12-25 11:20:40 (+0100), vonProteus wrote: On Mon, Dec 25, 2017 at 10:04 AM, Marat Khalili wrote: Flamebait question, but I happened to configure both (repository versions) recently, so here's one opinion. Both are useable, and used. Exim

Re: Temporarily stop mail delivery

2017-12-25 Thread Black Sheep
Thanks, looks good. I’d think the reload probably is necessary. Martin On 25 Dec 2017, 10:30 +, Ralph Seichter , wrote: > On 25.12.2017 11:14, Black Sheep wrote: > > > Is there a simple way to temporarily stop postfix delivering mail into > > the /var/vmail mail boxes [...] > > The following

Re: Temporarily stop mail delivery

2017-12-25 Thread Wietse Venema
Black Sheep: > Is there a simple way to temporarily stop postfix delivering mail > into the /var/vmail mail boxes, instead queueing them up? The > purpose being to get a clean backup of /var/vmail without stopping > receipt of mail from the internet. Then restart mail delivery so > the queue is emp

Re: Postfix vs Exim

2017-12-25 Thread Stephen Satchell
On 12/25/2017 12:31 AM, vonProteus wrote: With one is better and why do you think so? I’m going to chose one and would like to know your opinion Interesting you should ask this on the Postfix mailing list. Especially since because there is no "right" answer. Over the years, I've worked with

Re: Temporarily stop mail delivery

2017-12-25 Thread Anvar Kuchkartaev
Before taking backup or other action that requires stopping mail delivery I usually just stop all postfix instances which MX record points.

Re: Postfix vs Exim

2017-12-25 Thread Viktor Dukhovni
> On Dec 25, 2017, at 3:31 AM, vonProteus > wrote: > > With one is better and why do you think so? > I’m going to chose one and would like to know your opinion Disclaimer: I am a Postfix developer and user, and hang out on the Exim lists only because I've contributed some DANE-related code to

Re: Temporarily stop mail delivery

2017-12-25 Thread Viktor Dukhovni
> On Dec 25, 2017, at 5:14 AM, Black Sheep > wrote: > > Is there a simple way to temporarily stop postfix delivering mail into the > /var/vmail mail boxes, instead queueing them up? The purpose being to get a > clean backup of /var/vmail without stopping receipt of mail from the > internet.

Re: Temporarily stop mail delivery

2017-12-25 Thread Wietse Venema
Wietse Venema: > Black Sheep: > > Is there a simple way to temporarily stop postfix delivering mail > > into the /var/vmail mail boxes, instead queueing them up? The > > purpose being to get a clean backup of /var/vmail without stopping > > receipt of mail from the internet. Then restart mail deliv

Re: Temporarily stop mail delivery

2017-12-25 Thread Philip Paeps
On 2017-12-25 13:58:53 (-0500), Wietse Venema wrote: Wietse Venema: Black Sheep: > Is there a simple way to temporarily stop postfix delivering mail > into the /var/vmail mail boxes, instead queueing them up? The > purpose being to get a clean backup of /var/vmail without stopping > receipt of m

Re: policyd-spf tip

2017-12-25 Thread Gao
I quickly checked my policyd-spf setting after read your email. I noticed that the policyd-spf in my system is not running as a service. I guess you are using debian. I am using CentOS7 and I installed pypolicyd-spf from EPEL. So is there a big advantage to running it as a daemon service? How

migrating 2.1 to 3.x, what else is needed ?

2017-12-25 Thread lists
I'd like to update and migrate my current Postfix 2.1 to an up to date version, it's a Postfix/Dovecot/MySQL/smtp auth/ virtual domains/users I've installed new Centos 7 with ghettoforge postfix 3.2.4 /dovecot, and, copied over /etc/postfix etc/dovecot, after some minor edits (remove policyd 1.x,

TLS library problem: error:140760FC:SSL routines, is it a problem ?

2017-12-25 Thread lists
whilst installing/configuring 2.1 to 3.2.x migration (using 2.1 main/master on 3.2 install), noticed these errors: anything to worry about ? # grep 'TLS library problem' /var/log/maillog* /var/log/maillog:Dec 25 08:39:21 geko postfix/smtpd[9701]: warning: TLS library problem: error:140760FC:SSL

Re: policyd-spf tip

2017-12-25 Thread li...@lazygranch.com
I figured I would middle post, so skip down a bit. On Mon, 25 Dec 2017 11:56:02 -0800 Gao wrote: > I quickly checked my policyd-spf setting after read your email. I > noticed that the policyd-spf in my system is not running as a service. > > I guess you are using debian. I am using CentOS7 and

Re: TLS library problem: error:140760FC:SSL routines, is it a problem ?

2017-12-25 Thread Viktor Dukhovni
> On Dec 25, 2017, at 8:57 PM, li...@sbt.net.au wrote: > > anything to worry about ? Generally no. There are some SMTP clients that both TLS, they'll either retry in the clear, or they are likely shoddy spamware. > # grep 'TLS library problem' /var/log/maillog* > /var/log/maillog:Dec 25 08:39

Re: TLS library problem: error:140760FC:SSL routines, is it a problem ?

2017-12-25 Thread lists
>> On Dec 25, 2017, at 8:57 PM, li...@sbt.net.au wrote: >> >> anything to worry about ? > > Generally no. There are some SMTP clients that both TLS, > they'll either retry in the clear, or they are likely shoddy > spamware. > Other log messages will show the IP address of the client. If you weren

Re: TLS library problem: error:140760FC:SSL routines, is it a problem ?

2017-12-25 Thread lists
>> On Dec 25, 2017, at 8:57 PM, li...@sbt.net.au wrote: > This of course assumes you've not configured particularly exotic TLS > settings on your end. Viktor, thanks again, I hope it's not exotic, not to my knowledge, anyhow: that that show what it is ? suggestions and corrections appreciated

Re: TLS library problem: error:140760FC:SSL routines, is it a problem ?

2017-12-25 Thread Viktor Dukhovni
> On Dec 26, 2017, at 1:34 AM, li...@sbt.net.au wrote: > >> >> Generally no. There are some SMTP clients that both TLS, s/both/botch/ Hope that's less confusing. >> they'll either retry in the clear, or they are likely shoddy >> spamware. >> Other log messages will show the IP addre

Re: TLS library problem: error:140760FC:SSL routines, is it a problem ?

2017-12-25 Thread Viktor Dukhovni
> On Dec 26, 2017, at 1:39 AM, li...@sbt.net.au wrote: Overall quite standard. Nothing to worry about. > smtpd_tls_session_cache_timeout = 36000s 10 hours is perhaps too long to be useful. Just let the default stand. > smtpd_tls_session_cache_database = btree:${data_directory}/smtpd_scache

Re: policyd-spf tip

2017-12-25 Thread Scott Kitterman
On December 25, 2017 10:25:42 PM EST, "li...@lazygranch.com" wrote: >I figured I would middle post, so skip down a bit. > >On Mon, 25 Dec 2017 11:56:02 -0800 >Gao wrote: > >> I quickly checked my policyd-spf setting after read your email. I >> noticed that the policyd-spf in my system is not

Re: TLS library problem: error:140760FC:SSL routines, is it a problem ?

2017-12-25 Thread lists
>> smtpd_tls_session_cache_database = btree:${data_directory}/smtpd_scache > > With Postfix 2.11 or later, just leave this empty, session tickets work > better. Viktor, thanks does 'leave empty' means have it present on main.cf up to '=' ? as so ? smtpd_tls_session_cache_database =