Receiving mail from a host without a valid rDNS

2019-06-24 Thread @lbutlr
I have a mail host that I want to receive mail from that dies not have a valid rDNS (it recently moved and their ISP is comcast and it seems to be taking a stupidly long time). Anyway, I first tried this: check_sender_access pcre:$config_directory/sender_access.pcre /@name.of.host/ OK This

Re: Receiving mail from a host without a valid rDNS

2019-06-24 Thread Wietse Venema
@lbutlr: > Jun 24 07:39:38 mail postfix/smtpd[59684]: NOQUEUE: reject: RCPT from = > unknown[xx.xx.xx.xx]: 550 5.7.25 Client host rejected: cannot find your = > hostname, [xx.xx.xx.xx]; from= = > to= proto=ESMTP helo=<*protectTheGuilty*> Blocked by reject_unknown_client_hostname. > smtpd_recipien

Re: Greylisting -- current recommendations?

2019-06-24 Thread Rich Wales
I've enabled the post-220 postscreen tests now on my server, and this is making a significant difference -- most spam from random garbage domains is never returning anymore after the initial soft rejection. However, a handful of spam messages are still getting through. It seems some spam-sending

Re: Greylisting -- current recommendations?

2019-06-24 Thread Peter
On 25/06/19 5:12 AM, Rich Wales wrote: However, a handful of spam messages are still getting through. It seems some spam-sending engines are getting smarter and are retrying almost immediately after an initial rejection -- before Spamhaus has had a chance to list them -- and since they already g

best practice lookup table perormance - non hashed file

2019-06-24 Thread Stefan Bauer
Hi, we're publishing lookup tables through our control git repo but hashing all tables before commiting them to git is cumbersome. What do you recommend? several postfix servers are getting same lookup table from central repository. we're using it this ways: smtpd_sender_restrictions = check_se

Re: Greylisting -- current recommendations?

2019-06-24 Thread Wietse Venema
Rich Wales: > Is there -- or should there be -- a configuration parameter to tell the > postscreen server to reject new(ish) clients for a specified minimum > period of time before stepping out of the way and allowing them to pass? > At the moment, it seems to me that requiring a minimum of 5 minu

Re: Receiving mail from a host without a valid rDNS

2019-06-24 Thread @lbutlr
On 24 Jun 2019, at 08:56, Wietse Venema wrote: > elete reject_unknown_client_hostname, or add > >check_client_access inline:{1.2.3.4:ok} Thank you. -- Belief is one of the most powerful organic forces in the multiverse. It may not be able to move mountains, exactly. But it can create some

Re: Receiving mail from a host without a valid rDNS

2019-06-24 Thread @lbutlr
On 24 Jun 2019, at 18:51, @lbutlr wrote: > On 24 Jun 2019, at 08:56, Wietse Venema wrote: >> elete reject_unknown_client_hostname, or add >> >> check_client_access inline:{1.2.3.4:ok} > > Thank you. A note that I just noticed while making sure all was working (it was with the issue I posted