Re: Conditional milter_header_checks?

2021-07-14 Thread raf
On Wed, Jul 14, 2021 at 02:38:00PM +1000, raf wrote: > On Tue, Jul 13, 2021 at 06:06:16PM -0400, post...@ptld.com wrote: > > Viktor wrote: > > > > That's because DMARC (which I don't use or recommed) > > > > Why don't you recommend DMARC? What is wrong with it? Do you accept *ALL* > > mail sen

Re: Conditional milter_header_checks?

2021-07-14 Thread Bastian Blank
On Wed, Jul 14, 2021 at 05:43:57PM +1000, raf wrote: > Here's a (silly) thing that wrong with DMARC: :-) > I've sent two messages to this mailing list so far, and > I've received 52 DMARC forensic/failure report emails > as a result! :-) Your mails are not DKIM signed, so of course they will fail.

Re: Conditional milter_header_checks?

2021-07-14 Thread Matus UHLAR - fantomas
On Wed, Jul 14, 2021 at 05:43:57PM +1000, raf wrote: Here's a (silly) thing that wrong with DMARC: :-) I've sent two messages to this mailing list so far, and I've received 52 DMARC forensic/failure report emails as a result! :-) On 14.07.21 09:51, Bastian Blank wrote: Your mails are not DKIM

Re: Conditional milter_header_checks?

2021-07-14 Thread Dominic Raferd
On 14/07/2021 08:43, raf wrote: On Wed, Jul 14, 2021 at 02:38:00PM +1000, raf wrote: On Tue, Jul 13, 2021 at 06:06:16PM -0400, post...@ptld.com wrote: Viktor wrote: That's because DMARC (which I don't use or recommed) Why don't you recommend DMARC? What is wrong with it? Do you accept *ALL

Re: Conditional milter_header_checks?

2021-07-14 Thread Bill Cole
On 2021-07-14 at 03:43:57 UTC-0400 (Wed, 14 Jul 2021 17:43:57 +1000) raf is rumored to have said: Here's a (silly) thing that wrong with DMARC: :-) I've sent two messages to this mailing list so far, and I've received 52 DMARC forensic/failure report emails as a result! :-) There are 2 differ

Re: Bypass postscreen

2021-07-14 Thread Wietse Venema
Doug Hardie: > > > On 12 July 2021, at 18:27, Wietse Venema wrote: > > > > Doug Hardie: > >> I have a postfix server that uses postscreen. However, occasionally > >> a needed mail is blocked by one of the spam services. Is there a > >> way to bypass postscreen for just one or more specific add

Re: Conditional milter_header_checks?

2021-07-14 Thread Damian
There are 2 different and contradictory DMARC records in DNS for raf.org. That guarantees breakage. Interesting, according to [1] they shouldn't receive reports at all. [1] https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc7489#section-6.6.3 point 5

Re: Conditional milter_header_checks?

2021-07-14 Thread Kevin N.
It is a really bad idea to reject messages whose DKIM signature is invalid. DO NOT DO THIS. Why exactly is it a really bad idea :) ? Could you give us some more practical details/examples? The point is that absent DMARC policy that promises DKIM signatures aligned with the RFC2822.From domain,

Re: Conditional milter_header_checks?

2021-07-14 Thread Wietse Venema
Kevin N.: > So, *if present*, the signature should be valid. A system that treats 'no signature' different from 'bad signature' or 'unverifiable signature' is broken from a security point of view. It gives an adversary more opportunties than it deserves. Wietse

Re: Conditional milter_header_checks?

2021-07-14 Thread Viktor Dukhovni
On Wed, Jul 14, 2021 at 07:08:07PM +0300, Kevin N. wrote: > > You can certainly take a pedantic view, that's contrary to the DKIM > > RFCs and common sense, there's no Internet police to stop you. Just > > keep in mind that rejecting failed DKIM signatures has no security > > benefit. > > Hm, th

Re: Conditional milter_header_checks?

2021-07-14 Thread Kevin N.
You can certainly take a pedantic view, that's contrary to the DKIM RFCs and common sense, there's no Internet police to stop you. Just keep in mind that rejecting failed DKIM signatures has no security benefit. Hm, there is always the possibility that I misunderstood the specifications. Correc

Re: Stopping backscatter spam to a specific domain

2021-07-14 Thread Ron Garret
On Jul 13, 2021, at 2:15 AM, Matus UHLAR - fantomas wrote: >> On Jul 11, 2021, at 1:06 PM, Claus R. Wickinghoff >> wrote: >>> I think this can be achieved with reject_unverified_recipient to query >>> dovecot via lmtp but I've no practical experience with this. Probably >>> you've to do som

Re: Bypass postscreen

2021-07-14 Thread Doug Hardie
> On 14 July 2021, at 06:12, Wietse Venema wrote: > > Doug Hardie: >> >>> On 12 July 2021, at 18:27, Wietse Venema wrote: >>> >>> Doug Hardie: I have a postfix server that uses postscreen. However, occasionally a needed mail is blocked by one of the spam services. Is there a w

Re: Conditional milter_header_checks?

2021-07-14 Thread raf
On Wed, Jul 14, 2021 at 09:51:25AM +0200, Bastian Blank wrote: > On Wed, Jul 14, 2021 at 05:43:57PM +1000, raf wrote: > > Here's a (silly) thing that wrong with DMARC: :-) > > I've sent two messages to this mailing list so far, and > > I've received 52 DMARC forensic/failure report emails > > as

Re: Conditional milter_header_checks?

2021-07-14 Thread raf
On Wed, Jul 14, 2021 at 10:03:00AM +0200, Matus UHLAR - fantomas wrote: > > On Wed, Jul 14, 2021 at 05:43:57PM +1000, raf wrote: > > > Here's a (silly) thing that wrong with DMARC: :-) > > > I've sent two messages to this mailing list so far, and > > > I've received 52 DMARC forensic/failure rep

Re: Conditional milter_header_checks?

2021-07-14 Thread raf
On Wed, Jul 14, 2021 at 09:07:54AM -0400, Bill Cole wrote: > On 2021-07-14 at 03:43:57 UTC-0400 (Wed, 14 Jul 2021 17:43:57 +1000) > raf > is rumored to have said: > > > Here's a (silly) thing that wrong with DMARC: :-) > > I've sent two messages to this mailing list so far, and > > I've receiv

Re: Conditional milter_header_checks?

2021-07-14 Thread Bill Cole
Please keep replies on-list only. Duplicates of anything sent to the list are just a nuisance. On 2021-07-14 at 20:51:03 UTC-0400 (Thu, 15 Jul 2021 10:51:03 +1000) raf is rumored to have said: On Wed, Jul 14, 2021 at 09:07:54AM -0400, Bill Cole wrote: On 2021-07-14 at 03:43:57 UTC-0400 (W

Re: Conditional milter_header_checks?

2021-07-14 Thread Kevin N.
Please keep replies on-list only. Duplicates of anything sent to the list are just a nuisance. On 2021-07-14 at 20:51:03 UTC-0400 (Thu, 15 Jul 2021 10:51:03 +1000) raf is rumored to have said: On Wed, Jul 14, 2021 at 09:07:54AM -0400, Bill Cole wrote: On 2021-07-14 at 03:43:57 UTC-0400 (W

Re: Conditional milter_header_checks?

2021-07-14 Thread raf
On Wed, Jul 14, 2021 at 09:34:22PM -0400, Bill Cole wrote: > Please keep replies on-list only. Duplicates of anything sent to the list > are just a nuisance. Will do. That's my preference too, but different lists have different opinions about that. > On 2021-07-14 at 20:51:03 UTC-0400 (Thu, 1