Mail looping with transport maps and virtual alias maps

2009-02-11 Thread Brian Mathis
I have a few requirements which seem to be opposed to each other, as what I'm currently doing is causing a mail loop and bounce. Here's what I'm trying to accomplish: 1) This server is a standalone server sending outgoing mail, it is not receiving anything other than locally posted messages 2) Mes

Minor bug in web site documentation

2009-04-27 Thread Brian Mathis
On the page http://www.postfix.org/SMTPD_ACCESS_README.html this statement is made beneath the examples: ...the last example above allows mail from local networks but otherwise... It should say: ...the first example above allows mail from local networks but otherwise... That's a change fr

policy server and smtpd_recipient_restrictions on a relay

2009-05-03 Thread Brian Mathis
I'm running a relay server for my internal network, and trying to construct a smtpd_recipient_restrictions list that will accomplish the following: - if the client is in mynetworks - and it passes a check_policy_service test - then allow the message - otherwise, reject the message However, with th

Implication of policy_time_limit

2009-05-04 Thread Brian Mathis
What is the effect of the policy_time_limit parameter on an smtpd policy process? In the readme I see the mentions that the default 100 sec is "too short for a policy daemon that may run for as long as an SMTP client is connected to an SMTP server process". What does that mean and what are the im

Re: Convert "_" to "+" on inbound addresses

2010-01-16 Thread Brian Mathis
On Sat, Jan 16, 2010 at 11:06 AM, Charles Boling wrote: > I've been a postfix user for nearly 10 years, but in many ways I'm still > quite the newbie.  That's the problem with Postfix being such a solid > MTA: I don't mess with it much. :-) > > For a good chunk of that time, I have wrestled on and

Re: Should I update Postfix?

2010-03-23 Thread Brian Mathis
On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 1:50 PM, Kaleb Hosie wrote: > I am running CentOS 5.4 and the latest version of Postfix it has on the > repository is version 2.3.3. After looking at the Postfix site I found out > that that version is no longer updated. > > Is it worth downloading the source code for the

Re: Daily outbound message counts?

2009-06-28 Thread Brian Mathis
Look into log analysis tools like pflogsumm. On Sun, Jun 28, 2009 at 4:27 PM, Ville Walveranta wrote: > I would like to have a daily report of the total number of email > messages sent out through a Postfix installation (all users, all > domains combined). What would be the easiest way to "increm

Re: OT: ethics

2009-07-01 Thread Brian Mathis
In general this is a bad idea and you should stop doing it immediately. In the best case it would be seen by the other side as an attack on them from you. In the worst case they might retaliate even more against you with some other kind of attack. Considering that over 80% of spam is now sent by

Re: Emptying SPAM account

2009-10-14 Thread Brian Mathis
On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 4:31 PM, Dan Schaefer wrote: > Bob Cohen wrote: >> >> I have set up SpamAssissin with an account to collect rejected emails.  Is >> there a way to periodically empty the mail queue for that account with a >> cron job or some other such method that does not require human int

Re: Configuring Two Postfix mail servers behind HA Proxy load balancer.

2009-11-27 Thread Brian Mathis
On Fri, Nov 27, 2009 at 2:51 AM, Manoj Burande wrote: > Hello All, > >     I am trying to setup a Postfix Mail Server on Fedora10. I am trying > to learn the basic process of setting up and manage a Postfix Mail > Server. Also trying to build a High-Available Postfix Mail Server > set. I have alre

Re: OT: need some advice as to distro

2009-12-01 Thread Brian Mathis
On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 9:39 AM, John Peach wrote: > On Tue, 01 Dec 2009 16:30:36 +0200 > Eero Volotinen wrote: >> > Centos 5.4 - while it looks like a good choice, there has been some >> > political infighting going on recently which makes us a little >> > nervous about its future. In addition we

Re: OT: need some advice as to distro

2009-12-01 Thread Brian Mathis
On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 4:15 PM, Joe wrote: > Stan Hoeppner wrote: >> I've been a >> Debian (non-GUI) user for almost 10 years.  I've never touched Ubuntu, >> or any other distro.  Debian has always come through for my server >> needs, so I've never considered anything else.  Convince me why I shou

Re: Email service providers

2009-12-30 Thread Brian Mathis
On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 1:43 PM, Port Able wrote: > I am currently consulting for a small retailer.  They have been using an > online email service provider for the past few years to blast personalized > emails to their customers (opt-in, and 100-200 thousand emails at a time). > They have asked m