Multiple issues

2019-04-15 Thread ecsd
I have three bugs to report, two utility programs to share I wrote for quick'n'dirty backend fixup for when the postfix config misbehaves, and a postfix installation that's giving me fits. I will submit that as three posts. This is the "issues" post. I keep converging on getting postfix's con

Some bugs I think I've found

2019-04-16 Thread ecsd
(1) the control "check_relay_domains" is not documented. I had this: smtpd_relay_restrictions = permit_mynetworks permit_sasl_authenticated reject_unauth_destination permit_auth_destination If I remove "reject_unauth_destination" to see if it would fix a problem: smtpd_relay_restrictions = p

Re: Misconfiguration and documentation clarification help

2019-04-17 Thread ecsd
*(1)* On 4/17/19 12:02 AM, Viktor Dukhovni wrote: On Tue, Apr 16, 2019 at 06:22:12PM -0700, ecsd wrote: (1) the control "check_relay_domains" is not documented. It is obsolete, and should no longer be used. (1) postfix itself says to use it, and (2) it was the only option offere

How to allow the milter first access to recipients?

2019-04-18 Thread ecsd
The logs show that postfix examines the recipients before the milter is given the chance to see them. I have a milter that detects certain RCPT patterns harassing a domain name and will discard (not bounce) the mail, but that code cannot be reached because postfix will bounce for a bad recipient

Re: Viktor Dukhovni Re: Misconfiguration and documentation clarification help

2019-04-18 Thread ecsd
Re: Viktor Dukhovni I took your suggestions about reconfig and things have improved, but there are still anomalies. I set "mydestination = localhost, localhost.transbay.net" and think "localhost.transbay.net" ought to be able to go away, though for now it's being used as a key to deliver (bec

Re: Misconfiguration and documentation clarification help

2019-04-18 Thread ecsd
This happens Apr 18 19:34:15 transbay postfix/qmgr[88661]: CC13326F54D2: from=, size=33062, nrcpt=1 (queue active) Apr 18 19:34:21 transbay postfix/local[89631]: CC13326F54D2: to=<*ca...@localhost.transbay.net*>, orig_to=<*ca...@transpacific.net*>, relay=local, delay=606, delays=601/0.01/0/5.

resurrection, a tool for delivering deferred email while sorting postfix out

2019-04-18 Thread ecsd
You've just installed postfix, badly, and emails to your users are not being delivered, but rather deferred. You are stuck in the meantime until you can figure out how to get the email to deliver, and meanwhile you have emails pending to be delivered to users. You'd rather not make them wait.

How to get mailing list archives or re-access previously sent messages?

2019-04-18 Thread ecsd
As usual my futzing with the mail system provoked an issue whereby the system discarded the last however many emails from the postfix list. Where can I go search for them, or can I request a resend-sent-since-datetime? Most of today was trashed.

Re: Misconfiguration and documentation clarification help

2019-04-18 Thread ecsd
Sorry for the repost, but [mail hidden] wiped out what I was trying to show from the logs. I have replaced all email addresses with "user at domain". == This happens Apr 18 19:34:15 transbay postfix/qmgr[88661]: CC13326F54D2: from=bounce.email.vimeo.com>, size=33062, nrcpt=1 (queue active) Ap

Re: Misconfiguration and documentation clarification help

2019-04-19 Thread ecsd
Sorry for the repost, but [mail hidden] wiped out what I was trying to show from the logs. I have replaced all email addresses with "user xx domain". == This happens Apr 18 19:34:15 transbay postfix/qmgr[88661]: CC13326F54D2: from=bounce.email.vimeo.com>, size=33062, nrcpt=1 (queue active) Ap

Re: Misconfiguration and documentation clarification help

2019-04-19 Thread ecsd
Sorry for the repost, but "[mail hidden]" wiped out what I was trying to show from the logs. Damn, the thing is insistent. I have replaced "@" with " at " and then " xx " to no avail! I am going to replace all "<>" with "[]" and all @ with ?! in hopes to defeat the scanner. == This happens

Re: Misconfiguration and documentation clarification help

2019-04-19 Thread ecsd
I am subscribed to the mailing list. I was using the web interface because errors in my mail system ate most of today's list traffic to me and I wanted to be sure I was up to date. It should have occurred to me that the replacements weren't the list's doing (I probably reasoned that the hiding m