Am 13.04.2012 20:38, schrieb J Gao:
> On 12-04-13 11:31 AM, Reindl Harald wrote:
>>
>> Am 13.04.2012 20:24, schrieb J Gao:
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> We have a Postfix mail server (CentOS 5.7, Postfix, Courier, Virtual 
>>> Domain, MailScanner) and I want setup the
>>> autoresponder for Postifx.
>>>
>>> I followed the instruction on
>>> http://nefaria.com/project_index/autoresponse/
>>>
>>> Now, the autoresponse works in command line mode. I can 
>>> add/delete/enable/disable autoresponse.
>>>
>>> But it failed to let user to create their own autoresponse messege via 
>>> email. When I send an email to
>>> user+autorespo...@domain.tld, the mail just drop in inbox and no 
>>> autoresponse setup.
>>>
>>> I looked the maillog and I found that the filter override seems not 
>>> working. The mail doesn't handle over to the
>>> "autoresponder", it always goes to "relay=virtual"
>> i do not think it is a godd idea these days take the sender-address as
>> authentication for set a responder - if you can not 100% prevent a
>> forged email one will set a responder this way followed by a list
>> of forged senders to get the repsonse
>>
>> this is a really bad idea
>>
>> normally such things are done via protected web-interfaces with
>> a real login and working on the MDA side (dbmail as example
>> has a simple "autoreply" sql table for which a webinterface
>> authenticationg against the user-table is written in a few
>> hours
>>
> Our mail server use SASL authentication against all SMTP relay. And this 
> server is in production so any major
> changes are not that easy, at least for me.

SASL does not protect you against forged messages from foreign
servers / clients reclaiming they are originating from yourself

> Sorry I am still learning Postfix

this makes it even much more dangerous

if i were you i would hire someone who is able to develop a
webinterface with a real login and set what responder ever
is used via cron / database but never this way






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