Thanks, Noel! Your comments are helpful indeed. пн, 8 февр. 2021 г. в 22:37, Noel Jones <njo...@megan.vbhcs.org>:
> > On 2/8/2021 11:45 AM, Eugene Podshivalov wrote: > > Thanks for the explanation, Wietse. > > > > Probably the issue is just with the logging levels. > > My current configuration already has > > > > smtpd_client_restrictions=reject_unknown_client_hostname > > > > and the log file is flooded with message like this > > > > connect from unknown[ x.x.x.x] > > NOQUEUE: reject: CONNECT from unknown[ x.x.x.x]: 450 4.7.25 > > Client host rejected: cannot find your hostname > > That's a 450 temporary reject, so if it's a (semi-)legit mail server > it will likely try again and again. Bots tend to not come back. > > Try changing unknown_client_reject_code=550 to signal a permanent > reject. > > Also note that reject_unknown_client_hostname is a very strict test > and is known to reject some legit mail from slightly misconfigured > hosts, sometimes even major providers will fail this test. I'm not > telling you to not use this setting, but be aware that it will > eventually reject something you want. > It's safer to use reject_unknown_reverse_client_hostname. > > > > > which makes it hard to analyse. > > I fail to see how that makes analysis any harder. If your logs are > for more than a trivial amount of mail use "grep" to find the > interesting bits, and "less" to view. The "interesting bits" will > vary depending on what you're investigating. > > Or use a log summary tool such as pflogsumm or one of the others > listed at http://www.postfix.org/addon.html#logfile > > Make sure you don't have debug logs turned on, with a -D flag in > master.cf, or debug_peer_list, or [smtp|smtpd]_tls_loglevel greater > than 1 in main.cf. > > > > > > For comparison, the postscreen_*_action params let you `enforce` > > reject a delivery attempt and log it, or just 'drop' the connection > > silently. > > postscreen's drop action _does_not_ eliminate logging. The > connect/drop/disconnect is always logged. Drop does eliminate > logging of the sender and recipient, which is often useful. > > I respectfully suggest you don't waste your valuable time trying to > eliminate logging. Postfix logs what is necessary in order to trace > where mail came from and what happened to it. > > If you want to get rid of the logging (not recommended) use a log > filter such as rsyslogd or block the client IP in your firewall, or > use fail2ban to automatically block clients that make too many errors. > > > > -- Noel Jones >