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
>

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