On Tue, Nov 22, 2005 at 10:33:53AM +, Declan Moriarty wrote:
>
> and of course it bombed, in the following way. Fetchmail threw an smtp
> error when the message was rejected (smtp protocol error), stopped
Fetchmail is for pop3, imap, etc.. Not smtp. I fail to understand where
postfix would co
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> >
> > This has been a very educational thread.
The education continues. I did experiment with this limited set of smtp
restrictions, which would have been nice.
smtpd_recipient_restrictions =
reject_non_fqdn_sender
reject_unknown_sender_domai
On 11/18/2005 14:31, Dan Nicholson wrote:
> One more Q before getting out of your hair. Any doco suggestions for
> running an IMAP server. This is really what I want to do, I think.
I think your two best choices for software here are either dovecot or
courier-imap.
Thankfully, running an imap s
On 11/18/05, Archaic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 18, 2005 at 11:31:13AM -0800, Dan Nicholson wrote:
> >
> > One more Q before getting out of your hair. Any doco suggestions for
> > running an IMAP server. This is really what I want to do, I think.
>
> BLFS-6.0 and also look on postfi
On Fri, Nov 18, 2005 at 11:31:13AM -0800, Dan Nicholson wrote:
>
> One more Q before getting out of your hair. Any doco suggestions for
> running an IMAP server. This is really what I want to do, I think.
BLFS-6.0 and also look on postfix.org for howto's. That'll get you
started. But if you buy
On 11/18/05, Archaic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> If you aren't adverse to buying books,
> then hands down the best doco I have ever found is "The Book of Postfix"
> by Hildebrandt and Koetter. Pricey, but is a nearly one-stop shop for
> understanding the mail protocol and mail server theory and ap
On Fri, Nov 18, 2005 at 09:52:01AM -0800, Dan Nicholson wrote:
>
> As someone with absolutely no experience setting up a mail server
> asking someone who obviously has tons of experience, what is some of
> the better documentation to read on the subject? Seems there are a
> ton of configuration o
On 11/16/05, Archaic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
< snip loads of technical goodies >
Archaic,
As someone with absolutely no experience setting up a mail server
asking someone who obviously has tons of experience, what is some of
the better documentation to read on the subject? Seems there are a
On Fri, Nov 18, 2005 at 12:34:01PM +, Declan Moriarty wrote:
>
> This has been a very educational thread. One last thing. When a bounce
> is done at smtp level, does it go to envelope sender or 'original'
> sender? If the latter, I probably couldn't bounce in this email 'cage'
> anyhow.
Boun
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> On Fri, Nov 18, 2005 at 10:23:05AM +, Declan Moriarty wrote:
> >
> > Third, If I applied things like reject_non_fqdn_sender,
> > reject_unknown_sender_domain or reject_unverified_sender I would
> > bounce several list members with half cocked ma
On Fri, Nov 18, 2005 at 10:23:05AM +, Declan Moriarty wrote:
>
> Third, If I applied things like reject_non_fqdn_sender,
> reject_unknown_sender_domain or reject_unverified_sender I would bounce
> several list members with half cocked mail setups, I suspect.
Let me try to clarify some those
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>
> And for postfix users who want to put a stranglehold on spam at the
> smtp level, and avoid SA and it's huge penalty, look at the postfix
> man pages for the following (note, this is very restrictive, and order
> is important):
>
> smtpd_recipien
On 11/16/2005 12:21, Justin Knierim wrote:
> Yeah, that would be from one of my emails. While it is true that header
> won't resolve, I don't see it as being incorrect.
I'm not sure if I see it as being incorrect either. From what I
understand, large userbase setups that use various levels of i
It's not essential. You could try Mozilla Thunderbird. It's built in
junk mail filtering works quite well.
Aside from the mail reader being a matter of preference, your solution
isn't always applicable. Personally, I check my mail from at least 4
different mail clients, which aren't all even T
Declan Moriarty wrote:
I'm on a bb modem like most folks and have to
relay through my isp, and only get through because I'm in their network
range. I _do_not_receive_ at smtp level. It's pop3. SA is therefore a
must for the likes of me, who doesn't want to look at spam.
It's not essential. Yo
Declan Moriarty wrote:
This is informational, as a lot of you seem to be using poorly
configured mail servers without knowing it.
There are 2 main errors:
1. Allowing IP addresses reserved for private networks onto the net,
e.g.
Received: from [192.168.1.45]
(pool-71-103-104-29.lsanca.dsl-w.v
On Wed, Nov 16, 2005 at 12:31:58PM +, Declan Moriarty wrote:
>
> The numbers are 1. Internal IP 2.Modem's hostname 3. Reverse lookup,
> as I understand it, and that one is lifted from a legitimate mail.
Correct, sortof. Technically, #2 is what the smtp server detects from
the packet (whic
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> On Tue, Nov 15, 2005 at 08:06:45AM +, Declan Moriarty wrote:
> > This is informational, as a lot of you seem to be using poorly
> > configured mail servers without knowing it.
> >
> > There are 2 main errors:
> >
> > 1. Allowing IP addresses re
On Tue, Nov 15, 2005 at 08:06:45AM +, Declan Moriarty wrote:
> This is informational, as a lot of you seem to be using poorly
> configured mail servers without knowing it.
>
> There are 2 main errors:
>
> 1. Allowing IP addresses reserved for private networks onto the net,
> e.g.
>
> Receive
This is informational, as a lot of you seem to be using poorly
configured mail servers without knowing it.
There are 2 main errors:
1. Allowing IP addresses reserved for private networks onto the net,
e.g.
Received: from [192.168.1.45] (pool-71-103-104-29.lsanca.dsl-w.verizon.net
[71.103.104
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