Re: [courier-users] How to setup an MX?

2010-05-30 Thread Dan Johansson
On Saturday 29 May 2010 18.25:49 PMC OS wrote: > I do not know, because the current "MX 20" is receiving several 1000 spams > per day which has never hit "MX10" before which is what I have read on > many Forums/Malinglists that Spamers sending spam to the lowest MX instead > the real mail server

Re: [courier-users] 535 Authentication required

2010-05-30 Thread Markus Ewald
On 5/28/2010 1:23 AM, Mick wrote: > Is there anywhere that CLEARLY documents these sorts of things for > people who don't spend their working lives setting up mail servers. > > I spent a day googling before I started and didn't find anything not > full of archane jargon. > > I think it's just t

Re: [courier-users] How to setup an MX?

2010-05-30 Thread PMC OS
Hello Dan, > dmj.nu MX 5 mail.dmj.nu. > dmj.nu MX 10 collection.skandicinkasso.de. > dmj.nu MX 20 mail.dmj.nu. I read this too on a Webforum, but I dubt this could have an impact on RFC-things Is this "legal" ? Thanks PMCOS Team freenetMail - Der zuverl�ssige E-Mail-Dienst von freenet.de

Re: [courier-users] How to setup an MX?

2010-05-30 Thread PMC OS
Hello Alessandro > -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- > It is better to have a caching DNS almost dedicated to mail-related > lookups, on the same or a nearby machine. You'll also use it for > caching DNSBL replies (configure at least spamhaus.) This is already done we have our own bind9 r

Re: [courier-users] How to setup an MX?

2010-05-30 Thread Sam Varshavchik
PMC OS writes: If you have decent connections, you are probably better off without backup MXes, except for exceptional magnetic storms, e.g. the Carrington Event, that may result in network failures spread around the globe. Our mails are to important as going without Backup-MX On the modern

Re: [courier-users] How to setup an MX?

2010-05-30 Thread Carlos Lopez
Hi Sam, > > The only other situation where a backup MX is of any value > is when there's a separate connection between the backup MX > and the primary MX, and your primary MX's Internet > connection is unstable. If the connection goes down, but the > primary MX stays up, mail will flow through t

Re: [courier-users] How to setup an MX?

2010-05-30 Thread Sam Varshavchik
PMC OS writes: Hello Dan, dmj.nu MX 5 mail.dmj.nu. dmj.nu MX 10 collection.skandicinkasso.de. dmj.nu MX 20 mail.dmj.nu. I read this too on a Webforum, but I dubt this could have an impact on RFC-things Is this "legal" ? I can't think of any reason why this isn't "legal". However, it's

[courier-users] Which usefull servers in BLACKLIST?

2010-05-30 Thread Michelle Konzack
Hello *, I use BLACKLIST="-block=zen.spamhaus.org,BLOCK" and it works well with arround 23.000 rejects per day byside of more then 140.000 "Unknown User" (mainly "jfc53") but unfortunately this is not enough... Which USEFULL other servers/rbls can I add too? Oh, how big can the /etc/

Re: [courier-users] Which usefull servers in BLACKLIST?

2010-05-30 Thread Sam Varshavchik
Michelle Konzack writes: Oh, how big can the /etc/courier/bofh be without killing the performance of courier? I am currently blocking 1700 domains and maybe around 800 individuals... The limiting factors is your disk I/O performance and your CPU. The more overall volume of mail you're proc

[courier-users] Courier 0.65 released

2010-05-30 Thread Sam Varshavchik
Download: http://www.courier-mta.org/download.php Fixes (since 0.64.2): • Several issues with gpg 2 have been fixed. • When compiled with GnuTLS, fix incorrect usage of gnutls_server_name_set(), preventing connections to servers that use OpenSSL. • Mailbot was leaving file descriptors open

Re: [courier-users] 535 Authentication required

2010-05-30 Thread Mick
On Sun, 30 May 2010 13:33:56 +0200 Markus Ewald wrote: > On 5/28/2010 1:23 AM, Mick wrote: > > Is there anywhere that CLEARLY documents these sorts of things for > > people who don't spend their working lives setting up mail servers. > > > > I spent a day googling before I started and didn't find

Re: [courier-users] 535 Authentication required

2010-05-30 Thread Malcolm Weir
> -Original Message- > From: Mick [mailto:bare...@tpg.com.au] > Sent: Sunday, May 30, 2010 4:13 PM > > > I spent a day googling before I started and didn't find > > > anything not full of archane jargon. > > > > > > > > I think it's just the Unix way of doing things - first, know wha

Re: [courier-users] 535 Authentication required

2010-05-30 Thread Mick
On Sun, 30 May 2010 20:47:29 -0700 "Malcolm Weir" wrote: > > -Original Message- > > From: Mick [mailto:bare...@tpg.com.au] > > Sent: Sunday, May 30, 2010 4:13 PM > > > > > I spent a day googling before I started and didn't find > > > > anything not full of archane jargon. > > > > > > >

Re: [courier-users] 535 Authentication required

2010-05-30 Thread Malcolm Weir
> -Original Message- > From: Mick [mailto:bare...@tpg.com.au] > Sent: Sunday, May 30, 2010 10:11 PM [ snip ] > I definitely am not singling out courier with my grumbles,its > simply a matter of this being the only package I have > received real comment, maybe I'm more terse than I inte