[exim] Spam with IP like HELO

Thanks for posting this - I read about in fact breaking the RFC and blocking anyone that uses an IP for a HELO at junkemailfilter.com and like it. I do outgoing email for a client and comcast blocked me because my reverse was not set-up - migrated servers.. (fixed now)... So with that big of

[exim] How to Log rejects to MySQL

I'm using Exim with MailScanner in a gateway configuration. I use this simple lookup code to decide what to keep and what to reject: accept condition = ${lookup mysql{SELECT count(*) from addresses \ WHERE domain='${quote_mysql:$domain}' \ AND local_

Re: [exim] Missing Message-ID header

On Tue, 24 Feb 2009, John Horne wrote: > On Tue, 2009-02-24 at 12:42 +, Jethro R Binks wrote: > > On Tue, 24 Feb 2009, Steve Kemp wrote: > > > > > On the other hand I've had good success rejecting messages with > > > no Date header - as that MUST be present... > > > > I've often wondered

Re: [exim] Missing Message-ID header

On Tue, 2009-02-24 at 12:42 +, Jethro R Binks wrote: > On Tue, 24 Feb 2009, Steve Kemp wrote: > > > On the other hand I've had good success rejecting messages with > > no Date header - as that MUST be present... > > I've often wondered whether to bother with that. SA assigns a couple of

Re: [exim] always_bcc

Joshua wrote: > HI > I have a newbie question > > is there an always_bcc option for Exim as there is in Postfix? > No, but exim does have a FAQ: http://wiki.exim.org/FAQ/Miscellaneous/Q5033 (Well, I suppose postfix has one too.) -- ASCII a stupid question, you get an EBCDIC answer. Eduardo

Re: [exim] changing header

lee wrote: > On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 04:17:12AM +0800, W B Hacker wrote: >> lee wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> since I can't just deny messages that contain a virus (using >>> fetchmail), I'm trying to rewrite the Subject: header instead: >>> >>> >>> warnmalware= * >>> add_header = Subj

[exim] always_bcc

HI I have a newbie question is there an always_bcc option for Exim as there is in Postfix? *** This email message and any files transmitted with it are intended solely for the use of the individual or entity for whom it is addressed. It may contain confidential and p

Re: [exim] Missing Message-ID header

On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 04:34:56PM +, Ian Eiloart wrote: > > > --On 24 February 2009 12:42:41 + Alain Williams > wrote: > > > > >There is nothing about this in the exim faq/wiki ... how do we get things > >added ? > > > > It's here > > It's a wiki. Go ahead an

Re: [exim] Missing Message-ID header

--On 24 February 2009 12:42:41 + Alain Williams wrote: > > There is nothing about this in the exim faq/wiki ... how do we get things > added ? > It's here It's a wiki. Go ahead and add it. -- Ian Eiloart IT Services, University of Sussex x3148 -- ## List deta

Re: [exim] Missing Message-ID header

Ian Eiloart wrote: > >> I don't see errors like this very often. >> > > When you do, are they spam? Generally it appears to be a fairly strong indicator from our observations. bMissingHeaderField:message-id Result Prob. spam notSpam TRUE0.945538 6,428 221 FA

Re: [exim] Running a hook on successful delivery

Bernd Jendrissek wrote: > > [Back to exim-users as I am subscribed] *trimmed* >> Providing, of course, you asked Exim to log that in the first place. >> >> See log_selector = > Yes, we have that in mainlog: log_selector = +sender_on_delivery > +smtp_confirmation > > And yes, if I can't find an

Re: [exim] Missing Message-ID header

On Tue Feb 24, 2009 at 12:42:56 +, Jethro R Binks wrote: > > On the other hand I've had good success rejecting messages with > > no Date header - as that MUST be present... > > I've often wondered whether to bother with that. SA assigns a couple of > points for it, but there is certainly

Re: [exim] Missing Message-ID header

On Tue, 24 Feb 2009, Steve Kemp wrote: > On Tue Feb 24, 2009 at 12:22:13 +, Alain Williams wrote: > > > 2009-02-24 11:49:52 1LbvnM-0002Zg-Su H=lon-gs3dmrelay.mistral.net > > [217.154.246.188] F= rejected after DATA: RFC2822 > > says that all mail SHOULD have a Message-ID header. > > >

Re: [exim] Missing Message-ID header

On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 12:30:16PM +, Ian Eiloart wrote: > As long as you're encouraging authors of mail clients to fix their > software, why not? Or people to upgrade their s/ware. > >I don't see errors like this very often. > > When you do, are they spam? Yes, they generally seem to be.

Re: [exim] Missing Message-ID header

On 24 Feb 2009, at 12:34, Eduardo M KALINOWSKI wrote: > I have seen crapy MUAs (possibly Webmail interfaces) that do not > generate a Message-ID. As I understand it some MUAs (I believe in the Microsoft camp, which is not normally a shining beacon of standards compliance or privacy), do not gene

Re: [exim] Missing Message-ID header

Alain Williams wrote: > Hi, > > just had someone 'phone me up complaining that mail to me was bouncing, ... > long story short here is the message in the error log. > > 2009-02-24 11:49:52 1LbvnM-0002Zg-Su H=lon-gs3dmrelay.mistral.net > [217.154.246.188] F= rejected after DATA: RFC2822 says

Re: [exim] Missing Message-ID header

On Tue Feb 24, 2009 at 12:22:13 +, Alain Williams wrote: > 2009-02-24 11:49:52 1LbvnM-0002Zg-Su H=lon-gs3dmrelay.mistral.net > [217.154.246.188] F= rejected after DATA: RFC2822 says that > all mail SHOULD have a Message-ID header. > Just a request for comments, should I be doing this

Re: [exim] Missing Message-ID header

--On 24 February 2009 12:22:13 + Alain Williams wrote: > Hi, > > just had someone 'phone me up complaining that mail to me was bouncing, > ... long story short here is the message in the error log. > > 2009-02-24 11:49:52 1LbvnM-0002Zg-Su H=lon-gs3dmrelay.mistral.net > [217.154.246.1

[exim] Missing Message-ID header

Hi, just had someone 'phone me up complaining that mail to me was bouncing, ... long story short here is the message in the error log. 2009-02-24 11:49:52 1LbvnM-0002Zg-Su H=lon-gs3dmrelay.mistral.net [217.154.246.188] F= rejected after DATA: RFC2822 says that all mail SHOULD have a Me

Re: [exim] 4096 connection barrier

--On 24 February 2009 01:57:55 +0800 W B Hacker wrote: > Ian Eiloart wrote: >> >> > > Obviously (posting from a PowerBook G4) I'm not an enemy of OS X. > > But might I ask why, on GGE, one would attempt to use that > very-definitely-desktop-optimized OS for a *server* ??? Obviously, we're usi

Re: [exim] Running a hook on successful delivery

On Tue, 2009-02-24 at 11:54 +0200, Bernd Jendrissek wrote: > And yes, if I can't find an exim.conf way, I'll just run a regex in a > daemon. For now I think you'll have to do that, because there's nothing you can put into a *remote* transport - which actually does the delivery part - to do additi

Re: [exim] Running a hook on successful delivery

[Back to exim-users as I am subscribed] W B Hacker wrote: > Bernd Jendrissek wrote: >> We use exim to accept our customers' outgoing mail, deliver it to a >> driver=pipe transport that transmogrifies the message, and then >> resubmit it for delivery. All of that works. > If you object to using