Re: [Mimedefang] Mimedefang stream-by-recipient and Mailman

2005-04-26 Thread Rich West
The code was: if (stream_by_recipient()) { return; } The mail should be going out, just more slowly. :-) You should see a lot of queue files in your clientmqueue directory, which will all be delivered at the next clientmqueue run. The interesting thing was that nothing was getting

Re: [Mimedefang] Limiting the floodgates

2005-04-26 Thread James Ebright
On Tue, 26 Apr 2005 14:56:42 -0500 (CDT), Ian Mitchell wrote > > The only thing I can figure that makes me questionable is that the > outbound email server for a company does not nessassarily have to > have an MX record in DNS, so detecting if it's legit could be difficult. And in many cases th

Re: [Mimedefang] OT - Using rDNS sendmail hack - your experiences

2005-04-26 Thread James Ebright
You can whitelist users or entire domains from the rDNS check in your access file using Niel's hack. I would rather whitelist a single domain than turn it off entirely if you had been using it since december with only a little fallout. Add: rdns:1.2.3.4 OK rdns:@somehost.com OK to whiteli

[Mimedefang] Appending a header for an SA test

2005-04-26 Thread Kevin A. McGrail
I've got the following working to modify INPUTMSG prior to calling SpamAssassin so I can add headers that then trigger SA rules. Just wondering if anyone has any input on a "prettier" way to do it. KAM sub append_header_immediately { #IN ORDER TO HAVE A HEADER TEST IN SPAMASSASSIN REACT TO DA

Re: [Mimedefang] OT - Using rDNS sendmail hack - your experiences

2005-04-26 Thread Kelsey Cummings
On Tue, Apr 26, 2005 at 04:21:23PM -0400, Rich West wrote: > Personally, we've looked in to it. We tend to agree that AOL's position > is somewhat aggressive since their techs are usually behind the time and We've found it highly effective when combined with other RFC related checks. No RDNS w

Re: [Mimedefang] Global variables in filter_sender() and filter_recipient() are not kept ?

2005-04-26 Thread Martin Blapp
Hi, PS: Oh, you want the ANSWER? :-) Read the mimedefang-filter man page, especially the MAINTAINING STATE section. RFTM MAINTAINING STATE section did help :-) Thanks ! Martin ___ Visit http://www.mimedefang.org and http://www.canit.ca MIMEDefang mailing

Re: [Mimedefang] Global variables in filter_sender() and filter_recipient() are not kept ?

2005-04-26 Thread David F. Skoll
Martin Blapp wrote: > If I try to save the relay-address and a flag in filter_sender() or > filter_recipient() I often get wrong entries in filter_begin() > from a previous scan. [...] > Do you know why this happens ? Yes. Regards, David. PS: Oh, you want the ANSWER? :-) Read the mimedefang

[Mimedefang] Global variables in filter_sender() and filter_recipient() are not kept ?

2005-04-26 Thread Martin Blapp
Hi David, If I try to save the relay-address and a flag in filter_sender() or filter_recipient() I often get wrong entries in filter_begin() from a previous scan. For the IP I work around this problem with reading again the COMMANDS file Do you know why this happens ? Martin Martin Blapp, <[EMAIL

[Mimedefang] Limiting the floodgates

2005-04-26 Thread Ian Mitchell
Ok, when running a domain one must have certian email addresses that are just unavoidable, perhaps the technical contact email for your DNS provider? Ones which can be scooped up through email harvesting. While I know this technique is old, I think I've thought up an idea on how to combat it. A l

Re: [Mimedefang] OT - Using rDNS sendmail hack - your experiences

2005-04-26 Thread Ben Kamen
Rich West wrote: Personally, we've looked in to it. We tend to agree that AOL's position is somewhat aggressive since their techs are usually behind the time and don't support their own new technologies well. But, political opinions aside, we were leary about implementing it because, frankly,

Re: [Mimedefang] use strict

2005-04-26 Thread Kenneth Porter
--On Tuesday, April 26, 2005 3:27 PM -0400 Rich West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Anyone care to post a "strict" version of their filter as an example? :-) You should be able to add "use strict;" at the top of the file and then run "mimedefang.pl -test". I got a warning for a missing "my" for $Vir

Re: [Mimedefang] OT - Using rDNS sendmail hack - your experiences

2005-04-26 Thread Rich West
Personally, we've looked in to it. We tend to agree that AOL's position is somewhat aggressive since their techs are usually behind the time and don't support their own new technologies well. But, political opinions aside, we were leary about implementing it because, frankly, we were afraid o

Re: [Mimedefang] use strict

2005-04-26 Thread Rich West
Anyone care to post a "strict" version of their filter as an example? :-) -Rich ___ Visit http://www.mimedefang.org and http://www.canit.ca MIMEDefang mailing list MIMEDefang@lists.roaringpenguin.com http://lists.roaringpenguin.com/mailman/listinfo/mimede

[Mimedefang] Mimedefang stream-by-recipient and Mailman

2005-04-26 Thread Rich West
We have a server that has Mailman running on it for close to 80 lists, and, on that same server, we have our sendmail+mimedefang+File::Scan+Anomy mail server. Mailman sends its mail out locally to the sendmail server (not utilizing VERP as that caused us a world of other problems in the past),

Re: [Mimedefang] Mimedefang stream-by-recipient and Mailman

2005-04-26 Thread David F. Skoll
Rich West wrote: > Quite suddenly, emails FROM the mailman server were not going out. > After a frazzling hour, it was discovered that a section of code in the > mimedefang filter was causing the problem, although the piece of code > was in place for well over a month. Commenting it out and rest

RE: [Mimedefang] Problem running virus-scanner

2005-04-26 Thread Matthew.van.Eerde
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi there, > I've installed mimedefang-2.51 along with clamav-0.84rc1, and trying > initiate a sendmail session by telneting to localhost, I get the > > 451 4.3.0 Problem running virus-scanner > > everytime I try wither clamd or clamav-milter is running, any thoughts >

[Mimedefang] Problem running virus-scanner

2005-04-26 Thread Rania Saymeh
Hi there, I've installed mimedefang-2.51 along with clamav-0.84rc1, and trying initiate a sendmail session by telneting to localhost, I get the 451 4.3.0 Problem running virus-scanner everytime I try wither clamd or clamav-milter is running, any thoughts what's causing this? thanks! Ran. _

[Mimedefang] OT - Using rDNS sendmail hack - your experiences

2005-04-26 Thread James Ebright
Hello all, this is a bit off topic but relevant. We finally decided it was probably time to implement AOL style reverse DNS checks into our MTA. Since AOL has been doing it now for something like 6 months it is a pretty fair bet that most US customers that are legit have corrected their DNS issues