Re: [policyd-users] Throttle table becomes empty

2007-11-29 Thread John Beaver
Benny Pedersen wrote: > On Thu, November 29, 2007 17:05, Tobias Kreidl wrote: > >> Our needs and hence our tables are simple and only take up a couple of >> megabytes; we process several hundred thousand messages a day, so >> efficiency is important. > > how many users sends size=0 in policy ? >

Re: [policyd-users] Throttle table becomes empty

2007-11-29 Thread John Beaver
st I've seen the throttle table grow to is perhaps > 6,000 rows or so. Typically, it hits around 3,000 just before the > cleanup process runs. > Our needs and hence our tables are simple and only take up a couple of > megabytes; we process several hundred thousand messages a day,

Re: [policyd-users] Throttle table becomes empty

2007-11-29 Thread John Beaver
ROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Beaver > Sent: 29 November 2007 15:49 > To: policyd-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [policyd-users] Throttle table becomes empty > > Alejandro Cabrera Obed wrote: >> Dear all, I have postfix-policyd in order

Re: [policyd-users] Throttle table becomes empty

2007-11-29 Thread John Beaver
Alejandro Cabrera Obed wrote: > Dear all, I have postfix-policyd in order to put a message size quota to > my LAN users. > > I fill the THROTTLE table from the POSTFIXPOLICYD database with the > users' mail and quota, that's OK and it works. But after a time, the > throttle table becomes empty and

Re: [policyd-users] multiple instances of cleanup

2007-08-29 Thread John Beaver
Geert Hendrickx wrote: > On Wed, Aug 29, 2007 at 09:08:25AM -0500, John Beaver wrote: >> I have a throttling instance and I have a greylisting/blacklisting >> instance. In my case, each policyd instance is running with a different >> configuration. Running a single cleanup

Re: [policyd-users] Why cleanup?

2007-08-29 Thread John Beaver
Jordi Espasa Clofent wrote: >> This is to remove old/stale data from the database so it doesn't get too > > Ok John... ¿and where (in time or in space) do you establish the limit? > I'm thinking in the related cronjob... policyd cleanup uses the policyd configuration to determine what needs to

Re: [policyd-users] Why cleanup?

2007-08-29 Thread John Beaver
Jordi Espasa Clofent wrote: > Hello, > > I'm not sure about the real utility of cleanup binary. > ¿Why exactly? This is to remove old/stale data from the database so it doesn't get too large. john - This SF.net email is s

Re: [policyd-users] multiple instances of cleanup

2007-08-29 Thread John Beaver
Cami Sardinha wrote: > Tobias Kreidl wrote: >> If one is running multiple SMTP servers, is there any harm running >> "cleanup" from each one >> at the same time via a cron job, or is it better to stagger the times a bit? > > If all your SMTP servers are connecting to the SAME / SINGLE Policyd > d

Re: [policyd-users] multiple instances of cleanup

2007-08-28 Thread John Beaver
minutes just to be safe. Depending on the options used for each one, you might be able to do it at the same time. But, your still running it twice so I figured better safe than sorry. John Beaver - This SF.net email is s

Re: [policyd-users] Error in bind()

2007-08-28 Thread John Beaver
Jordi Espasa Clofent wrote: >> You have something in your config that is permitting the message BEFORE >> policyd is called. > > Mmmm... maybe Amavisd-new ¿?¿?¿? > >> Send your current postconf -n again. >> Just run postconf -n from the command line, not from a specific folder. >> Your either

Re: [policyd-users] Error in bind()

2007-08-28 Thread John Beaver
Jordi Espasa Clofent wrote: > After all, the same: > > Aug 28 17:57:26 mail policyd: starting policyd v1.81 > Aug 28 17:57:26 mail policyd: DEBUG: fd: 0: rlimit: max: 4097 cur: 4097 > Aug 28 17:57:26 mail policyd: connecting to mysql database: 127.0.0.1 > Aug 28 17:57:26 mail policyd: connected..

Re: [policyd-users] Error in bind()

2007-08-28 Thread John Beaver
Benny Pedersen wrote: > On Tue, August 28, 2007 12:26, Geert Hendrickx wrote: > >> That means that you're greylisting your sasl_authenticated users, which may >> not be desirable (I suppose they are running Outlook and not an MTA). > > ups, policyd so need to stop greylistning sasl users > > no

Re: [policyd-users] Error in bind()

2007-08-28 Thread John Beaver
Jordi Espasa Clofent wrote: > Benny Pedersen escribió: >> On Tue, August 28, 2007 11:52, Jordi Espasa Clofent wrote: >> >>> I want to use several features (greylisting, throttling...) but, >>> obviosly, the main problem is I can test with it if policyd is not >>> working fine. >> smtpd_recipient_re

Re: [policyd-users] Error in bind()

2007-08-27 Thread John Beaver
Jordi Espasa Clofent wrote: >> Note here your using permit_sasl_authenticated. A sasl authenticated >> user will be permitted here and never reach the policy service. You >> would need to move the policy check above the permit_sasl option. > > Ok, but it doesn't solve the problem. If I move th

Re: [policyd-users] Error in bind()

2007-08-27 Thread John Beaver
licy check above the permit_sasl option. John Beaver > > # SPAM controls > maps_rbl_domains = > sbl-xbl.spamhaus.org > proxies.relays.monkeys.com > opm.blitzed.org > blackholes.wirehub.net > list.dsbl.org > r

Re: [policyd-users] Throttling not working well

2007-08-23 Thread John Beaver
Fernando Schubert wrote: > Hi everybody! > > I`m facing a problem with SENDERTHROTTLE > I use it to enforce quota in a small mail cluster (8 servers) > environment. I have large traffic and I`m encountering some problems > with throttling. > My defaults are 1000 mails or 40Mb of data in 24 hours

Re: [policyd-users] question on smtpd_recipient_restrictions order

2007-07-27 Thread John Beaver
Sloan wrote: > John Beaver wrote: >> Leonardo Rodrigues Magalhães wrote: >> >>> Hello Guys, >>> >>> My policyd is being called on smtpd_recipient_restrictions for >>> greylist and some other features. My smtpd_

Re: [policyd-users] question on smtpd_recipient_restrictions order

2007-07-27 Thread John Beaver
Leonardo Rodrigues Magalhães wrote: > Hello Guys, > > My policyd is being called on smtpd_recipient_restrictions for > greylist and some other features. My smtpd_recipient_restrictions is > configured like this: > > smtpd_recipient_restrictions = > reject_unknown_recipient_domai

Re: [policyd-users] Message size limit per user

2007-07-26 Thread John Beaver
alled for your users mail (thus not working). Try this: smtpd_recipient_restrictions = check_recipient_access hash:/etc/postfix/access check_policy_service inet:127.0.0.1:10031 permit_mynetworks reject_unauth_destination John Beaver > John Beaver wrote: >> Alejand

Re: [policyd-users] Message size limit per user

2007-07-26 Thread John Beaver
l mail accounts and I > have not my virtual mail acounts I have set up, they dissapeared. This will be the case because all mail coming in will also pass through the policyd server. You can avoid this by selectively calling the policyd server based on sender, or by using a separate insta

Re: [policyd-users] sender throttling by ip

2007-07-24 Thread John Beaver
Juan Pablo Bagnon wrote: > >> thanks for the tip. >> > i'm in the middle of that, throttling not working as expected. >> > >> > i dont know what im doing wrong >> >> post postconf -n for each instance of postfix >> post logs >> >> >> > oh jesus, dont know how to say this: > > SENDERTHROTTLE=1 >

Re: [policyd-users] Questions Regarding Turning On Spamtrap

2007-07-24 Thread John Beaver
ay_recipient.map, proxy:mysql:/etc/postfix/policyd_spamtrap_alias_maps.cf where /etc/postfix/policyd_spamtrap_alias_maps.cf has... user = dbuser password = dbpasswd hosts = localhost dbname = policyd query = SELECT CONCAT('[EMAIL PROTECTED]') FROM spamtrap WHERE _rcpt='%s' AND _active='1

Re: [policyd-users] sender throttling by ip

2007-07-24 Thread John Beaver
Juan Pablo Bagnon wrote: >> >> >> > what im doing wrong? >> > is it needed 2 postfix instances or just 2 calls to 2 diff policyd >> > instances, one on smtp_client_restrictions and the other in >> > smtp_recipient_restrictions? >> >> You best bet is to run 2 instances of policyd >> Instance 1 - gre

Re: [policyd-users] sender throttling by ip

2007-07-24 Thread John Beaver
Juan Pablo Bagnon wrote: > i need to control de message rate hitting my content filter server (CFS). > > i have installed 2 instances of postfix > > 1- recipient check, greylisting and holding mail > 2- throttling to the content filter server. > > i have followed the README file. > i have insert

Re: [policyd-users] Throttled email will not leave queue

2007-07-18 Thread John Beaver
ntire log for the two test messages. Are you running multiple postfix instances (postfix, postfix-policyd)? If so, also show the postconf -n for each instance. john > - Original message - > From: "John Beaver" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: polic

Re: [policyd-users] Throttled email will not leave queue

2007-07-18 Thread John Beaver
Matt Beckman wrote: > I installed policyd on Postfix yesterday, and in order to configure > throttling, I have changed the settings to only allow 1 message from > a host every 2 minutes. During tests I would send out three emails, > and I would expect the first to be sent right away, followed by th

Re: [policyd-users] Questions Regarding Turning On Spamtrap

2007-07-18 Thread John Beaver
Joe Lanager wrote: > Thanks for the feedback on Spamtrap's effectiveness. If we do decide to > turn the feature on however, does anyone have any suggestions on > configuring it? For example, we have an additional registered domain > that's never been used for e-mail but if we throw up an MX recor

Re: [policyd-users] Questions Regarding Turning On Spamtrap

2007-07-18 Thread John Beaver
Joe Lanager wrote: > We currently use Policyd just for greylisting but we're thinking of > implementing Spamtrap so I just had some general questions. Is anyone > currently using this feature and if so has it been very effective? In my case it was not effective. After running a low volume site

Re: [policyd-users] Sender throttling logic

2007-06-21 Thread John Beaver
sed to store the message instance ID. Policyd may be called several times for the same message and the instanceID allows policyd to count the messages correctly. > - What effect does whitelisting have on throttles? Does a message that >

Re: [policyd-users] Simple Frontend

2007-05-23 Thread John Beaver
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hello everyone, > > I have been looking at policyd for some time, and I am planning to use > policyd on an outgoing SMTP-server in our network. The main problem we > have is hijacked hosts from within our network causing uncontrollable > flooding of spam, worstcase causi

Re: [policyd-users] Sender throttling

2007-05-23 Thread John Beaver
jibie wrote: > Is there any way to activate both sender throttling by from address and > ip address? > > The reason I ask, is that I wanted to use policyd on an incoming mail > gateway machine, which from time to time, gets a sudden burst of email > from spammers, which i hoped to block with s

Re: [policyd-users] Policyd prematurely throttling when no quotas have been met..

2007-05-11 Thread John Beaver
Jordan Tardif wrote: > That was the 2nd email i sent and that sample is from version 1.73 not > 1.80 .. this is from 1.80 .. quota was only at 73% at its highest.. you > can see that it clearly rejects one of the emails and then keeps counting > where it left off.. > > > size=289/4096, qu

Re: [policyd-users] Policyd prematurely throttling when no quotas have been met..

2007-05-10 Thread John Beaver
> None has any information on this? It seems like a pretty big bug with the > new version. This has been tested multiple times , is there some change to > the db structure from 1.73 to the latestest version that would cause this? Your log below show a limit on RCPT has been reached (200). A

Re: [policyd-users] problems setting up smtp only server

2007-05-09 Thread John Beaver
Show the logs where this happens. > > On 5/10/07, John Beaver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> binoy wrote: >>> On 5/10/07, David DeFranco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>> Try removing "reject_unlisted_recipient" from your config. >>>&

Re: [policyd-users] problems setting up smtp only server

2007-05-09 Thread John Beaver
[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > rcpt=1, greylist=update, host=12.64.95.73 > (frndsatwork.domain.net.frndsatwork.domain.ne), [EMAIL PROTECTED], > [EMAIL PROTECTED], size=0 > DEBUG: fd: 4 select(): fd 4 is ready for write > DEBUG: fd: 4 returning after 14 bytes of data written > =

Re: [policyd-users] problems setting up smtp only server

2007-05-09 Thread John Beaver
wed to send by the permit_mynetworks. smtpd_recipient_restrictions = reject_unauth_destination reject_unlisted_recipient check_policy_service inet:127.0.0.1:10031 permit_mynetworks john beaver - This SF.net emai

Re: [policyd-users] Throttling by System User ID / UID

2007-03-28 Thread John Beaver
:10031 > also for sendmail send mails. Submitting via sendmail is different that using SMTP. Meaning, locally submitted mail using sendmail doesn't pass through the same restrictions as mail coming in though SMTP. Is there a SMTP module av

Re: [policyd-users] whitlist for greylisting but not throttle

2007-03-22 Thread John Beaver
.0.0.1:10031, permit_sasl_authenticated, reject > > John Beaver wrote: >> Clearcable Networks - Mike D. wrote: >> >>> Good Afternoon, >>> >>> We recently implemented policyd on our MX servers, which also handle >>> outbound SMTP for clients.

Re: [policyd-users] whitlist for greylisting but not throttle

2007-03-21 Thread John Beaver
Internet). For example, I don't want to scan for spam on mail my users send, but I do scan on incoming messages. Same thing for policyd. I use one instance configured for throttling on my outgoing instance, and I use a second instance configured for greylis

Re: [policyd-users] Sender message size

2007-03-19 Thread John Beaver
ssage.php?msg_id=15443569 Here is the thread for all the gory details. http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_id=10164566&forum_id=46105 > will postfix "lie" then about the mail-size ? > > problem with postf

Re: [policyd-users] question about throttle table

2007-03-18 Thread John Beaver
w logs and your config that would show where policyd was being called. Read through these archives to see if it helps. John Beaver Check out this message for a solution for sender based quota's. http://sourceforge.net/mailar

Re: [policyd-users] question about throttle table

2007-03-17 Thread John Beaver
Jon Duggan wrote: > Hi guys, > > _count_tot in the throttle table is this value reset with the cleanup > scripts or is it a count of *total* emails sent by user? It is a total count of the emails and is not cleared or reset by cleanup.

Re: [policyd-users] Disable spamtrap blacklisting when sender is null?

2007-01-26 Thread John Beaver
Tom Scrape wrote: >> Subject: Re: [policyd-users] Disable spamtrap blacklisting when >> sender is null? >>> If Postfix is just getting a DUNNO, that would be what I >> want since I >>> have several more spam checks after policyd. But if it's >> getting an >>> OK, that would break any further spam

Re: [policyd-users] feature request - statistics table

2007-01-07 Thread John Beaver
> On Jan 7, 2007, at 7:49 PM, Leonardo Rodrigues Magalhães wrote: >> >> Hi Cami, >> >> I'm rewatching my logfiles and rebuilding my whitelist and blacklist >> dnsnames entries. >> >> While i was doing that, i was thinking of maybe an easy way of >> monitoring policyd accept/blo

Re: [policyd-users] Throttling by System User ID / UID

2007-01-03 Thread John Beaver
Daniel Mayer [COUGA.net] wrote: > On Behalf Of Leonardo Rodrigues Magalhães >> Daniel Mayer [COUGA.net] escreveu: >>> Hi, >>> >>> We are running postfix in an ISP mass-webhosting environment with >>> several customers per server. We'd like to limit the amount of >>> mail a user is allowed to se

Re: [policyd-users] Throttling by System User ID / UID

2007-01-03 Thread John Beaver
Leonardo Rodrigues Magalhães wrote: > > Daniel Mayer [COUGA.net] escreveu: >> Hi, >> >> We are running postfix in an ISP mass-webhosting environment with >> several customers per server. We'd like to limit the amount of mail a >> user is allowed to send from its web pages (like php, cgi scripts et

Re: [policyd-users] Helo Randomization Prevention Improvement?

2006-12-14 Thread John Beaver
Robert A. Pickering Jr. wrote: > > Mike, > > I think it's a great idea as many ISPs use multiple servers. I'm a > little unclear however. Do you *always* take the last two domain > portions? So in the event of international domains like: > mx.someserver.com.uk. Would you just take com.uk

Re: [policyd-users] policyd spamtrap RBL? spamtrap-collector

2006-11-07 Thread John Beaver
Benyes Krisztián wrote: > Hi! > > In my case I did the following: > > I have a real-time "unknown users" collector which gains those mail- > address attempts that do not exist on my system (and never existed!) > but spammers try to deliver like [EMAIL PROTECTED] / > [EMAIL PROTECTED] / [EMAIL P

Re: [policyd-users] compling issues on Solaris

2006-10-27 Thread John Beaver
Rob Shepherd wrote: > Policyd doesn't compile on Solaris 10. > > neither of these exist... > > MSG_NOSIGNAL > SO_NOSIGPIPE > > I'm not sure what to suggest, however i'm willing to assist debuggering > this further. Try this change in policyd.h Current: #if defined (__FreeBSD__) || defined (__