Re: Messages slow to leave active queue

2008-09-05 Thread Mark Goodge
Noel Jones wrote: Mark Goodge wrote: I'm hoping someone can help point me in the right direction for the solution to this one. I'm in the process of adding a new server to an existing mail cluster, but for some reason I'm getting really slow throughput. The problem seems to be delays in the

Re: bounce processing

2008-09-05 Thread Wietse Venema
Stefan Palme: > Hi all, > > Our mail server is configured to use special envelope sender addresses > for some outgoing mail so that bounces can be processed automatically. > > The "bounce processor" is a self-made script. Are there any hints what > to look for in a bounced mail to be sure, that i

First Time Configuration assistance

2008-09-05 Thread Paul Cocker
I'm setting up a postfix 2.3.3 mail server which is to be the primary outgoing mail server and act as a secondary incoming mail server for three domains (only one of which is of any real size). I haven't used postfix before so I'm wading through the configuration and documentation and without havi

Re: bounce processing

2008-09-05 Thread Stefan Palme
On Fri, 2008-09-05 at 06:52 -0400, Wietse Venema wrote: > Stefan Palme: > > Hi all, > > > > Our mail server is configured to use special envelope sender addresses > > for some outgoing mail so that bounces can be processed automatically. > > > > The "bounce processor" is a self-made script. Are t

Re: First Time Configuration assistance

2008-09-05 Thread Charles Marcus
On 9/5/2008, Paul Cocker ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > I'm setting up a postfix 2.3.3 mail server Why use something so old if you're setting up a new server? -- Best regards, Charles

FW: First Time Configuration assistance

2008-09-05 Thread Paul Cocker
Actually I do believe I have misunderstood the nature of mydestination, by putting my domain in there I think I'll stop the e-mail chain dead. Whoops. http://www.postfix.org/STANDARD_CONFIGURATION_README.html#firewall That appears to be the sort of thing I am looking for, wish I'd seen it before

RE: First Time Configuration assistance

2008-09-05 Thread Paul Cocker
It's CentOS 5.2, it's the version in the repository. It's not a bleeding edge distribution, but with seven years patching it doesn't aim to be. Paul Cocker Systems Infrastructure Support Network Administrator and Security Specialist -Original Message- From: Charles Marcus [mailto:[EMAIL

Re: bounce processing

2008-09-05 Thread mouss
Stefan Palme wrote: On Fri, 2008-09-05 at 06:52 -0400, Wietse Venema wrote: Stefan Palme: Hi all, Our mail server is configured to use special envelope sender addresses for some outgoing mail so that bounces can be processed automatically. The "bounce processor" is a self-made script. Are the

Transport_map as second MX server

2008-09-05 Thread Paul Cocker
I'm running through the e-mail gateway example at postfix.org as this appears to be what I'm looking for, a setup which passes e-mail on for valid domains. It talks about using transport_map and defining the inside smtp gateway... My knowledge on proper handling of this is pretty dicey but as I un

FW: Transport_map as second MX server

2008-09-05 Thread Paul Cocker
And it's dealt with further down the page. My apologies for crying wolf a little too quickly. Paul Cocker -Original Message- From: Paul Cocker Sent: 05 September 2008 12:37 To: postfix-users@postfix.org Subject: Transport_map as second MX server I'm running through the e-mail

Re: Add Throttle to outbound email?

2008-09-05 Thread Sahil Tandon
Victor Duchovni <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Woops, sorry for the noise; maybe the following variant, if the OP > > wants to HOLD messages in the active queue: > > > > % mailq | grep sender | cut -d \* -f 1 | postsuper -h - > > Not all the messages will be in the active queue, so "*" is not >

Re: First Time Configuration assistance

2008-09-05 Thread mouss
Paul Cocker wrote: I'm setting up a postfix 2.3.3 mail server which is to be the primary outgoing mail server and act as a secondary incoming mail server for three domains (only one of which is of any real size). I haven't used postfix before so I'm wading through the configuration and documenta

Re: Add Throttle to outbound email?

2008-09-05 Thread Victor Duchovni
On Fri, Sep 05, 2008 at 07:46:53AM -0400, Sahil Tandon wrote: > Victor Duchovni <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Woops, sorry for the noise; maybe the following variant, if the OP > > > wants to HOLD messages in the active queue: > > > > > > % mailq | grep sender | cut -d \* -f 1 | postsuper

Re: bounce processing

2008-09-05 Thread Wietse Venema
Stefan Palme: > On Fri, 2008-09-05 at 06:52 -0400, Wietse Venema wrote: > > Stefan Palme: > > > Hi all, > > > > > > Our mail server is configured to use special envelope sender addresses > > > for some outgoing mail so that bounces can be processed automatically. > > > > > > The "bounce processor

Re: Add Throttle to outbound email?

2008-09-05 Thread Juan Miscaro
2008/9/4 Noel Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > James Robertson wrote: >> >> We have a client who has done a mailout which adds up to over 1GB in size. >> >> .. >> 1160910 Kbytes in 988 Requests >> .. >> >> Is there a way I can slow down or throttle the speed at which email is >> being sent from

Re: Add Throttle to outbound email?

2008-09-05 Thread Wietse Venema
Juan Miscaro: > > Postfix doesn't have any per-user rate controls (some add-on policy services > > can do per-user input rate limits), and output rate controls are limited to > > what's available with > > http://www.postfix.org/postconf.5.html#default_destination_rate_delay > > which is a per-desti

How to handle bounced messages?

2008-09-05 Thread Joakim Ohlsson
Hi, This is first time I use this mailing-list, so please let me know if I do anything wrong. My problem is that I want to send bounced messages to an different mail address than the mail-address in the MAIL FROM: field. I have searched a lot on internet but can't find any good solutions o

RE: [SPAM?] Re: First Time Configuration assistance

2008-09-05 Thread Paul Cocker
With an ever changing list of over 600 e-mail addresses, manually maintaining relay_recepient_maps doesn't strike me as appealing, or practical. Unsurprisingly we have an AD back-end, is there any way for the two to communicate? I see this as being the only practical way to check valid recipients,

RE: [SPAM?] Re: First Time Configuration assistance

2008-09-05 Thread Stefan Palme
> With an ever changing list of over 600 e-mail addresses, manually > maintaining relay_recepient_maps doesn't strike me as appealing, or > practical. > > Unsurprisingly we have an AD back-end, is there any way for the two to > communicate? I see this as being the only practical way to check valid

Re: How to handle bounced messages?

2008-09-05 Thread Wietse Venema
Joakim Ohlsson: > Hi, > > This is first time I use this mailing-list, so please let me know if I do > anything wrong. > > My problem is that I want to send bounced messages to an different mail > address than the mail-address in the MAIL FROM: field. This is by definition (i.e. RFC 821 and RFC 282

Re: Add Throttle to outbound email?

2008-09-05 Thread Hannes Erven
Juan Miscaro schrieb: James Robertson wrote: >> Maybe router or firewall based traffic shaping would help - at least you could prevent SMTP from hogging all the bandwidth. That's an interesting option. How would Postfix react to saturated bandwidth? Will it simply defer messages and try aga

Re: PostFix with Postgrey (large mail queue)

2008-09-05 Thread Amaru Netapshaak
Hello, I have implemented the "recipient_relay_map" in main.cf, and have my email server & gateway automatically building a fresh recipient hash every hour..  yet, it doesnt work.   If I create an account on my internal email server, and dont put that address in my hash, the account can still rece

SV: How to handle bounced messages?

2008-09-05 Thread Joakim Ohlsson
> Hi, > > This is first time I use this mailing-list, so please let me know if I do > anything wrong. > > My problem is that I want to send bounced messages to an different mail > address than the mail-address in the MAIL FROM: field. This is by definition (i.e. RFC 821 and RFC 2821) the address w

OT: Ongoing phishing mail flood

2008-09-05 Thread Wolfgang Zeikat
We are currently receiving lots of password phishing mails with envelope sender and From: header [EMAIL PROTECTED] and Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] The connecting mail servers que41.charter.net[209.225.8.24] que51.charter.net[209.225.8.25] do apparently *not* stop re-connecting after receiving R

Re: PostFix with Postgrey (large mail queue)

2008-09-05 Thread Noel Jones
Amaru Netapshaak wrote: Hello, I have implemented the "recipient_relay_map" in main.cf, and have my email server & gateway automatically building a fresh recipient hash every hour.. yet, it doesnt work. If I create an account on my internal email server, and dont put that address in my hash,

Re: PostFix with Postgrey (large mail queue)

2008-09-05 Thread Victor Duchovni
On Fri, Sep 05, 2008 at 12:00:26PM -0500, Noel Jones wrote: > >mydestination = $myhostname, XXX.com, localhost, localhost.$mydomain > >relay_domains = hash:/etc/postfix/relay_domains > >relay_recipient_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/relay_recipients > > > >My instinct tells me this has something to do w

Re: SV: How to handle bounced messages?

2008-09-05 Thread Charles Marcus
On 9/5/2008 12:46 PM, Joakim Ohlsson wrote: >>> This is first time I use this mailing-list, so please let me know if I do >>> anything wrong. >>> >>> My problem is that I want to send bounced messages to an different mail >>> address than the mail-address in the MAIL FROM: field. >> This is by def

Re: SV: How to handle bounced messages?

2008-09-05 Thread mouss
Joakim Ohlsson wrote: My problem is that I want to receive bounced messages to a different mail-address than the address in MAIL FROM: field. Is this even possible? As I understand this was possible in earlier versions of Postfix but is this possible in Postfix 2.3? Or can this be done in the ma

RE: [SPAM?] Re: First Time Configuration assistance

2008-09-05 Thread Adam Tauno Williams
On Fri, 2008-09-05 at 14:56 +0100, Paul Cocker wrote: > With an ever changing list of over 600 e-mail addresses, manually > maintaining relay_recepient_maps doesn't strike me as appealing, or > practical. > Unsurprisingly we have an AD back-end, is there any way for the two to > communicate? Sure,

Re: SV: How to handle bounced messages?

2008-09-05 Thread Wietse Venema
Joakim Ohlsson: > > Hi, > > > > This is first time I use this mailing-list, so please let me know if I do > > anything wrong. > > > > My problem is that I want to send bounced messages to an different mail > > address than the mail-address in the MAIL FROM: field. > > This is by definition (i.e. R

Re: bounce processing

2008-09-05 Thread Bastian Blank
On Fri, Sep 05, 2008 at 01:39:41PM +0200, mouss wrote: > - try to parse your postfix logs for invalid addresses. > This way, you can ignore bounces Why do you want to pull data you normally get pushed free house? Bastian -- We Klingons believe as you do -- the sick should die. Only the strong

Re: bounce processing

2008-09-05 Thread mouss
Bastian Blank wrote: On Fri, Sep 05, 2008 at 01:39:41PM +0200, mouss wrote: - try to parse your postfix logs for invalid addresses. This way, you can ignore bounces Why do you want to pull data you normally get pushed free house? because parsing the logs is trivial compared to parsing a mes

Re: bounce processing

2008-09-05 Thread Wietse Venema
mouss: > Bastian Blank wrote: > > On Fri, Sep 05, 2008 at 01:39:41PM +0200, mouss wrote: > >> - try to parse your postfix logs for invalid addresses. > >> This way, you can ignore bounces > > > > Why do you want to pull data you normally get pushed free house? > > > because parsing the logs is t

ldap+cyrus+virtual_mailbox_maps :no mailbox associated

2008-09-05 Thread TOUZEAU DAVID
Dear I have a problem with postfix understanding and "virtual_mailbox_maps" parameter : in my example i would like to send email to a local mailbox created has "dtouzeau" from email [EMAIL PROTECTED] currently, postfix want to send email to user.david^t instead dtouzeau If i undertsand the

Re: Add Throttle to outbound email?

2008-09-05 Thread Sahil Tandon
Victor Duchovni <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Not all the messages will be in the active queue, so "*" is not > > > the right delimeter. > > > > This is why, above, I wrote _if_ the OP wants to HOLD messages in the > > _active_ queue. > > Better tools than cut have been posted before. Piping

Re: Add Throttle to outbound email?

2008-09-05 Thread Wietse Venema
Sahil Tandon: > Victor Duchovni <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Not all the messages will be in the active queue, so "*" is not > > > > the right delimeter. > > > > > > This is why, above, I wrote _if_ the OP wants to HOLD messages in the > > > _active_ queue. > > > > Better tools than cut

Re: Add Throttle to outbound email?

2008-09-05 Thread Victor Duchovni
On Fri, Sep 05, 2008 at 07:41:25PM -0400, Sahil Tandon wrote: > Victor Duchovni <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Not all the messages will be in the active queue, so "*" is not > > > > the right delimeter. > > > > > > This is why, above, I wrote _if_ the OP wants to HOLD messages in the > >

Re: Postfix and SASL via Dovecot

2008-09-05 Thread DJ Lucas
Erik Paulsen Skaalerud wrote: The weird part: EHLO doesnt mention AUTH at all, but if I type "AUTH LOGIN" it responds with "334 VXNlcm5hbWU6", AUTH PLAIN and AUTH CRAM-MD5 also responds with similar challenges. Interesting. I have the same 'issue' on my home server; AUTH is not advertised wh

Re: Postfix and SASL via Dovecot

2008-09-05 Thread Wietse Venema
DJ Lucas: > Erik Paulsen Skaalerud wrote: > > The weird part: EHLO doesnt mention AUTH at all, but if I type "AUTH > > LOGIN" it responds with "334 VXNlcm5hbWU6", AUTH PLAIN and AUTH > > CRAM-MD5 also responds with similar challenges. > > > Interesting. I have the same 'issue' on my home server

Re: Postfix and SASL via Dovecot

2008-09-05 Thread Wietse Venema
DJ Lucas: > Erik Paulsen Skaalerud wrote: > > The weird part: EHLO doesnt mention AUTH at all, but if I type "AUTH > > LOGIN" it responds with "334 VXNlcm5hbWU6", AUTH PLAIN and AUTH > > CRAM-MD5 also responds with similar challenges. > > > Interesting. I have the same 'issue' on my home server

Temporary lookup failure

2008-09-05 Thread Hungry Snail
Hi guys, I have just started recieving emails from postfix telling me that there is a Temporary lookup failure. * Subject: Postfix SMTP server: errors from adsl190-28-1-167.epm.net.co[190.28.1.167] Out: 220 mailserver.mydomain.tld ESMTP Postfix (Debian/GNU) In: HELO equipo34 Out: 250 ma

Re: Temporary lookup failure

2008-09-05 Thread Wietse Venema
Hungry Snail: > > Hi guys, > > I have just started recieving emails from postfix telling me that there is a > Temporary lookup failure. > > > * > Subject: Postfix SMTP server: errors from > adsl190-28-1-167.epm.net.co[190.28.1.167] > Out: 220 mailserver.mydomain.tld ESMTP Postfix (Debian

Re: Add Throttle to outbound email?

2008-09-05 Thread Sahil Tandon
Wietse Venema <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > How is the output of cut in last example "garbage"? > > The queueID string length depends on the file system. Yep, the first example was wrong, but the revised version extracts queueIDs of any length from the active queue. Another example that would

not able to receive local mails

2008-09-05 Thread pascual dsouza
Hi I have strange problem i can send and receive mails outside my domains but not locally main.cf alias_database = hash:/etc/aliases alias_maps = hash:/etc/aliases command_directory = /usr/sbin config_directory = /etc/postfix daemon_directory = /usr/libexec/postfix debug_peer_level = 2 html_dir

[OT] Slightly - Mailgraph and Postfix Log Data

2008-09-05 Thread wiskbroom
Hello; I am in search for a way to graph my logs on four separate mailservers, since all four are logging onto the same syslog-ng host, I figured I'd use mailgraph, a tool which creates graphs using RRDtools. I got rrdtools installed and ran mailgraph, and after not recieving any graph data i

Re: Add Throttle to outbound email?

2008-09-05 Thread Sahil Tandon
Victor Duchovni <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > How is the output of cut in last example "garbage"? > > What do you see when you run: > > mailq | cut -d '*' -f 1 | less That is not what I wrote; one has to grep for the sender address first, pass the resulting lines to cut and then pipe to

Re: not able to receive local mails

2008-09-05 Thread Sahil Tandon
pascual dsouza <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sep 6 06:40:12 mails postfix/smtp[2874]: connect to > coreteamsolutions.in[192.168.1.99]: Connection refused (port 25) Can you connect to 192.168.1.99 on port 25 (say, with telnet) from the same machine that is logging those errors? I am able to

processing order lookup tables

2008-09-05 Thread gerrit
Hi All, Recently i implemented the sender check. First i made a split for the processing and put some restrictions under smtpd_sender_restrictions and some under stmpd_recipient_restrictions. This resulted in too many rejections, so i left the sender restrictions emtpy and put all under the

Re: ldap+cyrus+virtual_mailbox_maps :no mailbox associated

2008-09-05 Thread mouss
TOUZEAU DAVID wrote: Dear I have a problem with postfix understanding and "virtual_mailbox_maps" parameter : in my example i would like to send email to a local mailbox created has "dtouzeau" from email [EMAIL PROTECTED] currently, postfix want to send email to user.david^t instead dtouzea