Re: Create Custom Mail Queue

* Jacky Chan : > > Dear all, > > Can I create custom mail queue in /var/spool/postfix to hold the mails for > specific detinsation and schedule to deliver one by one for period of time, > let's say 2 mins. That's not needed. Create a custom transport for the destination. Then use _destination_ra

broken_sasl_auth_clients?

With today's clients, is broken_sasl_auth_clients = yes still required? Which clients require it anyway? -- Ralf Hildebrandt (ralf.hildebra...@charite.de) snick...@charite.de Postfix - Einrichtung, Betrieb und Wartung Tel. +49 (0)30-450 570-155 http://www.arschkrebs.de Today is a b

Re: broken_sasl_auth_clients?

* Ralf Hildebrandt : > With today's clients, is broken_sasl_auth_clients = yes > still required? Which clients require it anyway? Outlook 2000 to 2003 Outlook Express ? to 6 Haven't checked Outlook 2007 yet. p...@rick -- The Book of Postfix saslfinger (debugging S

RE: your mail -- Virtual Domain with Postfix & LDAP

Dear List, On Wednesday, January 21, 2009 3:04 AM Magnus Bäck wrote >Okay, but since you allegedly list both domains in mydestination this >will never be used. mydestination "wins" over virtual_mailbox_domains. >Unless, of course, you've set local_transport = virtual. >Anyway, time to see the

transport_maps preferences

I have a postfix 2.5 server with two transport files , one hash map and another regex I want the hash map to take preference over the regex which doesnt seem to be happenning [r...@50.133 postfix]# postconf -n command_directory = /usr/sbin config_directory = /etc/postfix daemon

Possible to get mailbox_size_limit warning in an email?

Is it possible to have Postfix issue a warning when the "mailbox_size_limit" is about to be reached? Perhaps emailing the user once per day, that they are almost out of space? I am using Ubuntu 8.10, Postfix 2.5.5, Dovecot 1.1.4, Squirrelmail 1.4.15, with Maildir directories. There is a Squirrel

Question re: config_directory setting

Hello, I try to keep my postconf -n output clean/small by not explicitly setting anything that is not different from the default (postconf -d), and I just noticed that my postconf -n output contains the following: config_directory = /etc/postfix and this setting is the default (included in outpu

Looking for opinions on changing maildrop to dovecot deliver

Hi guys, I seem to recall from previous messages that some folks on here are using dovecot deliver with postfix. I'm using maildrop + courier-auth at the moment with dovecot as IMAP/POP3. I'm considering the merits of changing to dovecot deliver instead of having two completely separate programs d

Re: Possible to get mailbox_size_limit warning in an email?

I was able to get the Squirrelmail plugin to work with the Dovecot IMAP server. It works, and looks good, but I have to specify the maximum mailbox size in another location (the dovecot.conf). On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 7:41 AM, Xn Nooby wrote: > Is it possible to have Postfix issue a warning whe

Re: Create Custom Mail Queue

On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 09:45:08AM +0100, Ralf Hildebrandt wrote: > * Jacky Chan : > > > > Dear all, > > > > Can I create custom mail queue in /var/spool/postfix to hold the mails for > > specific detinsation and schedule to deliver one by one for period of time, > > let's say 2 mins. > > That'

Re: Re: MAIL FROM confusion

- Originálna Správa - Od: mouss Komu: Poslaná: 20.01.2009 21:01 Predmet: Re: MAIL FROM confusion > Meno a écrit : > > > > > > - Originálna Správa - > > Od: Noel Jones > > Komu: Meno > > Poslaná: 16.01.2009 18:10 > > Predmet: Re: MAIL FROM confusion > > > >> Meno wro

Re: Looking for opinions on changing maildrop to dovecot deliver

On Jan 21, 2009, at 9:31 AM, Guy wrote: Hi guys, I seem to recall from previous messages that some folks on here are using dovecot deliver with postfix. I'm using maildrop + courier-auth at the moment with dovecot as IMAP/POP3. I'm considering the merits of changing to dovecot deliver instead

Slow down in delivery

Greetings, not sure if what my problem is. delivery times are way up and the queue is pretty high. message come in, and take forever to deliver. command_directory = /usr/sbin config_directory = /etc/postfix content_filter = daemon_directory = /usr/libexec/postfix debug_peer_level = 2 enable_serv

Confirm: home_mailbox not needed/used in this setup?

Hello, I am cleaning up a friends postfix install, and just want to confirm something... His system uses only virtual users, and according to the man page, home_mailbox is only for local users, so, considering the following complete postconf -n output, I think I can safely remove this setting? m

Re: Looking for opinions on changing maildrop to dovecot deliver

Hi Sahil, 2009/1/21 Sahil Tandon : > Good performance here -- highly recommend the deliver LDA. But check the > Dovecot wiki for yourself before making the switch; their mailing list is a > better venue for further discussion. Thanks. Already have given it a read. Figured I'd get unbiased opinio

Re: Slow down in delivery

On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 10:41:00AM -0500, jeff donovan wrote: > I read the performance tuning http://www.postfix.org/TUNING_README.html > > osx doesn't have qshape. The "qshape" program is a small Perl script. Just download it and run (as root). -- Viktor. Disclaimer: off-list followup

Re: Confirm: home_mailbox not needed/used in this setup?

On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 10:41:04AM -0500, Charles Marcus wrote: > His system uses only virtual users, and according to the man page, > home_mailbox is only for local users, so, considering the following > complete postconf -n output, I think I can safely remove this setting? > > myhost ~ # postco

overriding/modifying smtp error codes from other MTAs

Hei, I have a got a stupid problem. We have some customers saying they can't and don't want to reconfigure their mail servers even if Planet-X hits Earth and that would help to avoid it :) And their MTAs always responds with: 450 : Recipient address rejected: User unknown in local recipient ta

two questions - recipient names resolution - simplifying main.cf

I am trying to understand sender/recipient names are handled. Am I correct in that recipient addresses are "rewritten" according to ADDRESS_REWRITING_README before recipient/sender checks are performed. I ask because I have the following setup vdomains klam.ca klam.com klam.biz valiases x...@klam.

Re: Slow down in delivery

On Jan 21, 2009, at 12:13 PM, Victor Duchovni wrote: On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 10:41:00AM -0500, jeff donovan wrote: I read the performance tuning http://www.postfix.org/TUNING_README.html osx doesn't have qshape. The "qshape" program is a small Perl script. Just download it and run (as root

null local-part addresses

I found this old thread suggesting that postfix doesn't allow null local-part addresses but it doesn't say which version this policy went into effect: http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/postfix/2006-08/0445.html I'm using postfix 2.4.5 and experiencing this problem. From what I can tell t

Re: two questions - recipient names resolution - simplifying main.cf

postmas...@klam.ca wrote: I am trying to understand sender/recipient names are handled. Am I correct in that recipient addresses are "rewritten" according to ADDRESS_REWRITING_README before recipient/sender checks are performed. check_sender_access and check_recipient_access tables operate on

Re: null local-part addresses

J.P. Trosclair wrote: I found this old thread suggesting that postfix doesn't allow null local-part addresses but it doesn't say which version this policy went into effect: http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/postfix/2006-08/0445.html I'm using postfix 2.4.5 and experiencing this problem.

Re: overriding/modifying smtp error codes from other MTAs

Gábor Lénárt wrote: Hei, I have a got a stupid problem. We have some customers saying they can't and don't want to reconfigure their mail servers even if Planet-X hits Earth and that would help to avoid it :) And their MTAs always responds with: 450 : Recipient address rejected: User unknown

Re: Slow down in delivery

On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 01:04:07PM -0500, jeff donovan wrote: > > On Jan 21, 2009, at 12:13 PM, Victor Duchovni wrote: > >> On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 10:41:00AM -0500, jeff donovan wrote: >> >>> I read the performance tuning http://www.postfix.org/TUNING_README.html >>> >>> osx doesn't have qshape.

Re: overriding/modifying smtp error codes from other MTAs

On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 06:36:31PM +0100, G?bor L?n?rt wrote: > I have a got a stupid problem. We have some customers saying they can't and > don't want to reconfigure their mail servers even if Planet-X hits Earth and > that would help to avoid it :) And their MTAs always responds with: > > 450

Re: MAIL FROM confusion

Meno a écrit : > > >>> I will try to use another convention - user(at)domain(dot)com >>> I hope it will go through :) >>> >> remove the \'\' around email addresses and see if they get out. > see how it removed the "tag chars" and replaced them with backslash-backquote... > u...@domain.com :)

Blocking certain outbound domains?

After about three months of trying to get secureserver.net to fix their highly-broken systems, I'd like to block all emails destined to all virtual domains hosted by them. However, I'm not quite sure how to do this with my setup. I'm using postfix as a smarthost to forward mail through my upstream

Re: transport_maps preferences

ram wrote: I have a postfix 2.5 server with two transport files , one hash map and another regex I want the hash map to take preference over the regex which doesnt seem to be happenning [r...@50.133 postfix]# postconf -n command_directory = /usr/sbin config_directory = /etc/p

Re: Blocking certain outbound domains?

* Todd A. Jacobs : > After about three months of trying to get secureserver.net to fix their > highly-broken systems, I'd like to block all emails destined to all > virtual domains hosted by them. However, I'm not quite sure how to do > this with my setup. That's easy. Use check_(sender|recipient

Re: overriding/modifying smtp error codes from other MTAs

Noel Jones: > Also sounds as if you don't have a valid recipient list for > these customers. Not OK. Your queue is likely filled with > lots of undeliverable mail to unknown recipients, and > undeliverable bounces to bogus senders, plus you're sending > out backscatter to innocent parties. T

Re: After queue filter - avoid filtering forwarded mail with dspam

Marcin Rzepecki a écrit : > Hello again, > > To filter only incoming foreign mail with dspam i'm using access maps: > > smtpd_sender_restrictions = reject_unknown_sender_domain > permit_mynetworks > permit_sasl_authenticated >

Re: overriding/modifying smtp error codes from other MTAs

On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 01:49:35PM -0500, Victor Duchovni wrote: [...] > Sorry, without an enhanced status code after the 450, you really don't > have anything to work with. The most plausible feature in this space is > "selective soft_bounce" where some, but not all, enhanced status codes > are do

Re: broken_sasl_auth_clients?

On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 10:34:01AM +0100, Patrick Ben Koetter wrote: > * Ralf Hildebrandt : > > With today's clients, is broken_sasl_auth_clients = yes > > still required? Which clients require it anyway? > > Outlook 2000 to 2003 > Outlook Express ? to 6 > > Haven't checked Outlook 2007 yet. A

Re: Looking for opinions on changing maildrop to dovecot deliver

Guy a écrit : > Hi guys, > > I seem to recall from previous messages that some folks on here are > using dovecot deliver with postfix. I'm using maildrop + courier-auth > at the moment with dovecot as IMAP/POP3. I'm considering the merits of > changing to dovecot deliver instead of having two comp

Re: overriding/modifying smtp error codes from other MTAs

On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 12:38:28PM -0600, Noel Jones wrote: [...] > Also sounds as if you don't have a valid recipient list for these > customers. Not OK. Your queue is likely filled with lots of > undeliverable mail to unknown recipients, and undeliverable bounces to > bogus senders, plus you

Re: Blocking certain outbound domains?

On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 10:54:49AM -0800, Todd A. Jacobs wrote: > I'm using postfix as a smarthost to forward mail through my upstream > ISP. Is there any way to have postfix resolve the MX record of the > destination domain and block outgoing mail on that basis? So far, this is what I have in my

Re: Blocking certain outbound domains?

Todd A. Jacobs a écrit : > On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 10:54:49AM -0800, Todd A. Jacobs wrote: > >> I'm using postfix as a smarthost to forward mail through my upstream >> ISP. Is there any way to have postfix resolve the MX record of the >> destination domain and block outgoing mail on that basis? >

LDAP, lmtp (Cyrus), Dovecot LDA and mail -> mailroutingaddress mapping.

postfix-2.4.5 cyrus-imapd-2.3.8 -- I have Postfix configured to use LDAP, with Dovecot LDA. I was told Postfix is the one who decides what is the mailbox name. Dovecot LDA saves the message on the mailbox with name as specified by Postfix. The same should be true when using lmtp and Cyrus, as

Re: Blocking certain outbound domains?

Based on the feedback that I've gotten, I've made the following changes: smtpd_client_restrictions = check_recipient_mx_access hash:/etc/postfix/mx_access check_recipient_access hash:/etc/postfix/recipient_access check_client_access hash:/etc/postfix/domain

Re: Looking for opinions on changing maildrop to dovecot deliver

Hi mouss, 2009/1/21 mouss : > I don't see what you mean by "two completely separate programs". I meant my current setup with maildrop+authdaemon for delivery and dovecot for IMAP/POP3. One set of confs for delivery and one set for IMAP/POP3. If I change to Dovecot deliver then delivery and IMAP/P

Re: Blocking certain outbound domains?

Todd A. Jacobs wrote, at 01/21/2009 03:42 PM: > Based on the feedback that I've gotten, I've made the following changes: > > smtpd_client_restrictions = > check_recipient_mx_access hash:/etc/postfix/mx_access > check_recipient_access hash:/etc/postfix/recipient_access >

Re: Looking for opinions on changing maildrop to dovecot deliver

On 1/21/2009, Guy (wyldf...@gmail.com) wrote: > I was mostly just wanting to know what guys on this list thought of > Dovecot delivery. One thing to be aware of... dovecot sasl auth does not support CLIENT side SASL suth, only server side... So, if you use postfix, and need postfix to be able to

Re: Blocking certain outbound domains?

On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 04:26:27PM -0500, Jorey Bump wrote: > Logically, it doesn't make sense to perform recipient checks before > you know the recipient. Okay, I'll buy that. But this still doesn't work: smtpd_delay_reject = yes smtpd_recipient_restrictions = check_recipie

Re: Blocking certain outbound domains?

Todd A. Jacobs a écrit : > On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 04:26:27PM -0500, Jorey Bump wrote: > >> Logically, it doesn't make sense to perform recipient checks before >> you know the recipient. > > Okay, I'll buy that. But this still doesn't work: > > smtpd_delay_reject = yes > smtpd_recipient_

Re: Blocking certain outbound domains?

On Wed, 21 Jan 2009, Todd A. Jacobs wrote: On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 04:26:27PM -0500, Jorey Bump wrote: Logically, it doesn't make sense to perform recipient checks before you know the recipient. Okay, I'll buy that. But this still doesn't work: smtpd_delay_reject = yes smtpd_recipient

Re: Blocking certain outbound domains?

Todd A. Jacobs wrote: On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 04:26:27PM -0500, Jorey Bump wrote: Logically, it doesn't make sense to perform recipient checks before you know the recipient. Okay, I'll buy that. But this still doesn't work: smtpd_delay_reject = yes smtpd_recipient_restrictions =

Re: Blocking certain outbound domains?

On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 11:07:53PM +0100, mouss wrote: > put permit_mynetworks reject_unauth_destination here please. Why would I put them at the top, when I specifically want /etc/postfix/mx_access to take precedence? I thought ordering was important. -- "Oh, look: rocks!" -- Doctor Wh

Re: Looking for opinions on changing maildrop to dovecot deliver

Guy a écrit : > Hi mouss, > > 2009/1/21 mouss : >> I don't see what you mean by "two completely separate programs". > > I meant my current setup with maildrop+authdaemon for delivery and > dovecot for IMAP/POP3. One set of confs for delivery and one set for > IMAP/POP3. > If I change to Dovecot d

Re: Blocking certain outbound domains?

Todd A. Jacobs a écrit : > On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 11:07:53PM +0100, mouss wrote: > >> put permit_mynetworks reject_unauth_destination here please. > > Why would I put them at the top, when I specifically want > /etc/postfix/mx_access to take precedence? I thought ordering was > important. > Th

Re: Blocking certain outbound domains?

On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 01:49:02PM -0800, Todd A. Jacobs wrote: > If it's the first check, shouldn't all mail destined to the > secureserver.net MX be bounced? Why is it still going through? I'm curious to know whether setting relayhost is what is over-riding this behavior. Does outbound mail sti

Re: Blocking certain outbound domains?

Todd A. Jacobs wrote: On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 01:49:02PM -0800, Todd A. Jacobs wrote: If it's the first check, shouldn't all mail destined to the secureserver.net MX be bounced? Why is it still going through? I'm curious to know whether setting relayhost is what is over-riding this behavior.

Re: Blocking certain outbound domains?

Todd A. Jacobs a écrit : > On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 01:49:02PM -0800, Todd A. Jacobs wrote: > >> If it's the first check, shouldn't all mail destined to the >> secureserver.net MX be bounced? Why is it still going through? > > I'm curious to know whether setting relayhost is what is over-riding >

Re: Blocking certain outbound domains?

Todd A. Jacobs schrieb: > After about three months of trying to get secureserver.net to fix their > highly-broken systems, I'd like to block all emails destined to all > virtual domains hosted by them. However, I'm not quite sure how to do > this with my setup. > > I'm using postfix as a smarthost

Re: Blocking certain outbound domains?

On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 10:08:52PM +, Duane Hill wrote: > Are you sure 'secureserver.net' and/or 'smtp.secureserver.net' are MX > records for the RCPT TO domain of the message you think should be > getting rejected? Well, DNS says: $ host -t mx secureserver.net secureserver.net mail

Re: Blocking certain outbound domains?

For those who've asked, here's the updated output of 'postconf -n' after trying all the various suggestions I've gotten on-list and off: alias_database = hash:/etc/aliases alias_maps = hash:/etc/aliases, hash:/var/lib/mailman/data/aliases append_dot_mydomain = no biff = no boun

Re: LDAP, lmtp (Cyrus), Dovecot LDA and mail -> mailroutingaddress mapping.

On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 05:11:58PM -0300, k bah wrote: > postfix-2.4.5 > cyrus-imapd-2.3.8 > -- > > I have Postfix configured to use LDAP, with Dovecot LDA. I was told Postfix > is the one who decides what is the mailbox name. The email address, not the filename, when using an external LDA. It i

Re: Blocking certain outbound domains?

On Wed, 21 Jan 2009, Todd A. Jacobs wrote: On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 10:08:52PM +, Duane Hill wrote: Are you sure 'secureserver.net' and/or 'smtp.secureserver.net' are MX records for the RCPT TO domain of the message you think should be getting rejected? Well, DNS says: $ host -t mx se

Re: Looking for opinions on changing maildrop to dovecot deliver

On Wed, 21 Jan 2009, Guy wrote: > 2009/1/21 mouss : > > > AFAIK, sieve doesn't check mysql (at this time). > > Bad wording on my part there. I just meant that I needed Dovecot > deliver to look up the user homedir. Not sieve. I'm assuming that > sieve uses something like the .mailfilter files us

Re: two questions - recipient names resolution - simplifying main.cf

On Wed, 21 Jan 2009, postmas...@klam.ca wrote: > I am trying to understand sender/recipient names are handled. > Am I correct in that recipient addresses are "rewritten" according to > ADDRESS_REWRITING_README before recipient/sender checks are performed. If by "recipient/sender checks" you refer

Re: Blocking certain outbound domains?

On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 03:14:09PM -0800, Todd A. Jacobs wrote: > debug_peer_list = 127.0.0.1 This setting doesn't do what I was hoping for. What I really wanted out of the debugging output was a way to see what rules postfix is matching on for permit/deny, sort of the way procmail does when

Re: Create Custom Mail Queue

Victor Duchovni wrote: > > On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 09:45:08AM +0100, Ralf Hildebrandt wrote: > >> * Jacky Chan : >> > >> > Dear all, >> > >> > Can I create custom mail queue in /var/spool/postfix to hold the mails >> for >> > specific detinsation and schedule to deliver one by one for period

Blocking accounts from sending

Is there a way to block some users from being able to send mail outside of my network, for example user A needs to be able to send mail to the world, but user B needs to be allowed to only send to the local domain. Bill - This email was sent using Squirrel

Re: Possible to get mailbox_size_limit warning in an email?

Xn Nooby wrote: > I was able to get the Squirrelmail plugin to work with the Dovecot IMAP > server. > > It works, and looks good, but I have to specify the maximum mailbox > size in another location (the dovecot.conf). Look at the dovecot wiki (wiki.dovecot.org). Dovecot will let you lookup the

Re: Blocking certain outbound domains?

On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 03:14:09PM -0800, Todd A. Jacobs wrote: > The outbound mail is *still* not being bounced when the RCPT TO is > the secureserver.net domain: > > Jan 21 15:04:47 penguin postfix/pickup[5781]: B0CFB37CAB: uid=1000 > from= > Jan 21 15:04:47 penguin postfix/cleanup[5758

Re: Blocking certain outbound domains?

On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 06:08:57PM -0800, Todd A. Jacobs wrote: > On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 03:14:09PM -0800, Todd A. Jacobs wrote: > > > debug_peer_list = 127.0.0.1 > > This setting doesn't do what I was hoping for. What I really wanted out > of the debugging output was a way to see what rules

example.com problem?

I had been under the impression that I should tell users to use the domain "example.com" (or example.org) as default settings in software being tested and developed, in order that the software not generate email which would be a problem for our own or other domains' SMTP servers. This recently he

Re: example.com problem?

On Jan 21, 2009, at 10:12 PM, Norm Mackey wrote: I had been under the impression that I should tell users to use the domain "example.com" (or example.org) as default settings in software being tested and developed, in order that the software not generate email which would be a problem for

Re: Blocking accounts from sending

On Thursday, January 22, 2009 at 03:18 CET, Bill Loy wrote: > Is there a way to block some users from being able to send mail > outside of my network, for example user A needs to be able to send > mail to the world, but user B needs to be allowed to only send to > the local domain. http://w

Re: transport_maps preferences

On Wed, 2009-01-21 at 12:56 -0600, Noel Jones wrote: > ram wrote: > > I have a postfix 2.5 server with two transport files , one hash map and > > another regex > > I want the hash map to take preference over the regex which doesnt seem > > to be happenning > > > > > > > > [r...

Re: transport_maps preferences

On Thursday, January 22, 2009 at 06:16 CET, ram wrote: [...] > > Search order is documented in the transport(5) man page. When > > multiple tables are present, each table is searched in the order > > specified. The first match stops the search. Since your regexp > > matches the first user+

Re: transport_maps preferences

On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 10:46:09AM +0530, ram wrote: > > Search order is documented in the transport(5) man page. When > > multiple tables are present, each table is searched in the > > order specified. The first match stops the search. Since > > your regexp matches the first user+extens...@

Re: overriding/modifying smtp error codes from other MTAs

On Jan 21, 2009, at 11:36 AM, Gábor Lénárt wrote: 450 : Recipient address rejected: User unknown in local recipient table (in reply to RCPT TO command)) if there is an invalid, non existing mail address there. However they argues that they would like us not to try to deliver mails again a

Mail certificate

Hello, It seems I (not knowingly) created a certificate for use, and now it expired. How do I renew it? Below is my postconf -n, if it helps: alias_database = hash:/etc/aliases alias_maps = hash:/etc/aliases append_dot_mydomain = no biff = no config_directory = /etc/postfix inet_interfaces = a