[pfx] Re: How to bounce e-mail when using catchall

2024-07-12 Thread Francis Augusto Medeiros-Logeay via Postfix-users
Hi everyone,Thanks a lot for your feedback. I learned a lot. So I’ll forget the whole thing. I have a last question, though: are there disadvantages of using a catchall compared to not using it, just letting messages bounce when the address does not exist instead?I notice that I don’t get spam with

[pfx] Re: Now Dovecot doesn't like me

2024-07-12 Thread Viktor Dukhovni via Postfix-users
On Sat, Jul 13, 2024 at 02:49:33AM +0200, John Fawcett via Postfix-users wrote: > I know that I'm not impartial as a Postfix fan for many years, but in > my opinion it's undeniable that the Postfix project (Wietse, you and > other contributors) have placed an importance on documentation that is >

[pfx] Re: "Variable" message_size_limit?

2024-07-12 Thread Viktor Dukhovni via Postfix-users
On Fri, Jul 12, 2024 at 07:10:41PM +0200, Steffen Nurpmeso wrote: > postfix-users@postfix.org wrote in > : > |On Fri, Jul 12, 2024 at 01:54:38AM +0200, Steffen Nurpmeso wrote: > ... > |No, there is no scenario in which no limit is better than an explicit > |maximum. > | > |>|> Letting aside

[pfx] Re: Now Dovecot doesn't like me

2024-07-12 Thread John Fawcett via Postfix-users
On 13/07/2024 02:27, Viktor Dukhovni via Postfix-users wrote: On Sat, Jul 13, 2024 at 12:01:38AM +0200, John Fawcett via Postfix-users wrote: I checked https://www.postfix.org/postconf.5.html and I can see: smtpd_sasl_type (default: cyrus)     The SASL plug-in type that the Postfix SMTP serv

[pfx] Re: Now Dovecot doesn't like me

2024-07-12 Thread Viktor Dukhovni via Postfix-users
On Sat, Jul 13, 2024 at 12:01:38AM +0200, John Fawcett via Postfix-users wrote: > I checked https://www.postfix.org/postconf.5.html and I can see: > > smtpd_sasl_type (default: cyrus) >     The SASL plug-in type that the Postfix SMTP server should use for > authentication. The available types are

[pfx] Re: Now Dovecot doesn't like me

2024-07-12 Thread John Fawcett via Postfix-users
On 12/07/2024 23:56, John Levine wrote: It appears that John Fawcett via Postfix-users said: I didn't see anywhere what your value of smtpd_sasl_type is (as applicable to the sasl type used by the smtp server. Bingo. Thanks. In my defence, if you look at https://www.postfix.org/postconf.5.h

[pfx] Re: Now Dovecot doesn't like me

2024-07-12 Thread John Levine via Postfix-users
It appears that John Fawcett via Postfix-users said: >I didn't see anywhere what your value of smtpd_sasl_type is (as >applicable to the sasl type used by the smtp server. Bingo. Thanks. In my defence, if you look at https://www.postfix.org/postconf.5.html which purports to list all of the mai

[pfx] Re: Now Dovecot doesn't like me

2024-07-12 Thread John Fawcett via Postfix-users
On 12/07/2024 23:13, John R. Levine via Postfix-users wrote: Hi, now that Viktor spotted the config error and fixed yesterday's problem, I'm back with what I hope is another dumb question. Having wrestled Cyrus authentication to a draw, now I'm trying Dovecot which I would have hoped would be

[pfx] Now Dovecot doesn't like me

2024-07-12 Thread John R. Levine via Postfix-users
Hi, now that Viktor spotted the config error and fixed yesterday's problem, I'm back with what I hope is another dumb question. Having wrestled Cyrus authentication to a draw, now I'm trying Dovecot which I would have hoped would be easier. It's the same Debian box. First I set up Dovecot an

[pfx] Re: "Variable" message_size_limit?

2024-07-12 Thread Steffen Nurpmeso via Postfix-users
postfix-users@postfix.org wrote in : |On Fri, Jul 12, 2024 at 01:54:38AM +0200, Steffen Nurpmeso wrote: ... |No, there is no scenario in which no limit is better than an explicit |maximum. | |>|> Letting aside the "extended MAIL" client command that i never have |>|> seen, what i would hope

[pfx] Re: How to bounce e-mail when using catchall

2024-07-12 Thread John Fawcett via Postfix-users
one point was badly worded below, the following is better: If you accepted both valid and invalid recipients your reject would be for both recipients. (I implied the reject went to the receipient which is nonsense). On 12/07/2024 16:59, John Fawcett via Postfix-users wrote: On 12/07/2024 1

[pfx] Re: How to bounce e-mail when using catchall

2024-07-12 Thread Ralph Seichter via Postfix-users
* John Fawcett via Postfix-users: > On 12/07/2024 15:30, Ralph Seichter via Postfix-users wrote: > > > "My advice true, forget this!" (Alvina) > > I agree with the advice but have some doubts about the milter > solution. I don't dare call it a solution, nor was it meant as such. Like I wrote, thi

[pfx] Re: How to bounce e-mail when using catchall

2024-07-12 Thread John Fawcett via Postfix-users
On 12/07/2024 15:30, Ralph Seichter via Postfix-users wrote: I can imagine a custom milter which stores message data, rejects the original SMTP delivery attempt after the end of the DATA phase, and later re-injects the captured data in some fashion (not necessarily using SMTP), but this way

[pfx] Re: How to bounce e-mail when using catchall

2024-07-12 Thread Bill Cole via Postfix-users
On 2024-07-12 at 09:30:33 UTC-0400 (Fri, 12 Jul 2024 15:30:33 +0200) Ralph Seichter via Postfix-users is rumored to have said: I can imagine a custom milter which stores message data, rejects the original SMTP delivery attempt after the end of the DATA phase, and later re-injects the captured d

[pfx] Re: How to bounce e-mail when using catchall

2024-07-12 Thread Bill Cole via Postfix-users
On 2024-07-12 at 04:55:08 UTC-0400 (Fri, 12 Jul 2024 08:55:08 +) Francis Augusto Medeiros-Logeay via Postfix-users is rumored to have said: On 11 Jul 2024, at 20:22, Bill Cole via Postfix-users wrote: On 2024-07-11 at 02:42:26 UTC-0400 (Thu, 11 Jul 2024 06:42:26 +) Francis Augusto M

[pfx] Re: How to bounce e-mail when using catchall

2024-07-12 Thread Ralph Seichter via Postfix-users
* Francis Augusto Medeiros-Logeay via Postfix-users: > I want that mail sent to users who do not have a valid address (like > when they are not on ldap) to bounce back, like it happens by default, > but I’d also like these mail to be delivered to an specific mailbox. > > As you said, if I use catc

[pfx] Re: How to bounce e-mail when using catchall

2024-07-12 Thread Jaroslaw Rafa via Postfix-users
Dnia 12.07.2024 o godz. 08:55:08 Francis Augusto Medeiros-Logeay via Postfix-users pisze: > I want that mail sent to users who do not have a valid address (like > when they are not on ldap) to bounce back, like it happens by > default, but I'd also like these mail to be delivered to an specific >

[pfx] Re: How to bounce e-mail when using catchall

2024-07-12 Thread John Fawcett via Postfix-users
On 12/07/2024 07:17, Francis Augusto Medeiros-Logeay via Postfix-users wrote: On 11 Jul 2024, at 20:22, Bill Cole via Postfix-users wrote:  On 2024-07-11 at 02:42:26 UTC-0400 (Thu, 11 Jul 2024 06:42:26 +) Francis Augusto Medeiros-Logeay via Postfix-users is rumored to have said:

[pfx] Re: How to bounce e-mail when using catchall

2024-07-12 Thread Francis Augusto Medeiros-Logeay via Postfix-users
On 11 Jul 2024, at 20:22, Bill Cole via Postfix-users wrote: On 2024-07-11 at 02:42:26 UTC-0400 (Thu, 11 Jul 2024 06:42:26 +) Francis Augusto Medeiros-Logeay via Postfix-users is rumored to have said: Hi, I was wondering - is it possible to bounce e-mails for non-existent addresses wh

[pfx] Re: sending email to FQDN address without DNS

2024-07-12 Thread Viktor Dukhovni via Postfix-users
On Fri, Jul 12, 2024 at 10:00:39AM +0800, Jeff Pang via Postfix-users wrote: > > But, another option, which I'd prefer whenever possible, is to route the > > messages via a relay host that does have DNS. > > > > main.cf: > > # Punt external mail to a relay that can do DNS > >