Re: I thought I had a send-only Postfix server, but I see someone connected to it!

2009-01-27 Thread Dave
On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 1:37 PM, Chris Babcock wrote: > On Mon, 26 Jan 2009 18:41:32 -0800 (PST) > MountainX wrote: > > > The experts have already learned Postfix. As far as I am concerned, I > > can't add anything to the world by learning Postfix too. > > It isn't enough for email to just work.

Re: I thought I had a send-only Postfix server, but I see someone connected to it!

2009-01-27 Thread Chris Babcock
On Mon, 26 Jan 2009 18:41:32 -0800 (PST) MountainX wrote: > The experts have already learned Postfix. As far as I am concerned, I > can't add anything to the world by learning Postfix too. It isn't enough for email to just work. It has to work right. Imparting knowledge without understanding in

Re: I thought I had a send-only Postfix server, but I see someone connected to it!

2009-01-27 Thread Jorey Bump
MountainX wrote, at 01/27/2009 11:35 AM: > In my opinion, the opportunity for Linux to rise to greater heights starts Please get off your soapbox. If you have a question about Postfix, ask it. If you don't understand the answer and have more questions, ask them. If you want to say thanks, do so b

Re: I thought I had a send-only Postfix server, but I see someone connected to it!

2009-01-27 Thread MountainX
Stroller wrote: > > > On 27 Jan 2009, at 02:41, MountainX wrote: >> MacShane, Tracy wrote: >>> ... >>> Personally, I wonder why you're using Postfix at all if you're just >>> sending and receiving mail via Gmail. Postfix is a full-blown MTA, >>> so it >>> seems like a lot of overkill for mai

Re: I thought I had a send-only Postfix server, but I see someone connected to it!

2009-01-27 Thread Stroller
On 27 Jan 2009, at 02:41, MountainX wrote: MacShane, Tracy wrote: ... Personally, I wonder why you're using Postfix at all if you're just sending and receiving mail via Gmail. Postfix is a full-blown MTA, so it seems like a lot of overkill for mail you could collect via IMAP/ POP using the

Re: I thought I had a send-only Postfix server, but I see someone connected to it!

2009-01-27 Thread Aaron Wolfe
On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 6:48 AM, Wietse Venema wrote: > MountainX: >> Like many other people today, I am aware of important environmental issues, >> the breakdown of the health care system, the huge political changes taken >> place now, the financial crisis, and other events that will have a huge

Re: I thought I had a send-only Postfix server, but I see someone connected to it!

2009-01-27 Thread Wietse Venema
MountainX: > Like many other people today, I am aware of important environmental issues, > the breakdown of the health care system, the huge political changes taken > place now, the financial crisis, and other events that will have a huge > impact on our children and subsequent generations. I canno

RE: I thought I had a send-only Postfix server, but I see someone connected to it!

2009-01-26 Thread MountainX
t; Subject: Re: I thought I had a send-only Postfix server, but I see someone > connected to it! > > On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 4:00 PM, mouss wrote: > > Dave a écrit : > > > On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 12:58 PM, Bjørn Rub

RE: I thought I had a send-only Postfix server, but I see someone connected to it!

2009-01-26 Thread MacShane, Tracy
From: owner-postfix-us...@postfix.org [mailto:owner-postfix-us...@postfix.org] On Behalf Of Dave Sent: Tuesday, 27 January 2009 9:34 AM To: mouss+nob...@netoyen.net Cc: postfix-users@postfix.org Subject: Re: I thought I had a send-only Postfix server, but I see

Re: I thought I had a send-only Postfix server, but I see someone connected to it!

2009-01-26 Thread KLaM Postmaster
MountainX wrote: > I only want my local machine to be able to send email out. I won't want to > receive email. > > Today, I saw this info in my log. The "connect from" surprised me. How can I > prevent anyone outside my local machine from connecting to postfix? > > Jan 26 09:26:48 ubuntu postfix/sm

Re: I thought I had a send-only Postfix server, but I see someone connected to it!

2009-01-26 Thread Dave
On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 4:00 PM, mouss wrote: > Dave a écrit : > > On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 12:58 PM, Bjørn Ruberg > > wrote: > > > > [snip] > > > > An even easier alternative is to let Postfix listen to localhost > > only, by adding "127.0.0.1 :"

Re: I thought I had a send-only Postfix server, but I see someone connected to it!

2009-01-26 Thread mouss
Dave a écrit : > On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 12:58 PM, Bjørn Ruberg > wrote: > > [snip] > > An even easier alternative is to let Postfix listen to localhost > only, by adding "127.0.0.1 :" in front of the > "smtp" configuration setting in mas

Re: I thought I had a send-only Postfix server, but I see someone connected to it!

2009-01-26 Thread Dave
On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 12:58 PM, Bjørn Ruberg wrote: > Brian Evans - Postfix List wrote: > >> MountainX wrote: >> >> >>> I only want my local machine to be able to send email out. I won't want >>> to >>> receive email. >>> >>> >> [...] > > >> Postfix listens for all connections on inet_interface

Re: I thought I had a send-only Postfix server, but I see someone connected to it!

2009-01-26 Thread Dave
On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 12:57 PM, Chris Babcock wrote: > > > > The relay access was rejected, but I don't want anyone to get even > > > this far. Newbie-oriented advice appreciated. > > > > > Postfix listens for all connections on inet_interfaces. > > ...by default. See: > > http://www.postfix.org

Re: I thought I had a send-only Postfix server, but I see someone connected to it!

2009-01-26 Thread Bjørn Ruberg
Brian Evans - Postfix List wrote: MountainX wrote: I only want my local machine to be able to send email out. I won't want to receive email. [...] Postfix listens for all connections on inet_interfaces. The easiest, and best, way is to block these in your Linux firewall An eve

Re: I thought I had a send-only Postfix server, but I see someone connected to it!

2009-01-26 Thread Chris Babcock
> > The relay access was rejected, but I don't want anyone to get even > > this far. Newbie-oriented advice appreciated. > > > Postfix listens for all connections on inet_interfaces. ...by default. See: http://www.postfix.org/postconf.5.html#inet_interfaces > The easiest, and best, way is

Re: I thought I had a send-only Postfix server, but I see someone connected to it!

2009-01-26 Thread MountainX
Brian Evans - Postfix List wrote: > > MountainX wrote: >> I only want my local machine to be able to send email out. I won't want >> to >> receive email. >> >> Today, I saw this info in my log. The "connect from" surprised me. How >> can I >> prevent anyone outside my local machine from connect

Re: I thought I had a send-only Postfix server, but I see someone connected to it!

2009-01-26 Thread Brian Evans - Postfix List
MountainX wrote: > I only want my local machine to be able to send email out. I won't want to > receive email. > > Today, I saw this info in my log. The "connect from" surprised me. How can I > prevent anyone outside my local machine from connecting to postfix? > > Jan 26 09:26:48 ubuntu postfix/sm

I thought I had a send-only Postfix server, but I see someone connected to it!

2009-01-26 Thread MountainX
I only want my local machine to be able to send email out. I won't want to receive email. Today, I saw this info in my log. The "connect from" surprised me. How can I prevent anyone outside my local machine from connecting to postfix? Jan 26 09:26:48 ubuntu postfix/smtpd[20920]: connect from 124