Postfix Mac Aministration

2012-01-04 Thread Eric Lemings
Greetings, Can anyone point me to some good guides/tutorials for configuring Postfix on Mac systems? In particular, I'm trying to stop spam in its tracks. I've tried using the Server app and the older Server Admin app. I've even tried manually editing the Postfix config files by hand. Nothi

Re: Postfix Mac Aministration

2012-01-04 Thread Stan Hoeppner
On 1/4/2012 11:31 AM, Eric Lemings wrote: > Greetings, > > Can anyone point me to some good guides/tutorials for configuring Postfix on > Mac systems? In particular, I'm trying to stop spam in its tracks. I've > tried using the Server app and the older Server Admin app. I've even tried > man

Re: Postfix Mac Aministration

2012-01-04 Thread Eric Lemings
Here's my Postfix configuration: [root@myhost myuser]$ postconf -n command_directory = /usr/sbin config_directory = /etc/postfix content_filter = smtp-amavis:[127.0.0.1]:10024 daemon_directory = /usr/libexec/postfix debug_peer_level = 2 enable_server_options = yes header_checks = pcre:/etc/postfi

Re: Postfix Mac Aministration

2012-01-04 Thread Eric Lemings
I just noticed that two of my Postfix configuration variables were set twice, the latter of which was overriding the former. Here's the new values: smtpd_client_restrictions = permit_mynetworkspermit_sasl_authenticated reject_rbl_client zen.spamhaus.orgreject_rbl_client rbl-plus.mai

Re: Postfix Mac Aministration

2012-01-04 Thread jeffrey j donovan
On Jan 4, 2012, at 8:21 PM, Eric Lemings wrote: > > Here's my Postfix configuration: > > [root@myhost myuser]$ postconf -n > snip > On Jan 4, 2012, at 12:12 PM, Stan Hoeppner wrote: > >> On 1/4/2012 11:31 AM, Eric Lemings wrote: >>> Greetings, >>> >>> Can anyone point me to some good guides/t

Re: Postfix Mac Aministration

2012-01-04 Thread /dev/rob0
On Wednesday 04 January 2012 20:45:23 Eric Lemings wrote: > I just noticed that two of my Postfix configuration variables were > set twice, the latter of which was overriding the former. Here's > the new values: The list policy asks for "postconf -n" because that reports values Postfix is actual

Re: Postfix Mac Aministration

2012-01-04 Thread Eric Lemings
On Jan 4, 2012, at 9:54 PM, /dev/rob0 wrote: > On Wednesday 04 January 2012 20:45:23 Eric Lemings wrote: >> I just noticed that two of my Postfix configuration variables were >> set twice, the latter of which was overriding the former. Here's >> the new values: > > The list policy asks for "pos

Re: Postfix Mac Aministration

2012-01-05 Thread Stan Hoeppner
On 1/4/2012 10:54 PM, /dev/rob0 wrote: > You could consolidate all of your restrictions into > smtpd_recipient_restrictions. Unless you need complex whitelisting, > it's usually easier that way, to only maintain one set of > restrictions. I recommend this as well. For me it's much easier to w

Re: Postfix Mac Aministration

2012-01-05 Thread Stan Hoeppner
On 1/5/2012 12:46 AM, Eric Lemings wrote: > The RBL sites come from various Postfix tutorials on the web, many of which > are getting woefully dated. Thanks for the updates. First, please use the generic term "dnsbl" instead of "RBL". RBL is a copyrighted/trademarked term specific to MAPS Corp

Re: Postfix Mac Aministration

2012-01-05 Thread Eric Lemings
On Jan 4, 2012, at 11:46 PM, Eric Lemings wrote: > > On Jan 4, 2012, at 9:54 PM, /dev/rob0 wrote: > >> On Wednesday 04 January 2012 20:45:23 Eric Lemings wrote: >>> I just noticed that two of my Postfix configuration variables were >>> set twice, the latter of which was overriding the former.

Re: Postfix Mac Aministration

2012-01-05 Thread Noel Jones
On 1/5/2012 10:24 AM, Eric Lemings wrote: > Well I spoke too soon. The flood of spam started again this morning. > > Obviously something isn't working. All testimonials I've read say that grey > listing stops 90% of spam but its not working. > > Eric. How effective any particular anti-spam

Re: Postfix Mac Aministration

2012-01-05 Thread Simon Brereton
On 5 January 2012 11:24, Eric Lemings wrote: > > On Jan 4, 2012, at 11:46 PM, Eric Lemings wrote: > >> >> On Jan 4, 2012, at 9:54 PM, /dev/rob0 wrote: >> >>> On Wednesday 04 January 2012 20:45:23 Eric Lemings wrote: I just noticed that two of my Postfix configuration variables were set

Re: Postfix Mac Aministration

2012-01-06 Thread Eric Lemings
On Jan 4, 2012, at 9:54 PM, /dev/rob0 wrote: > On Wednesday 04 January 2012 20:45:23 Eric Lemings wrote: > ... >> smtpd_recipient_restrictions = > > BTW "client" != "recipient", in case that is what you meant by > duplicated settings. They are different settings, but functionally > similar. Yo

Re: Postfix Mac Aministration

2012-01-06 Thread Eric Lemings
On Jan 5, 2012, at 2:33 AM, Stan Hoeppner wrote: > On 1/4/2012 10:54 PM, /dev/rob0 wrote: > >> You could consolidate all of your restrictions into >> smtpd_recipient_restrictions. Unless you need complex whitelisting, >> it's usually easier that way, to only maintain one set of >> restriction

Re: Postfix Mac Aministration

2012-01-06 Thread Stan Hoeppner
On 1/6/2012 3:05 AM, Eric Lemings wrote: > [root@myhost postfix]$ dig 2.0.0.127.zen.spamhaus.org. any ... > ;; ANSWER SECTION: > 2.0.0.127.zen.spamhaus.org. 900 IN A 127.0.0.2 > 2.0.0.127.zen.spamhaus.org. 900 IN A 127.0.0.10 > 2.0.0.127.zen.spam

Re: Postfix Mac Aministration

2012-01-06 Thread Eric Lemings
On Jan 6, 2012, at 5:15 AM, Stan Hoeppner wrote: > On 1/6/2012 3:05 AM, Eric Lemings wrote: > >> [root@myhost postfix]$ dig 2.0.0.127.zen.spamhaus.org. any > ... >> ;; ANSWER SECTION: >> 2.0.0.127.zen.spamhaus.org. 900 IN A 127.0.0.2 >> 2.0.0.127.zen.spamhaus.org.

Re: Postfix Mac Aministration

2012-01-07 Thread Stan Hoeppner
On 1/6/2012 8:35 PM, Eric Lemings wrote: > Current 'postconf -n' output: > > command_directory = /usr/sbin This is likely your default. Check with 'postconf -d command_directory' and remove this line if it is. Don't re-specify default values in main.cf. It simply clutters things up making sle

spam problems, was: Re: Postfix Mac Aministration

2012-01-05 Thread /dev/rob0
[ subject changed to be relevant to the thread ] On Thursday 05 January 2012 10:24:11 Eric Lemings wrote: > On Jan 4, 2012, at 11:46 PM, Eric Lemings > wrote: > > This change seems to have been my missing link. Since I made > > it, spam arriving in IMAP boxes has dropped drastically in the > > p