anvil

2009-06-10 Thread Simon Jones
Hi folks, I have postfix 2.3.3 installed and have just found some info on Anvil(8) which looks like it should be good as part of my anti-spam implementation. I can see anvil in /usr/libexec/postfix/ but when i enable the config within main.cf smtpd_error_sleep_time = 1s and grep on maillog

anvil

2012-07-25 Thread Tom Kinghorn
Good afternoon Apologies for the question but it is baffling me. does Anvil record all connections? I am receiving massive amounts of incoming mail (freakin status updates) from facebookmail.com and was hoping to check the connection rate via anvil in the logs. However, there are no suck

anvil

2008-10-16 Thread Rhino Lists
We recently enabled anvil on one of our mail servers to reduce the spammers hosing us up. This mail server is also our user mailbox server so it is for incoming email from our MX boxes and does SMTP Auth from our users. After enabling anvil I am having a hard time telling if it works. Part of

anvil statsistics

2017-10-05 Thread Jorge Huerga
Hi, there is any way, procedure or interface to ask anvil for the statistics that it uses to gather? thanks in advance! -- Jorge Huerga 651 50 42 70

Re: anvil

2009-06-10 Thread Ralf Hildebrandt
* Simon Jones : > Hi folks, > > I have postfix 2.3.3 installed and have just found some info on > Anvil(8) which looks like it should be good as part of my anti-spam > implementation. I can see anvil in /usr/libexec/postfix/ but when i > enable the config within main.cf smtp

Re: anvil

2009-06-10 Thread Simon Jones
2009/6/10 Ralf Hildebrandt : > * Simon Jones : >> Hi folks, >> >> I have postfix 2.3.3 installed and have just found some info on >> Anvil(8) which looks like it should be good as part of my anti-spam >> implementation.  I can see anvil in /usr/libexec/postfix

Re: anvil

2009-06-10 Thread Ralf Hildebrandt
* Simon Jones : > > That does not enable anvil. > can you point me to some docs on how to do it perhaps? would be much > appreciated, this is something i cam across today so apologies for > coming across as a complete noob... http://www.postfix.org/TUNING_README.html#conn

Re: anvil

2009-06-10 Thread Simon Jones
2009/6/10 Ralf Hildebrandt : > * Simon Jones : > >> > That does not enable anvil. > >> can you point me to some docs on how to do it perhaps?  would be much >> appreciated, this is something i cam across today so apologies for >> coming across as a complet

Re: anvil

2009-06-10 Thread Brian Evans - Postfix List
Simon Jones wrote: > ok thanks - I added those to main.cf but it still doesn't do anything, > I have googled - oooh yes I have googled something good but it still > doesn't make sense how to get postfix working with anvil, there's > plenty of info on config but how d

Re: anvil

2009-06-10 Thread Terry Carmen
> I have postfix 2.3.3 installed and have just found some info on > Anvil(8) which looks like it should be good as part of my anti-spam implementation. I can see anvil in /usr/libexec/postfix/ but when i enable the config within main.cf smtpd_error_sleep_time = 1s and grep on maillog ther

Re: anvil

2009-06-10 Thread Ralf Hildebrandt
* Simon Jones : > > http://www.postfix.org/TUNING_README.html#conn_limit > ok thanks - I added those to main.cf What EXACTLY did you add? > but it still doesn't do anything, Of course it doesn't do anything per se! Shit needs to hit the fan before something happens. Did you throw enough shi

Re: anvil

2009-06-10 Thread Ralf Hildebrandt
15:40:03 mail postfix/anvil[6994]: statistics: max connection rate 12/60s for (smtp:81.169.146.161) at Jun 10 15:38:59 Jun 10 15:40:03 mail postfix/anvil[6994]: statistics: max connection count 8 for (smtp:10.47.88.89) at Jun 10 15:32:32 Jun 10 15:40:03 mail postfix/anvil[6994]: statistics: max cache s

Re: anvil

2009-06-10 Thread Simon Jones
2009/6/10 Ralf Hildebrandt : > * Simon Jones : > >> > http://www.postfix.org/TUNING_README.html#conn_limit > >> ok thanks - I added those to main.cf > > What EXACTLY did you add? > >> but it still doesn't do anything, > > Of course it doesn't do anything per se! > > Shit needs to hit the fan before

Re: anvil

2009-06-10 Thread Ralf Hildebrandt
* Simon Jones : > This is the part I'm missing, how do I enable the shit flinger? You COULD use smtp_source OR your could set ridiculous low limits (1/60s) and then test it manually using telnet. Keep in mind, though: smtpd_client_event_limit_exceptions = $mynetworks so the test must be pe

anvil errors

2010-12-07 Thread Jack
Hello All, I am getting the following anvil errors, but thought that I was using anvil to control spamassasin performance. I disabled spamassasin recently and commented out anvil and other settings which were thought to be to support spamassasin. Dec 7 19:46:44 pluto postfix/smtpd[17588

Re: anvil

2009-06-11 Thread Simon Jones
tung       Tel. +49 (0)30-450 570-155 > http://www.computerbeschimpfung.de > Ballmer should step down in favour of Mr T, because he pity the fool > who don't got high-end video cards and 4GB RAM for Vista Aero! Thanks guys, fail2ban looks great - config is being a bitch though but

Re: anvil

2009-06-11 Thread Simon Jones
_limit_exceptions = >> >> -- >> Ralf Hildebrandt >> Postfix - Einrichtung, Betrieb und Wartung       Tel. +49 (0)30-450 570-155 >> http://www.computerbeschimpfung.de >> Ballmer should step down in favour of Mr T, because he pity the fool >> who don't

Re: anvil

2009-06-11 Thread Victor Duchovni
On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 01:34:15PM +0100, Simon Jones wrote: > Thanks guys, fail2ban looks great - config is being a bitch though but > i have anvil working now! Presumably as an anti-DoS service. It is not an anti-spam feature, and should not be used that way. The anti-DoS use-case

Re: anvil

2009-06-11 Thread Terry Carmen
> On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 01:34:15PM +0100, Simon Jones wrote: > >> Thanks guys, fail2ban looks great - config is being a bitch though but >> i have anvil working now! > > Presumably as an anti-DoS service. It is not an anti-spam feature, > and should not be used that

Anvil Syntax ?

2009-06-24 Thread Steve
Hi, I'm running through the brilliant 'Book of Postfix' and running into some confusion with anvil/rate control - specifically syntax. around page 384 smtpd_client_connection_limit_exceptions = smtpd_client_connection_rate_limit = 3 smtpd_client_connection_

Re: anvil

2012-07-25 Thread Wietse Venema
Tom Kinghorn: > Good afternoon > > Apologies for the question but it is baffling me. > does Anvil record all connections? As documented anvil counts the events within a time window. Once the end of the time window is reached, the counters are reset to zero and the next time window

Re: anvil

2012-07-25 Thread Stan Hoeppner
On 7/25/2012 8:02 AM, Tom Kinghorn wrote: > I am receiving massive amounts of incoming mail (freakin status updates) > from facebookmail.com and was hoping to check the connection rate via > anvil in the logs. > However, there are no suck entries in the log. > I am trying to gets

Re: anvil

2012-07-25 Thread Tom Kinghorn
t see what the difference would be. Either way you're denying a client's connection attempts. And since anvil is part of Postfix, and in machine code, whereas postfwd is a perl policy daemon, it's must faster and more efficient. Others have very recently used smtpd_client_co

anvil analysis

2013-08-14 Thread eranuwak
Hi, We are running Postfix on a Solaris server. On the anvil man page it says: To register a new connection send the following request to the anvil(8) server: request=connect ident=string The anvil(8) server answers

anvil logging

2008-09-01 Thread Mark Watts
Is there a mechanism to reduce/stop the logging that anvil does? I have a low-traffic mail server and I'd prefer anvil to not log anything if possible. Am I limited to setting anvil_status_update_time to something high? (~1 week) Regards, Mark. -- Mark Watts BSc RHCE MBCS Senior Sy

Question about Anvil

2016-08-02 Thread Fazzina, Angelo
Hello, I am testing anvil by setting these variables: 1. smtpd_client_connection_rate_limit = 100 connections 2. mtpd_client_recipient_rate_limit = 100 recipients addresses 3. smtpd_client_message_rate_limit = 100 delivery requests 4. smtpd_client_new_tls_session_rate_limit = 100 connections 5

Re: anvil statsistics

2017-10-05 Thread Wietse Venema
Jorge Huerga: > Hi, there is any way, procedure or interface to ask anvil for the > statistics that it uses to gather? > > thanks in advance! If it is not promised in the anvil manpage, then it is not supported. Wietse

Re: anvil statsistics

2017-10-05 Thread Matus UHLAR - fantomas
On 05.10.17 12:28, Jorge Huerga wrote: Hi, there is any way, procedure or interface to ask anvil for the statistics that it uses to gather? it produces statistics for connection rate and connection count by default. I have set: smtpd_client_message_rate_limit=1000

anvil statistics logging

2019-10-22 Thread Fourhundred Thecat
Hello, can I disable the anvil statistics from being written to the logs ? I have quite short "anvil_rate_time_unit" (60s), and I have set some of the "smtpd_client" rate limits to 10. My log is basically flooded with these anvil statistics, which I am not really interest

anvil - dynamical limits

2009-02-24 Thread Andre Hübner
Hello, i try to find further infos for anvil-service and how to use it. In my Maillogs i see some statistics written by anvil but i do not understand the plan to use anvil to do a client based session/request control. In german list i got one answer that i should write own policy-service. Ist

private/anvil errors

2009-04-24 Thread Scott Haneda
Still working on getting postfix and dovecot playing nice, current issue I am trying to understand and solve is this error: Apr 24 02:14:58 catalyst postfix/smtpd[358]: private/anvil: wanted attribute: status I have 123 log lines of that, they vary somewhat: wanted attribute: count wanted

Anvil logs explained

2010-03-16 Thread Erik Logtenberg
Hi, I have a small question about anvil: every now and then it logs three lines about statistics. I don't quite understand what they mean. This is an example: Mar 17 00:30:49 mx postfix/anvil[28510]: statistics: max connection rate 1/60s for (mx.mydomain.eu:smtp:168.100.1.7) at Mar 17 00:

Re: anvil errors

2010-12-07 Thread Sahil Tandon
On Tue, 2010-12-07 at 19:49:53 -0500, Jack wrote: > I am getting the following anvil errors, but thought that I was using > anvil to control spamassasin performance. > > I disabled spamassasin recently and commented out anvil and other > settings which were thought to be to supp

Re: Anvil Syntax ?

2009-06-24 Thread Ralf Hildebrandt
* Steve : > Hi, > > I'm running through the brilliant 'Book of Postfix' and running into > some confusion with anvil/rate control - specifically syntax. around > page 384 > > smtpd_client_connection_limit_exceptions = >

Re: Anvil Syntax ?

2009-06-24 Thread Ralf Hildebrandt
* Ralf Hildebrandt : > > Which makes me wonder what the right syntax should be. Has the syntax > > changed since the box was produced or is it going to change in the near > > future? > > The former. The concept stays the same, though. Reason: When the book was writte

Re: Anvil Syntax ?

2009-06-24 Thread Steve
> > The former. The concept stays the same, though. > > Reason: When the book was written, anvil was only in the snapshots. > The parameter names have changed twice (I think). > Thanks Ralf. No defence needed old chap - things change for good reasons. For once I sat down and RTFM

Re: Anvil Syntax ?

2009-06-24 Thread Ralf Hildebrandt
* Steve : > smtpd_client_event_limit_exceptions = my_networks smtpd_client_event_limit_exceptions = $mynetworks > or > > smtpd_client_event_limit_exceptions = my_networks, 1.2.3.4, 5.6.7.8 smtpd_client_event_limit_exceptions = $mynetworks, 1.2.3.4, 5.6.7.8 > and that will be good? Yep You

Re: Anvil Syntax ?

2009-06-24 Thread Wietse Venema
Steve: > Hi, > > I'm running through the brilliant 'Book of Postfix' and running into > some confusion with anvil/rate control - specifically syntax. around > page 384 > > smtpd_client_connection_limit_exceptions = > smtpd_client_connection_rate_limit =

can't stop anvil

2009-10-16 Thread Len Conrad
postconf mail_version mail_version = 2.3-20060126 postconf | egrep smtpd_client_connection_rate_limit smtpd_client_connection_rate_limit = 0 but after a few minutes of running, maillog is flooded with 1000s of Oct 16 12:11:45 postfix/smtpd[82433]: warning: connect to private/anvil: Connection

Re: anvil logging

2008-09-01 Thread Wietse Venema
Mark Watts: > Is there a mechanism to reduce/stop the logging that anvil does? No. Anvil logs something when it terminates (Postfix is not receiving mail), and it logs something every 10 minutes or so when Postfix is busy. > I have a low-traffic mail server and I'd prefer anvil

Re: anvil logging

2008-09-01 Thread Mark Watts
On Monday 01 September 2008 14:21:56 Wietse Venema wrote: > Mark Watts: > > Is there a mechanism to reduce/stop the logging that anvil does? > > No. Anvil logs something when it terminates (Postfix is not receiving > mail), and it logs something every 10 minutes or so when

Re: anvil logging

2008-09-01 Thread Francisco Reyes
Mark Watts writes: My "problem" can be solved by grep, but since anvil's statistics are of no immediate use to me, I see little point in filling my logs with them. Perhaps you could take a look at syslog-ng. I believe it is able to filter out lines based on expressions. Or pretty much any sys

Re: anvil logging

2008-09-01 Thread mouss
Mark Watts wrote: My "problem" can be solved by grep, but since anvil's statistics are of no immediate use to me, I see little point in filling my logs with them. These are not your logs. These are system logs. are you "System"? :) you can have your log rotation program to remove what you d

Re: Question about Anvil

2016-08-02 Thread Viktor Dukhovni
On Tue, Aug 02, 2016 at 05:50:23PM +, Fazzina, Angelo wrote: > My question is what would be a good explanation for having BOTH > smtpd_client_message_rate_limit and smtpd_client_connection_rate_limit > Set at the same time? SMTP allows the transmission of more than one message per connectio

Re: Question about Anvil

2016-08-02 Thread Noel Jones
On 8/2/2016 12:50 PM, Fazzina, Angelo wrote: > > My question is what would be a good explanation for having BOTH > smtpd_client_message_rate_limit and smtpd_client_connection_rate_limit > Set at the same time? > A client can send multiple deliveries per connection, such as postfix does with co

RE: Question about Anvil

2016-08-02 Thread Fazzina, Angelo
r Dukhovni Sent: Tuesday, August 2, 2016 1:58 PM To: postfix-users@postfix.org Subject: Re: Question about Anvil On Tue, Aug 02, 2016 at 05:50:23PM +, Fazzina, Angelo wrote: > My question is what would be a good explanation for having BOTH > smtpd_client_message_rate_limit and smtpd_c

Re: anvil statistics logging

2019-10-22 Thread Benny Pedersen
statistics ? https://serverfault.com/questions/643125/how-can-i-suppress-postfix-anvil-statistics-from-system-logs

anvil and ip exclusions

2008-11-18 Thread Jake Vickers
Is there a way to exclude an IP/range from anvil? I have a mail server where 95% of the users are on the same IP (not local to mail server) and they're triggering anvil 10+ times a day for that IP address. Or is there a different way to work around this? Thanks.

Re: anvil - dynamical limits

2009-02-24 Thread Wietse Venema
Andre H?bner: > Hello, > > i try to find further infos for anvil-service and how to use it. > In my Maillogs i see some statistics written by anvil but i do not > understand the plan to use anvil to do a client based session/request > control. anvil is not a policy t

anvil limiting for subnets

2009-03-03 Thread Ondrej Holecek
hello, is there a possibility to limit connection count for whole subnet? when I have: smtpd_client_connection_count_limit = 2 it limits each IP to max 2 connections, but when attacker has /24 subnet, he can easily create 508 connections how do you anticipate this kind of attacks? thanks Ondr

Question about anvil settings

2009-03-18 Thread LuKreme
I was looking at the default levels for anvil and unless I am misunderstanding (likely) they seem really high. smtpd_client_connection_count_limit (default: 50) The maximum number of connections that an SMTP client may make simultaneously. So, a single client can open up *50

anvil max connection count

2009-03-24 Thread Leutnant Steiner
hi ! i'm a little confused about the effect of: smtpd_client_connection_count_limit (default: 50) smtpd_client_connection_rate_limit (default: 0)* *if this is default, why do i get this messages:Mar 24 13:51:54 womdsp postfix/anvil[12492]: statistics: max connection rate 1/60s for

Re: private/anvil errors

2009-04-24 Thread Wietse Venema
Scott Haneda: > Still working on getting postfix and dovecot playing nice, current > issue I am trying to understand and solve is this error: > > Apr 24 02:14:58 catalyst postfix/smtpd[358]: private/anvil: wanted > attribute: status > > I have 123 log lines of tha

Re: private/anvil errors

2009-04-24 Thread Scott Haneda
On Apr 24, 2009, at 4:50 AM, Wietse Venema wrote: Still working on getting postfix and dovecot playing nice, current issue I am trying to understand and solve is this error: Apr 24 02:14:58 catalyst postfix/smtpd[358]: private/anvil: wanted attribute: status I have 123 log lines of that, they

Re: private/anvil errors

2009-04-24 Thread Wietse Venema
Scott Haneda: > On Apr 24, 2009, at 4:50 AM, Wietse Venema wrote: > > >> Still working on getting postfix and dovecot playing nice, current > >> issue I am trying to understand and solve is this error: > >> > >> Apr 24 02:14:58 catalyst postfix/smtpd[

Re: private/anvil errors

2009-04-24 Thread Scott Haneda
/anvil: wanted attribute: status I have 123 log lines of that, they vary somewhat: wanted attribute: count wanted attribute: rate wanted attribute: (list terminator) wanted attribute: status Those seem to be the bulk of the log lines. What is this error in regards to, and any ideas on how to solve

Re: private/anvil errors

2009-04-24 Thread Wietse Venema
Scott Haneda: > Those seem to be the bulk of the log lines. What is this error in > regards to, and any ideas on how to solve it? > >>> > >>> Don't turn on VERBOSE LOGGING. > >> > >> > >> Ahh, thanks. In the log, how does one tell the difference between > >> notice, error, and normal me

Re: private/anvil errors

2009-04-24 Thread Scott Haneda
On Apr 24, 2009, at 6:15 AM, Wietse Venema wrote: Scott Haneda: Those seem to be the bulk of the log lines. What is this error in regards to, and any ideas on how to solve it? Don't turn on VERBOSE LOGGING. Ahh, thanks. In the log, how does one tell the difference between notice, error

Re: Anvil logs explained

2010-03-18 Thread Ralf Hildebrandt
* Erik Logtenberg : > Hi, > > I have a small question about anvil: every now and then it logs three > lines about statistics. I don't quite understand what they mean. This is > an example: > > 1/60s for (mx.mydomain.eu:smtp:168.100.1.7) at Mar 17 00:27:28 > Mar 17 00

Re: Anvil Syntax THANKS

2009-06-24 Thread EASY steve.h...@digitalcertainty.co.uk
On Wed, 2009-06-24 at 11:07 +0200, Ralf Hildebrandt wrote: > * Steve : > > > smtpd_client_event_limit_exceptions = my_networks > > smtpd_client_event_limit_exceptions = $mynetworks > > > or > > > > smtpd_client_event_limit_exceptions = my_networks, 1.2.3.4, 5.6.7.8 > > smtpd_client_event_lim

how well set + anvil

2009-08-29 Thread fakessh
hi all hi list how well set + anvil I would like to fine tune + anvil I wish there was not time to expectations identified in the original configuration of postfix. I would minimize the role of + anvil I often trade very fast mail that are slowed down by anvil thanks for all your nb

Re: can't stop anvil

2009-10-16 Thread Wietse Venema
pd[82433]: warning: connect to private/anvil: > Connection refused > > Oct 16 12:11:45 postfix/smtpd[82433]: warning: problem talking to server > private/anvil: Connection refused > > how do we kill anvil? What has changed? Wietse

Re: can't stop anvil

2009-10-16 Thread Victor Duchovni
On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 06:11:19PM +0200, Len Conrad wrote: > postconf mail_version > mail_version = 2.3-20060126 > > postconf | egrep smtpd_client_connection_rate_limit > smtpd_client_connection_rate_limit = 0 This is the default value. To disable anvil in an otherwise defaul

Re: can't stop anvil

2009-10-16 Thread Len Conrad
lient_connection_rate_limit >> smtpd_client_connection_rate_limit = 0 >> >> but after a few minutes of running, maillog is flooded with 1000s of >> >> Oct 16 12:11:45 postfix/smtpd[82433]: warning: connect to private/anvil: >> Connection refused >> >> Oct 16 12:11:45

Rate limiting with anvil

2009-11-25 Thread Daniel Ryslink
e recently experienced a massive flood from a single user that managed to send hundreds of thousands of mails overnight. I thought that especially limiting the number of recipients to 60 / 5 minutes will be quite effective against spam floods, but the anvil is probably working in a different

anvil(8) and RBLs

2008-10-13 Thread Jordi Espasa Clofent
Hi all, I use RBLs as you can see: smtpd_client_restrictions = permit_mynetworks, permit_sasl_authenticated, reject_rbl_client zen.spamhaus.org, reject_rbl_client bl.spamcop.net, reject_rbl_client list.dsbl.org Moreover, I use anvil(8) with smtpd_client_connection_rate_limit

How granular are Anvil settings ?

2016-08-03 Thread Fazzina, Angelo
certain networks exempt from Anvil rate limits, but wondered if there could be multiple configurations depending on the client that is connecting to postfix ? If this is not possible, thank you for telling me so. -ALF -Angelo Fazzina Operating Systems Programmer / Analyst University of

More questions about anvil(8)

2008-11-17 Thread Jordi Espasa Clofent
Hello list, I'm very close to finish the configuration of anvil(8) on my Postfix servers according my needs. One more question (related to http://marc.info/?l=postfix-users&m=122538095412823&w=2.) here. When anvil(8) rejects a message because of it has exceeded the

Re: anvil and ip exclusions

2008-11-18 Thread Wietse Venema
Jake Vickers: > Is there a way to exclude an IP/range from anvil? I have a mail server > where 95% of the users are on the same IP (not local to mail server) and > they're triggering anvil 10+ times a day for that IP address. > Or is there a different way to work around

Re: anvil and ip exclusions

2008-11-19 Thread Jordi Espasa Clofent
http://www.postfix.org/postconf.5.html#smtpd_client_event_limit_exceptions -- Thanks, Jordi Espasa Clofent

Different anvil for auth users?

2009-02-23 Thread Guy
Hi guys, I already have anvil set up to rate limit connections to our servers. Is it possible (in one postfix instance) to have one set of anvil settings for remote servers and another set for auth'd users? As far as I understand it, it's not possible, but I thought I should ask before

Re: anvil limiting for subnets

2009-03-03 Thread Wietse Venema
Ondrej Holecek: > hello, > > is there a possibility to limit connection count for whole subnet? > > when I have: > smtpd_client_connection_count_limit = 2 > > it limits each IP to max 2 connections, but when attacker has /24 > subnet, he can easily create 508 > connections If the attacker has a

Re: Question about anvil settings

2009-03-19 Thread Ralf Hildebrandt
* LuKreme : > I was looking at the default levels for anvil and unless I am > misunderstanding (likely) they seem really high. > >smtpd_client_connection_count_limit (default: 50) >The maximum number of connections that an SMTP client >may make simultaneously. >

Re: Question about anvil settings

2009-03-19 Thread Wietse Venema
oing to hit these limits. As documented, anvil is for out-of-control clients. It is not a traffic quota tool, and must not be used for that purpose. Wietse

Re: Question about anvil settings

2009-03-19 Thread Noel Jones
going to hit? A normal user is NEVER going to hit these limits. As documented, anvil is for out-of-control clients. It is not a traffic quota tool, and must not be used for that purpose. OK, but if the numbers were lowered to ... oh, say smtpd_client_connection_rate_limi

Re: Question about anvil settings

2009-03-19 Thread LuKreme
? A normal user is NEVER going to hit these limits. As documented, anvil is for out-of-control clients. It is not a traffic quota tool, and must not be used for that purpose. OK, but if the numbers were lowered to ... oh, say smtpd_client_connection_rate_limit = 8 smtpd_client_connection_count_

Re: anvil max connection count

2009-03-24 Thread Victor Duchovni
, with default settings (no need to worry, you can safely ignore the anvil stats in most cases)? Or are you trying to enforce non-default limits and if so why? > Mar 24 14:11:20 womdsp postfix/anvil[12809]: statistics: max cache size 2 at > Mar 24 14:04:08 > > if i interpret this right

Re: anvil max connection count

2009-03-24 Thread Leutnant Steiner
i want to make sure everything is accepted by this mailserver, but sometimes an email still gets delivered to the old server wich is mx 20 in dns now, i thought anvil-rejection is the cause. thank you 2009/3/24 Victor Duchovni > On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 03:18:37PM +0100, Leutnant Steiner wr

Re: anvil max connection count

2009-03-24 Thread Victor Duchovni
On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 05:34:20PM +0100, Leutnant Steiner wrote: > i want to make sure everything is accepted by this mailserver, > > but sometimes an email still gets delivered to the old server wich is mx 20 > in dns now, i thought anvil-rejection is the cause. Postfix logs all r

Re: anvil max connection count

2009-03-24 Thread Leutnant Steiner
hm, ok i checked Mar 24 17:46:21 womdsp postfix/anvil[14773]: statistics: max connection count 1 for (smtp:194.121.2.5) at Mar 24 17:43:01 Mar 24 17:46:21 womdsp postfix/anvil[14773]: statistics: max cache size 1 at Mar 24 17:43:01 this would be a server which i would like to recieve mail from

Re: anvil max connection count

2009-03-24 Thread Brian Evans - Postfix List
> Mar 24 14:00:56 womdsp postfix/anvil[12655]: statistics: max > connection rate 1/60s for (smtp:194.121.2.5) at Mar 24 13:57:05 > Mar 24 14:00:56 womdsp postfix/anvil[12655]: statistics: max > connection count 1 for (smtp:194.121.2.5) at Mar 24 13:57:05 > > > so it seems tha

Re: anvil max connection count

2009-03-24 Thread Melvyn Sopacua
On Tuesday 24 March 2009 17:59:24 Leutnant Steiner wrote: > Mar 24 17:46:21 womdsp postfix/anvil[14773]: statistics: max connection > count 1 for (smtp:194.121.2.5) at Mar 24 17:43:01 > Mar 24 17:46:21 womdsp postfix/anvil[14773]: statistics: max cache size 1 > at Mar 24 17:43:01 &g

Re: anvil max connection count

2009-03-24 Thread Noel Jones
Leutnant Steiner wrote: hm, ok i checked Mar 24 17:46:21 womdsp postfix/anvil[14773]: statistics: max connection count 1 for (smtp:194.121.2.5) at Mar 24 17:43:01 Mar 24 17:46:21 womdsp postfix/anvil[14773]: statistics: max cache size 1 at Mar 24 17:43:01 This is just an information message

Understanding rate limiting with anvil.

2009-08-05 Thread Jaroslaw Grzabel
es per day per IP. That's why we run anvil and limit 1000msg/24h/IP, so I put into main.cf: smtpd_client_event_limit_exceptions = /etc/postfix/ratelimiting smtpd_client_message_rate_limit = 1000 anvil_rate_time_unit=1d anvil_status_update_time=600s File /etc/postfix/ratelimiting contains: !

Re: how well set + anvil

2009-08-29 Thread Wietse Venema
fakessh: > hi all > hi list > > how well set + anvil > I would like to fine tune + anvil Do not change these settings unless they cause problems. Wietse > I wish there was not time to expectations identified in the original > configuration of postfix. > I wo

Re: how well set + anvil

2009-08-30 Thread Benny Pedersen
On Sat 29 Aug 2009 03:44:24 PM CEST, Wietse Venema wrote how well set + anvil I would like to fine tune + anvil Do not change these settings unless they cause problems. he did not post postconf -n -- xpoint

Re: Rate limiting with anvil

2009-11-25 Thread Wietse Venema
etse > I thought that especially limiting the number of recipients to 60 / 5 minutes > will be quite effective against spam floods, but the anvil is probably > working > in a different way than I thought, please advice. > > Thank you kindly in advance. > > Best regards > Daniel Ryslink > >

Re: Rate limiting with anvil

2009-11-25 Thread Daniel Ryslink
es will be quite effective against spam floods, but the anvil is probably working in a different way than I thought, please advice. Thank you kindly in advance. Best regards Daniel Ryslink

Re: Rate limiting with anvil

2009-11-25 Thread Wietse Venema
By default, Postfix will exclude clients in mynetworks from smtpd_client_mumble_limits. You may want to specify a separate list for mynetworks (relay control) and for anvil (rate control). http://www.postfix.org/postconf.5.html#smtpd_client_event_limit_exceptions (with Postfix 2.1, this was

Re: Rate limiting with anvil

2009-11-25 Thread Victor Duchovni
On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 01:20:45PM +0100, Daniel Ryslink wrote: > anvil_rate_time_unit = 300 > mynetworks = $config_directory/our_network_blocks What is in this file? > smtpd_client_connection_rate_limit = 30 > smtpd_client_message_rate_limit = 100 > smtpd_client_recipient_rate_limit = 60 These

No anvil process in maillog

2012-03-24 Thread Masegaloeh
Hi all, First of all, sorry for my bad english :) I would like to implement smtpd_client_*_count/rate_limit restrictions in my box. But, when I look up the stats in my maillog (to determine the limit), there is no such stats there. Furthermore, I find out that there is no 'anvil proces

anvil statistics log entry syntax

2014-12-10 Thread Mark Martinec
Just came across the following logged message which failed to be parsed by our log parser: postfix/anvil[29988]: statistics: max message rate 4/60s for ([2001:1470:ff80::25]:10088:2001:1470:ff80:88::80:c) at Dec 8 19:26:44 Btw, 10088 is a port number, not part of an IP address. Perhaps an IP

How to read anvil statistics

2015-01-15 Thread robin.wakefield
Hi, Can any explain how to read the connection information that is stored by the anvil service. I would like to analyse the information so that I can raise alerts and/or send the messages from internal clients to the HOLD queue for subsequent deletion/release. Thank you, Robin

private/anvil: Resource temporarily unavailable

2008-10-03 Thread Furs
Hi folks, i have a postfix that generates errors of anvil process. All seems fine, but in some minuts anvil proces seems unavailable. I've never seen somethink like that and i don't know how to solve it. I've searched by google, but i haven't found any solution. there

private/anvil: Resource temporarily unavailable

2008-10-03 Thread Furs
Hi folks, i have a postfix that generates errors of anvil process. All seems fine, but in some minuts anvil proces seems unavailable. I've never seen somethink like that and i don't know how to solve it. I've searched by google, but i haven't found any solution. there

Re: anvil(8) and RBLs

2008-10-13 Thread mouss
list.dsbl.org and I guess you check your logs to see that these DNSBLs really work ;-p someday, there will be a dnsbl of sites using dead dnsbls... please remove list.dsbl.org. google or search ethe archives for more infos. > > Moreover, I use anvil(8) with > >

Re: anvil(8) and RBLs

2008-10-13 Thread Ralf Hildebrandt
;reject_rbl_client list.dsbl.org > > Moreover, I use anvil(8) with > > smtpd_client_connection_rate_limit = 100 > smtpd_client_recipient_rate_limit = 20 > > My question is: > ¿Does work anvil(8) _before_ or _after_ the RBLs restrictions? Before. > Consider the next scenario:

Re: anvil(8) and RBLs

2008-10-15 Thread Benny Pedersen
On Mon, October 13, 2008 11:03, Jordi Espasa Clofent wrote: > smtpd_client_restrictions = reject_unlisted_recipient > permit_mynetworks, > permit_sasl_authenticated, > reject_rbl_client zen.spamhaus.org, > reject_rbl_client bl.spamcop.net, > reject_rbl_client list.dsbl.org

Re: How granular are Anvil settings ?

2016-08-03 Thread Noel Jones
pd_client_recipient_rate_limit = 500 > > smtpd_client_new_tls_session_rate_limit = 500 > > > > I know the setting to make certain networks exempt from Anvil rate > limits, but wondered if there could be multiple > > configurations depending on the client that is con

Re: How granular are Anvil settings ?

2016-08-03 Thread Viktor Dukhovni
_recipient_rate_limit = 500 > smtpd_client_new_tls_session_rate_limit = 500 > > I know the setting to make certain networks exempt from Anvil rate limits, > but wondered if there could be multiple > configurations depending on the client that is connecting to postfix ? I sounds lik

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