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    • marcellocM
      marcelloc
      last edited by

      Hi everybody,

      I've just published package version 2.3 with many improvements. check first post for screen shots

      main improvements:

      • sqlite export option to allow multiple box admins to search mail in only one box

      • new database structure

      • queue gui tab

      • more search options

      • wildcard support in search

      • postfix version 2.8.7 for x64bits

      • widget options to prevent memory limit reach in dashboard

      • apply permissions to non adminis users, so they can only search mail or view queue

      • include mynetworks to allow internal clients/hosts to send mail through postfix forwarder

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        mince69meat
        last edited by

        hi all, first off, fantastic work on 2.3 :-)

        now on a PF x86 box we have

        Downloading http://files.pfsense.org/packages/8/All/perl-5.12.4_3.tbz …  could not download from there or http://ftp2.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-8.1-release/All/perl-5.12.4_3.tbz.
        of perl-5.12.4_3 failed!

        x64 box all seens fine so far will play alot more and report back soon, hopping the above error is just waitting for the ports to update

        Mince

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        • marcellocM
          marcelloc
          last edited by

          mince69meat,

          thanks for your feedback.

          I've just fixed 32bits perl version. try again in 15minutes.

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            darklogic
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            Excellent work marcelloc, This package is really coming along very nice. Seems to be working good. The only thing I noticed after doing an update, was all my configuration seetings stayed as was, but I had to re-add my domain and point it to the internal mail server for some reason?

            Thanks for all your hard work.

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              mince69meat
              last edited by

              hate saying when there is somthing wrong as it feels like im ungreatfull, that said here it comes lol

              pkg_add -r MailScanner don't work on both x86 & x64 "Error: Unable to get ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/amd64/packages-8.1-release/Latest/MailScanner.tbz: File unavailable (e.g., file not found, no access)"

              if you have the "Use Third part antispam" ticked it blocks outgoing mail and the outgoing mail logs report the mail as incoming

              maybe warn not to tick untill mailscanner installed or have i got it wrong and VA is installed?

              sorry for not getting back sooner feel asleep been working long hours, x86 installing installing now but noticed when reinstalling a newer virsion installing and now we have 2 installs pkg_info shows
              perl-5.10.1_3       Practical Extraction and Report Language
              perl-5.12.4_2       Practical Extraction and Report Language

              not tested properly so take as just could be bug, think the logging is not loging incoming and out going properly as it seems to be logging the recipiant as the sender in some cases, more than likely a bounce massage but it should be from postmaster, will keep an eye on it but think its more than likely my bad and readding it wrong.

              any tests I can do to help out just say and it will be done, as always respect, great work :-)

              you might want to surgest in info below mynetworks to add 127.0.0.0/8 if adding custom unless you have this taken care of else where

              there is 2 mynetworks_style = host in main.cf

              Mince

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              • marcellocM
                marcelloc
                last edited by

                Darklogic,

                I've moved domains to it's own tab. That's why you needed to config again.

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                • marcellocM
                  marcelloc
                  last edited by

                  mince69meat,

                  I've started testing mailscanner package and it only works with perl version 5.10. So I've changed postfix perl dependencie from 5.12 to 5.10.

                  Remove both manually with pkg_delete and then reinstall package.

                  When you check mailscanner, you tell postfix to hold all messages, thats why you have no mail working.

                  I'm going to publish tomorrow the mailscanner-dev package until it get stable enough to a RELEASE version.

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                  • marcellocM
                    marcelloc
                    last edited by

                    package version 2.3.1 is out with mailscanner integration (logs + options).

                    also mailscanner-dev 0.1 is out too.

                    I will start a new tread for it.

                    Just be sure to do have perl specific version perl-5.10.1_3.

                    Mailscanner-dev package uses freebsd 8.2 packages, so do not try it with any other perl version.

                    if you have any other perl version, i suggest you to uninstall it, any p5-module and maybe sqlite version prior to 3.7.4 you find with pkg_add.

                    After removing it, close console and try to install packages.

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                    • marcellocM
                      marcelloc
                      last edited by

                      package version 2.3.2 is out with check_sender gui option.

                      perl dependencie is back to 5.12 for mailscanner 4.83.5 integration.

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                        mince69meat
                        last edited by

                        @marcelloc:

                        package version 2.3.2 is out with check_sender gui option.

                        perl dependencie is back to 5.12 for mailscanner 4.83.5 integration.

                        postfix-2.8.7,1.tbz
                        dose not install on either x86 or x64 :-(
                        shows as version 2.3.3 also

                        Mince

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                        • marcellocM
                          marcelloc
                          last edited by

                          files.pfsense.org are offline, wait some time and try again.

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                            expert_az
                            last edited by

                            marcelloc thank you for your great job,very userfull and helpfull package i ever used on pfsense.
                            any plans  DKIM(opendkim) support for outgoing mails?

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                              biggsy
                              last edited by

                              Hi Marcello,

                              I have installed this package and it really does look very good but I haven't enabled it yet - just figuring out the configuration.  A bit of background:

                              • I run my own mailserver for a couple of domains.
                              • My ISP's mailserver redirects any mail sent to me at ISPdomain.com to me at mydomain.com.
                              • Port 25 outbound is blocked by my ISP (fairly standard), so my mailserver must smarthost outbound emails through their mailserver.  25 inbound is open.

                              A couple of questions:

                              1. Is there any special configuration needed to allow for the smarthosting?

                              2. Is outbound email from my mailserver automatically subject to the same Postfix rules as email coming from my ISP or direct to my mailserver?  If so, any way to bypass that?

                              3. I can't find a way to get entries into smtpd_helo_restrictions - e.g., reject_non_fqdn_hostname.  Am I missing something?

                              Thanks,
                              Biggsy

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                              • marcellocM
                                marcelloc
                                last edited by

                                1. Is there any special configuration needed to allow for the smarthosting?

                                Include this on genereal -> custom main.cf options:
                                relayhost = your.server.com

                                1. Is outbound email from my mailserver automatically subject to the same Postfix rules as email coming from my ISP or direct to my mailserver?  If so, any way to bypass that?

                                configure your internal servers in Access List -> MyNetworks

                                1. I can't find a way to get entries into smtpd_helo_restrictions - e.g., reject_non_fqdn_hostname.  Am I missing something?

                                choose strong on Antispam -> Header verification
                                I also suggest enabling postscreen and all its features

                                After configuring it, check main.cf file in view config tab

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                                  biggsy
                                  last edited by

                                  Thank you Marcello,

                                  I've enabled it now and it does seem to be doing its job very well.  You must have read a lot of documentation to get this going.  I spent hours doing that - just trying to figure out what I should have in main.cf as a starting point.

                                  You may have looked at this (and there are already more than enough parameters) but could I suggest a place in the GUI to enter myhostname as a means of overriding the default of using the hostname of the pfSense machine.

                                  Thanks again,
                                  Biggsy

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                                  • marcellocM
                                    marcelloc
                                    last edited by

                                    @biggsy:

                                    You must have read a lot of documentation to get this going.  I spent hours doing that - just trying to figure out what I should have in main.cf as a starting point.

                                    Yes I did, many many hours. I was on sendmail before  :)

                                    @biggsy:

                                    You may have looked at this (and there are already more than enough parameters) but could I suggest a place in the GUI to enter myhostname as a means of overriding the default of using the hostname of the pfSense machine.

                                    I'll take a note on this, for now you can change it on  genereal -> custom main.cf options

                                    Thanks for you feedback.

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                                      FiSHswe
                                      last edited by

                                      Hi Marcelloc and everyone else!
                                      First of all, thank you for a great package!
                                      I just installed postfix on my pfsense 2.0  but i got some issues.
                                      When i try to add custom valid recipients it doesn't work.
                                      In the custom list box i add the users e-mail following the hint "user@mycompany.com"

                                      The errorlog:
                                      postfix/postmap[37560]: warning: /usr/local/etc/postfix/relay_recipients, line 2: expected format: key whitespace value
                                      postfix/postmap[37560]: warning: /usr/local/etc/postfix/relay_recipients, line 3: expected format: key whitespace value
                                      postfix/postmap[37560]: warning: /usr/local/etc/postfix/relay_recipients, line 4: expected format: key whitespace value
                                      and so on…

                                      Any ideas?

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                                      • marcellocM
                                        marcelloc
                                        last edited by

                                        take a look on custom valid recipients field note:

                                        Paste your valid recipients here, one per line. HINT user@mycompany.com OK

                                        there is a value after each email.

                                        the error says

                                        expected format: key whitespace value
                                        so

                                        key= user@mycompany.com
                                        value= OK

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                                          FiSHswe
                                          last edited by

                                          Aha!  :) misunderstood the syntax.
                                          Thanks!

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                                            expert_az
                                            last edited by

                                            marcelloc thank you for your great job,very userfull and helpfull package i ever used on pfsense.
                                            any plans  DKIM(opendkim) support for outgoing mails?

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