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    • marcellocM
      marcelloc
      last edited by

      @nahid:

      Marcello,

      As you recommend to use helo. In the doamin tab I wrote my domain name as "sesric.org" and the internal ip 10.10.1.5. My mail server is "mail2.sesric.org". So do I need to change my domain with mail server.  Or how can I convert helo to a valid dns name with Internal / External mail server name.

      No domain tab modification is required. Each smtp client has it's own config options. I have no idea how to fix the helo info on your client.

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        nahid
        last edited by

        Marcello,

        After inspecting Postfix configuration I added myhostname and smtpd_banner through which I solved the rDNS. Now I get the real mail server name when I connect through telnet over 25 port.

        Actually here I think there is something unusual with my webclient as always it tries to connect through 127.0.0.1. Every time I tried to connect through webclient I inspect the logs of postfix shows that it tries to connect from 127.0.0.1. If I make a port forward on 25 where the source address would be the localhost(127.0.0.1) and forward them to Internal mail server (10.10.1.5) will it work?

        What do you think? If I do so will cause any problem on postfix?

        Nahid

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          nahid
          last edited by

          From yesterday I am getting the following error and unable to get emails.

          (mail for [10.10.1.5] loops back to myself) It bounced the emails.

          Need help.

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            RobinGill
            last edited by

            Hi Marcello,

            Many thanks for the information! I've managed to get LDAP working - problem turned out to be a space in a user name. Just thought I would also mention that once the import has worked, I can see all the entries in the GUI when looking at view config/relay_recipients.

            Also after reinstalling yet again it seems to be working perfectly! Thanks again for the package :)

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            • marcellocM
              marcelloc
              last edited by

              RobinGill,

              all working now? I was trying to reproduce your no valid recipients check you've posted today.
              The reinstall did the trick?

              att,
              Marcello Coutinho

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                fogelholk
                last edited by

                Hi marcelloc,

                I'm sorry if this really doesn't concern you, but I would love if you could either point me in some direction or something about this matter;
                I'm using your postfix forwarder just for relaying messages because my net is blocked, works wonderfully, but…
                I realized today that messages over just a couple of megabytes is a no-go sending through the forwarder, I upped the limit to ~100mb (102400000 bytes).
                I just tried sending a message that is just over 10 megabytes in size and I get this message:

                May 25 10:55:22 princesscelestia postfix/smtpd[3713]: NOQUEUE: reject: MAIL from twilightsparkle.fogelholk.se[192.168.11.11]: 452 4.3.1 Insufficient system storage; proto=SMTP helo= <derpy.fogelholk.se>May 25 10:55:22 princesscelestia postfix/smtpd[3713]: warning: not enough free space in mail queue: 47714304 bytes < 1.5*message size limit</derpy.fogelholk.se>

                I use the 4gb nanoBSD-image build on a usb-stick, and on the dashboard it says I have only used 17% of the total disk space, is it possible to, I don't know, use another folder or something with more space for Postfix Forwarder?
                I must admit I'm not very good with BSD-commands, but I get around somewhat and you should be able to get quite techy in your description if you decide to help me :)

                Thanks for a great addon otherwise, has worked great so far!

                Edit: Did some more testing and the error above apperently means that postfix can't allocate the 102400000 bytes that I set, if I for example decrease it to 20480000 bytes (~20mb) I can send messages larger than 10 megabytes.
                Though I would like to increase the limit to about 100 megabytes or around there, is this possible with either moving the postfix folder or where it allocates the space in some way or another?

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                • marcellocM
                  marcelloc
                  last edited by

                  The problem is that /var is ram drive and /usr is read only on nanobsd.

                  you can symlink postfix folder to /usr but you will need to leave /usr writable all the time.

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                    fogelholk
                    last edited by

                    @marcelloc:

                    The problem is that /var is ram drive and /usr is read only on nanobsd.

                    you can symlink postfix folder to /usr but you will need to leave /usr writable all the time.

                    Alright, thanks for your answer.

                    Would it be possible to give it more ram or increase the size of /var or something? The tiny beast has 2GB of total ram, and currently about 11% in use.

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                      nahid
                      last edited by

                      Marcello,

                      My SMTP Test report as follows:
                      EHLO please-read-policy.mxtoolbox.com
                      250-firewall.sesric.org
                      250-PIPELINING
                      250-SIZE 10240000
                      250-ETRN
                      250-ENHANCEDSTATUSCODES
                      250-8BITMIME
                      250 DSN [187 ms]
                      MAIL FROM: supertool@mxtoolbox.com250 2.1.0 Ok [203 ms]
                      RCPT TO: test@example.com554 5.7.1 test@example.com: Relay access denied [187 ms]
                      QUIT
                      221 2.0.0 Bye [203 ms]

                      I want to convert the local address (red marked) to mail2.sesric.org.
                      Is there any way to solve this.

                      Best regards,
                      Nahid/test@example.com/test@example.com/supertool@mxtoolbox.com

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                      • marcellocM
                        marcelloc
                        last edited by

                        Nahid,

                        I think you just need to add

                        myhostname=mail2.sesric.org
                        smtp_helo_name=mail2.sesric.org

                        to genereal -> custom main.cf options

                        att,
                        Marcello Coutinho

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                        Help a community developer! ;D

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                          nahid
                          last edited by

                          Mercello,

                          In that case I got the following log that shows the messages were bounced and it doesn't deliver.

                          May 26 12:10:19 nahid05@gmail.com anhuda@sesric.org 0.63 bounced (mail for [10.10.1.5] loops back to myself)
                          May 26 12:09:23 nashanahid@yahoo.com anhuda@sesric.org 0.69 bounced (mail for [10.10.1.5] loops back to myself)

                          Best regards,
                          Nahid

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                            RobinGill
                            last edited by

                            @marcelloc:

                            RobinGill,

                            all working now? I was trying to reproduce your no valid recipients check you've posted today.
                            The reinstall did the trick?

                            att,
                            Marcello Coutinho

                            Hi Marcello,

                            Yes it's all working now that I've reinstalled. Strange thing is I tried a few times until I got it working. If I can figure out how to reproduce the problem I had I will let you know.

                            Also it's no major deal, but I'm wondering if on the next update it may be worth modifying the package to add quote marks to allow ldap authentication with a username with a space in it. I tried adding the quote marks in the gui but they are automatically removed.

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                            • marcellocM
                              marcelloc
                              last edited by

                              @RobinGill:

                              but I'm wondering if on the next update it may be worth modifying the package to add quote marks to allow ldap authentication with a username with a space in it. I tried adding the quote marks in the gui but they are automatically removed.

                              I leave only letters and number to avoid code on the field.

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                                nahid
                                last edited by

                                "Mercello,

                                In that case I got the following log that shows the messages were bounced and it doesn't deliver.

                                May 26 12:10:19  nahid05@gmail.com  anhuda@sesric.org  0.63  bounced  (mail for [10.10.1.5] loops back to myself)
                                May 26 12:09:23  nashanahid@yahoo.com  anhuda@sesric.org  0.69  bounced  (mail for [10.10.1.5] loops back to myself)

                                Best regards,
                                Nahid"

                                Marcello,

                                Is there any way to solve this?

                                Nahid

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                                  zlyzwy
                                  last edited by

                                  Hi Marcelloc,

                                  I have one question, some mail server is continuing sending spam email to my server.
                                  It brings me a lot of useless log in Search Mail(NOQUEUE).

                                  May 28 15:41:58	xxx@xxx.com	aaa@aaa.cn	reject
                                  May 28 15:42:58	xxx@xxx.com	aaa@aaa.cn	reject
                                  May 28 15:43:58	xxx@xxx.com	aaa@aaa.cn	reject
                                  May 28 15:44:58	xxx@xxx.com	aaa@aaa.cn	reject
                                  May 28 15:45:58	xxx@xxx.com	aaa@aaa.cn	reject
                                  May 28 15:46:58	xxx@xxx.com	aaa@aaa.cn	reject
                                  May 28 15:47:58	xxx@xxx.com	aaa@aaa.cn	reject
                                  

                                  I add the rule in Access List –> Sender

                                  xxx@xxx.com RJECT
                                  bbb.com REJECT
                                  

                                  But I found I still can see these log in Search Mail.

                                  Can I just block these mail address somewhere? Or maybe there will have a filter for log?

                                  Thanks for your great work!
                                  Zlyzwy

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                                  • marcellocM
                                    marcelloc
                                    last edited by

                                    The noqueue log means that the message was rejected before mail data.

                                    To do not receive this error, you will need to configure a firewall rule for these ips.

                                    att,
                                    Marcello Coutinho

                                    Treinamentos de Elite: http://sys-squad.com

                                    Help a community developer! ;D

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                                      zlyzwy
                                      last edited by

                                      @marcelloc:

                                      The noqueue log means that the message was rejected before mail data.

                                      To do not receive this error, you will need to configure a firewall rule for these ips.

                                      att,
                                      Marcello Coutinho

                                      In fact, I has tried this method already, however it seems it doesn't work.
                                      I have pfBlocker installed, I put the spam ip into the Custom list, eg:

                                      111.222.333.444/32  #xxx@xxx.com
                                      

                                      Then I still see the NOQUEUE log…

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                                      • marcellocM
                                        marcelloc
                                        last edited by

                                        @zlyzwy:

                                        In fact, I has tried this method already, however it seems it doesn't work.
                                        I have pfBlocker installed, I put the spam ip into the Custom list, eg:
                                        111.222.333.444/32  #xxx@xxx.com

                                        can you check on diagnostics table if this ip is listed on pfblocker alias?
                                        what action did you selected on pfblocker?

                                        pfBlocker is a nice package  ;), but for this rule, you need just an alias and a rule on wan.

                                        att,
                                        Marcello Coutinho

                                        Treinamentos de Elite: http://sys-squad.com

                                        Help a community developer! ;D

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                                          zlyzwy
                                          last edited by

                                          can you check on diagnostics table if this ip is listed on pfblocker alias?

                                          Yes, it's.

                                          what action did you selected on pfblocker?

                                          Deny Inbound

                                          I can see the packets which has been blocked by PFblocker from Dashboard..

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                                          • marcellocM
                                            marcelloc
                                            last edited by

                                            Check the log, it may be coming from more than one ip.

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