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      ics
      last edited by

      Hi

      My postfix db /var/db/postfix takes a huge space. I would like to purge postfix sqlite files.
      Can I just remove old files ?

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        doktornotor Banned
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        @ics:

        My postfix db /var/db/postfix takes a huge space. I would like to purge postfix sqlite files.
        Can I just remove old files ?

        Uhm, how about

        sqlite3 database_name "VACUUM;"
        
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          ics
          last edited by

          I don't know the database_name…
          FYI, the folder contents many files [date].db

          Also, as I understand, this command will reclaim space in the database This will not remove data.
          I want to delete old entries.
          As it is split in multiple files, would it be possible to keep some of the latest .db files and delete the oldest ones ?

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            doktornotor Banned
            last edited by

            @ics:

            I don't know the database_name…

            Eh. It's the filename.

            @ics:

            Also, as I understand, this command will reclaim space in the database This will not remove data.

            Yes.

            @ics:

            I want to delete old entries.

            So delete them?

            @ics:

            As it is split in multiple files, would it be possible to keep some of the latest .db files and delete the oldest ones ?

            Yes, of course. man find

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              brokendash
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              This might be off topic but I'm using this package to relay mail into and then outside of my network both using ipv4 and ipv6. I was wondering if there would be a way to change the webgui config's logic so that if you do not select an interface to listen to it would essentially populate the master.cf using one smtp service entry in the master.cf

              ie:
              smtp      inet  n      -      n      -      1      postscreen

              I think technically using postscreen for inbound traffic & relaying outbound is not the correct method to implement but with my tiny MX environment I feel it's not an issue.

              My setup also has the custom main.cf rules form filled in with the following also…

              relayhost = [smtp.somewhere.net]
              inet_protocols = all
              inet_interfaces = 127.0.0.1, [::1], 192.168.1.254, [fd00:470:bce0:1::254]
              smtp_bind_address = 0.0.0.0
              smtp_bind_address6 = fd00:470:bce0:1::254

              Every time I update to a recent snapshot it seems that I've had to resave all settings in the webgui, then hand tune the master.cf,  copy it and the rest of the /usr/local/etc/postfix/* configs over to the /usr/pbi/postfix-i386/etc/postfix dir. I essentially came to all of these a good while back when I moved from the stable release to a snapshot build and discovered everything was horridly broke…. :-)

              My question now is basically, are there any plans to make this a bit more ipv6 friendly? and could I get some thoughts on the postscreen for in/out relaying as well? Perhaps there is some future changes that will ease my frustrations and/or I'm all for even assisting in the creation any changes.

              Cheers,
              Brian

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                Truster
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                Hello Marcelloc, nice to see you again in another thread :-)

                i have a little question about the postfix forwarder package, i'm getting the errro:

                postfix/postfix-script[21723]: fatal: the Postfix mail system is not running
                

                And another one: the file /usr/local/etc/rc.d/postfix.sh isn't executable, is this correct?

                Best regards from Salzburg
                Dave

                Edit: Running on pfsense 2.0.2 i386, i'll upgrade it today at 12:00 CEST to the latest version

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                  Truster
                  last edited by

                  Truster, you are the greatest noop on this planet: check "Enable Postfix"-checkbox and get lucky.  ;D

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                    aslan1071
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                    Quick question. I hope it has not been covered and I missed it I am sorry as am new to this tool. I have several Cpanel Boxes with several hundred domains on each that I would like to use this for. The Problem comes when I try to add more then 98 domains to the forwarding table it stops adding them. Is this a limit of postfix or pfSense? Please advise.

                    thanks

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                      marcelloc
                      last edited by

                      @aslan1071:

                      Quick question. I hope it has not been covered and I missed it I am sorry as am new to this tool. I have several Cpanel Boxes with several hundred domains on each that I would like to use this for. The Problem comes when I try to add more then 98 domains to the forwarding table it stops adding them. Is this a limit of postfix or pfSense? Please advise.

                      thanks

                      IIRC This limit is on package framework.

                      try this:

                      • create a backup for phg_edit.php

                      • edit it and change lines you find for($x=0; $x<99; $x++) to for($x=0; $x<999; $x++)

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                        biggsy
                        last edited by

                        Aslan1071,

                        Are you adding all those entries manually?

                        With the postmap command you should be able add them from a text file to /usr/local/etc/postfix/transport.db

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                          aslan1071
                          last edited by

                          Thanks Guys… I will give this a try. I have tried both methods by had and from text file but it was cutting off the list at 98 no matter the input method.

                          I will let you know if this works.

                          thanks again.

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                            DQM
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                            Dear Marcello,

                            I have just installed PF 2.10 on new my box (2.0.3). But it seems not work with Active Directory ( I didn't see the adexport.pl file at /usr/local/etc/postfix).

                            Could you please show me how does it work with Active Directory to export recipients to the relay_recipients file?

                            Thank you and look forward to your reply.
                            DQM

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                              marcelloc
                              last edited by

                              adexport.pl stays on /usr/local/bin/ but you need first to install p5-perl-ldap package.

                              You can install it with pkg_add from my repo or from freebsd repo

                              amd64
                              pkg_add -r http://e-sac.siteseguro.ws/packages/amd64/8/All/p5-perl-ldap-0.4300.tbz

                              i386
                              pkg_add -r http://e-sac.siteseguro.ws/packages/8/All/p5-perl-ldap-0.4300.tbz

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                                DQM
                                last edited by

                                Thanks Marcello,

                                It works well now  :)

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                                  JohnConnor
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                                  Hi Marcelloc,

                                  First thanks for your great job

                                  I just want to ask you something, I have an issue in the configuration of the forwarding domains.
                                  I have three domains to relay to my mailserver, but when I add them in the GUI, click save, it save only the last domain.
                                  I tried to add them manually in the transport and main.cf file, but the change does not appear in the GUI

                                  I have this issue in both i386/x64 release of pfsense 2.1
                                  Postfix forwarder  2.10.0 pkg v.2.3.6

                                  Do you have an idea ?

                                  Regards
                                  John

                                  EDIT:
                                  I found the problem is internet explorer.
                                  Everything works with chrome, sorry for my mistake

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                                    kwaci
                                    last edited by

                                    @kwaci:

                                    Hi All,

                                    Im new in this forum. Im just installing pfSense with Postfix and Mailscanner package as SMTP relay for our Exchange 2003 server.
                                    It work very well. Postscreen and RBL checks are the day saver.  :)

                                    Thank you

                                    Hi All and marcelloc,

                                    It has been four months since i`m using this antispam and relay package.
                                    And it still work very well.

                                    Thank you  pfSense and marcelloc for creating such a good system.

                                    tips : keep the maillog file rotated

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                                      brokendash
                                      last edited by

                                      Any plans for some ipv6 support? also everytime I reboot I have to manually replace my master.cf config and restart the service…

                                      I need postfix to listen on ipv6 so with no interfaces selected the within the web gui the /usr/pbi/postfix-i386/etc/postfix/master.cf ends up getting modified adding my wan ip info.

                                      MY.WAN.IP:25 inet  n      -      n      -      1      postscreen

                                      This means every reboot postfix starts up only listening to my a single address….

                                      Im simply desiring the web gui to allow for one to select no interfaces allowing for the master.cf to contain the single smtp option.

                                      smtp     inet  n      -      n      -      1      postscreen

                                      This would essentially allow for my other ipv6 config details to be configured within the web gui's custom main.cf options area….

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                                        marcelloc
                                        last edited by

                                        @brokendash:

                                        Im simply desiring the web gui to allow for one to select no interfaces allowing for the master.cf to contain the single smtp option.

                                        I'll put it on my todo list.

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                                          marcelloc
                                          last edited by

                                          Done! :)

                                          Install/upgrade to 2.10.2 pkg v.2.3.7  postfix-forward package version.

                                          Do not forget to revise config tabs after upgrade.

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                                            biggsy
                                            last edited by

                                            Hi Marcello,

                                            Since updating to 2.10.2 pkg v.2.3.7 no mail relayed and seeing these messages in the log:

                                            Dec  8 06:57:44 postfix/smtp[2973]: connect to 192.168.11.2[192.168.11.2]:25: Operation timed out
                                            Dec  8 06:57:44 postfix/smtp[2973]: 7AC81B934: to=<me@my.domain>, relay=none, delay=1065, delays=1035/0.01/30/0, dsn=4.4.1, status=deferred (connect to 192.168.11.2[192.168.11.2]:25: Operation timed out)</me@my.domain>
                                            

                                            Have restarted postfix many times and tried both "IPv4 only" and "all" options.  Reinstalled, no change.

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