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    Postfix - antispam and relay package

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    • BismarckB
      Bismarck
      last edited by

      Postfix + MailScanner runs fine here, it just needs manual installation and even survived pfSense update from 2.3.2 –> 2.3.2-p1. :P

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        eaykoc
        last edited by

        @Bismarck:

        Postfix + MailScanner runs fine here, it just needs manual installation and even survived pfSense update from 2.3.2 –> 2.3.2-p1. :P

        Would you please tell us how you installed them to pfSense 2.3.2?

        The whole week I've been trying to compile and install the necessary (afaik) packages and I've failed in every possible way.

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        • BismarckB
          Bismarck
          last edited by

          scroll down to Reply #709
          /edit

          the View config / Search mail / Queue / About /  tabs are broken, everything else works great.

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            Ralph-DE
            last edited by

            @Bismarck:

            • next get those postfix files from github for 2.3.

            https://github.com/pfsense/FreeBSD-ports/pull/23/files

            • and copy them where they are belong

            Can anybody tell how to do this? Get how and copy where?

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            • BismarckB
              Bismarck
              last edited by

              MAKE A BACKUP BEFORE YOU GO THIS ROUTE!

              Those are the files needed, for the manual install of the Postfix Package for pfSense 2.3.x

              **/usr/local/bin/adexport.pl

              /usr/local/www/shortcuts/pkg_postfix.inc

              /usr/local/www/postfix_view_config.php
              /usr/local/www/postfix_about.php
              /usr/local/www/widgets/widgets/postfix.widget.php
              /usr/local/www/postfix_queue.php
              /usr/local/www/postfix_search.php
              /usr/local/www/postfix_recipients.php
              /usr/local/www/postfix.php

              /usr/local/pkg/postfix_domains.xml
              /usr/local/pkg/postfix_antispam.xml
              /usr/local/pkg/postfix.inc
              /usr/local/pkg/postfix_recipients.xml
              /usr/local/pkg/postfix.xml
              /usr/local/pkg/postfix_sync.xml
              /usr/local/pkg/postfix_acl.xml

              /usr/local/etc/rc.d/postfix
              /usr/local/etc/rc.d/postfix.sh

              /etc/inc/priv/postfix.priv.inc

              /etc/inc/system.inc**

              • Download the attached pfSense-2.3-Postfix.zip, unzip and copy the files to your system root /.

              • Unlock the FreeBSD repo in

              /usr/local/etc/pkg/repos/FreeBSD.conf > enabled: yes

              /usr/local/etc/pkg/repos/pfSense.conf > enabled: yes

              • Install Postfix via pkg

              pkg install postfix

              • Next edit:

              /conf/config.xml

              • and add Postfix to the Service Status and Menu:

              <service><name>postfix</name>
              <rcfile>postfix.sh</rcfile>
              <executable>master</executable></service>

              **<menu>
              <name>Postfix Forwarder</name>
              <tooltiptext>Configure Postfix Forwarder</tooltiptext>
              Services
              <url>/pkg_edit.php?xml=postfix.xml&id=0</url>
              </menu>

              <menu>
              <name>Search Mail</name>
              <tooltiptext>Search postfix logs</tooltiptext>
              Diagnostics
              <url>/postfix_search.php</url>
              </menu>

              <menu>
              <name>Postfix Queue</name>
              <tooltiptext>check postfix queue</tooltiptext>
              Status
              <url>/postfix_queue.php</url>
              </menu>**

              • Now cross your fingers and reboot!  :P

              pfSense-2.3-Postfix.zip

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              • R
                Ralph-DE
                last edited by

                Bismarck, you are my hero! And Marcello of course.
                The installation is easy (for those knowing the howto) and everything seems to work like a charm.
                I don't see any logs, though. Shouldn't there be a mail log in var/log ?

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                • BismarckB
                  Bismarck
                  last edited by

                  @Ralph-DE:

                  I don't see any logs, though. Shouldn't there be a mail log in var/log ?

                  Did you enabled it in the Postfix General Settings > Logging > Destination > /var/log/maillog ?

                  And check /etc/syslog.conf there should be a line for it:

                  …
                  local7.* %/var/log/dhcpd.log
                  mail. /var/log/maillog*
                  .notice;kern.debug;lpr.info;mail.crit;daemon.none;news.err;local0.none;local3.none;local4.none;local7.none;security.;auth.info;authpriv.info;daemon.info %/var/log/system.log
                  auth.info;authpriv.info |exec /usr/local/sbin/sshlockout_pf 15
                  *.emerg *
                  …

                  Otherwise, everything will be logged in the system.log facility, which can be very noisy. :P

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                    Ralph-DE
                    last edited by

                    Should it not be "%/var/log/maillog"?

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                      mikle
                      last edited by

                      @Ralph-DE:

                      Should it not be "%/var/log/maillog"?

                      My syslog.conf:

                      root@pfsense:/root# cat /etc/syslog.conf

                      -cut-
                      local4.*                                                        %/var/log/portalauth.log
                      local7.*                                                        %/var/log/dhcpd.log
                      mail.*                                                          /var/log/maillog
                      -cut-

                      It's without "%"

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                        Ralph-DE
                        last edited by

                        The following message comes repeatedly from the pfSense Crash Reporter:

                        [20-Oct-2016 14:30:00 Europe/Berlin] PHP Stack trace:
                        [20-Oct-2016 14:30:00 Europe/Berlin] PHP  1. {main}() /usr/local/www/postfix.php:0
                        [20-Oct-2016 14:30:00 Europe/Berlin] PHP  2. grep_log() /usr/local/www/postfix.php:542
                        [20-Oct-2016 14:30:00 Europe/Berlin] PHP  3. create_db() /usr/local/www/postfix.php:208
                        [20-Oct-2016 14:40:00 Europe/Berlin] PHP Fatal error:  Call to undefined function sqlite_open() in /usr/local/www/postfix.php on line 476

                        Is that something to be repaired or can I ignore this Messages?

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                        • BismarckB
                          Bismarck
                          last edited by

                          Little Update…

                          postfix_about.php and postfix_view_config.php is working again.

                          But postfix_search.php and postfix_queue.php is still broken.

                          If someone have the skills to fix the javascript code, you are more then welcome!  :P

                          pfSense-2.3-Postfix.zip

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                            ikbendeman
                            last edited by

                            Hi Bismarck,

                            I followed your guidance from #709 on the latest version of pfsense.

                            I wonder if the order of

                            <menu>and <service>in the config.xml does matter, because after the reboot I don't see the postfix-forwarder item in the menu.

                            You write to install postfix… but do we also need to install mailscanner?

                            Pls advice on how to get postfix forwarder working.

                            Kind regards,

                            Bob</service> </menu>

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                            • BismarckB
                              Bismarck
                              last edited by

                              <menu>and <service>needs to be, where

                              <menu>and <service>items are  in the config.xml, no special order just right section.

                              If you need MailScanner, you can install it but its not required to run Postfix, its just another layer for email security.</service> </menu></service> </menu>

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                              • kalessinK
                                kalessin
                                last edited by

                                Bismark, any hint to get mailscanner working as well?

                                thanks

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                                • BismarckB
                                  Bismarck
                                  last edited by

                                  @kalessin:

                                  Bismark, any hint to get mailscanner working as well?

                                  thanks

                                  Sure, there you go: https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=43687.msg667576#msg667576

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                                  • kalessinK
                                    kalessin
                                    last edited by

                                    Thanks a lot man!
                                    I appreciate your time

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                                      ReisBey
                                      last edited by

                                      it does not work for me. I have Provet so many times now I have abandoned.

                                      Thansk :(

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                                      • BismarckB
                                        Bismarck
                                        last edited by

                                        Sorry ReisBey, sadly there is no easy way to run Postfix on pfSense anymore.  :'(

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                                          Igor Filth
                                          last edited by

                                          Hi! I don't see any logs too.

                                          "Postfix General Settings > Logging > Destination > /var/log/maillog " enabled.

                                          I create maillog file in Command Prompt (touch /var/log/maillog), and insert  " mail.*      /var/log/maillog " in syslog file and restart postfix.
                                          But it did not solve my problem

                                          Any ideas?

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                                          • BismarckB
                                            Bismarck
                                            last edited by

                                            @Igor:

                                            Hi! I don't see any logs too.

                                            "Postfix General Settings > Logging > Destination > /var/log/maillog " enabled.

                                            I create maillog file in Command Prompt (touch /var/log/maillog), and insert  " mail.*      /var/log/maillog " in syslog file and restart postfix.
                                            But it did not solve my problem

                                            Any ideas?

                                            Sorry my fault, move system.inc from /etc/system.inc to /etc/inc/system.inc and reboot.

                                            https://github.com/marcelloc/pfsense/commit/2d6a9c9fffa654c9df04630bffbabfeb3dff5c84

                                            zip file and the howto updated

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