Hi there, I set up a VM a couple of weeks back as a mail server. I can send email via web mail and I can get email in but I can't get it to relay. cat /etc/postfix/main.cf | grep restrictions # overcome chroot restrictions. The alternative, having a copy of # through Postfix. See the smtpd_recipient_restrictions parameter # relay mail to. See the smtpd_recipient_restrictions description in smtpd_relay_restrictions = permit_mynetworks,permit_sasl_authenticated,reject_unauth_destination mua_client_restrictions = permit_sasl_authenticated,reject mua_helo_restrictions = permit_sasl_authenticated,reject mua_sender_restrictions = permit_sasl_authenticated,reject smtpd_recipient_restrictions = permit_mynetworks,permit_sasl_authenticated,check_policy_service unix:/var/spool/postfix/postgrey/socket smtpd_recipient_restrictions = reject_invalid_hostname, reject_unknown_recipient_domain, reject_unauth_pipelining, permit_mynetworks, reject_unauth_destination, permit_sasl_authenticated, check_policy_service unix:/var/spool/postfix/postgrey/socket, reject_rbl_client zen.spamhaus.org, reject_rbl_client bl.spamcop.net, reject_rbl_client dnsbl.sorbs.net, reject_rbl_client cbl.abuseat.org, reject_rbl_client b.barracudacentral.org, reject_rbl_client dnsbl-1.uceprotect.net,permit cat /etc/postfix/master.cf | grep restrictions -o smtpd_client_restrictions=$mua_client_restrictions -o smtpd_helo_restrictions=$mua_helo_restrictions -o smtpd_sender_restrictions=$mua_sender_restrictions -o smtpd_recipient_restrictions=permit_sasl_authenticated,reject # -o smtpd_client_restrictions=$mua_client_restrictions # -o smtpd_helo_restrictions=$mua_helo_restrictions # -o smtpd_sender_restrictions=$mua_sender_restrictions # -o smtpd_recipient_restrictions=permit_sasl_authenticated,reject -o smtpd_client_restrictions= -o smtpd_helo_restrictions= -o smtpd_sender_restrictions= -o smtpd_recipient_restrictions=permit_mynetworks,permit_sasl_authenticated,reject Any ideas? I'm not familiar with Postfix. Thanks Piers
On Monday, 19 September 2016 8:06:11 PM AEST Piers Rowan via luv-main wrote:
I set up a VM a couple of weeks back as a mail server. I can send email via web mail and I can get email in but I can't get it to relay.
https://etbe.coker.com.au/2015/10/17/mail-server-training/ Last year I ran a mail server training session for LUV, the above URL has the notes with a step by step description of this. The SASL section in the above has all the notes on how to do it and shows how to test it. It looks like you have missed out a SASL authentication mechanism. I recommend using Dovecot as it's MUCH easier than getting Postfix to use MySQL directly. But following the above blog post is the easiest thing to do. I read my own blog posts when I have to do these things. ;) -- My Main Blog http://etbe.coker.com.au/ My Documents Blog http://doc.coker.com.au/
Looks like a good resource. The one I worked from had MySQL backed accounts and postadmin set up (+ a bunch of anti spam / anti virus stuff)
It looks like you have missed out a SASL authentication mechanism. I recommend using Dovecot as it's MUCH easier than getting Postfix to use MySQL directly. But following the above blog post is the easiest thing to do. I read my own blog posts when I have to do these things. ;)
This: 1. Edit*/etc/postfix/master.cf*, uncomment the line for the*submission*service, and restart Postfix. This makes Postfix listen on port 587 which is allowed through most firewalls. It looks like that all along I had not set up 587 on the VM. Thank you for helping me circle back to the obvious! The only thing left to do is set up vacation emails - any suggestions? Preferably with a way for users to manage them themselves (bearing in mind the Dovecot / SASL / MySQL thingo) Cheers Piers
On Tuesday, 20 September 2016 9:00:08 AM AEST Piers Rowan via luv-main wrote:
It looks like that all along I had not set up 587 on the VM. Thank you for helping me circle back to the obvious!
No problems.
The only thing left to do is set up vacation emails - any suggestions? Preferably with a way for users to manage them themselves (bearing in mind the Dovecot / SASL / MySQL thingo)
Sorry I don't know a good solution to this. In the past I've done it manually with .forward files and I don't think I've ever done it on a server backed with MySQL in that manner. Generally the things I blog about are a subset of things that I need to do myself or that people have paid me to do. So far no-one who pays me has wanted enough vacation accounts to make it worth automating. -- My Main Blog http://etbe.coker.com.au/ My Documents Blog http://doc.coker.com.au/
On Tuesday, 20 September 2016 9:00:08 AM AEST Piers Rowan via luv-main wrote:
The only thing left to do is set up vacation emails - any suggestions? Preferably with a way for users to manage them themselves (bearing in mind the Dovecot / SASL / MySQL thingo)
Never tried it, but I just found this with a quick search: http://vacation-web.sourceforge.net/ Best of luck! Chris -- Chris Samuel : http://www.csamuel.org/ : Melbourne, VIC
On 21.09.16 19:20, Chris Samuel via luv-main wrote:
On Tuesday, 20 September 2016 9:00:08 AM AEST Piers Rowan via luv-main wrote:
The only thing left to do is set up vacation emails - any suggestions? Preferably with a way for users to manage them themselves (bearing in mind the Dovecot / SASL / MySQL thingo)
Never tried it, but I just found this with a quick search:
On debian, there is also: $ apt-cache search vacation ... vacation - email autoresponder If that's the same one I used more than 20 years ago, it auto-responds only to the first mail received from each correspondent, to avoid annoyance. Where/how it keeps the correspondents list may have changed over the decades, perhaps. Back in the day, vacation would create .forward, and run vi vacation.msg What more could one want? Erik
On Wednesday, 21 September 2016 9:40:53 PM AEST Erik Christiansen via luv-main wrote:
On debian, there is also:
$ apt-cache search vacation
Fedora/RHEL use the port of the 386bsd vacation program, the maintainer of which you may be familiar with (not that I've had to do much maintenance recently!). http://www.csamuel.org/software/vacation The Debian one is nice too, I actually use that on my home VM as it's Debian based. :-) cheers, Chris -- Chris Samuel : http://www.csamuel.org/ : Melbourne, VIC
On Wednesday, 21 September 2016 9:40:53 PM AEST Erik Christiansen via luv-main wrote:
On Tuesday, 20 September 2016 9:00:08 AM AEST Piers Rowan via luv-main wrote:
The only thing left to do is set up vacation emails - any suggestions? Preferably with a way for users to manage them themselves (bearing in mind the Dovecot / SASL / MySQL thingo)
Never tried it, but I just found this with a quick search:
Back in the day, vacation would create .forward, and run vi vacation.msg What more could one want?
Given that users are unable to run a command-line program like "vacation" nowadays a web based interface such as vacation-web is what Piers probably needs. Whether vacation-web works as is desired is the issue. For my clients the number of vacation requests has been small enough that it's easier to just have them email or SMS me when they want it set up. -- My Main Blog http://etbe.coker.com.au/ My Documents Blog http://doc.coker.com.au/
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