[Mail scanned] Re: [Mail scanned] Re: [Mail scanned] postfix and Mailscanner Installation

[damian]

On Fri, 2003-10-31 at 09:13, damian wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Is postfix working? sending and receiving mail?
>
> You can try this:
>
> $ telnet oxygen 25
should be:
$telnet [host] 25
> Trying [ip address of host]
> Connected to [host].
> Escape character is '^]'.
> 220 [host] ESMTP Postfix
> $helo world
> 250 oxygen.science.nus.edu.sg
> $mail from: damian at science.nus.edu.sg
> 250 Ok
> $rcpt to: damian at science.nus.edu.sg
> 250 Ok
> $data
> 354 End data with <CR><LF>.<CR><LF>
> $test
> $.
> 250 Ok: queued as 6CA8D77C42
> $quit
> 221 Bye
>
> if this works, it means that your postfix is working.
>
> rgds,
> Damian
>
> On Thu, 2003-10-30 at 20:33, Pete russell wrote:
> > As I am really after something that will work with the LEAST amount of
> > me messing with config files - if I have a completely untouched install
> > of sendmail (installed with Red Hat OS installation), and I install
> > MailScanner - will mail Scanner configure all sendmail bits for me - eg
> > after install of MailScanner the machine will receive and relay mail?
> >
> > I would still need to figure out how to tell sendmail to only receive
> > mail addressed to either of my domains, and then some how provide a
> > transport map on which 2 IPs to route mail for each Domain? Where will I
> > fin the info to complete this? I don't really have a big preference for
> > an MTA, I just want to get this pilot off the ground, in place and start
> > testing mail routing and spam detection.
> >
> > We have a small organization and prefer to forward all mail that is
> > marked as Spam to one email account, until we figure out our detection
> > settings - then we would like to reject mail that is Spam - is the
> > method most use? Or do most use tagging and let mail users use local
> > mail rules to filter?
> >
> > Thanks in advance
> > Pete
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: MailScanner mailing list [mailto:MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On
> > Behalf Of Pete russell
> > Sent: Thursday, 30 October 2003 7:20 PM
> > To: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
> > Subject: Re: [Mail scanned] postfix and Mailscanner Installation
> >
> > Sorry if I wasn't clear, I have performed all the actions an TRIPLE
> > checked them as required in the Postfix installation guide on the
> > mailscanner site.
> >
> > I have those dirs.
> >
> > Pete
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: MailScanner mailing list [mailto:MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On
> > Behalf Of damian
> > Sent: Thursday, 30 October 2003 7:05 PM
> > To: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
> > Subject: Re: [Mail scanned] postfix and Mailscanner Installation
> >
> > hi,
> >
> > Think you need a postfix.in and postfix.
> >
> > Check the documentation on using postfix with mailscanner.
> >
> > Rgds
> >
> > Damian
> >
> > On Thu, 2003-10-30 at 14:56, Pete russell wrote:
> > > Hi there I have been try unsuccessfully to install Postfix and
> > > mailscanner on a fresh red Hat 9 machine.
> > >
> > > I create a new group postdrop and new user postfix, without shell or
> > > home directory.
> > >
> > > Install Postfix from source using make then make install commands and
> > > leave all options as default.
> > >
> > > I set up postfix so I can send mail to it, when MX records are pointed
> > > at it. I have changed the options in master.cf for chroot, for
> > > everything listed except pipe, proxymap, local and pipe.
> > >
> > > I set up a transport map so that I can out mail to our 2 mail domains
> > -
> > > domain1.com = smtp:10.1.10.3 and domain2.com = smtp:10.1.4.3
> > >
> > > Install MailScanner and follow the instructions for postfix on the
> > > mailscanner install guide.
> > >
> > > I have a second linux machine with a fake DNS and MX pointing to the
> > > private IP of the mailscanner box - so from this machine when I send
> > > mail to user at domain1.com the mail is sent and received by the
> > > mailscanner box and I get a message on the maillog about the mail
> > being
> > > deferred, but that's it, nothing else eve happens, no log entries and
> > I
> > > can find any files in any of the mailscanner or postfix queues.
> > >
> > > Is there any way of turning on more detailed logging, like you can do
> > > with sendmail, maybe this will help me trace the message through my
> > > mailscanner system?
> > >
> > > Is there anything I can do to either postfix or mailscanner to ensure
> > > mail is accepted and routed, without being scanned - then once I have
> > > proved mail routing is working, turn on mailscanner anti spam, and
> > then
> > > maybe turn on spam assassin and then lastly clamav - seems crazy for
> > me
> > > as a newbie to try and test with everything turned up/on - so I have
> > not
> > > entered the line for clamav in the mailscanner.conf, and have spam
> > > assassin support turned off.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > What do I do to postfix or mailscanner to just let the mail route, no
> > > spam tests, esp DNS as I am on a private network without any real DNS.
> > >
> > > Is it possible to just have postfix installed, and completely not
> > > touched and then run mailscanner install and this make everything
> > work?
> > >
> > > IF sendmail is installed (eg when you install the OS) is it possible
> > to
> > > install mailscanner and everything will work, without changing
> > anything
> > > in sendmail?
> > >
> > > Where should I look for the mail that is deferred?
> > >
> > > How do I turn on more detailed logging - currently I have a console
> > open
> > > with tail -f /var/log/maillog running
> > >
> > > Thanks in advance for ANY help anyone can offer. (I know they are a
> > lot
> > > of questions, but I thought easier If I put them in one email, rather
> > > than a few)
> > > Pete
> > --
> > damian <damian at science.nus.edu.sg>
> --
> damian <damian at science.nus.edu.sg>
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