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Re: Losing My SPAM Battle

From: Terry Gilsenan (terry.gilsenaninteroil.com)
Date: Tue Apr 01 2008 - 18:08:14 CDT


Carlos Williams wrote:
> Here is my postconf -n out put and I do want to say I started to read
> the Spamassassin how-to located at
> http://wiki.apache.org/spamassassin/UsedViaProcmail
>
> Now the 3rd command tells me to add "mailbox_command =
> /usr/bin/procmail -a "$EXTENSION"
>
> When I add this and restart Postfix, all emails send to my email
> account bounce because now it attempts to deliver email to
> /var/mail/user rather than /home/user/Maildir. So this essentially
> breaks mail delivery for some reason. I remove that line from main.cf
> <http://main.cf> and mail flows normal again.
>
> [rootemail postfix]# postconf -n
> alias_database = hash:/etc/aliases
> alias_maps = hash:/etc/aliases
> command_directory = /usr/sbin
> config_directory = /etc/postfix
> daemon_directory = /usr/libexec/postfix
> debug_peer_level = 2
> home_mailbox = Maildir/
> html_directory = no
> inet_interfaces = all
> mail_owner = postfix
> mailq_path = /usr/bin/mailq.postfix
> manpage_directory = /usr/share/man
> mydestination = $myhostname, localhost.$mydomain, localhost, $mydomain
> mydomain = ideorlando.net <http://ideorlando.net>
> myhostname = email.ideorlando.net <http://email.ideorlando.net>
> mynetworks = $config_directory/mynetworks
> mynetworks_style = host
> myorigin = $mydomain
> newaliases_path = /usr/bin/newaliases.postfix
> queue_directory = /var/spool/postfix
> readme_directory = /usr/share/doc/postfix-2.3.3/README_FILES
> sample_directory = /usr/share/doc/postfix-2.3.3/samples
> sendmail_path = /usr/sbin/sendmail.postfix
> setgid_group = postdrop
> smtpd_banner = $myhostname ESMTP $mail_name
> unknown_local_recipient_reject_code = 550
>
>
>
Postfix has not been configured to use Amavis, infact it looks like
postfix will accept any email provided the destination is a valid mailbox.

Take a look at this...:
http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/articles/focus_spam_postfix/

> On Tue, Apr 1, 2008 at 2:03 PM, Charles Marcus
> <CMarcusmedia-brokers.com <mailto:CMarcusmedia-brokers.com>> wrote:
>
> On 4/1/2008, Carlos Williams (carloswillgmail.com
> <mailto:carloswillgmail.com>) wrote:
> >
> > Trying not to sound like a broken record or take anyones advice for
> > granted but I feel I am at the best basic configuration right
> now and
> > have backed everything up. Now I just need to pick a plan and find
> > out what order to move on.
>
> Please post output of postconf -n for evaluation of your current
> configuration...
>
> --
>
> Best regards,
>
> Charles
>
>
>
>
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