RE: Increasing throuput

From: Rocco Scappatura (no email)
Date: Mon Oct 01 2007 - 05:08:20 EDT

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    > >> It is recommended that you enable the submission port
    > (587) and use
    > >> it to relay mail (but not accept mail from the public).
    > >
    > > How could I activate this port?
    > >
    >
    > look for submission in master.cf. keep that for when you have
    > enough time though.

    Ok.

    > > But I'm still a little bit sospicious about the recipient
    > validation
    > > for my 'external domains'.
    > >
    > > For example, for an external domain of mine, say 'domain.it', I get:
    > >
    > > Oct 1 09:40:13 av4 postfix/smtpd[13993]: NOQUEUE: reject: RCPT from
    > > unknown[87.250.102.202]: 450 4.1.1 <>:
    > > Recipient address rejected: undeliverable address: host
    > > mail.bontempi.it[195.96.202.54] said: 550
    > > <>: Recipient address rejected: User
    > > unknown in virtual alias table (in reply to RCPT TO command);
    > > from=<>
    > to=<>
    > > proto=SMTP helo=<ybvs>
    >
    > looks good indeed.

    I agree with you.

    > > And this is OK (It seems to me that it is my SMTP server
    > that reject
    > > the message for the inexistant address of my external domain). But
    > > when I have tried for other external domains and it doesn't
    > seems to
    > > me that that mail server have the same behaviour. Infact I get:
    > >
    > > Oct 1 09:58:14 av4 postfix/smtp[19942]: 687F1750193:
    > > to=<>, relay=10.30.32.7[10.30.32.7]:25,
    > > delay=0.55, delays=0.11/0.29/0.12/0.03, dsn=2.0.0,
    > status=deliverable
    > > (250 ... Recipient OK)
    > >
    > > Whatever it is the recipient.. I suppose that in this case the
    > > receiving mail server is guilty of this mesleading behaviour..
    > >
    > > Maybe he has a catchall for his domain or won't verifies
    > its recipients?
    >
    > try a telneting to 10.30.32.7 from the "smtp server" and see
    > if it accepts random addresses:
    >
    > # telnet 10.30.32.7
    > EHLO my.hostname
    > ...
    > MAIL FROM:<someone at yourdomain>
    > ...
    > RCPT TO:<>

    220 av4.sttspa.it
    helo sttspa.it
    250 av4.sttspa.it
    mail from:<valid address>
    250 2.1.0 Ok
    rcpt to:<> <-- Invalid address>
    250 2.1.5 Ok
    data
    354 End data with <CR><LF>.<CR><LF>
    502 5.5.2 Error: command not recognized
    kljkjdfkjfd
    .
    250 2.0.0 Ok: queued as 2582475018D

    > if it says recipient ok for any user, then there is a
    > problem. possible

    So there is a problem.

    > explanations:
    > - the final server does not validate recipients (broken old
    > accept-then-bounce).
    > - the final server trusts your server and doesn't validate
    > recipients when the client is your server. you'll need to ask
    > the admin to change this if possible.
    > - the final server has a catchall. Then there is no problem,
    > unless they later bounce for some reason...

    I will investigate.. Now it is my task to discover the mistery..

    In the mean time, many thanks!!!

    rocsca

    PS: And for the submission port??


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