Re: Helo command rejected: unknown host reg....

From: MrC (no email)
Date: Fri May 02 2008 - 02:10:29 EDT

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    Anant S Athavale wrote:
    > Dear D Hill,
    >
    > I want to know, how to log the entry of introducing host in the logs
    > when it is correct and resolvable. (ie. mail does not get rejected,
    > during that time).
    >
    > Regards,
    > ANANT.
    >
    >

    I'm not clear if you want to do this for a specific host, set of hosts,
    or all. Regardless, you could create a WARN action in a helo access check:

    main.cf:
        smtpd_recipient_restrictions =
            ...
            permit_mynetworks
            reject_unauth_destination
            check_helo_access pcre:/etc/postfix/helo_checks.pcre
            ...

    /etc/postfix/helo_checks.pcre:
    ...
    /./ WARN sample helo WARN log entry

    This will generate WARN log entries such as :

    May 1 22:57:36 glacier postfix/smtpd[18974]: NOQUEUE: warn: RCPT from
    example.com[10.0.0.1]: sample helo warn log entry; from=<>
    to=<> proto=ESMTP helo=<example.net>

    Perhaps not a good long term solution, but gives you the data you seek.

    MrC

    >
    > Quoting D Hill :
    >
    >> On Fri, 2 May 2008 at 10:38 +0530, anant at isac.gov.in confabulated:
    >>
    >>> Dear List:Following is one line from the postfix logs.
    > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    >
    > May 2 10:05:44 dnserns.isac.gov.in: postfix/smtpd[1536248]: NOQUEUE:
    > reject: RCPT from unknown[72.3.227.162]: 502 5.7.1 : Helo command
    > rejected: Host not found; from= to= proto=SMTP helo=
    > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------As
    >
    > per the above example, as we have used the policy of
    > reject_unknown_hostname and the mails where introducing host is not
    > resolvable are getting rejected.Now, when the users complain that,
    > some mails are not getting delivered to them, we go through logs and
    > find the reason like one above and inform that this is due to this
    > and tell the sender also to look into their configuration and resolve
    > the issue. And most of the times, they solve the issue.But, when they
    > solve, I want to know what their system is now introducing itself as.
    > How can I make it part of log? Can it also
    >>> b
    >> ecome part of Mail headers?Regards, ANANT.
    >>
    >> Disreguard my previous response. I didn't quite know what the helo log
    >> lines contained. You should be looking for lines that have the content:
    >>
    >> Helo command rejected


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