Postfix Spam

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2007

It keeps the original formatting. numero = 68924
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texte = iTools 8.2.2 on Mac OS 10.4.9 ServerSeveral of the websites on this server (www.realtree.com) have emailfunctions like "send to friend" using WebDNA and PHP. I setup my Postfixconfiguration to push the messages to my true mail server(newmail.grayloon.com) for delivery. I have about 25 websites on thisserver, and only those sites should be allowed to push mail to my mailserver. This was working great until last night.I'm getting thousands of spam messages per hour coming into Postfix andbeing sent to my mail server. I know nothing about Postfix, so I Googled theproblem and tried nearly everything I could find. This page lookedpromising, but I didn't try everything there:http://www.akadia.com/services/postfix_uce.htmlI've included some relevant information below if it helps diagnose and solvethe problem.Changes to the end of my /etc/postfix/main.cf file:myhostname = realtree.commailbox_transport = cyrus#mydestination = $myhostname,localhost.$mydomain#relay_domains = $mydestination,realtree.com,realtreeoutdoors.com#virtual_alias_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/virtualmydestination =relayhost = newmail.grayloon.commynetworks = 127.0.0.0 216.168.63.25relay_domains =smtpd_client_restrictions = check_client_access hash:/etc/postfix/whitelistsmtpd_recipient_restrictions = permit_mynetworks, reject_unauth_destination,permitvirtual_alias_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/virtualContents of /etc/postfix/whitelist:216.168.63.25 OKwww.realtree.com OKrealtree.com OKwww.realtreeoutdoors.com OKrealtreeoutdoors.com OKSome lines from the /var/log/mail.log showing the spam:May 2 06:57:40 www postfix/pickup[10546]: 393F31959EE5: uid=70from=May 2 06:57:40 www postfix/cleanup[10656]: 393F31959EE5:message-id=<20070502115740.393F31959EE5@realtree.com>May 2 06:57:40 www postfix/qmgr[10545]: 393F31959EE5:from=, size=13858, nrcpt=332 (queue active)May 2 06:57:40 www postfix/smtp[10661]: 393F31959EE5:to=, relay=newmail.grayloon.com[216.168.63.109],delay=0, status=sent (250 2.6.0 13858 bytes received in 00:00:00; Message idHGH37600 accepted for delivery)May 2 06:57:41 www postfix/smtp[10657]: 393F31959EE5:to=, relay=newmail.grayloon.com[216.168.63.109],delay=1, status=sent (250 2.6.0 13858 bytes received in 00:00:00; Message idHGH78400 accepted for delivery)May 2 06:57:41 www postfix/qmgr[10545]: 393F31959EE5: removedOutput of ps aux | grep postfix:postfix 10545 0.0 -0.0 27416 852 ?? S 6:55AM 0:00.90 qmgr-l -t fifo -upostfix 10546 0.0 -0.0 27372 720 ?? S 6:55AM 0:00.06 pickup-l -t fifo -upostfix 10572 0.0 -0.0 27384 732 ?? S 6:55AM 0:03.04trivial-rewrite -n rewrite -t unix -upostfix 12011 0.0 -0.0 27360 704 ?? S 7:26AM 0:00.01proxymap -t unix -uroot 12121 0.0 -0.0 18052 292 p2 R+ 7:29AM 0:00.00 greppostfix-------------------------------------------------------------This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list .To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

Postfix Spam ( Clint Davis 2007)

iTools 8.2.2 on Mac OS 10.4.9 ServerSeveral of the websites on this server (www.realtree.com) have emailfunctions like "send to friend" using WebDNA and PHP. I setup my Postfixconfiguration to push the messages to my true mail server(newmail.grayloon.com) for delivery. I have about 25 websites on thisserver, and only those sites should be allowed to push mail to my mailserver. This was working great until last night.I'm getting thousands of spam messages per hour coming into Postfix andbeing sent to my mail server. I know nothing about Postfix, so I Googled theproblem and tried nearly everything I could find. This page lookedpromising, but I didn't try everything there:http://www.akadia.com/services/postfix_uce.htmlI've included some relevant information below if it helps diagnose and solvethe problem.Changes to the end of my /etc/postfix/main.cf file:myhostname = realtree.commailbox_transport = cyrus#mydestination = $myhostname,localhost.$mydomain#relay_domains = $mydestination,realtree.com,realtreeoutdoors.com#virtual_alias_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/virtualmydestination =relayhost = newmail.grayloon.commynetworks = 127.0.0.0 216.168.63.25relay_domains =smtpd_client_restrictions = check_client_access hash:/etc/postfix/whitelistsmtpd_recipient_restrictions = permit_mynetworks, reject_unauth_destination,permitvirtual_alias_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/virtualContents of /etc/postfix/whitelist:216.168.63.25 OKwww.realtree.com OKrealtree.com OKwww.realtreeoutdoors.com OKrealtreeoutdoors.com OKSome lines from the /var/log/mail.log showing the spam:May 2 06:57:40 www postfix/pickup[10546]: 393F31959EE5: uid=70from=May 2 06:57:40 www postfix/cleanup[10656]: 393F31959EE5:message-id=<20070502115740.393F31959EE5@realtree.com>May 2 06:57:40 www postfix/qmgr[10545]: 393F31959EE5:from=, size=13858, nrcpt=332 (queue active)May 2 06:57:40 www postfix/smtp[10661]: 393F31959EE5:to=, relay=newmail.grayloon.com[216.168.63.109],delay=0, status=sent (250 2.6.0 13858 bytes received in 00:00:00; Message idHGH37600 accepted for delivery)May 2 06:57:41 www postfix/smtp[10657]: 393F31959EE5:to=, relay=newmail.grayloon.com[216.168.63.109],delay=1, status=sent (250 2.6.0 13858 bytes received in 00:00:00; Message idHGH78400 accepted for delivery)May 2 06:57:41 www postfix/qmgr[10545]: 393F31959EE5: removedOutput of ps aux | grep postfix:postfix 10545 0.0 -0.0 27416 852 ?? S 6:55AM 0:00.90 qmgr-l -t fifo -upostfix 10546 0.0 -0.0 27372 720 ?? S 6:55AM 0:00.06 pickup-l -t fifo -upostfix 10572 0.0 -0.0 27384 732 ?? S 6:55AM 0:03.04trivial-rewrite -n rewrite -t unix -upostfix 12011 0.0 -0.0 27360 704 ?? S 7:26AM 0:00.01proxymap -t unix -uroot 12121 0.0 -0.0 18052 292 p2 R+ 7:29AM 0:00.00 greppostfix-------------------------------------------------------------This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list .To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ Clint Davis

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