Ubuntu Security :: Postfix - Not Critical - SMTP Server: Errors From Unknown [ip Address] In Local Recipient Table
Jan 2, 2010
This is a transcript I get emailed at least once every day, usually about 3 to 10 a day recently.
Transcript of session follows.
SMTP server: errors from unknown[ip address]
<boring stuff snipped>
In: RCPT TO: <server@my domain>
Out: 550 5.1.1 <server@my domain>: Recipient address rejected: User unknown in local recipient table
Session aborted, reason: lost connection Now I cannot seem to find anything via Google, as when I put "server@" anywhere in the string, I just get web hosting or other kroomst. The emails usually come from legit places, usually hotels. Does this mean they are sending bad emails, i.e. they have a Trojan/worm, or is this a live hack attempt?. I believe the later, as I might get upto 3 domains from the one ip address, which is always, NOT associated with the listed domain. Not causing me any issues, except I have been getting a lot recently.
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Oct 28, 2009
I have a Fedora box running a domain and a sub domain. It also is the mail server running Postfix and Dovecot. I have created a new user account in the Virtual Alias.conf file and run postfix reload.
"e.g [URL] admin_company"
This new account can send mail internally and externally but cannot receive mail internally and externally.
The error message internally is: 5.1.1 <admin@threadneedle.com.pg>: Recipient address rejected: User unknown in virtual alias table
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I'm having a problem whereby I'm able to send mail to a mailbox from several different email addresses and SMTP servers (gmail, RoadRunner broadband), but I'm unable to send mail to the same address from one particular account, the SMTP server for which runs on a mediaTemple (dv) 3.0 box with CentOS 5 Final.I've spent a full workday on the forums, trying to troubleshoot the issue, and I'm running out of ideas.The server on which I'm having the mail processing problem is a mediaTemple (ve) running Ubuntu 10.04 x64 (Linux 2.6.18-028stab070.7 #1 SMP Fri Oct 1 13:53:00 MSD 2010 x86_64 GNU/Linux), with ISPConfig 3. Here's how I setup the mail-related aspects of the Ubuntu box:
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apt-get install postfix postfix-mysql postfix-doc mysql-client mysql-server openssl getmail4 rkhunter binutils dovecot-imapd dovecot-pop3d
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So, my question is: Do any of the IP addresses remain in the router's database for a computer that has gone offline (shutdown)?
The reason for my question is that today I ran nmap on my home network and noted an IP address that was not currently up on the network. It is, however, an address that is frequently assigned to one of the computers when it is online, but that address was not up at the time I ran nmap. Just trying to make sure my network is not being used by some nearby computer.
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This is my main.cf:
When i try echo "Test" | mail -s Test root ; tail -f /var/log/maillog | grep "root" i see this error:
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I have an ubuntu server running postfix 2.6.5 (configured using DTC). If a user tries to send an email to more than one recipient, and one recipient address is bad, then the server returns an error and no mail is sent (even to the good addresses), rather than letting the good ones through. Error displayed by thunderbird is
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"An error occurred while sending mail. The mail server responded: 5.1.1 [URL]: Recipient address rejected: User unknown in virtual mailbox table. Please check the message recipient noreply@domain.com.au and try again." and mail.log shows ...
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Oct 6 20:35:08 www1 postfix/smtpd[22716]: connect from xxxxxx [xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx]
Oct 6 20:35:08 www1 postfix/smtpd[22716]: B62F92A44: client=xxxxxx [xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx], sasl_method=PLAIN, sasl_username=blake@domain.com.au
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so i set out to change the default smtp port the server uses because my ISP blocks port 25 and i need the email to work in outlook. this morning i could receive email, but not send it. so i did some research and thought that i needed to edit the master.cf file in /etc/postfix/ by commenting out this line: smtp inet n - n - - smtpd -oand replace it with587 inet n - n - - smtpd (587 being the port i want to use)somewhere along the lines postfix server stopped running and now i cannot get it to start.if i try using SSH it crashes immediately and if i restart it in simple control panel nothing happens
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This seems like a relatively simple question, but I haven't been able to figure it out from the documentation after a couple of hours of searching. I'm running postfix on my mail server, and the vast majority of my spam has the sender address spoofed to match the recipient address. I've got spamassassin up and running, and very little gets through that, so it's not a serious problem, but if possible I would like to be able to reject the mail before it arrives to reduce the system load.
Mail is sent locally via webmail, relaying is denied, so the only way that mail should be sent from the domain is via a connection from localhost. The basic idea I'm thinking of is if the MAIL FROM sender claims to be an address at the receiving domain, but is connected from a remote IP, the mail should be rejected.
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All other emails to the World are being sent without any problems at all (both inside and outside the company; using any email client or webmail). I did contact the client's postmaster, but the client, being a large government agency, will probably not address the problem (if it is on their side) anytime soon. I am not sure if I can do anything from my end to solve the problem. Ever since the problem with the client began, I added two statements to the postfix configuration file (smtp_pix_workaround_delay_time = 20s and smtp_pix_workaround_threshold_time = 0s); this seemed to a bit - it reduced the delay for emails sent via Outlook to a few minutes (as opposed to 30+ minutes); emails sent using Thunderbird/webmail are still being deferred.
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Postfix details:
alias_database = hash:/etc/aliases
alias_maps = hash:/etc/aliases
body_checks = regexp:/etc/postfix/mbl-body-deny
broken_sasl_auth_clients = yes
command_directory = /usr/sbin
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I emailed the client's postmaster suggesting they disable smtp fixup. But still, what bothers me now is that Outlook works (both within and outside the company) while Thunderbird, webmail, etc. (used by ~90% of the users) do not. In addition, all email clients from outside the company can send email (authenticated via the company server) to the client without any problems. Is there anything I can do on my end to make non-Outlook clients work within the company (webmail is hosted on the company server; so, it would have an internal address as well)?
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But it keeps coming up with:
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PHP Code:
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Code:
I'm wondering what I could change in my postfix configuration to remedy this problem.
I tried setting smtp_tls_security_level = may = may but this did not change anything.
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Code:
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code....
I don't know why it doesn't receive response after HELO. In fact if I debug my mail server with gdb, I can see it sends a 250 response code. Moreover, I've tested my server both with traditional mail clients, as Thunderbird, and through telnet session and it works very well.
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Im not able to find good response on this from google, urgent help required.
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Aug 3, 2011
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Code:
220 my.domain.com ESMTP Sendmail 8.13.8/8.13.8; Wed, 3 Aug 2011 14:27:00 GMT
ehlo my.domain.com
250-my.domain.com Hello mytelnethost.btcentralplus.com [109.xxx.xxx.xx], pleased to meet you
250-ENHANCEDSTATUSCODES
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Oct 23, 2010
Try as I might I cant get postfix to send emails through an external email server (I can succesfully get client software to do it no trouble) After following the howto at:
[code]....
I get 5.0.0 errors re:
Code:
May 6 16:06:32 SERVER1 postfix/error[20357]: 2392F21438: to=<SOME_ADDRESS@hotmail.com>, relay=none, delay=0.17, delays=0.1/0.01/0/0.06, dsn=5.0.0, status=bounced (smtp.live.com)
Here's my main.cf
Code:
alias_database = hash:/etc/aliases
alias_maps = hash:/etc/aliases
append_dot_mydomain = no
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I get basically the same error no matter what smtpserver/username/password combination I use leading me to believe its my setup and not my username/password
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My /etc/mail/sendmail.mc file looks like this (comment lines removed):Quote:
divert(-1)dnl
define(`SMART_HOST', `smtp2.datarealm.com')dnl
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FEATURE(`authinfo',`hash -o /etc/mail/auth/client-info.db')dnl
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Feb 11, 2011
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May 5, 2010
Try as I might I cant get postfix to send emails through an external email server (I can succesfully get client software to do it no trouble) After following the howto at: [URL] I get 5.0.0 errors re:
Code:
May 6 16:06:32 SERVER1 postfix/error[20357]: 2392F21438: to=<SOME_ADDRESS@hotmail.com>, relay=none, delay=0.17, delays=0.1/0.01/0/0.06, dsn=5.0.0, status=bounced (smtp.live.com)
Here's my main.cf
Code:
alias_database = hash:/etc/aliases
alias_maps = hash:/etc/aliases
[Code]....
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May 25, 2010
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Internet Site,
System Mail Name: localhost
Root and postmaster mail recipient: I left this blank
For other domains to accept mail, I entered : NONE, localhost
No force synchronous mail updates
Local networks: 127.0.0.0/8
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Feb 8, 2010
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server:~ # postconf -n
alias_maps = hash:/etc/aliases
biff = no
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