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by pdwalker
25 Jun 2025 12:11
Forum: Discussion
Topic: Docker
Replies: 8
Views: 23348

Re: Docker

@shawniverson has essentially stepped away from the project.

Unless someone steps up to take over development, I doubt there will be many new features added before RHEL goes EOL.
by pdwalker
25 Jun 2025 12:09
Forum: How-to
Topic: howto check SPF working
Replies: 1
Views: 843

Re: howto check SPF working

You'll need to provide more information.

What exactly is not working and how do you know?

Since you've provided essentially no information, all I can suggest is to start here: https://mxtoolbox.com/SuperTool.aspx and check your spf record for your domain to see if there are any problems there.
by pdwalker
11 Jun 2025 09:24
Forum: How-to
Topic: ef3 to ef5
Replies: 4
Views: 41069

Re: ef3 to ef5

keep your old vm running, install and configure and test a new, clean installation and when it is working, switch over to the new box.
by pdwalker
21 May 2025 12:07
Forum: How-to
Topic: ef3 to ef5
Replies: 4
Views: 41069

Re: ef3 to ef5

For the amount of work involved, you're probably better off installing a brand new clean efa5 installation.

What is so important that you want to preserve from your efa3 installation?
by pdwalker
12 Aug 2024 18:24
Forum: Introduction
Topic: Lipkowski Says Hello
Replies: 10
Views: 68022

Re: Lipkowski Says Hello

Always go with the latest version.

When I mention the major version and not the minor version, it means the latest minor version which is 9.4 at the time of this post.
by pdwalker
05 Aug 2024 10:44
Forum: How-to
Topic: Release: error (Failed to send data [SMTP: Invalid response code received from server (code: 554, response: 5.7.1 Messag
Replies: 3
Views: 24651

Re: Release: error (Failed to send data [SMTP: Invalid response code received from server (code: 554, response: 5.7.1 Me

Do you have the full error message? Without the full error message, we cannot know. The full error message will tell you exactly what the problem is.

Which mail server is returning this error?

Did you try doing a search engine search for that error? (try "smtp error 5.7.1 code 554").

This article ...
by pdwalker
26 Jul 2024 09:34
Forum: 4.x Bugs
Topic: EFA fails to spamcheck all incoming mail
Replies: 1
Views: 43864

Re: EFA fails to spamcheck all incoming mail

[I am leaving this post here to document how I am troubleshooting this problem and it's eventual resolution]

ok, it's a couple of days later and I am still getting spamassassin timeouts. This is one example from /var/log/maillog

Jul 21 17:16:20 efa4 MailScanner[11087]: New Batch: Scanning 1 ...
by pdwalker
26 Jul 2024 07:45
Forum: Discussion
Topic: Moved v4 filter quarantine not displayed in v5 web
Replies: 2
Views: 29373

Re: Moved v4 filter quarantine not displayed in v5 web

Did you restore the v4 backup as mentioned in the section "v5 Commission" step?

It sounds like that the v4 database was not restored to your new system, hence the reason why you do not see the older messages.
by pdwalker
26 Jul 2024 04:16
Forum: Introduction
Topic: Lipkowski Says Hello
Replies: 10
Views: 68022

Re: Lipkowski Says Hello

> eFa 5 should work on any Red Hat Linux 9 compatible distribution. You don't have to use CentOS 9 Stream. You could opt for Rocky, AlmaLinux, Oracle, or even Red Hat.

I would pick one of the above. I am going with AlmaLinux 9 to replace my eFa4/Centos 7 box.
by pdwalker
25 Jul 2024 05:37
Forum: 5.x Bugs
Topic: Error during initial install: unexpected EOF while looking for matching '
Replies: 2
Views: 18800

Re: Error during initial install: unexpected EOF while looking for matching '

At the final stage of running /usr/sbin/eFa-Init
/usr/sbin/eFa-Commit: line 1066: unexpected EOF while looking for matching `''
/usr/sbin/eFa-Commit: line 1078: syntax error: unexpected end of file
[eFa] - Error initializing system! Please try again...

That looks familiar...

919 # Remove EFA ...
by pdwalker
25 Jul 2024 05:11
Forum: 5.x Bugs
Topic: Error during initial install: unexpected EOF while looking for matching '
Replies: 2
Views: 18800

Error during initial install: unexpected EOF while looking for matching '

Alma Linux 9.4, minimal, fresh, install

From the /var/log/eFa/build.log

* snip *
Created symlink /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/httpd.service → /usr/lib/systemd/system/httpd.service.
Created symlink /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/php-fpm.service → /usr/lib/systemd ...
by pdwalker
24 Jul 2024 08:25
Forum: Discussion
Topic: eFa V5 - Preferred Distro
Replies: 3
Views: 28716

Re: eFa V5 - Preferred Distro

+1 for Alma Linux for community reasons. If it bites me in the butt later, then it's on my own head.
by pdwalker
24 Jul 2024 08:17
Forum: How-to
Topic: Email from exchange server split to individual email
Replies: 2
Views: 8507

Re: Email from exchange server split to individual email

Eric, did you ever resolve this issue?

This sounds like an exchange transport setting.
by pdwalker
24 Jul 2024 08:13
Forum: How-to
Topic: GMAIL - Relay Access Denied
Replies: 7
Views: 18511

Re: GMAIL - Relay Access Denied

Any luck resolving this issue? I'm curious as to what the actual problem was and the solution might be interesting to read about.
by pdwalker
24 Jul 2024 08:05
Forum: Discussion
Topic: Block Incoming Emails by Subject
Replies: 2
Views: 25373

Re: Block Incoming Emails by Subject

Historically, there was the MCP for blocking content: https://forum.efa-project.org//viewtopic.php?f=14&t=444 but this is no longer recommended.

Things are kept simple by adding in your own SpamAssassin rules into /etc/mail/spamassassin/local.cf

Any instructions on adding your own spamassassin ...
by pdwalker
24 Jul 2024 07:11
Forum: 3.x Bugs
Topic: Lock database mailscanner - mtalog and mtalog_ids
Replies: 7
Views: 368748

Re: Lock database mailscanner - mtalog and mtalog_ids

I think we should be notified if the /usr/bin/mailwatch/tools/Cron_jobs/mailwatch_db_clean.php script runs into an error.

This script must have been failing for me for quite some time before the problem of an excessively large mtalog_ids table came to my attention.

Shawn, is this worth raising a ...
by pdwalker
24 Jul 2024 07:01
Forum: 4.x Bugs
Topic: EFA fails to spamcheck all incoming mail
Replies: 1
Views: 43864

EFA fails to spamcheck all incoming mail

This is a problem I've recently come across and I'm documenting how I diagnosed it in case anyone else has a similar problem.

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This is something I've noticed recently, that not all incoming messages are scanned. For example, see the following screenshot:

EFA-spam-failure.png

You can see that ...
by pdwalker
08 Jun 2024 06:47
Forum: Discussion
Topic: Am I on a wild goose chase?
Replies: 1
Views: 6581

Re: Am I on a wild goose chase?

This might be a silly question, but which certain features are you talking about?

It's hard to give a good answer without knowing the actual question.
by pdwalker
08 Jun 2024 06:46
Forum: How-to
Topic: how to bypass the filtering of incoming emails from a specific external relay
Replies: 11
Views: 27366

Re: how to bypass the filtering of incoming emails from a specific external relay

it's resolved for me by defining the internal_relays parameter.
by pdwalker
08 Jun 2024 06:45
Forum: Discussion
Topic: HowTo test EFAv5
Replies: 57
Views: 2063729

Re: HowTo test EFAv5

yes, postfix doesn't know how to verify the user.

if you want to use user verification, you have to configure postfix so postfix can know which users are valid.
by pdwalker
31 May 2024 06:38
Forum: How-to
Topic: Dmarc and Dkim function
Replies: 1
Views: 7795

Re: Dmarc and Dkim function

If you are filtering on the spamassassin level, you will be able to see it in the spam score for the rules that test for dkim, spf and dmarc.

If you want to test a particular message, then run the message through spamassassin using debug mode:

spamassassin -D -t < [mail messagefile somewhere ...
by pdwalker
09 May 2024 10:28
Forum: Discussion
Topic: Searching for Test Mail Relay
Replies: 1
Views: 38894

Re: Searching for Test Mail Relay

Marking emails to internal users with a unique header is easily done using postfix header_checks.

As for forwarding mail from external users to different location, I don't know how to do that off the top of my head, but I suspect that could be handled with postfix as well.
by pdwalker
09 May 2024 10:03
Forum: How-to
Topic: configure EFA for a gmail email to send and receive emails
Replies: 1
Views: 53156

Re: configure EFA for a gmail email to send and receive emails

When you say "send gmail emails through efa" can you be more specific?

Do you mean, @gmail.com emails? or your own custom domain hosted on the gmail servers?
by pdwalker
09 May 2024 09:58
Forum: How-to
Topic: Implement noindex tag - mailwatch login page
Replies: 1
Views: 5825

Re: Implement noindex tag - mailwatch login page

As a security suggestion, you shouldn't be exposing your efa box to the internet.

It is more secure to keep it accessible via a vpn.

As for your suggested changes, that should be fine but remember your changes could get overwritten after an update of efa.

Keep track of any changes you make so ...
by pdwalker
09 May 2024 09:55
Forum: How-to
Topic: Proposal for External Storage of Mail Data in VM Environment
Replies: 2
Views: 6598

Re: Proposal for External Storage of Mail Data in VM Environment

Serious question

How many times have you had a vm corrupted?

I've been running efa in a vm for 9 years now and I've had 0 crashes or corruptions.

Has anyone ever had a vm go bad? Is this a problem you really need to solve?

Efa only filters mail. It is not a mail server. Let's assume worst case ...