Why relay access denied?

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blason
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Why relay access denied?

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I have below setup but strangely reverse mails are being denied where it shouldnt. Am I missing anything?


mail.test.net [192.168.1.135] -------------->mail.bara.net [192.168.1.133] ------RELAY zim.bara.net:25--------------->zim.bara.net [192.168.1.134]


Mail from test.net reaches properly to user@bara.net but reply messages are being denied by mai.bara.net with RELAY ACCESS DENIED


Dec 27 21:31:15 mail postfix/smtpd[4002]: connect from zim.bara.net[192.168.1.134]
Dec 27 21:31:15 mail postfix/smtpd[4002]: NOQUEUE: reject: RCPT from zim.bara.net[192.168.1.134]: 554 5.7.1 <test1@test.net>: Relay access denied; from=<bara@bara.net> to=<test1@test.net> proto=ESMTP helo=<zim.bara.net>
Dec 27 21:31:15 mail postfix/smtpd[4002]: disconnect from zim.bara.net[192.168.1.134]
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Re: Why relay access denied?

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Not sure what went wrong but messages are still being denied by Baruwa. Plus why messages are being kept in hold queue and how do I disable that setting

Dec 28 08:01:47 mail postfix/policy-spf[2524]: : Policy action=PREPEND Received-SPF: pass (test.net: 192.168.1.135 is authorized to use 'test@test.net' in 'mfrom' identity (mechanism 'mx' matched)) receiver=mail.bara.net; identity=mailfrom; envelope-from="test@test.net"; helo=mail.test.net; client-ip=192.168.1.135
Dec 28 08:01:47 mail postfix/smtpd[2520]: 4E5272C004F: client=mail.test.net[192.168.1.135]
Dec 28 08:01:47 mail postfix/cleanup[2525]: 4E5272C004F: hold: header Received: from mail.test.net (mail.test.net [192.168.1.135])??by mail.bara.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4E5272C004F??for <manish@bara.net>; Fri, 28 Dec 2012 08:01:46 +0100 (CET) from mail.test.net[192.168.1.135]; from=<test@test.net> to=<manish@bara.net> proto=ESMTP helo=<mail.test.net>
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Re: Why relay access denied?

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OK - I somehow managed to resolve the issue by commenting below lines.

#smtpd_client_restrictions = permit_sasl_authenticated
#smtpd_sender_restrictions = permit_sasl_authenticated, check_sender_access hash:/etc/postfix/sender_access, reject_non_fqdn_sender, reject_unknown_sender_domain
#smtpd_helo_restrictions = permit_sasl_authenticated check_helo_access hash:/etc/postfix/helo_access, reject_invalid_hostname
#smtpd_recipient_restrictions = permit_sasl_authenticated, reject_unknown_recipient_domain, reject_unauth_destination, whitelist_policy, rbl_policy, spf_policy
#smtpd_data_restrictions = permit_sasl_authenticated, reject_unauth_pipelining

Now I would like to understand couple of points. Since the baruwa is in a gateway role wondering how it can authenticate users which are actually on other server. What consequences this would cause?
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Re: Why relay access denied?

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Hi Blason,

By commenting out those lines you will have a pretty much ineffective spam filter :-) so I would recommend changing that back.
I Guess you want to use the EFA system also as a outgoing relay, currently that is not implemented but that will be available in version 0.3 (expect it to be available somewhere end jan/begin feb)

Also user authentication is not available, currently EFA is just a 'plane spam filter', authentication (AD auth for example) is on the wish list but don't expect it to be available pretty soon (that is if you want to try to build it your self it can be available much sooner of course :-) )

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Re: Why relay access denied?

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I just added this feature to the 0.3 configure script so you can enable internal networks for mail relaying through EFA when 0.3 is released.
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Re: Why relay access denied?

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Hi Darky,

Yes, since Baruwa Appliance is acting as a gateway wanted to have a outgoing relay as well. So, you mean right now Baruwa can only be used as a incoming server and wont be used for outgoing relay? I am trying to send a mail through Baruwa and I get Relay access denied message, is it because of that?

Dec 30 14:38:31 mail postfix/smtpd[8957]: NOQUEUE: reject: RCPT from zim.bara.net[192.168.1.134]: 554 5.7.1 <test1@test.net>: Relay access d enied; from=<bara1@bara.net> to=<test1@test.net> proto=ESMTP helo=<zim.bara.net>


test.net [192.168.1.135] <---------->mail.bara.net [192.168.1.133]<---------->zim.bara.net [192.168.1.134] ======== Incoming works fine


zim.bara.net [192.168.1.134] ---------> mail.bara.net [192.168.1.133] ----------------> test.net [192.168.1.135] ========= Relay Access Denied
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Re: Why relay access denied?

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Well see this post: http://forum.efa-project.org/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=219

I explained there how you can configure relaying for some hosts you should use that to allow your 192.168.1.0/24 range to relay through the system.
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Re: Why relay access denied?

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OK - Simply adding subnet in mynetworks doesnt work. Let me try following the said changes.

Oh BTW, just wondering how can I have baruwa to scan internal mails for AS/AV?
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