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Until very recently I had absolutely no issues with my SpamAssassin configuration at all. But since I happen to be mostly connecting from [http://sunrise.ch Sunrise] which seems to be universally blocked by [http://spamhouse.org spamhaus.org]. I had to look for another solution. Since I have been using SMPT_AUTH since like forever over TLS or SSL this configuration should do the job. |
Until very recently I had absolutely no issues with my SpamAssassin configuration at all. But since I happen to be mostly connecting from [http://sunrise.ch Sunrise] which seems to be universally blocked by [http://spamhouse.org spamhaus.org]. I had to look for another solution. Since I have been using SMPT_AUTH since like forever over TLS or SSL this configuration should do the job. |
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== Testing == |
== Testing == |
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Sending mail from and outside address account such as Hotmail, Yahoo, Gmail or from the one that came with your ISP contract you should find a new header in the mail header called <tt>X-<span class="highlight"><RandomWord></span>. |
Sending mail from and outside address account such as Hotmail, Yahoo, Gmail or from the one that came with your ISP contract you should find a new header in the mail header called <tt>X-<span class="highlight"><RandomWord></span></tt>. |
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However when sending vi the MTA via SMTP_AUTH the header should not appear. |
However when sending vi the MTA via SMTP_AUTH the header should not appear. |
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* http://de.postfix.org/pipermail/postfix-users/2008-July/000366.html |
* http://de.postfix.org/pipermail/postfix-users/2008-July/000366.html |
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* http://www.virtualmin.com/node/8868 |
* http://www.virtualmin.com/node/8868 |
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Latest revision as of 23:03, 26 May 2012
Until very recently I had absolutely no issues with my SpamAssassin configuration at all. But since I happen to be mostly connecting from Sunrise which seems to be universally blocked by spamhaus.org. I had to look for another solution. Since I have been using SMPT_AUTH since like forever over TLS or SSL this configuration should do the job.
postfix
Firstly we create a new file in /etc/postfix/include called add-auth-header.regexp with something like the below. Replace <RandomWord with somewhat unique word or string of letters and numbers:
## use this to a token to SpamAssasin to let authenticated
## bypass the spam filter
/^/ PREPEND X-<RandomWord>: no
Then under /etc/postfix/main.cf the smtpd_recipient_restrictions or the smtpd_data_restrictions have to look somwhat like the example below. The outcome depends on what is already in place.
smtpd_recipient_restrictions = permit_mynetworks,
permit_sasl_authenticated,
reject_unauth_destination,
reject_unauth_pipelining,
check_client_access regexp:/etc/postfix/include/add-auth-header.regexp
After all is done reload postfix.
Note: In the references below there is one more configuration step described touching master.cf of postfix which was not required for my configuration.
SpamAssassin
In SpamAssassin's local.cf or when on a debian based distro under /etc/mail/spamassassin create a file called 99_bybass-smtp_auth.cf with the following content. Note: <RandomWord> needs to be the same as in the add-auth-header.regexp:
header __NO_SMTP_AUTH X-<RandomWord> =~ /^no$/m
meta SMTP_AUTH !__NO_SMTP_AUTH
descrinibe SMTP_AUTH Message sent using SMTP Authentication
tflags SMTP_AUTH nice
score SMTP_AUTH -10
After that reload SpamAssassin
Testing
Sending mail from and outside address account such as Hotmail, Yahoo, Gmail or from the one that came with your ISP contract you should find a new header in the mail header called X-<RandomWord>.
However when sending vi the MTA via SMTP_AUTH the header should not appear.