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dma: could not pick up queue file

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see https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-questions/2024-October/005877.html for the full archive. A while back, I changed my FreeBSD jails from using postfix to using dma. I like postfix, but I don’t want to maintain the app in so many locations. dma is less work. I wrote a short blog post about configuring dma and also blogged about replacing postfix with dma. All was well. Except this one log entry which I started to see, on some hosts, not […]

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kernel: Limiting closed port RST response from x to y packets/sec

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For 3 days now, I’ve been seeing these messages. If you search online, it’s usually the result of port scanning. Aug 7 14:05:15 zuul kernel: Limiting closed port RST response from 212 to 195 packets/sec Aug 7 14:05:16 zuul kernel: Limiting closed port RST response from 219 to 215 packets/sec Aug 7 14:05:17 zuul kernel: Limiting closed port RST response from 220 to 193 packets/sec Aug 7 14:05:18 zuul kernel: Limiting closed port

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Replacing postfix with dma + auth

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It’s a muggy Friday morning, sitting outside the cafe – it’s tolerable in the shade with a slight breeze and cold iced-latte in a glass. Dogs walking past, lots of pats. It’s time to change most of my hosts from Postfix (my favorite MTA) to dma (in FreeBSD, no install required). I have previously moved most of my jail hosts from Postfix to dma. A few days ago, I changed one of my

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Why are some emails from Charlie Root and others are from root?

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It’s another Saturday morning outside the coffee shop. My abundance of free time, without conferences to run, has resulted in mind shattering pondering. Case in point: In this post: FreeBSD 14.1-RELEASE Let’s use these two hosts: r730-01 – email is from root nagios03 – email is from Charlie Root What are the differences? First idea My first idea: /etc/password differences. Let’s check that idea: [11:19 r730-01 dvl ~] % grep root /etc/passwd root:*:0:0:Charlie

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Replacing postfix with dma

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I like Postfix. I’ve been a fan of it for over 20 years. I deployed it on every host for outgoing email. Lately, I’ve taken to using dma (DragonFly Mail Agent) as my preferred mail handler on jails and hosts which don’t need to deal with incoming mail, only outgoing mail. After first getting serious with it about 6 months ago, I decided to remove it from all internal hosts during the consolidation

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How I configure dma for mail delivery in jails on my internet hosts

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This is based on a series of tweets which I now want to place into blog post. When I go searching for something I’ve done before, I usually check my blog first. dma is “is a small Mail Transport Agent (MTA), designed for home and office use. It accepts mails from locally installed Mail User Agents (MUA) and delivers the mails either locally or to a remote destination. Remote delivery includes several features

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