Hi, I am having trouble getting postfix to append disclaimer on the outgoing emails. I can send emails out without any problem but there is no disclaimer in the outgoing emails. I followed exactly as instructed on this link - http://www.howtoforge.com/add-disclaimers-to-outgoing-emails-with-altermime-postfix-debian-etch Here is my master.cf #smtp inet n - - - - smtpd #smtp inet n - n - - smtpd 125 inet n - n - - smtpd -o content_filter=dfilt: #submission inet n - - - - smtpd # -o smtpd_tls_security_level=encrypt # -o smtpd_sasl_auth_enable=yes # -o smtpd_client_restrictions=permit_sasl_authenticated,reject # -o milter_macro_daemon_name=ORIGINATING #smtps inet n - - - - smtpd # -o smtpd_tls_wrappermode=yes # -o smtpd_sasl_auth_enable=yes # -o smtpd_client_restrictions=permit_sasl_authenticated,reject # -o milter_macro_daemon_name=ORIGINATING #628 inet n - - - - qmqpd pickup fifo n - - 60 1 pickup cleanup unix n - - - 0 cleanup qmgr fifo n - n 300 1 qmgr #qmgr fifo n - - 300 1 oqmgr tlsmgr unix - - - 1000? 1 tlsmgr rewrite unix - - - - - trivial-rewrite bounce unix - - - - 0 bounce defer unix - - - - 0 bounce trace unix - - - - 0 bounce verify unix - - - - 1 verify flush unix n - - 1000? 0 flush proxymap unix - - n - - proxymap proxywrite unix - - n - 1 proxymap smtp unix - - - - - smtp # When relaying mail as backup MX, disable fallback_relay to avoid MX loops relay unix - - - - - smtp -o smtp_fallback_relay= # -o smtp_helo_timeout=5 -o smtp_connect_timeout=5 showq unix n - - - - showq error unix - - - - - error retry unix - - - - - error discard unix - - - - - discard local unix - n n - - local virtual unix - n n - - virtual lmtp unix - - - - - lmtp anvil unix - - - - 1 anvil scache unix - - - - 1 scache # # maildrop. See the Postfix MAILDROP_README file for details. # Also specify in main.cf: maildrop_destination_recipient_limit=1 # maildrop unix - n n - - pipe flags=DRhu user=vmail argv=/usr/bin/maildrop -d ${recipient} # # ==================================================================== # # Recent Cyrus versions can use the existing "lmtp" master.cf entry. # # Specify in cyrus.conf: # lmtp cmd="lmtpd -a" listen="localhost:lmtp" proto=tcp4 # # Specify in main.cf one or more of the following: # mailbox_transport = lmtp:inet:localhost # virtual_transport = lmtp:inet:localhost # # ==================================================================== # # Cyrus 2.1.5 (Amos Gouaux) # Also specify in main.cf: cyrus_destination_recipient_limit=1 # #cyrus unix - n n - - pipe # user=cyrus argv=/cyrus/bin/deliver -e -r ${sender} -m ${extension} ${user} # # ==================================================================== # Old example of delivery via Cyrus. # #old-cyrus unix - n n - - pipe # flags=R user=cyrus argv=/cyrus/bin/deliver -e -m ${extension} ${user} # # ==================================================================== # # See the Postfix UUCP_README file for configuration details. # uucp unix - n n - - pipe flags=Fqhu user=uucp argv=uux -r -n -z -a$sender - $nexthop!rmail ($recipient) # # Other external delivery methods. # ifmail unix - n n - - pipe flags=F user=ftn argv=/usr/lib/ifmail/ifmail -r $nexthop ($recipient) bsmtp unix - n n - - pipe flags=Fq. user=bsmtp argv=/usr/lib/bsmtp/bsmtp -t$nexthop -f$sender $recipient scalemail-backend unix - n n - 2 pipe flags=R user=scalemail argv=/usr/lib/scalemail/bin/scalemail-store ${nexthop} ${user} ${extension} mailman unix - n n - - pipe flags=FR user=list argv=/usr/lib/mailman/bin/postfix-to-mailman.py ${nexthop} ${user} # # ==================================================================== # # delivery through dovecot dovecot unix - n n - - pipe flags=DRhu user=vmail:vmail argv=/usr/lib/dovecot/deliver -f ${sender} -d ${user} dfilt unix - n n - - pipe flags=Rq user=filter argv=/etc/postfix/disclaimer -f ${sender} -- ${recipient} I wonder if it's to do with Dovecot. How do I troubleshoot this? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you
Hi, Just an update. I got a good news. It's now working. It's probably caused by the script because as soon as I changed the script to the original one that comes with the package. It works straight away. Thanks for your time.
Hi, Oops, not quite there yet. But I think I have figured out what may seem to be the problem. If I use the script (the original one), it works right away but it will add the disclaimer to all incoming and outgoing emails - which is not what I wanted. Hence, I went back to look at the script modified by Falko and tried to see why it does not work for me. As soon as I put back the following If statement, it just stop adding the disclaimer. # obtain From address from_address=`grep -m 1 "From:" in.$$ | cut -d "<" -f 2 | cut -d ">" -f 1` if [ `grep -wi ^${from_address}$ ${DISCLAIMER_ADDRESSES}` ]; then /usr/bin/altermime --input=in.$$ \ --disclaimer=/etc/postfix/disclaimer.txt \ --disclaimer-html=/etc/postfix/disclaimer.txt \ --xheader="X-Copyrighted-Material: Please visit http://www.company.com/privacy.htm" || \ { echo Message content rejected; exit $EX_UNAVAILABLE; } fi Just wonder if anyone might be able to tell me how to debug the code so that it will work for me. By the way, in the DISCLAIMER_ADDRESSES, I have in the following format: [email protected] [email protected] Thank you
Thanks for your reply. I am not sure because I am new to this linux script (.sh). However, I do not think it matches my DISCLAIMER_ADDRESSES. The reason being that is in your example of DISCLAIMER_ADDRESSES, you have something like [email protected] or [email protected]. My rough guess is the script might only work for your disclaimer addresses, not for mine ones because I have got the dot(.) between first name and last name. I got a feeling that this is to do with the FROM thing but wasn't just sure where to begin. Might have to start learning the script. Many thanks
Code: if [ `grep -wi ^${from_address}$ ${DISCLAIMER_ADDRESSES}` ]; then In this line the script checks if the from address is listed in the DISCLAIMER_ADDRESSES file. Therefore the from address must match one of the addresses from the DISCLAIMER_ADDRESSES exactly. That doesn't matter.
Hi Falko, Thanks for your advice. I finally got it working. I can see the disclaimer appear on the outgoing emails when using Squirrelmail webmail. However, I noticed that when I send out emails via Outlook 2010, I do not see any disclaimer on the outgoing emails. I tested it by sending email to my Yahoo account via Outlook. I received the email but with no disclaimer. But if I sent from squirrelmail to my yahoo account, I got the email as well as the disclaimer at the end of the mail. I tried to google it for the answer, but from what I gathered, we need to put the disclaimer as part of the signature. I do not know if this is a good idea as there are about 20 machines I have to add the disclaimer as a signature. I wonder if there are any other way out that you may be able to suggest. Thank you very much
Hi Falko, No, the mail.log file does not indicate there is a problem. Everything appears to be fine in the log file. However, in the Outlook, I did try one thing though as part of my trial and error process and it got it to work. I did change "your name" from "mike ward" to "[email protected]". This does not make any sense to me but it did the trick. Thanks once again for the tips.
