From: Jerry on
While inspecting my maillogs this morning, I came upon this entry:

Apr 1 07:22:11 scorpio postfix/smtp[4534]: 24E842285F: enabling PIX workarounds: disable_esmtp delay_dotcrlf for imh.rsys4.net[12.130.135.43]:25

I don't believe I have ever seen that before. What does it mean and
should I be worried about it?

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From: Ralf Hildebrandt on
* Jerry <postfix-user(a)seibercom.net>:
> While inspecting my maillogs this morning, I came upon this entry:
>
> Apr 1 07:22:11 scorpio postfix/smtp[4534]: 24E842285F: enabling PIX workarounds: disable_esmtp delay_dotcrlf for imh.rsys4.net[12.130.135.43]:25
>
> I don't believe I have ever seen that before. What does it mean and
> should I be worried about it?

If you have a pix, you should worry :)

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From: Ralf Hildebrandt on
* Jerry <postfix-user(a)seibercom.net>:
> While inspecting my maillogs this morning, I came upon this entry:
>
> Apr 1 07:22:11 scorpio postfix/smtp[4534]: 24E842285F: enabling PIX workarounds: disable_esmtp delay_dotcrlf for imh.rsys4.net[12.130.135.43]:25
>
> I don't believe I have ever seen that before. What does it mean and
> should I be worried about it?

While sending to imh.rsys4.net Postfix discovered a PIX with smtp
protocol fixup and worked around it's brokenness:

# telnet imh.rsys4.net 25
Trying 12.130.135.43...
Connected to imh.rsys4.net.
Escape character is '^]'.
220 *********************************

Yep, imh.rsys4.net is protected by a PIX.

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Ralf Hildebrandt
Geschäftsbereich IT | Abteilung Netzwerk
Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Campus Benjamin Franklin
Hindenburgdamm 30 | D-12203 Berlin
Tel. +49 30 450 570 155 | Fax: +49 30 450 570 962
ralf.hildebrandt(a)charite.de | http://www.charite.de