Hey All,

I am trying to add Disclaimer to all outgoing mails
My MTA is Postfix - 2.6
OS RHEL 6
altermime-0.3

I googled and tried lots of links but what ever URL had i tried its not adding disclaimer to outgoing mails.

Thanks in advance.
Waiting for quick response

This is a volunteer forum...asking for/expecting a 'quick response' is a bit rude. And when you say you "tried lots of links", you don't tell us WHICH links, what you did, or what results/messages you got, so it's hard for anyone to give a good response. The first hit in Google for "linux postfix add disclaimer to outgoing email" is:
http://www.howtoforge.com/add-discla...ix-debian-etch

...which is a step-by-step guide, and is easy to follow. What part of that did you encounter trouble with? The altermime website also has documentation:
http://www.pldaniels.com/altermime/

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Dear Mr.TBOne

Thanks for the response.

I followed the below link
http://www.studioc.hu/doc/altermime/...e-howto-2.html

I wrote the below lines in main.cf file
relayhost = [smtp.gmail.com]:587
smtp_sasl_auth_enable = yes
smtp_sasl_password_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/sasl_passwd
smtp_sasl_security_options = noanonymous
smtp_tls_CAfile = /etc/postfix/cacert.pem
smtp_use_tls = yes

I wrote the below lines in master.cf
smtp inet n - y - - smtpd
-o content_filter=dfilt:
dfilt unix - n n - - pipe
flags=Rq user=filter argv=/etc/postfix/disclaimer -f $sender -- $recipient

This is my disclaimer script
#!/bin/sh
#localize these.
INSPECT_DIR=/var/spool/filter
SENDMAIL=/usr/sbin/sendmail

####### Changed From Original Script #######
DISCLAIMER_ADDRESSES=/etc/postfix/disclaimer_addresses
####### Changed From Original Script END #######

# Exit codes from <sysexits.h>
EX_TEMPFAIL=75
EX_UNAVAILABLE=69

# Clean up when done or when aborting.
trap "rm -f in.$$" 0 1 2 3 15

# Start processing.
cd $INSPECT_DIR || { echo $INSPECT_DIR does not exist; exit
$EX_TEMPFAIL; }

cat >in.$$ || { echo Cannot save mail to file; exit $EX_TEMPFAIL; }

####### Changed From Original Script #######
# 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.pmah.med.sa" || \
--xheader=" " || \
{ echo Message content rejected; exit $EX_UNAVAILABLE; }
fi
####### Changed From Original Script END #######

$SENDMAIL "$@" <in.$$

exit $?

Whenever I execute the disclaimer script, it's adding the disclaimer to the outgoing mail. But whenever i send mail through the postfix, it's just sending the mail but not adding the disclaimer.

Please can you point out where i'm wrong.

If you noticed, that link is from 2005. Did you look at the link I provided you, which is a bit newer?
You don't mention whether or not you restarted postfix after you made the changes, or if you populated the disclaimer_addresses file (which is mentioned in the later documentation), and which addresses you put in it.

Yes,I restart the postfix service and in disclaimer_addresses file I put the from addresses.

Ok...and do your postfix logs tell you anything? Did you go and read the guide I posted, since it's a couple years newer than the one you followed, to see if there were any differences?

I tried you links also but facing the same problem i.e, Not adding disclaimer to the outgoing mails.
I checked the log file it's showing one error i.e "postfix/master[1144]:terminating on signal 15"

Are there any OTHER lines in the log file? Because the signal 15 indicates that the script is sending an abort/stop, so postfix is stopping. There is another 'tutorial' centered around CentOS that's much newer:
http://www.virtualmin.com/node/17863

What are the contents of your disclaimer_addresses and disclaimer_domains files? Because from what I've read, you need the IMAP user name, not the "somename@domain.com".

I'm not adding anything in the main.cf file.

I tried that link also. Still the same problem not adding disclaimer to the outgoing mails.

You said in post #3 that you put the appropriate lines in the main.cf file. Now you're saying you didn't?? Which is it, since both can't be true?

And again, did you read/understand my previous post, where I asked about the contents of the disclaimer_* files? Did you see where I asked about the addresses/names in those files, and if they matched the IMAP credentials?? Unless you provide answers to questions asked, there's little anyone can help with.

-I mean to say that I'm not invoking content_filter in main.cf.

Below are you're answers
-I kept the username in disclaimer_addresses file and domain names in disclaimer_domains file.
-Yes, it matching the IMAP credentials that's why it's sending mail but not adding disclaimer to that mail.

I think the problem is in master.cf file. Because if I give wrong path then only it's not giving any error and sending mail without adding disclaimer.

Well, if you don't ENABLE IT, it's not going to WORK, is it??? Unless you tell postfix to use the script, it's not going to.
Right...and you were asked to post at least SOME of the contents of those files.
No...it's sending the email because the email CLIENT is logging in with the credentials. If those don't match in the addresses file, then you won't get a disclaimer. Which is why you were asked to post the contents.

Dear TBOne,
I removed the disclaimer_addresses and disclaimer_domains from the disclaimer script, still it's not adding disclaimer to outgoing mails.

This is my modified script
#!/bin/sh
# Localize these.
INSPECT_DIR=/var/spool/filter
SENDMAIL=/usr/sbin/sendmail

####### Changed From Original Script #######
#DISCLAIMER_ADDRESSES=/etc/postfix/disclaimer_addresses
#DISCLAIMER_DOMAINS=/etc/postfix/disclaimer_domains
####### Changed From Original Script END #######

# Exit codes from <sysexits.h>
EX_TEMPFAIL=75
EX_UNAVAILABLE=69

# Clean up when done or when aborting.
trap "rm -f in.$$" 0 1 2 3 15

# Start processing.
cd $INSPECT_DIR || { echo $INSPECT_DIR does not exist; exit
$EX_TEMPFAIL; }

cat >in.$$ || { echo Cannot save mail to file; exit $EX_TEMPFAIL; }

####### Changed From Original Script #######
# obtain From address
# this line checks the address in the from header
#from_address=<code>grep -m 1 &quot;From:&quot; in.$$ | cut -d &quot;&lt;&quot; -f 2 | cut -d &quot;@&quot; -f 1</code>
# and this one checks the domain.
#from_domain=<code>grep -m 1 &quot;From:&quot; in.$$ | cut -d &quot;&lt;&quot; -f 2 | cut -d &quot;&gt;&quot; -f 1 | cut -d &quot;@&quot; -f 2</code>

#if [ <code>grep -wi ^${from_domain}$ ${DISCLAIMER_DOMAINS}</code> ]; then
# if [ <code>grep -wi ^${from_address}$ ${DISCLAIMER_ADDRESSES}</code> ]; then
/usr/bin/altermime --input=in.$$ \
--disclaimer=/etc/postfix/disclaimer_text.txt \
--disclaimer-html=/etc/postfix/disclaimer_text.htm \
--xheader="X-Copyrighted-Material: Please visit http://www.mydomain.com/emailpolicy/" || \
{ echo Message content rejected; exit $EX_UNAVAILABLE; }
# fi
#fi

$SENDMAIL -oi "$@" <in.$$
exit $?