Re: *****SPAM***** Postfix loop when sending

From: Ralf Hildebrandt (no email)
Date: Sun Sep 01 2002 - 03:12:04 EDT


On Sat, Aug 31, 2002 at 11:41:58AM -0500, Patrick McKane wrote:
> On Fri, 30 Aug 2002, Ralf Hildebrandt wrote:
>
> Ummm... Why was my message designated as spam? It may have been
> a stupid or uninformed question, but it was genuine and not some
> attempt to spam the list....

X-Spam-Status: No, hits=5.7 required=6.0
        tests=IN_REP_TO,NO_MX_FOR_FROM,RCVD_IN_DSBL,
              RCVD_IN_OSIRUSOFT_COM,FUDGE_RELAY_OSIRU,AWL
        version=2.31

> > > smtp_recipient_restrictions = permit_mynetworks,
> > > check_client_access hash:/etc/postfix/client-access,
> > > reject
> >
> > This breaks anti-relaying!
>
> I'm sorry, if I was an expert at this I wouldn't have had to ask
> the qestion in the first place! Could you please provide a litte
> more information. I saw this setup on several sites so I copied
> them. The way it works in my mind is: first does it match
> mynetworks? >Yes-then send >no then check does it match a rule
> in client-access >Yes then send (or deny, based on the rule) >No
> then reject anything else. I don't understand how it would "break
> anti-relaying" if (as I stated in my post) nothing gets through.

I was wrong. But in your config only machines in mynetworks or
/etc/postfix/client-access can send mail.

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