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Subject: Re: POP before SMTP
From: Ralf Hildebrandt (news-list.postfix.usersinnominate.de)
Date: Tue Jun 13 2000 - 02:01:21 CDT

On 12 Jun 2000 20:30:51 +0200, Dave Stewart <dbsdbscom.com> wrote:

>I've got qpopper on another machine, and when a user checks mail, their IP
>address is dutifully place on the Postfix machine, in
>/etc/postfix/access.db (which is a hash database)

So you have a patched qpopper.

>Postfix seems to only read this on startup - if I SIGKILL master and
>restart it, it allows relay from the clients listed in the database. But

Argh. You don't SIGKILL master, but use "postfix reload"

>it does not appear to re-read the database, or reference it in any way,
>after startup.

It does, believe me.

>Here's the relevant (I think) part of main.cf:
>
>smtpd_recipients_restrictions = permit_mynetworks, check_client_access
>hash:/etc/postfix/access
>smtpd_senders_restrictions = permit_mynetworks, check_client_access
>hash:/etc/postfix/access

If the permit_mynetworks matches, you'll never see an access to
hash:/etc/postfix/access 

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