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Subject: Re: Configuration (filtering) question.
From: Wietse Venema (wietseporcupine.org)
Date: Mon Aug 07 2000 - 14:56:52 CDT

Ronald F. Guilmette:
> Up until this moment, I was not aware that doing that (listing the domain
> both with and without a leading period) was required!

Examine access(5) again. There is no leading dot magic.

> It certainly is NOT required when one constructs a Sendmail access file!
> (Yet another subtle Sendmail incompatability?)

Don't whine. Postfix/Sendmail compatibility is for the users.

> In Sendmail, they just use one single data base for specifying filtering
> criteria that Sendmail will apply BOTH to the client IP/name AND also to
> the envelope sender address.

And that is how I reject mail. The same entry with

        yeah.net 500 bugger off

can be used for client domain names, HELO commands, senders and
even recipients. In fact I use the same access map for all.

        Wietse