From: Wietse Venema (wietseporcupine.org)
Date: Tue Oct 10 2006 - 14:29:39 CDT

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Carl O:
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> Hello
>
> I have recently moved from sendmail to a postfix configuration. I cannot
> however get my old access.db/ access file to be loaded and working. Upon
> consulting this thread ( http://news.umailcampaign.com/message/74557.aspx )
> I have made the simplest of acccess files to test from:
>
> Code:
>
> 1.1.1.1 REJECT YAY
>
> Where 1.1.1.1 is another mailserver i can send mail from. After running
> > postmap hash:/etc/postfix/access
>
> And then
> > /etc/init.d/postfix restart
>
> The mail is still not rejected. Do I have some formatting wrong? Why are
> these mails not being rejected?
>
> In my main.cf I have added :
>
> Code:
>
> smtpd_sender_restrictions = hash:/etc/postfix/access

That doe snot work. 1.1.1.1 is not a sender.

I suggest you read the documentation:

http://www.postfix.org/postconf.5.html#smtpd_sender_restrictions
http://www.postfix.org/SMTPD_ACCESS_README.html

        Wietse

>
> To the end of the file. Is there some way to check what rules are currently
> being applied, or in other words, how do I verify that the access.db file is
> being processed by the system? It does not seem to me like it is, and this
> config is so simple I cannot imagine what could be wrong.
>
> For bonus points, If anyone could please tell me what is wrong with the
> syntax of my old access file.. Is it the quotes? I tried removing them from
> a few entries but still no dice. They dont really say in the man pages.
>
> Old sendmail access file snippet:
> Code:
>
> to:userdomain REJECT " :die spammer "
> 213.98.176.46 REJECT " : die spammer "
> 66.185.52.102 REJECT " : die spammer "
>
> If someone wants to forward some sort of basic access file as a text
> attachment, so I can view syntax, that would be great.
>
> thanks
> carl
>
>
>
>

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