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Re: Address verification causing SMTP timeouts

From: Noel Jones (njonesmegan.vbhcs.org)
Date: Thu Dec 14 2006 - 10:51:15 CST


At 07:58 AM 12/14/2006, Robert Fitzpatrick wrote:
>On Thu, 2006-12-14 at 07:44 -0600, Noel Jones wrote:
> > smtpd_recipient_restrictins =
> > permit_mynetworks
> > reject_unauth_destination
> > ... local UCE controls ...
> > check_recipient_access hash:/path/to/relay_recipinets
> > reject_unverified_recipient
> >
> > Where relay_recipients contains a list of known valid recipients as:
> > user1example.com OK
> > user2example.com OK
> > ...
> >
>
>Thanks again Noel! You've been a great help in determining the cause of
>my issue. Just want to clarify one thing, I tried setting up the
>relay_recipients as you suggested once a while back for one domain
>getting slammed. I did exactly as you describe above, but I also added
>'example.com REJECT' after all the OK entries for each user. Is that
>needed?

No, the reject_unverified_recipient takes care of allowing known but
unlisted users and rejecting unknown users.

An "example.com REJECT" in the relay_recipients file would simply
reject any recipient not listed - not what you want this time.

--
Noel Jones