From: Terry Carmen (terrycnysupport.com)
Date: Wed Oct 10 2007 - 12:25:53 CDT

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Noel Jones wrote:
> At 12:08 PM 10/10/2007, Terry Carmen wrote:
>> I have an access file that doesn't seem to work as expected.
>>
>> main.cf contains:
>>
>> smtpd_sender_restrictions =check_sender_access
>> hash:/etc/postfix/access,reject_unknown_sender_domain
>>
>>
>> /etc/postfix/access contains:
>>
>> 66.165.224.0/19 REJECT Hosted on spam-friendly network
>> 208.116.142.0/24 REJECT Spam is not accepted
>> 208.116.222.0/24 REJECT Spam is not accepted
>> 66.180.217.0/24 REJECT Spam is not accepted
>>
>> I did "postmap access" to create access.db, but the REJECT lines
>> don't seem to have any effect.
>>
>> Anybody have any thoughts or suggestions?
>
> Sounds as if you want a check_client_access map rather than
> check_sender_access.
> An IP address is a client property, not a sender property.
>
> client - connecting IP and verified rDNS hostname
> sender - MAIL FROM command given by client during SMTP, also usually
> listed in the Return-Path: header. Sometimes confused with the From:
> header.
>

I actually use the same file for client and sender access (it contains
some other entries as well).

Not sure if that might be part of the problem.

Terry

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