Ok, that makes sense... I have so many windows opened that i didn't rechecked what I was reading... sorry for that.
Have a nice day. On Tue, Mar 17, 2009 at 10:44 AM, Sahil Tandon <sa...@tandon.net> wrote: > On Tue, 17 Mar 2009, Alberto Lepe wrote: > > > According to the Postfix Manual, "reject_unlisted_recipient": > > > > > "Reject the request when the MAIL FROM address is not listed in the > list of > > > valid recipients for its domain class." > > No, reject_unlisted_recipient has nothing to do with the MAIL FROM; it is > used to "reject the request when the RCPT TO address is not listed in the > list > of valid recipients for its domain class". > > > and "smtpd_reject_unlisted_sender": > > > > > "Request that the Postfix SMTP server rejects mail from unknown sender > > > addresses, even when no explicit reject_unlisted_sender access > restriction > > > is specified." > > > > So, If I have in my main.cf: smtpd_reject_unlisted_sender = yes, then, I > > don't need to include the reject_unlisted_recipient rule at the > > smtpd_recipient_restrictions, right? > > You are (again) confusing two different parameters; one pertains to SENDER > and the other to RECIPIENT. > > > If I use that rule (either one), and someone is trying to send a mail to > a > > local account from for example hotmail, gmail, or any other external > server, > > means that it will be rejected??? because the FROM address is not listed > in > > the local recipients. Is that true? > > No. Carefully re-read the relevant sections of postconf(5): > http://www.postfix.org/postconf.5.html#reject_unlisted_recipient > http://www.postfix.org/postconf.5.html#reject_unlisted_sender > http://www.postfix.org/postconf.5.html#smtpd_reject_unlisted_recipient > http://www.postfix.org/postconf.5.html#smtpd_reject_unlisted_sender > > -- > Sahil Tandon <sa...@tandon.net> >
