On Sat, 04 Apr 2009, LuKreme wrote:

> On 4-Apr-2009, at 16:02, Noel Jones wrote:
>> Best in smtpd_data_restrictions so you don't reject sourceforge and  
>> others sender verification probes.
>
> Is there anything I need to be concerned about having/not having in  
> smtpd_data_restrictions?  it is currently commented out.  if I simply  
> put:
>
> smtpd_data_restrictions =
>     reject_unauth_pipelining,
>     reject_rbl_client ips.backscatterer.org,
>     reject_rbl_client bl.spamcannibal.org
>     permit

The trailing permit is unnecessary.  And some people worry about blocking
legitimate mail from sites listed on those RBLs.  If you share that fear, you
could use an access(5) table to limit the RBL lookups (and rejections) only
to null envelope senders.

> is that good enough?  (the pipelining was there before in the commented 
> out declaration along with the permit). I am sad to say I am still a 
> little unclear about how the various smtpd_mumble_restrictions work 
> together.

For more clarity and general illumination, see:
http://www.postfix.org/SMTPD_ACCESS_README.html

-- 
Sahil Tandon <sa...@tandon.net>

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