my pre configured Postfix inluded these helo_access.pcre rejects; today, I noticed an expected email was bounced by one of the pre-configured rules as so:
Jan 31 10:08:01 emu postfix/smtpd[11075]: NOQUEUE: reject: RCPT from unknown[59.167.231.218]: 554 5.7.1 <eth6619.nsw.adsl.internode.on.net>: Helo command rejected: Go away, bad guy (adsl).; from=<hele...@tld.com.au> to=<voy...@tld.net.au> proto=ESMTP helo=<eth6619.nsw.adsl.internode.on.net> host 59.167.231.218 218.231.167.59.in-addr.arpa domain name pointer ns3.cipaname.com. before I contact the sender to tell them "you are misconfigured"; are these rules below: 'pretty good idea with little chance of false positives' ? or 'not such a good reject idea with a lot of chance of fasle positives' ? thanks ..from helo_access.pcre.. # Reject adsl spammers. # /adsl/ REJECT Go away, bad guy (adsl). /dynamic/ REJECT Go away, bad guy (dynamic) /\d{1,3}-\d{1,3}-\d{1,3}-\d{1,3}/ REJECT Go away (dynamic). /pppoe/ REJECT Go away, bad guy (pppoe). /dsl\.brasiltelecom\.net\.br/ REJECT Go away, bad guy (dsl.optinet.hr) /dsl\.optinet\.hr/ REJECT Go away, bad guy (dsl.telesp.net.br) /dsl\.telesp\.net\.br/ REJECT Go away, bad guy (dialog) /dialup/ REJECT Go away, bad guy (dialup) /dhcp/ REJECT Go away, bad guy (dhcp) /dhcp\.stls\.mo\.charter\.com/ REJECT Go away, bad guy (dhcp.stls.mo.charter.com) /pool-/ REJECT Go away, bad guy (pool-) /^cpe-/ REJECT Go away, bad guy (cpe-) /\.cpe\./ REJECT Go away, bad guy (.cpe.)