Thanks for the comprehensive explanation. What's strange is it's happening for example to my gmail account (which I was using to test sender_access) as well and I would have expected their mail servers to "behave". Theirs seems to retry at random periods between 90 minutes and two hours. I sent a test email over 12 hours ago and gmail keeps trying to re-deliver.
Also I note that my Postfix doesn't appear to be rejecting with the code mentioned. Maillog shows (just the last two entries): Aug 30 07:17:16 localhost postfix/smtpd[1095]: NOQUEUE: reject: RCPT from mail-qt0-f171.google.com[209.85.216.171]: 454 4.7.1 <mbridg...@gmail.com>: Sender address rejected: Access denied; from=<mbridg...@gmail.com> to=<m...@byteplayer.com> proto=ESMTP helo=<mail-qt0-f171.google.com> Aug 30 09:43:22 localhost postfix/smtpd[5125]: NOQUEUE: reject: RCPT from mail-qt0-f174.google.com[209.85.216.174]: 454 4.7.1 <mbridg...@gmail.com>: Sender address rejected: Access denied; from=<mbridg...@gmail.com> to=<m...@byteplayer.com> proto=ESMTP helo=<mail-qt0-f174.google.com> So isn't think using 454? I can't see anything outwardly in my config that looks wrong: alias_database = hash:/etc/aliases alias_maps = hash:/etc/aliases broken_sasl_auth_clients = yes command_directory = /usr/sbin compatibility_level = 2 content_filter = amavisfeed:[127.0.0.1]:10024 daemon_directory = /usr/libexec/postfix data_directory = /var/lib/postfix debug_peer_level = 2 debugger_command = PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin xxgdb $daemon_directory/$process_name $process_id & sleep 5 default_privs = nobody disable_vrfy_command = yes header_checks = regexp:/etc/postfix/header_checks html_directory = no inet_interfaces = all inet_protocols = ipv4 local_recipient_maps = luser_relay = mbridget mail_owner = postfix mailbox_command = /usr/libexec/dovecot/dovecot-lda -f "$SENDER" -a "$RECIPIENT" mailbox_size_limit = 0 mailq_path = /usr/bin/mailq.postfix manpage_directory = /usr/share/man message_size_limit = 50000000 milter_connect_macros = j {daemon_name} v {if_name} _ milter_default_action = accept mydestination = byteplayer.byteplayer.com, mail.byteplayer.com, $myhostname, $mydomain, localhost,byteplayer.com,byteplayer.co.uk,byteplayer.dyndns.org,byteplayer.uk mydomain = byteplayer.com myhostname = mail.byteplayer.com mynetworks = 192.168.200.0/24, 127.0.0.0/8 myorigin = byteplayer.com newaliases_path = /usr/bin/newaliases.postfix non_smtpd_milters = $smtpd_milters postscreen_access_list = permit_mynetworks, cidr:/etc/postfix/postscreen_access.cidr postscreen_dnsbl_action = enforce postscreen_dnsbl_sites = zen.spamhaus.org, b.barracudacentral.org,bl.spamcop.net postscreen_greet_action = enforce queue_directory = /var/spool/postfix readme_directory = /usr/share/doc/postfix/README_FILES relayhost = [smtp.tools.sky.com]:465 sample_directory = /usr/share/doc/postfix/samples sendmail_path = /usr/sbin/sendmail.postfix setgid_group = postdrop smtp_sasl_auth_enable = yes smtp_sasl_password_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/sasl_passwd smtp_sasl_security_options = noanonymous smtp_tls_security_level = encrypt smtp_tls_wrappermode = yes smtpd_delay_reject = yes smtpd_discard_ehlo_keywords = silent-discard, dsn smtpd_helo_required = yes smtpd_helo_restrictions = permit_mynetworks, permit_sasl_authenticated, smtpd_milters = unix:/var/run/clamav-milter/clamav-milter.socket smtpd_recipient_restrictions = reject_unknown_recipient_domain, permit_sasl_authenticated, reject_unauth_pipelining, permit_mynetworks, reject_unauth_destination, reject_invalid_hostname, check_sender_access hash:/etc/postfix/sender_access, reject_unauth_destination smtpd_relay_restrictions = permit_mynetworks, permit_sasl_authenticated, defer_unauth_destination smtpd_sasl_auth_enable = yes smtpd_sasl_local_domain = $myhostname smtpd_sasl_path = /var/spool/postfix/private/auth smtpd_sasl_security_options = noanonymous smtpd_sasl_type = dovecot smtpd_sender_restrictions = permit_sasl_authenticated, permit_mynetworks, smtpd_tls_CAfile = /etc/ssl/certs/cacert.pem smtpd_tls_ask_ccert = yes smtpd_tls_cert_file = /etc/letsencrypt/live/byteplayer.com/fullchain.pem smtpd_tls_ciphers = high smtpd_tls_exclude_ciphers = RC4-MD5 smtpd_tls_key_file = /etc/letsencrypt/live/byteplayer.com/privkey.pem smtpd_tls_loglevel = 1 smtpd_tls_received_header = yes smtpd_tls_security_level = may smtpd_tls_session_cache_timeout = 3600s soft_bounce = yes strict_rfc821_envelopes = yes tls_random_source = dev:/dev/urandom unknown_address_reject_code = 550 unknown_client_reject_code = 550 unknown_hostname_reject_code = 550 unknown_local_recipient_reject_code = 550 virtual_alias_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/virtual virtual_transport = dovecot thanks for any support. Mark -- Sent from: http://postfix.1071664.n5.nabble.com/Postfix-Users-f2.html