I totally agree with this and I am going to work to scrub the prior terminology from my system.
Thank you, Wietse —Curtis Sent from my iPhone > On Feb 24, 2021, at 12:12 PM, Wietse Venema <wie...@porcupine.org> wrote: > > The following is from the postfix-3.6-20210221 release notes. > > Wietse > > Postfix version 3.6 deprecates terminology that implies white is > better than black. Instead, Postfix prefers 'allowlist', 'denylist', > and variations on those words. > > Noel Jones assisted with the initial transition. > > Changes in documentation > ------------------------ > > Documentation was updated to use 'allowlist', 'denylist', etc. > These documentation changes do not affect Postfix behavior. > > Changes in parameter names > -------------------------- > > The following parameters replace names that contain 'blacklist' or > 'whitelist': > > postscreen_allowlist_interfaces > postscreen_denylist_action > postscreen_dnsbl_allowlist_threshold > > These new parameters have backwards-compatible default settings > that support the old parameter names, so that the name change should > not affect Postfix behavior. This means that existing management tools > that use the old parameter names should keep working as before. > > This compatibility safety net may break when some management tools > use the new parameter names, and some use the old names, such that > different tools will disagree on how Postfix works. > > Changes in logging > ------------------ > > The following logging replaces forms that contain 'blacklist' or > 'whitelist': > > postfix/postscreen[pid]: ALLOWLIST VETO [address]:port > postfix/postscreen[pid]: ALLOWLISTED [address]:port > postfix/postscreen[pid]: DENYLISTED [address]:port > > To avoid breaking logfile analysis tools, Postfix keeps logging the old > forms by default, as long as the compatibility_level parameter setting > is less than 3.6, and the respectful_logging parameter is not explicitly > configured. As a reminder, Postfix will log the following: > > postfix/postscreen[pid]: Using backwards-compatible default setting > respectful_logging=no for client [address]:port > > To keep logging the old form, make the setting "respectful_logging = > no" permanent in main.cf, for example: > > # postconf "respectful_logging = no" > # postfix reload > > To stop the reminder, configure the respectful_logging parameter to > "yes" or "no", or configure "compatibility_level = 3.6".
