Re: configuring postfix to reject messages to non-existing user account

2004-02-07 Thread Craig Sanders
On Sat, Feb 07, 2004 at 04:38:58PM +, Shri Shrikumar wrote: > I have a postfix installation and it accepts all email to specified domains > regardless of the user part. This seems to pose a security hole in sending > spam / viruses. > > Say someone sends an email to the server with the from of

Re: configuring postfix to reject messages to non-existing user account

2004-02-07 Thread Craig Sanders
On Sat, Feb 07, 2004 at 04:38:58PM +, Shri Shrikumar wrote: > I have a postfix installation and it accepts all email to specified domains > regardless of the user part. This seems to pose a security hole in sending > spam / viruses. > > Say someone sends an email to the server with the from of

Re: configuring postfix to reject messages to non-existing user account

2004-02-07 Thread David Zejda
1) main.cf: check_recipient_restrictions = check_recipient_access btree:/etc/postfix/virtaccess 2) /etc/postfix/virtaccess file with [EMAIL PROTECTED] OK [EMAIL PROTECTED] OK format, must be converted to btree or something by postmap i guess, the similar stuff can be injected into SQL database..

configuring postfix to reject messages to non-existing user account

2004-02-07 Thread Shri Shrikumar
Hi, I have a postfix installation and it accepts all email to specified domains regardless of the user part. This seems to pose a security hole in sending spam / viruses. Say someone sends an email to the server with the from of "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" and the to of "[EMAIL PROTECTED]", postfix accep

Re: configuring postfix to reject messages to non-existing user account

2004-02-07 Thread David Zejda
1) main.cf: check_recipient_restrictions = check_recipient_access btree:/etc/postfix/virtaccess 2) /etc/postfix/virtaccess file with [EMAIL PROTECTED] OK [EMAIL PROTECTED] OK format, must be converted to btree or something by postmap i guess, the similar stuff can be injected into SQL database..

configuring postfix to reject messages to non-existing user account

2004-02-07 Thread Shri Shrikumar
Hi, I have a postfix installation and it accepts all email to specified domains regardless of the user part. This seems to pose a security hole in sending spam / viruses. Say someone sends an email to the server with the from of "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" and the to of "[EMAIL PROTECTED]", postfix accep