Right, thanks for your comments, may be i was wrong , actually my postfix
has a very basic setup and currently not using option smtpd_receipient_*, i
am now trying to use this option.

Regards
Muzi

On Thu, May 27, 2010 at 6:57 PM, Nigel Kukard <[email protected]> wrote:

> On 05/27/10 13:11, Muzammel Asghar wrote:
> > I said i use postfix only for outgoing purposes not incoming mails
> > purpose, and my aim is to implement quota for outgoing limit. so how
> > its possible i use this option smtpd_recipient_restrictions ? I just
> > want to use policyd for quota purpose only also.
>
> It doesn't matter what you're using policyd for, you need the
> check_policy_service in both places. Its just how the Postfix delegation
> protocol works.
>
> Recipient information is not available during the DATA stage. The true
> size of the mail is not available during RCPT stage. While you may get
> away with not adding it to the DATA section if you know exactly what
> you're doing, I'd recommend you add it to both to prevent any odd issues
> creeping in.
>
> RCPT stage gives you the recipients for the smtp transaction, DATA stage
> gives you the true size of the message. Without these two the data
> policyd has to work with is incomplete.
>
> Various policies are applied at various stages, both RCPT and DATA
> depending on the module you're using.
>
> Regardless of what you're doing, you must add the check_policy_service
> to BOTH recipient restrictions and data restrictions. That is just how
> Postfix is.
>
> Here is the info on how it works:
> http://www.postfix.org/SMTPD_POLICY_README.html
>
> Regards
> Nigel
>
>
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