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From: Tanstaafl <tanstaafl@libertytrek.org>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Postfix question about auth and blocklists...
Date: Wed, 02 Jun 2010 14:37:34 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4C06A4EE.9060107@libertytrek.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1274902364.11900.92.camel@bvargo2.homeip.net>

On 2010-05-26 3:32 PM, Brandon Vargo wrote:
> On Wed, 2010-05-26 at 15:40 +0100, Steve wrote:
>> On a gentoo mailserver, I'm running Postfix 2.6.5 - and, having followed
>> some howto or other, quite a long time ago, I have this section at the
>> end of my main.cf:

<snip>
>> The problem arises elsewhere... where I'm not connected to my local
>> (W)LAN (i.e. where I'm not in "permit_mynetworks") - where the
>> phone reports:

Whether or not your client is in mynetwroks is irrelevant, if you are
sasl_authenticating.

>> The server returned the following error message:
>>
>> 554 5.7.1 Service unavailable; Client host 149.254.48.170 blocked using
>> sbl-xbl.spamhouse.org; http://www.spamhous.org/query/bl?ip=149.254.48.170
>> --
>>
>> The block comes as no surprise as 149.254.48.170 isn't exclusively under
>> my control

Irrelevant...

>> So... the questions:
>>
>> * How can I alter the configuration  to process email from blocked
>> locations if and only if the client authenticates?
>> * How can I verify that SMTP auth has been done (when connecting from my
>> LAN) - it would be a disaster if I inadvertently created an open relay. 
>> (I don't think I have - but better safe than sorry, etc.)
>>
>> Thanks in advance for any replies...

> You want to split your rules between smtpd_recipient_restrictions,
> smtpd_sender_restrictions, and smtpd_client_restrictions.

Absolutely not necessary. In most cases - as long as the default (yes)
for smtpd_delay_reject hasn't been changed - it is perfectly fine to
have all restrictions under smtpd_recipient_restrictions - and in fact
it is desirable because it is easier to maintain.

The problem is that you are *not* sasl_authenticating - if you were,
then you would not have hit that restriction.

We need two things - output of postconf -n on your server, and a log
snippet of a rejected send attempt.

Also, contents of master.cf - are you using port 25, or the submission
port (587)? You should always use the submission port if you aren't now.

Charles



      parent reply	other threads:[~2010-06-02 18:38 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-05-26 14:40 [gentoo-user] Postfix question about auth and blocklists Steve
2010-05-26 19:32 ` Brandon Vargo
2010-05-27 16:24   ` Steve
2010-05-27 17:06     ` Brandon Vargo
2010-06-02 18:41       ` Tanstaafl
2010-06-02 18:37   ` Tanstaafl [this message]

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