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RE: Postfix question



Will putting these hosts in the /etc/postfix/access list suffice?
I just thought of that, but it's too simple ;)

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Andrew

On 27-Sep-2000 Pollywog wrote:
> I just migrated from Exim to Postfix (but I kept my Exim stuff just in case)
> and it works well, but I have one small problem that I also had with Exim. 
> Sometimes a connection is attempted by some MTA that does not have a
> hostname
> in the DNS, or it has a hostname that does not resolve to its correct IP
> address.  In most cases, this is spam and I want it rejected, but in some
> cases, it is legitimate mail.  With Exim, what I did was to e-mail the
> sysadmins to suggest they fix their DNS, but I also put the
> hostname/ip_address of the problem host in my /etc/hosts file, to allow mail
> to be received.  Is there some option in Postfix that would allow me to
> receive mail from certain hosts with bad HELO or hostname info while
> refusing
> all others?  I know how to turn it off completely, but I want to be
> selective.
> I have read the docs but nothing applies.
> 
> thanks
> 
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> Andrew
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