Tomas Macek: > Hello, I'm trying to prevent my testing postfix installation 2.8.4 from > being > abused by emails that will go to the root@localhost email address. > I found out that it receives these messages accindetally, when I > tested my configuration. > The root@localhost must be accessible, when the mail comes from localhost > machine and not be accessible from the rest of the world - that's clear. > My server will receive email from many virtual domains. > > I believe the right cfg place is smtpd_recipient_restrictions where I have > this: > > smtpd_recipient_restrictions = permit_mynetworks, > check_recipient_access
This allows all mail from local networks. http://www.postfix.org/postconf.5.html#permit_mynetworks http://www.postfix.org/postconf.5.html#mynetworks > 2) when I came from outside world, the restriction worked: > but when I came from 127.0.0.1, the mail was received - why exactly? But Because of permit_mynetworks/mynetworks. Wietse