[PLUG] Postfix send only...
Ed Sawicki
ed at alcpress.com
Sun Oct 7 09:26:38 UTC 2007
robinson-west user wrote:
> How do I configure postfix to reject any
> attempt from an untrusted remote site to
> initiate communication without causing
> outgoing connections to fail?
>
>
> ------- /-----\
> | HUB |--->---| NET |
> ------- \-----/
>
> Notice the arrow which means, only from the HUB.
>
> If someone tries to initiate email transfer to
> HUB from NET directly, I want them to get,
> 550 this is not a relay.
I'd take a different approach. If it's not listed as
an MX, I'd use this as a honeypot and blacklist any
host that tries to use it.
Ed
Noone should be
> attempting to do this anyways because my
> mailhub receives NET email from one of two
> dedicated relays which are listed as the
> mail exchangers for the NET.
>
> An only out server on the relay machines
> strikes me as an option, but I don't know
> how to implement one.
This is probably what you want:
http://www.postfix.org/STANDARD_CONFIGURATION_README.html#null_client
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