[wplug] postfix question

[Brandon Kuczenski]

On Tue, 3 May 2005, Bill Moran wrote:

> Brandon Kuczenski <brandon at 301south.net> wrote:
>
>> This should be a FAQ, I think, but I can't figure out how to phrase it
>> properly for the search engines.  It concerns a rare but recognizable
>> form of UCE.
>>
>> I got an email whose sender address purported to be
>> <a_valid_local_user>@301south.net.  The smtpd_reject_unlisted_sender
>> parameter will reject <not_a_valid_local_user>@301south.net but if Spammy
>> uses a valid username, this test will fail.  So I want to only accept mail
>> from known users @301south.net if
>>   a) the mail is sent from localhost, or
>>   b) the mail is sent from a SASL authenticated smtp session.
>>
>> My smtpd_sender_restrictions looks like this:
>>
>> smtpd_sender_restrictions = permit_sasl_authenticated
>>                              permit_mynetworks
>
> You need to add "reject" to the end of the list.
>

But I *want* to accept mail from pretty much any sender -- I am running a 
mail server -- won't a default "reject" policy sort of defeat that?  Maybe 
I'm confused.

-Brandon