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Postfix: block SMTP access by IP
posted on September 28th 2011, at 12:23
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lunarg
If you wish to restrict SMTP access via IP addresses or a network range, one way to do it would be via Postfix configuration. You can set up restrictions using a Postfix hash-table or via a cidr file. You can choose one or both methods to perform the restrictions. The end-result will be the same.
Create a text file with the addresses you would like to reject. You can choose whatever file name you wish. E.g.: /etc/postfix/smtp_client_access
Its content should be something like:
192.168.0.1 REJECT Stop mailing us192.168.0.2 REJECT Stop mailing us192.168.1 REJECT Stop mailing us
Next, postmap it by running:
postmap /etc/postfix/smtp_client_access
Then add/edit this in your main.cf:
smtpd
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