> anyway, look at your master.cf. you may have overriden your smtpd > restrictions there...
Good thinking, from my little understanding the master.cf is ok # grep -v '^ *\(#.*\)\?$' /etc/postfix/master.cf smtp inet n - n - - smtpd -v - v pickup fifo n - n 60 1 pickup cleanup unix n - n - 0 cleanup qmgr fifo n - n 300 1 qmgr tlsmgr unix - - n 1000? 1 tlsmgr rewrite unix - - n - - trivial-rewrite bounce unix - - n - 0 bounce defer unix - - n - 0 bounce trace unix - - n - 0 bounce verify unix - - n - 1 verify flush unix n - n 1000? 0 flush proxymap unix - - n - - proxymap proxywrite unix - - n - 1 proxymap smtp unix - - n - - smtp -v -v relay unix - - n - - smtp -o smtp_fallback_relay= showq unix n - n - - showq error unix - - n - - error retry unix - - n - - error discard unix - - n - - discard local unix - n n - - local virtual unix - n n - - virtual lmtp unix - - n - - lmtp anvil unix - - n - 1 anvil scache unix - - n - 1 scache dovecot unix - n n - - pipe flags=DRhu user=vmail:mail argv=/usr/libexec/dovecot/deliver -d ${recipient} I am aware that this configuration will open the postfix for spam usage, ATM the focus is to limit who can send external emails. > As of the original question, using "static:reject" for > smtpd_recipient_restrictions will make postfix reject just > everything. As suggested by Michael Tokarev I have changed the config to reject everything yet I was still able to send mail. Here is the final config: #postconf -n config_directory = /etc/postfix debug_peer_level = 9 disable_vrfy_command = yes mail_owner = postfix setgid_group = postdrop smtp_tls_loglevel = 9 smtpd_client_port_logging = yes smtpd_client_restrictions = permit_mynetworks, reject_unknown_client smtpd_data_restrictions = reject_unauth_pipelining,permit smtpd_delay_reject = yes smtpd_helo_required = yes smtpd_recipient_restrictions = static:reject smtpd_restriction_classes = local_only virtual_alias_maps = mysql:$config_directory/mysql_virtual_alias_maps.cf virtual_gid_maps = static:12 virtual_mailbox_base = /var/vmail virtual_mailbox_domains = mysql:$config_directory/mysql_virtual_mailbox_domains.cf virtual_mailbox_limit_maps = mysql:/etc/postfix/mysql_virtual_mailbox_limit_maps.cf virtual_mailbox_maps = mysql:$config_directory/mysql_virtual_mailbox_maps.cf virtual_minimum_uid = 101 virtual_transport = dovecot virtual_uid_maps = static:101 The log file for this can be seen here: http://engage.neven.info/postfix-static.txt Noel Jones: > There are no compile options that will affect this. Show > non-verbose postfix logging of a transaction you feel is > handled incorrectly. Using this config: # postconf -n config_directory = /etc/postfix debug_peer_level = 9 disable_vrfy_command = yes mail_owner = postfix setgid_group = postdrop smtp_tls_loglevel = 9 smtpd_client_port_logging = yes smtpd_client_restrictions = permit_mynetworks, reject_unknown_client smtpd_data_restrictions = reject_unauth_pipelining,permit smtpd_delay_reject = yes smtpd_helo_required = yes smtpd_restriction_classes = local_only smtpd_sender_restrictions = check_sender_access hash:/etc/postfix/restricted_senders virtual_alias_maps = mysql:$config_directory/mysql_virtual_alias_maps.cf virtual_gid_maps = static:12 virtual_mailbox_base = /var/vmail virtual_mailbox_domains = mysql:$config_directory/mysql_virtual_mailbox_domains.cf virtual_mailbox_limit_maps = mysql:/etc/postfix/mysql_virtual_mailbox_limit_maps.cf virtual_mailbox_maps = mysql:$config_directory/mysql_virtual_mailbox_maps.cf virtual_minimum_uid = 101 virtual_transport = dovecot virtual_uid_maps = static:101 Here is the verbose logging http://engage.neven.info/postfix-check_sender_access.txt The non verbose version: ay 31 22:03:50 DKPADMMAIL1 postfix/postfix-script[3329]: starting the Postfix mail system May 31 22:03:50 DKPADMMAIL1 postfix/master[3330]: daemon started -- version 2.5.1, configuration /etc/postfix May 31 22:04:30 DKPADMMAIL1 postfix/pickup[3332]: 39EBD5D806B: uid=48 from=<te...@corp.letsengage.com> May 31 22:04:30 DKPADMMAIL1 postfix/cleanup[3338]: 39EBD5D806B: message-id=<29bd4605116b02e27bcddc77b33b598b.squir...@dkpadmmail1> May 31 22:04:30 DKPADMMAIL1 postfix/qmgr[3331]: 39EBD5D806B: from=<te...@corp.letsengage.com>, size=677, nrcpt=1 (queue active) May 31 22:04:34 DKPADMMAIL1 postfix/smtp[3343]: 39EBD5D806B: to=<####.ne...@gmail.com>, relay=gmail-smtp-in.l.google.com[74.125.53.27]:25, delay=4.2, delays=0.11/0.01/2.6/1.5, dsn=2.0.0, status=sent (250 2.0.0 OK 1275307474 k17si9893297rvh.45) May 31 22:04:34 DKPADMMAIL1 postfix/qmgr[3331]: 39EBD5D806B: removed