also sprach Jeroen Geilman <jer...@adaptr.nl> [2010.10.04.1822 +0200]:
> Where, exactly ?

The HELO greeting.

> The real client IP ? That can't be trivially spoofed, and so would
> actually BE your server.

I have seen clients who apparently connect to my MX with the IP and
then send the IP after HELO.

> Personally, I reject all EHLO it it's not FQDN, not a valid hostname,
> or corresponds with my own identity.

% swaks -h '77.109.139.84' -t jer...@adaptr.nl
=== Trying xs.adaptr.nl:25...
=== Connected to xs.adaptr.nl.
<-  220-Are you naughty or nice ?
<-  220 mail.adaptr.nl ESMTP Ready.
 -> EHLO 77.109.139.84
<-  250-mail.adaptr.nl
[…]

(same with [77.109.139.84])

> That pretty much accomplishes what you're talking about, without the
> need for additional options.

So you keep a file in /etc/postfix containing your own identity?
That's redundant, isn't it? I can trivially do this with puppet, but
I figure it would be something postfix could do too.

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