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[geek] greylisting with postfix on debian stable
Very effective way to block spam which I hadn't gotten around to setting up until now. Very easy to set up.
Add to your /etc/apt/sources.list:
deb http://www.backports.org/debian/ woody postfix
deb http://www.backports.org/debian/ woody postgrey
Run:
apt-get update
apt-get -u dist-upgrade # will upgrade postfix
apt-get install postgrey
Modify /etc/postfix/main.cf
That section and the last two lines in it are required. You're likely to also want permit_mynetworks so localhost can always send outgoing mail (I needed it for mailman to be able to send).
Check back later for statistics.
Update: I've gotten no spam in the 3 hours since I set this up. That's impressive.
Add to your /etc/apt/sources.list:
deb http://www.backports.org/debian/ woody postfix
deb http://www.backports.org/debian/ woody postgrey
Run:
apt-get update
apt-get -u dist-upgrade # will upgrade postfix
apt-get install postgrey
Modify /etc/postfix/main.cf
smtpd_recipient_restrictions =
permit_mynetworks
reject_unauth_destination
check_policy_service inet:127.0.0.1:60000That section and the last two lines in it are required. You're likely to also want permit_mynetworks so localhost can always send outgoing mail (I needed it for mailman to be able to send).
Check back later for statistics.
Update: I've gotten no spam in the 3 hours since I set this up. That's impressive.