Postfix manual - access(5)

    ACCESS(5)                                                            ACCESS(5)

    NAME
           access - Postfix access table format

    SYNOPSIS
           postmap /etc/postfix/access

           postmap -q "string" /etc/postfix/access

           postmap -q - /etc/postfix/access <inputfile

    DESCRIPTION
           The  optional  access(5)  table  directs  the Postfix SMTP
           server to selectively reject or accept mail. Access can be
           allowed  or  denied for specific host names, domain names,
           networks, host addresses or mail addresses.

           For an example, see the EXAMPLE section at the end of this
           manual page.

           Normally,  the access(5) table is specified as a text file
           that serves as  input  to  the  postmap(1)  command.   The
           result,  an  indexed file in dbm or db format, is used for
           fast searching by the mail  system.  Execute  the  command
           "postmap  /etc/postfix/access"  in  order  to  rebuild the
           indexed file after changing the access table.

           When the table is provided via other means  such  as  NIS,
           LDAP  or  SQL,  the  same lookups are done as for ordinary
           indexed files.

           Alternatively, the table can be  provided  as  a  regular-
           expression map where patterns are given as regular expres-
           sions, or lookups can be directed to TCP-based server.  In
           that  case,  the  lookups are done in a slightly different
           way as described below under "REGULAR  EXPRESSION  TABLES"
           and "TCP-BASED TABLES".

    CASE FOLDING
           The  search  string is folded to lowercase before database
           lookup. As of Postfix 2.3, the search string is  not  case
           folded  with database types such as regexp: or pcre: whose
           lookup fields can match both upper and lower case.

    TABLE FORMAT
           The input format for the postmap(1) command is as follows:

           pattern action
                  When pattern matches a mail address, domain or host
                  address, perform the corresponding action.

           blank lines and comments
                  Empty lines and whitespace-only lines are  ignored,
                  as  are  lines whose first non-whitespace character
                  is a `#'.

           multi-line text
                  A logical line starts with non-whitespace  text.  A
                  line  that starts with whitespace continues a logi-
                  cal line.

    EMAIL ADDRESS PATTERNS
           With lookups from indexed files such as DB or DBM, or from
           networked  tables  such  as NIS, LDAP or SQL, patterns are
           tried in the order as listed below:

           user@domain
                  Matches the specified mail address.

           domain.tld
                  Matches domain.tld as the domain part of  an  email
                  address.

                  The pattern domain.tld also matches subdomains, but
                  only when the string smtpd_access_maps is listed in
                  the  Postfix  parent_domain_matches_subdomains con-
                  figuration setting (note that this is  the  default
                  for  some versions of Postfix).  Otherwise, specify
                  .domain.tld (note the  initial  dot)  in  order  to
                  match subdomains.

           user@  Matches  all mail addresses with the specified user
                  part.

           Note: lookup of the null sender address  is  not  possible
           with  some types of lookup table. By default, Postfix uses
           <> as the lookup key for  such  addresses.  The  value  is
           specified  with the smtpd_null_access_lookup_key parameter
           in the Postfix main.cf file.

    EMAIL ADDRESS EXTENSION
           When a mail address localpart contains the optional recip-
           ient  delimiter  (e.g., user+foo@domain), the lookup order
           becomes: user+foo@domain, user@domain, domain,  user+foo@,
           and user@.

    HOST NAME/ADDRESS PATTERNS
           With lookups from indexed files such as DB or DBM, or from
           networked tables such as NIS, LDAP or SQL,  the  following
           lookup patterns are examined in the order as listed:

           domain.tld
                  Matches domain.tld.

                  The pattern domain.tld also matches subdomains, but
                  only when the string smtpd_access_maps is listed in
                  the  Postfix  parent_domain_matches_subdomains con-
                  figuration setting.  Otherwise, specify .domain.tld
                  (note  the  initial  dot)  in order to match subdo-
                  mains.

           net.work.addr.ess

           net.work.addr

           net.work

           net    Matches the specified IPv4 host address or  subnet-
                  work.  An  IPv4  host address is a sequence of four
                  decimal octets separated by ".".

                  Subnetworks are matched  by  repeatedly  truncating
                  the last ".octet" from the remote IPv4 host address
                  string until a match is found in the access  table,
                  or until further truncation is not possible.

                  NOTE 1: The information in the access map should be
                  in canonical form, with unnecessary null characters
                  eliminated.    Address   information  must  not  be
                  enclosed with "[]" characters.

                  NOTE 2: use the cidr lookup table type  to  specify
                  network/netmask  patterns.  See  cidr_table(5)  for
                  details.

           net:work:addr:ess

           net:work:addr

           net:work

           net    Matches the specified IPv6 host address or  subnet-
                  work.  An  IPv6 host address is a sequence of three
                  to eight hexadecimal octet pairs separated by  ":".

                  Subnetworks  are  matched  by repeatedly truncating
                  the last ":octetpair" from  the  remote  IPv6  host
                  address string until a match is found in the access
                  table, or until further truncation is not possible.

                  NOTE 1: the truncation and comparison are done with
                  the string representation of the IPv6 host address.
                  Thus, not all the ":" subnetworks will be tried.

                  NOTE 2: The information in the access map should be
                  in canonical form, with unnecessary null characters
                  eliminated.    Address   information  must  not  be
                  enclosed with "[]" characters.

                  NOTE 3: use the cidr lookup table type  to  specify
                  network/netmask  patterns.  See  cidr_table(5)  for
                  details.

                  IPv6 support is available in Postfix 2.2 and later.

    ACCEPT ACTIONS
           OK     Accept the address etc. that matches the pattern.

           all-numerical
                  An all-numerical result is treated as OK. This for-
                  mat is generated by address-based relay  authoriza-
                  tion schemes such as pop-before-smtp.

    REJECT ACTIONS
           Postfix  version  2.3  and  later  support enhanced status
           codes as defined in RFC 3463.  When no code  is  specified
           at  the  beginning  of  the  text below, Postfix inserts a
           default enhanced status code of "5.7.1"  in  the  case  of
           reject  actions, and "4.7.1" in the case of defer actions.
           See "ENHANCED STATUS CODES" below.

           4NN text

           5NN text
                  Reject the address etc. that matches  the  pattern,
                  and respond with the numerical three-digit code and
                  text. 4NN means "try again later", while 5NN  means
                  "do not try again".

                  The  reply  code "421" causes Postfix to disconnect
                  immediately (Postfix version 2.3 and later).

           REJECT optional text...
                  Reject the address etc. that matches  the  pattern.
                  Reply  with  $reject_code optional text... when the
                  optional text is specified, otherwise reply with  a
                  generic error response message.

           DEFER_IF_REJECT optional text...
                  Defer  the  request if some later restriction would
                  result in a REJECT action. Reply with "450 optional
                  text... when the optional text is specified, other-
                  wise reply with a generic error response message.

                  This feature is available in Postfix 2.1 and later.

           DEFER_IF_PERMIT optional text...
                  Defer  the  request if some later restriction would
                  result in a an explicit or implicit PERMIT  action.
                  Reply  with "450 optional text... when the optional
                  text is specified, otherwise reply with  a  generic
                  error response message.

                  This feature is available in Postfix 2.1 and later.

    OTHER ACTIONS
           restriction...
                  Apply the named UCE restriction(s) (permit, reject,
                  reject_unauth_destination, and so on).

           DISCARD optional text...
                  Claim  successful delivery and silently discard the
                  message.  Log the optional text if specified,  oth-
                  erwise log a generic message.

                  Note:  this action currently affects all recipients
                  of the message.   To  discard  only  one  recipient
                  without  discarding  the  entire  message,  use the
                  transport(5) table to direct mail to the discard(8)
                  service.

                  This feature is available in Postfix 2.0 and later.

           DUNNO  Pretend that the lookup key  was  not  found.  This
                  prevents  Postfix  from  trying  substrings  of the
                  lookup key (such as a subdomain name, or a  network
                  address subnetwork).

                  This feature is available in Postfix 2.0 and later.

           FILTER transport:destination
                  After the message is queued, send the  entire  mes-
                  sage through the specified external content filter.
                  The transport:destination syntax  is  described  in
                  the  transport(5)  manual  page.   More information
                  about external content filters is  in  the  Postfix
                  FILTER_README file.

                  Note:   this  action  overrides  the  main.cf  con-
                  tent_filter  setting,  and  currently  affects  all
                  recipients of the message.

                  This feature is available in Postfix 2.0 and later.

           HOLD optional text...
                  Place the message on the hold queue, where it  will
                  sit  until someone either deletes it or releases it
                  for delivery.  Log the optional text if  specified,
                  otherwise log a generic message.

                  Mail  that  is  placed on hold can be examined with
                  the postcat(1) command, and  can  be  destroyed  or
                  released with the postsuper(1) command.

                  Note:  use  "postsuper -r" to release mail that was
                  kept on hold for a significant fraction  of  $maxi-
                  mal_queue_lifetime  or  $bounce_queue_lifetime,  or
                  longer.

                  Note: this action currently affects all  recipients
                  of the message.

                  This feature is available in Postfix 2.0 and later.

           PREPEND headername: headervalue
                  Prepend the specified message header  to  the  mes-
                  sage.  When this action is used multiple times, the
                  first prepended header appears  before  the  second
                  etc. prepended header.

                  Note:  this action does not support multi-line mes-
                  sage headers.

                  Note: this action must be used before  the  message
                  content   is   received;   it  cannot  be  used  in
                  smtpd_end_of_data_restrictions.

                  This feature is available in Postfix 2.1 and later.

           REDIRECT user@domain
                  After  the  message  is queued, send the message to
                  the  specified  address  instead  of  the  intended
                  recipient(s).

                  Note:  this action overrides the FILTER action, and
                  currently affects all recipients of the message.

                  This feature is available in Postfix 2.1 and later.

           WARN optional text...
                  Log a warning with the optional text, together with
                  client information and  if  available,  with  helo,
                  sender, recipient and protocol information.

                  This feature is available in Postfix 2.1 and later.

    ENHANCED STATUS CODES
           Postfix version 2.3  and  later  support  enhanced  status
           codes  as  defined  in  RFC 3463.  When an enhanced status
           code is specified in an access table,  it  is  subject  to
           modification.  The  following  transformations  are needed
           when the same access  table  is  used  for  client,  helo,
           sender,  or  recipient  access  restrictions;  they happen
           regardless of whether Postfix replies to a MAIL FROM, RCPT
           TO or other SMTP command.

           o      When  a sender address matches a REJECT action, the
                  Postfix SMTP server will transform a recipient  DSN
                  status  (e.g.,  4.1.1-4.1.6) into the corresponding
                  sender DSN status, and vice versa.

           o      When  non-address  information  matches  a   REJECT
                  action  (such  as  the HELO command argument or the
                  client hostname/address), the Postfix  SMTP  server
                  will  transform  a  sender  or recipient DSN status
                  into  a  generic  non-address  DSN  status   (e.g.,
                  4.0.0).

    REGULAR EXPRESSION TABLES
           This  section  describes how the table lookups change when
           the table is given in the form of regular expressions. For
           a  description  of regular expression lookup table syntax,
           see regexp_table(5) or pcre_table(5).

           Each pattern is a regular expression that  is  applied  to
           the entire string being looked up. Depending on the appli-
           cation, that string  is  an  entire  client  hostname,  an
           entire client IP address, or an entire mail address. Thus,
           no  parent  domain  or  parent  network  search  is  done,
           user@domain  mail  addresses  are not broken up into their
           user@ and domain constituent parts, nor is user+foo broken
           up into user and foo.

           Patterns  are applied in the order as specified in the ta-
           ble, until a pattern is  found  that  matches  the  search
           string.

           Actions  are  the  same as with indexed file lookups, with
           the additional feature that parenthesized substrings  from
           the pattern can be interpolated as $1, $2 and so on.

    TCP-BASED TABLES
           This  section  describes how the table lookups change when
           lookups are directed to a TCP-based server. For a descrip-
           tion of the TCP client/server lookup protocol, see tcp_ta-
           ble(5).  This feature is not available up to and including
           Postfix version 2.3.

           Each  lookup  operation uses the entire query string once.
           Depending on the application, that  string  is  an  entire
           client hostname, an entire client IP address, or an entire
           mail address.  Thus, no parent domain  or  parent  network
           search  is done, user@domain mail addresses are not broken
           up into their user@ and domain constituent parts,  nor  is
           user+foo broken up into user and foo.

           Actions are the same as with indexed file lookups.

    EXAMPLE
           The  following  example  uses an indexed file, so that the
           order of table entries does not matter. The  example  per-
           mits  access  by the client at address 1.2.3.4 but rejects
           all other clients in 1.2.3.0/24. Instead  of  hash  lookup
           tables,  some  systems use dbm.  Use the command "postconf
           -m" to find out what lookup  tables  Postfix  supports  on
           your system.

           /etc/postfix/main.cf:
               smtpd_client_restrictions =
                   check_client_access hash:/etc/postfix/access

           /etc/postfix/access:
               1.2.3   REJECT
               1.2.3.4 OK

           Execute the command "postmap /etc/postfix/access" after
           editing the file.

    BUGS
           The  table format does not understand quoting conventions.

    SEE ALSO
           postmap(1), Postfix lookup table manager
           smtpd(8), SMTP server
           postconf(5), configuration parameters
           transport(5), transport:nexthop syntax

    README FILES
           SMTPD_ACCESS_README, built-in SMTP server access control
           DATABASE_README, Postfix lookup table overview

    LICENSE
           The  Secure  Mailer  license must be distributed with this
           software.

    AUTHOR(S)
           Wietse Venema
           IBM T.J. Watson Research
           P.O. Box 704
           Yorktown Heights, NY 10598, USA

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