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postfix and spf
\ AlxFrag (6 May 2008)
. \ (Wietse Venema) (6 May 2008)
. . \ Matt Rude (6 May 2008)
. . . \ (Wietse Venema) (6 May 2008)

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Subject:	Re: postfix and spf
Group:	Postfix-users
From:	(Wietse Venema)
Date:	6 May 2008

Matt Rude:
> On Tue, May 6, 2008 5:51 am, Wietse Venema wrote:
> > AlxFrag:
> >> hi,
> >> i'm thinking to implement postfix with spf. In the postfix add-on
> >> software web page there are a few patches available.
> >> There is also a notice saying that postfix ships with SPF support, in
> >> the form of a plug-in policy daemon.
> >>
> >> Any recommendations on how to use that daemon?
> >
> > The Postfix source code is distributed with README.SPF.
>
> Look at http://www.openspf.org/Software there are two options, the perl
> version and the compiled python version, were using the python version,
> it's very fast and was easy to setup.
>
> Read the docs but here's the basics of it
>
> In main.cf add something like this:
> smtpd_recipient_restrictions =
> check_policy_service unix:private/policy
>
> And in master.cf add something like this:
> policy unix - n n - - spawn
> user=nobody argv=/usr/local/bin/policyd-spf

To prevent ugly warning messages, do not forget to include:

/etc/postfix/main.cf:
policy_time_limit = 3600

As documented in the Postfix SMTPD_POLICY_README file.

Wietse