Postfix - Block email from non-existent local addresses

Posted by Kelso.b on Server Fault See other posts from Server Fault or by Kelso.b
Published on 2012-04-10T15:33:32Z Indexed on 2012/04/10 17:31 UTC
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My question is very similar to this one, but for postfix.

We keep getting emails from addresses like "[email protected]" delivered to other "@ourdomain.com" addresses. From my google research, I understand it might not be practical to verify the email originated from our IP or VPN (Although this would be ideal, so if you can think of a way to do this, let me know), but in most of these cases the sender address (ex. "accounting") is not a valid account.

I imagine there must be a way to make sure that a local account exists before delivering the message.

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