How to skip SPF checking for an user with Postfix

This shows how to do special SPF checks for a special recipient. Since the man pages contain wrong examples I’ve decided to read the code myself, from /usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/policydspfuser.py. This applies to Ubuntu 10.04. 1. Create a text file containing the exceptions. I created a file called: /etc/postfix-policyd-spf-python/userconf. The man page gives the following example which is wrong: postmaster@example.com,{'Mail_From_reject'='No_Check'|'PermEr‐ ror_reject'= 'False'|'HELO_reject'='SPF_Not_Pass'|'defaultSeedOnly'= 1|'debugLevel'= 5|'skip_addresses'='127.0.0.0/8,::ffff:127.0.0.0//104,::1//128'| 'Tem‐ pError_Defer'='False'} the correct format is: Mail_From_reject=No_Check|PermError_reject=False|HELO_reject=SPF_Not_Pass|defaultSeedOnly=1|debugLevel=5|skip_addresses=127.0.0.0/8,::ffff:12\ 7.0.0.0//104,::1//128|TempError_Defer=False 2....

November 8, 2011 · len