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Topic: Too many Banned IPs

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Too many legitimate emails are being banned in the IP banned list. They all have similar issues as below. How can I minimize this type of banning?

Oct 14 17:30:13 email postfix/smtpd[33259]: NOQUEUE: reject: RCPT from marketing.emiratesnbd.com[194.170.8.84]: 450 4.7.1 <DRSMTPGW.emiratesnbd.com>: Helo command rejected: Host not found; from=<ksapersonalbanking@emiratesnbd.com> to=<$$$$$$@acexpos.com> proto=ESMTP helo=<DRSMTPGW.emiratesnbd.com>
Oct 14 17:31:15 email postfix/smtpd[33259]: NOQUEUE: reject: RCPT from marketing.emiratesnbd.com[194.170.8.84]: 450 4.7.1 <DRSMTPGW.emiratesnbd.com>: Helo command rejected: Host not found; from=<ksapersonalbanking@emiratesnbd.com> to=<$$$$$$@acexpos.com> proto=ESMTP helo=<DRSMTPGW.emiratesnbd.com>
Oct 14 17:33:36 email postfix/smtpd[33259]: NOQUEUE: reject: RCPT from marketing.emiratesnbd.com[194.170.8.84]: 450 4.7.1 <DRSMTPGW.emiratesnbd.com>: Helo command rejected: Host not found; from=<ksapersonalbanking@emiratesnbd.com> to=<$$$$$$@acexpos.com> proto=ESMTP helo=<DRSMTPGW.emiratesnbd.com>
Oct 14 17:40:38 email postfix/smtpd[33259]: NOQUEUE: reject: RCPT from marketing.emiratesnbd.com[194.170.8.84]: 450 4.7.1 <DRSMTPGW.emiratesnbd.com>: Helo command rejected: Host not found; from=<ksapersonalbanking@emiratesnbd.com> to=<$$$$$$@acexpos.com> proto=ESMTP helo=<DRSMTPGW.emiratesnbd.com>
Oct 14 18:01:47 email postfix/smtpd[43607]: NOQUEUE: reject: RCPT from marketing.emiratesnbd.com[194.170.8.84]: 450 4.7.1 <DRSMTPGW.emiratesnbd.com>: Helo command rejected: Host not found; from=<ksapersonalbanking@emiratesnbd.com> to=<$$$$$$@acexpos.com> proto=ESMTP helo=<DRSMTPGW.emiratesnbd.com>

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Re: Too many Banned IPs

Whitelist them in /etc/postfix/helo_access.pcre like this:

/\.emiratesnbd\.com$/ OK

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Re: Too many Banned IPs

Thank you, ill give it a shot.
So what does the whitelisting in the admin control panel do?

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Re: Too many Banned IPs

There're different services or SMTP states, hence there're different whitelists.
Your issue occurs in HELO smtp state, it reads /etc/postfix/helo_access.pcre for whitelists (and blacklists too).

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Re: Too many Banned IPs

Thank you for that it seems to be working.