How to blacklist or Whitelist IP address/Hostname in zimbra

Many clients use RBLs to block spammers from flooding their MTAs with spam. Unfortunately, perfectly valid sites occasionally end up on these lists. With ZCS 8.5 and later, it is possible to create an on-disk database map that allows the client to whitelist specific blacklisted IPs so that emails from those IPs still get delivered.

To whitelist Edit file /opt/zimbra/conf/postfix_rbl_override and below parameter

1.2.3.4 OK

Now run postmap to apply changes in postfix

$postmap /opt/zimbra/conf/postfix_rbl_override

For zimbra  8.5, 8.6

$zmprov mcf +zimbraMtaRestriction 'check_client_access lmdb:/opt/zimbra/conf/postfix_rbl_override'

To blacklist Edit file /opt/zimbra/conf/postfix_blacklist . Add IP address SPACE REJECT to the file

1.2.3.4 REJECT

Run postmap command 

$ postmap /opt/zimbra/conf/postfix_blacklist

For zimbra  8.5, 8.6

$zmprov mcf +zimbraMtaRestriction 'check_client_access lmdb:/opt/zimbra/conf/postfix_blacklist'

Restart service

$ zmmtactl restart

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