Re: MX records for non-local machines

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Author: Philip Hazel
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To: John Horne
CC: exim-users
Subject: Re: MX records for non-local machines
On Wed, 15 Oct 1997, John Horne wrote:

> I'm trying to set up a router/transport so that any non-local (to exim)
> computer that is within our domain (plymouth.ac.uk) must have MX records. The
> closest I've gotten so far is with a lookuphost router with the "no_more",
> "domains", and "mx_domains" options set. This works but it freezes the
> message. I'd rather it either sent an error back to the sender or bounced on
> a retry rule with the "refused_A" rule set.
>
> Is this possible?


That is exactly how we run Exim. We have

    mx_domains = *.cam.ac.uk,


on the lookuphost router, and it doesn't freeze message. It gives
"unknown mail domain". I wonder what you are doing different? What does
a run with -d9 say?


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