Re: [EXIM] why is still doing a reverse lookup...

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Author: Philip Hazel
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To: The UNIX Mighty!
CC: exim-users
Subject: Re: [EXIM] why is still doing a reverse lookup...
On Fri, 12 Dec 1997, The UNIX Mighty! wrote:

> I'm currently running exim 1.80:
>
> my config file has entry:
> sender_host_reject = partial-lsearch;/usr/exim/db/banned.domains
> ------
> the contents of banned.domains:
> *.cyberpromo.com    +allow_unknown
> -----
> exim reject the mail coming from any machine that can't be resolved
> the reject logs says.
> ------
> connection from [204.176.x.x] refused (reject host) (failed to find
> sending host name from IP address)
> ------

>
> Am I using the "+allow_unknown" wrongly???


Yes. You should have

sender_host_reject = +allow_unknown:partial-lsearch;/usr/exim/db/banned.domains

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