Re: [EXIM] refused relay (host accept)

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Author: Philip Hazel
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To: Ben Smithurst
CC: exim-users
Subject: Re: [EXIM] refused relay (host accept)
On Sun, 2 Aug 1998, Ben Smithurst wrote:

> > Am getting a "refused relay (host accept)" on 36.173.0.189.


...

> Ah, `host accept', not `net accept' - could that be it? That sounds
> like it's basing it on the hostname not its IP address. What do your
> sender_host_accept_relay and sender_host_reject_relay say?


That is correct. If it says "(host accept)" the rejection is as a result
of an "accept" option containing "host" rather than "net".

Run     exim -bh 36.173.0.189     to do the checking in a testing mode 
that should give you further information as to which test is failing.


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Philip Hazel            University of Cambridge Computing Service,
ph10@???      Cambridge, England. Phone: +44 1223 334714.



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