Re: [EXIM] How to only use a smart host for "good" addresses…

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Author: Philip Hazel
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To: Marc Haber
CC: exim-users
Subject: Re: [EXIM] How to only use a smart host for "good" addresses?
On Sun, 10 Jan 1999, Marc Haber wrote:

> I tried the following setup:
> |# This router tests validity before routing to the smart host
> |
> |domain_verify:
> |        driver = lookuphost
> |        verify_only = yes
> |
> |# This router routes to the smart host over SMTP
> |
> |smarthost:
> |        driver = domainlist
> |        transport = remote_smtp
> |        host_find_failed = freeze
> |        route_list = "* SMARTHOST bydns_a"
> |        verify = no

>
> However, exim still happily forwards mails to
> somebody@??? to the smarthost, relying on the smarthost
> to generate a bounce.


(1) Did you HUP the daemon after installing this? (Standard question :-)

(2) Verification applies only to incoming SMTP mail. If you generated a
message locally without using SMTP, it would have this effect.


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



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