[EXIM] Using '+allow_unknown'

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Author: John Horne
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Subject: [EXIM] Using '+allow_unknown'
On 28-May-99 at 11:24:38 Philip Hazel wrote:
> On Fri, 28 May 1999, John Horne wrote:
>> Agreed. But if a site is not listed in one of the first two entries then I
>> would expect it to hit the +allow_unknown and exim accept the site (i.e.
>> from
>
> Sorry, that's not how it works. If either of the first two entries
> contain wild cards or a (non-net) lookup, then the test on them is done
> on the host *name*, and therefore a reverse lookup has to be done to
> find it! Exim can't find if "a site is not listed" unless it has the
> name to compare against the list...
>

Ah! Okay I got it now :-) (Seem to remember asking something similar a long
time ago! Old age I guess...:-) )

Thanks,

John.

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