Re: [Exim] Simple Question

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Author: Philip Hazel
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To: Sweeney, Vince
CC: 'exim-users@exim.org'
Subject: Re: [Exim] Simple Question
On Tue, 31 Aug 1999, Sweeney, Vince wrote:

> Quick question, is the following valid ?
>
>    sender_verify_hosts = !*.mydomain.com

>
> I see no mention of using the ! operator in a 'host-list',


You must have missed this:

7.16 Host lists

Host lists are used to control what remote hosts are allowed to do (for
example, use the local host as a relay). A host list consists of host name and |
IP address patterns which define a set of hosts that the list matches. Items |
in the list may be positive or negative. Negation is indicated by preceding an |
item with an exclamation mark.

>but exim does not
> compain in the about it in the config file. However it does not seem to be
> working as I want, i.e. it seems to be matcing the ! character as part of
> the domain name.


You are, I presume, running a version of Exim >= 3.00? The negation
feature was not present before that.

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