Re: [Exim] Rejection Explanation

On Tue, 13 Jun 2000 o.cook@??? wrote:

> I noticed this in my rejectlog:
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> --
> 2000-06-11 20:36:03 refused relay (host) to <user@???> from
> <user@???> H=(marcus1) [62.x.x.x] (failed to find host
> name from IP address)
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> --
>
> I'm assuming that it can't resolve 62.x.x.x - 62.x.x.x does not have a
> hostname associated with it - and is thus not accepting the message. Is
> there a configuration option I can put in, to make exim accept messages in
> this case? Are there any security implications in doing so?

Actually its more likely that its rejecting based on the IP address
itself, and the "failed to find hostname" is simply a side-note..

As far as accepting or reject mail from relay, see the
'host_accept_relay' option