Re: [Exim] Rejecting Email with bad sender MX

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Author: John Horne
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To: exim-users
Subject: Re: [Exim] Rejecting Email with bad sender MX
On 06-Feb-01 at 17:28:16 John Horne wrote:
> On 06-Feb-01 at 16:43:24 Dave C. wrote:
>> Although this option is a host list, it would normally contain IP
>> address entries rather than names. If any host that is looked up by the
>> router matches an item in this list, Exim behaves as if the host did
>> not exist. This option allows you to cope with rogue DNS entries like
>>
>> some.remote.domain A 127.0.0.1
>>
>> by setting
>>
>> ignore_target_hosts = 127.0.0.1
>>
>> on the relevant router. Attempts to mail to such a domain then receive
>> the 'unrouteable domain' error, and verifications fail.
>>
> Yes, I think this would work but you must have 'verify_sender' set for it
> to work for mail being sent.

Whoops - I meant "for mail being sent to your host".

John.

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