[Exim] Re: I don't understand this from the doc

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Author: Chad Leigh, Pengar Enterprises, Inc & Shire.Net LLC
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To: exim-users
CC: chad
Subject: [Exim] Re: I don't understand this from the doc
As a follow up to the below (all with 3.22)

If I put this in:

host_reject_recipients = *.bay9.com : 216.126.9.43 : norm.xenos-systems.net


I start getting ALL hosts that fail a reverse lookup from working... I get

2001-04-13 10:18:19 recipients from [203.132.106.12] refused (failed to
find host name from IP address)
2001-04-13 10:20:30 recipients from [38.138.29.4] refused (failed to find
host name from IP address)

messages but they are not in the above list of rejects...

Can someone help me understand how this works? I have RTFM a bunch but it
doesn't click for me...

Thanks
Chad

--On Friday, April 13, 2001 12:02 PM -0400 "Chad Leigh, Pengar Enterprises,
Inc & Shire.Net LLC" <chad@???> wrote:

>
> In reading the current Exim docs from exim.org I read the following:
>
> "Exim rejects incoming SMTP calls from any host that matches host_reject.
> For example:
>
>
> host_reject = ! xxx.yy.zz : *.yy.zz : ! *.zz
>
> rejects mail from any host outside the zz domain, and all hosts in the
> yy.zz domain, except for xx.yy.zz. The use of wildcarded names implies a
> reverse DNS lookup of the incoming IP address. This can be avoided by
> using IP addresses. See section 7.13 for details. "
>
> Why does this "reject mail from any host outside the zz domain"? It
> looks to me to reject nothing except *.yy.zz . It does a NOT xx.yy.zz,
> reject all *.yy.zz, and then a NOT on *.zz. That last one I don't
> understand. Please help me understand this.
>
> Thanks
> Chad
>
>
> Pengar Enterprises, Inc. and Shire.Net LLC
> Web and Macintosh Consulting -- full service web hosting
> Chad Leigh    
> chad@???            chad@???

>




Pengar Enterprises, Inc. and Shire.Net LLC
Web and Macintosh Consulting -- full service web hosting
Chad Leigh    
chad@???            chad@???