Well spotted.. I read it too quickly..
Using the rbl_hosts option is good if the host is listed on rbl and you
view it as non-hostile. Another case is where you really NEED to get mail
from the host (e.g. Network Solutions domain notify messages) whose mail
servers have found themselves (quite rightly probably) to such lists.
Sebastien.
On Sat, 19 May 2001, Philip Hazel wrote:
> Date: Sat, 19 May 2001 16:50:50 +0100 (BST)
> From: Philip Hazel <ph10@???>
> To: Tabor J. Wells <twells@???>
> Cc: Ilya <mail@???>, exim-users@???
> Subject: Re: [Exim] alllow some rbl
>
> On Sat, 19 May 2001, Tabor J. Wells wrote:
>
> > > how can i allow mail from some domains to come in, even though its in rbl?
> >
> > RTFM. The option is rbl_hosts.
>
> Not if the question really is about allowing mail from some sender domains.
> You can't control that in Exim 3. You will be able to in Exim 4.
>
> However, relying on sender addresses for policy controls is not a good
> idea, because they are so trivially forged.
>
> --
> Philip Hazel University of Cambridge Computing Service,
> ph10@??? Cambridge, England. Phone: +44 1223 334714.
>
