Re: [Exim] RBL and interface used for queries

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Author: Andreas Pettersson
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To: Oliver von Bueren
CC: exim-users
Subject: Re: [Exim] RBL and interface used for queries

On Fri, 27 Jul 2001, Oliver von Bueren wrote:

> Good day.
>
> As the RBL access from maps get's ACL'ed and only the defined
> IP-Adresses can query, how do I get exim to use an IP address for the
> DNS queries other that the primary host interface? The situation on my
> server is as follows:
>
> basehost.domain.com    192.168.10.100
> ... some other addresses...
> mail.domain.com        192.168.10.104

>
> The primary host address in this example is the .100 one, but all mail
> is handled through the .104, which is also the one allowed for RBL
> queries. I've seen the configuration item local_interfaces, but the
> description is that this "only" defines the listening addresses for
> smtp traffic. Has this also some influence in which address is used
> for the dns lookups?
>

AFAIK, the rbl-checks goes through your normal resolver, so either
get your nameserver registered with maps, or, if you run a caching
nameserver on the exim host, tell the nameserver which interface to bind
to.
(I haven't studied the source, so i could be totally wrong here)

//Ajje