Re: Re[2]: [Exim] exim 3.952 -- sender reject issue

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Author: Kirill Miazine
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To: exim-users
Subject: Re: Re[2]: [Exim] exim 3.952 -- sender reject issue
* Richard Welty <rwelty@???> [20020116 17:09]:
> > > my old exim 3 sender reject was as follows:
> > >
> > > sender_reject_recipients=partial-lsearch;/etc/exim.d/sender_reject
>
> > > the convert4r4 script converted this to an entry in the new
> > check_recipient
> ...
> > >   deny    senders = partial-lsearch;/etc/exim.d/sender_reject
> ...
> > > anybody got any ideas?

>
> > deny senders = *@partial-lsearch;/etc/exim.d/sender_reject
>
> that worked.
>
> one of two things is true:
>
> partial-lsearch has different semantics in exim 4, and convert4r4 needs a


Yes that's right. In Exim 3 partial-lookup worked differntly depending
on what was looked up, that't not the case with Exim 4 - partial-lookup
is partial-lookup no matter what is looked up.

> minor tweak
>
> or
>
> partial-lsearch (w/o *@) isn't quite right in the testing release.


I disagree:

See spec_9.html#SECT9.5 and spec_10.html#SECT10.13. The latter describes
partial-lookup with *@ (or localpart@).

> i guess we'll have to hear from philip on which is the case.


Yes.

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Kirill