Re: [Exim] Relay Problem with "x@y"@z

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Author: Philip Hazel
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To: Raphael Berghmans
CC: exim-users
Subject: Re: [Exim] Relay Problem with "x@y"@z
On Mon, 28 Jan 2002, Raphael Berghmans wrote:

> The problem is that Exim accepts and delivers the mail where the receiver is
> something like that : "x@y"@z, where z is a domain that exists in the
> relay_domains variable.
>
> I would like to reject this kind of mail, how do I to setup this thing ?


Exim 4 makes it very easy to do this. In fact, the default configuration
rejects addresses that contain @%|/!.

In Exim 3 you have to set up "verify_only" directors and routers that do
the check and force a verification rejection (so you can do it only if
receiver_verify is turned on).

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