Re: [Exim] rejected messages

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Author: Dave C.
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To: Matthew Byng-Maddick
CC: exim-users
Subject: Re: [Exim] rejected messages
On Sun, 10 Feb 2002, Matthew Byng-Maddick wrote:

> On Sun, Feb 10, 2002 at 01:48:09PM +0100, Jeroen Valcke wrote:
> > Hmmm, weird no such entries in my logs. I don't get it!
> > I tested ordb by sending mail to ask-test-ordb@??? as explained on
> > http://www.ordb.org/faq/#test_blocking I get a mail back telling me it
> > was blocked, but in the logs no entry of this blocking. What am I doing
> > wrong.
>
> You are missing how the blacklists work.
>
> > My setup is as follows.
> > Fetchmail grabs the mail from my ISP pop account. Fetchmail hands the
> > mail over to exim? right? so it should work.
> > In my exim.conf file I have this



No, it doesnt work what way - the RBL's are list of IP addresses, from
which spam is suspected/known to originate. Exims RBL cehecking occures
when those hosts connect to your server to deliver mail. If those hosts
are conecting to your ISP's server, and you are getting your mail by
fetchmail, then your exim never sees those ip addresses.

Either your ISP would have to use the RBL's, or you would have to set up
your connection and MX records so that mail was delivered directly to
your server, instead of your ISP's server. (Eg, you'd have to be
connected to the net 24/7)

>
> Well, there's your problem then. PEBKAC.
>
> MBM
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