Author: Sergey Matveychuk Date: To: exim-users Subject: ??: [Exim] host_lookup
> You have some setting in your configuration that requires Exim to find a > host name for comparison. Run
>
> exim -bh 217.106.231.250
>
> to see what is going on.
# exim -bh 217.106.231.250
**** SMTP testing session as if from host 217.106.231.250
**** Not for real!
>>> host in host_lookup? no (option unset)
>>> looking up host name for 217.106.231.250
>>> IP address lookup failed
>>> host in host_reject? yes (failed to find host name or lookup deferred) LOG: connection from [217.106.231.250] refused (failed to find host name
from IP
address)
554-contact postmaster@??? for details
554 SMTP service not available (failed to find host name from IP address)
Oops! host_reject is reason! I see now, I should remove my host_reject list
if I want to receive mail from junk hosts.