Re: [Exim] RBL: Why was the host rejected ?

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Author: Philip Hazel
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To: Markus Mandalka
CC: exim-users
Subject: Re: [Exim] RBL: Why was the host rejected ?
On Thu, 13 Jun 2002, Markus Mandalka wrote:

> Hi,
>
> in the cfg i have set the following hostlist:
>
> hostlist do_not_block_if_in_blacklist = *.mynet.net : 221.xxx.xxx.xxx
>
> an ACL-Rule says:
>
> deny    message       = rejected because $sender_host_address is in a black list at $dnslist_do
>           hosts         = !+do_not_block_if_in_blacklist
>           dnslists      = relays.ordb.org

>
> 221.xxx.xxx.xxx is listetd in the blacklist, but it should not be rejected because it is in do_not_block_if_in_blacklist.
>
> Why it is rejected anyway ?


You don't quote the rejection message, but this could easily be the
well-known problem of failing rDNS lookups. You should always put IP
addresses *before* wildcard names in host lists. See section 10.11 in
the manual.

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