Re: [Exim] callback results

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Author: Tamas TEVESZ
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To: Adam Henry
CC: exim-users
Subject: Re: [Exim] callback results
On Tue, 18 Jun 2002, Adam Henry wrote:

 >     495     732000   (ronald.free4all.com)


> I'm sorry if I missed this in the documentation or the FAQ, but I'm
> questioning the meaning of the parenthesis. It looks like these hosts
> fail the gethostbyip() system call,


exactly. in the parenthesis it's the name they claimed to be (via
ehlo/helo), not who they actually are, according to dns.

> but I was under the impression
> that Exim will refuse mail coming from these machines.


it can be configured to do so, alas i'm not sure offhand how, and i'm
too lazy to look it up ;)


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