On Wed, 19 Jun 2002, Tamas TEVESZ wrote:
> On Wed, 19 Jun 2002, Nico van der Dussen wrote:
>
> > hoof:/usr/exim/bin # ./exim -bh 196.26.82.66
>
> > host_reject = 207.33.16.56 : 207.33.16.100 : *.mb00.net : *.topica.com
>
> here. you put names in the list as well. since exim can't
> reverse-lookup 196.26.82.66, so it *COULD* even be either *.mb00.net
> or *.topica.com, so it refuses the connect.
The host_reject option caused the rejection; the failure to lookup the
host name was in fact the reason that host_reject rejected, so it was in
some sense the reason for the rejection, but not directly. That's why it
was in parens.
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