Re: [Exim] Policy controls for local input

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Author: Alexander Sabourenkov
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To: Philip Hazel
CC: exim-users
Subject: Re: [Exim] Policy controls for local input
Philip Hazel wrote:
> On Tue, 4 Mar 2003, Alexander Sabourenkov wrote:
>


[...]

> That was true when the manual was written. It is now out of date. See
> the doc/NewStuff file. In the current release, there is a special ACL
> that is run *only* for non-interactive-SMTP input (set by acl_not_smtp).


Thanks. I'm sorry, I forgot to reread the NewStuff file.

[...]

> Because ACLs are run after specific SMTP commands, and the result of the
> ACL influences the response to the SMTP command. When you aren't using
> interactive SMTP, you can't do this.
>
> However, "interactive SMTP" doesn't only mean "non-local". You can use
> interactive SMTP locally via the -bs option.
>
> In summary:
>
> 1. The SMTP ACLs are used for -bs and SMTP over TCP/IP.
> 2. The acl_not_smtp ACL is used for -bS and -bm.


Aha. But are the interactive SMTP ACLs run in case of -bs option?
Does 'hosts = :' still evaluate true when STDIN is not an inet socket?


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