Re: [Exim] exim HELO ack

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Author: Suresh Ramasubramanian
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To: John W. Baxter, exim users
Subject: Re: [Exim] exim HELO ack
At 12:10 PM 9/5/2003, John W. Baxter wrote:

>I (think I) understand what you're doing. I don't quite understand one of
>the policies implemented...is it really OK if someone at one of your
>relay_from_hosts elects to forge your mail server's IP address as the IP
>address in EHLO/HELO in lieu of a real name?
>
>Or is the hosts = part left over from they other two acl statements (not
>quoted) where it makes perfect sense?
>
>Or have I missed something (such as some relay_from_hosts really do have the
>same IP but no name)?


Well - I run a server with multiple names, and multiple interfaces (both
ipv4 and ipv6) on it. Plus I relay for two or three static IPs.

I am a great believer in playing safe, and I don't see any particular harm
in that particular exception, so it stays in :)

         srs