Re: [Exim] hostlist and dynamic IPs

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Author: Nico Erfurth
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To: Rasputin
CC: exim-users
Subject: Re: [Exim] hostlist and dynamic IPs
Rasputin wrote:

> I have a host that uses DynDNS . I want to allow it to relay
> through my host ( many MXes dont accept mail from dynamic hosts
> so they send through me).
>
> I add 'host.dyndns.org' to a hostlist I will accept mail from, but
> Exim seems to reverse lookup the hostlist to decide if a sender is
> valid - which doesnt help in this case...
>
> Is there a way to specify a hostlist to be *forward* looked up
>
> i.e. if a host a.net is listed, which resolves to 1.2.3.4, then
> accept mail from 1.2.3.4


Maybe by using dnsdb?

But you really should go for SMTP Auth instead.

Nico