Yes, that was it. I was checking for "localhost" first, and when they
didn't have a hostname, it failed. Thank you very very much.
--dk
On Sun, 26 Oct 2003, Phil Pennock wrote:
> On 2003-10-25 at 19:46 -0400, Dan Keshet wrote:
> > I have just installed exim and most things are going well. However,
> > some people are getting relay denied even though they are in our
> > relay_from_hosts. I have tested other people and relay_from_hosts
> > successfully accepts them when they are in it, but not when they are
> > not.
>
> > The IP address is in our relay_from_hosts. (Note: reverse DNS does
> > not work for the address.)
>
> > The 65.96.160 address is in relay_from_hosts, and when I send from the
> > machine that's directly at that address, it relays fine.
> >
> > Any help?
>
> Do you have a hostname/pattern in the relay_from_hosts definition before
> the IP address/subnet which is supposed to match?
>
> My memory's vague on the exact details, since we avoid hostnames in
> host-match ACLs (for anything, if we can help it, not just Exim), but
> doesn't Exim take a very paranoid approach to what DNS resolution
> failures mean?
>
> You might wish to try moving any hostnames to the end of the hostlist
> after the IP checks.
>
> If no hostnames, then it might help to post the relevant Exim ACL and
> any hostlists which it references, as I'd suspect a mis-ordering of
> something.
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