Re: [Exim] postmaster check in default config

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Author: Philip Hazel
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To: Bill Moseley
CC: exim-users
Subject: Re: [Exim] postmaster check in default config
On Thu, 6 Nov 2003, Bill Moseley wrote:

> I'm using Exim 4.24.
>
> The default (example) config has this in the acl_check_rcpt:
>
>   accept  local_parts   = postmaster
>           domains       = +local_domains

>
> # Deny unless the sender address can be verified.
>
>   require verify        = sender

>
>
> If the point is to allow postmaster regardless of if the sender verifies,
> shouldn't that be extended for hosts we relay for?
>
>   accept  local_parts   = postmaster
>           domains       = +local_domains : +relay_to_domains


Yes, if that is the point. The default configuration is, ultimately,
just a suggestion. I am suggesting you allow in postmaster mail; I am
not trying to impose such a rule for relayed hosts (and of course there
are none in the default configuration).


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