Re: [Exim] 550 Administrative prohibition

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Author: Philip Hazel
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To: Peter Huesser
CC: exim-users
Subject: Re: [Exim] 550 Administrative prohibition
On Thu, 1 Jul 2004, Peter Huesser wrote:

> I have the following exim. conf file
>
> ...
> begin routers
>
> test_redirection:
> driver = accept
> transport = remote_smtp
> no_more
>
> begin transports
>
> remote_smtp:
> driver = smtp
> ...
>
> If I telnet to the server on port 25 I get (after typing in the rcpt
> to:<...> part) the following error
>
> 550 Administrative prohibition


That's because you have no access control lists.

> The router is planned to accept mails from a specific subnet and deliver
> them to "RCPT". The actual settings should allow this relaying for all
> hosts. Any idea what I made wrong ?


You need to read about ACLs. Look at the default configuration file for
a start.

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