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Author: Toralf Lund
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Subject: Re: [Exim] HELO verification failure for localhost MUA access
Toralf Lund wrote:

> Peter Bowyer wrote:
>
>> Toralf Lund said:
>>
>>
>>> I just noticed that the following
>>>
>>>  warn    !verify = helo
>>>          message = Message sent with invalid HELO/EHLO
>>> ($sender_host_name
>>> [$sender_host_address] presented itself as $sender_helo_name)

>>>
>>>
>>> in "check_recipient" will produce
>>>
>>> X-ACL-Warn: Message sent with invalid HELO/EHLO (localhost [127.0.0.1]
>>> presented itself as [127.0.0.1])
>>>
>>> in all outgoing messages sent via "localhost". That's when using
>>> Mozilla
>>> client. What's the best way around this? Perhaps I don't need the HELO
>>> check when sending like this, but I do want it for incoming messages,
>>> and possibly also hosts the setup relays for...
>>>
>>>
>>
>> It's easy enough to disable it for localhost (hosts = ! 127.0.0.1 for
>> example).
>>
> It turns out I have
>
> helo_try_verify_hosts = !127.0.0.1 : \N!^(.*\.|)(DOMAINS)$\N
>
> (where DOMAIN is the list of local domains.) Shouldn't that mean that
> localhost isn't checked? Or do I need to exclude it in the actual ACL?
> I'm not sure I understand exactly how e.g.
>
>  warn    !verify = helo

>
> is "connected" to "helo_verify_hosts" or "helo_try_verify_hosts"


Actually, maybe the problem is that the HELO is, strictly speaking, not
verified since the verification is skipped. The real question is perhaps:
How do I distinguish between "not checked" and "verification failed"?

- T