[Fwd: Re: [exim] Launching spfd]

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Author: David Powers
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To: exim-users
CC: 7645-doug
Subject: [Fwd: Re: [exim] Launching spfd]
Consider installing the exiscan patch instead of using spfd. Then you
can just check spf from the acl's like:

deny message = [SPF] $sender_host_address is not allowed to send mail
from $sender_address_domain
log_message = SPF check failed.
spf = fail

-David Powers


Doug Jolley wrote:

>Hi --
>
>I am an Exim user and I'm trying to setup
>Sender Policy Framework. I hope someone on the
>list has done this and can answer a question for
>me concerning the launching of spfd. I launch
>it per the instructions as follows:
>
> spfd -path=/tmp/spfd
>
>This is what I get back:
>
> 10109 will listen at /tmp/spfd
> 10109: creating server with args Listen 1
>Local /tmp/spfd
>
>That all looks very encouraging and the socket
>appears to get created in /tmp. The problem is
>that after sending the above message to standard
>out, it just hangs. I would expect the daemon to
>run in the BG and that I would be returned to a
>shell prompt. I am wondering if I'm supposed to
>do something like stick an '&' at the end of the
>invocation. I just don't know what it expects
>me to do. I am hopeful that someone on this list
>has been down this path and can advise me.
>
>Thanks for any input.
>
>     ... doug

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