Author: Peter Bowyer Date: To: exim-users Subject: Re: [exim] Forgiving with authenticated senders
Hochstrasser Benedikt said: > Hello all,
>
> I tuned our exim (4.2x) to be very picky about syntactical/logical
> "wrong" HELO greetings. On the other hand I'd like to let the
> authenticated users in (they're road warriors that often change ISPs so
> they can use our server even as a relay). These road warriors' MUAs
> often send broken HELO/EHLO stuff with the effect that they're slapped
> before they can produce their driver's license, so to say.
> And of course if the HELO/EHLO fails then no authentication is possible.
>
> Is it possible to remember the HELO condition and only trigger the
> failure (if any) at RCPT time?
Yes - move the HELO checking into the RCPT acl, and put it below your
'accept authenticated = *' or equivalent.