Re: [exim] Some mail seems to bypass sender verification acl

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Author: Philip Hazel
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To: brandon pearson (BITS)
CC: exim-users
Subject: Re: [exim] Some mail seems to bypass sender verification acl
On Fri, 17 Sep 2004, brandon pearson (BITS) wrote:

> acl_smtp_mail = check_sender
>
> check_sender:
>   deny   message = bad sender
>          condition =
> ${lookup{${domain:${sender_address}}}lsearch{/usr/exim/verify_domains}{y
> es}{no}}
>          condition =
> ${lookup{${lc:${sender_address}}}dbm{/usr/exim/exch-user-table.db}{no}{y
> es}}
>   accept

>
> This blocks most mail I was expecting it to but a few unknown senders
> seem to get through each day. If I run exim -bh with the same sender
> address that got through it is failed by the acl.
>
> Is there a way that some mail can avoid this acl?


Non-SMTP mail?

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