Re: [exim] exim3: host_auth_accept_relay and rbl_domains

On Tue, 18 Jan 2005 00:10:03 +0100, Adrian Zaugg <adi@???> wrote:
> Dear List
>
> I have set up some RBL blocking in my exim v3.36 and I use
> authentication for my users to send out mails. Unfortunately it seems
> that blacklists from rbl_domains take preference over
> host_auth_accept_relay and thus certain authenticated users cannot send
> eMails with an error "Host is blacklistet" and get it gets an entry in
> the reject log. The settings I used are:
> host_auth_accept_relay = *
> rbl_domains = ...
> rbl_hosts = ! 127.0.0.1/32
>
> Is this related to misunderstanding the features or is this an
> unintended behaviour of exim?
>
> To solve the problem, I tried to set
> rbl_hosts = \
> ${if eq {$authenticated_sender}{} {$sender_host_address}{}}} : \
> ! 127.0.0.1/32
> ...but I couldn't really test, if it is working proberly.
>
> Did anyone else encounter this problem? How would you solve it?

I'd upgrade to the latest release of Exim, which is 3 years newer than
the one you're using. Then I'd read the Exim 4 docs on ACLs, which
give you complete control over the order and precendence of such
tests.

Peter