RE: [exim] Limit Inbound by Domain

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Author: Ron Shannon
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To: 'Tony Finch'
CC: exim-users
Subject: RE: [exim] Limit Inbound by Domain

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tony Finch [mailto:dot@dotat.at]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2005 2:00 AM
> To: Ron Shannon
> Cc: exim-users@???
> Subject: Re: [exim] Limit Inbound by Domain
>
>
> On Mon, 17 Jan 2005, Ron Shannon wrote:
>
> > In a hosting environment, Exim serves as the receiving MX host for
> > multiple domains. However, one of the domains (for which
> the Exim host
> > is not a registered MX) should only receive mail arriving via
> > connections from specific IP addresses/networks, in order to only
> > accept mail relayed from a spam-filtering service.
> >
> > I've searched the docs and FAQ's and cannot figure out if
> some form of
> > sender_net_ statement or an ACL should be utilized -- or something
> > else. How can that be accomplished for one of the domains? Thanks.
>
> You are describing options for Exim 3 which is obsolete and
> unsupported. You should upgrade to Exim 4, in which you could
> say in an ACL:
>
>   deny
>     domains = +spam_serviced_domains
>   ! hosts   = +spam_service_hosts

>
> Tony.


Not sure I follow. Actually, I do have Exim 4. Perhaps the uninformed
speculation in my original post suggested to you that I have Exim 3, but
it's 4. In any case, the ACL solution posted earlier by Peter Bowyer,
which looks essentially identical to yours, does seem to be working well.
Thanks.

Ron