Eli <eli-list@???> wrote:
> Marc wrote:
[...]
>> debug_print = "R: smarthost for $local_part@$domain"
>> driver = manualroute
>> domains = ! +local_domains
>> transport = remote_smtp_smarthost
>> route_list = * smarthost.fqdn.example byname
>> host_find_failed = defer
>> same_domain_copy_routing = yes
>> no_more
[...]
> "hosts_try_auth" expects a *HOST* list. Unfortunately for lack of better
> choices, a "host" list is in fact a list of IPs. You cannot specify a
> hostname in a hostlist.
No.
| . If the pattern is a plain domain name (not a regular expression, not
| starting with *, not a lookup of any kind), Exim calls the operating
| system function to find the associated IP address(es). Exim uses the
| newer "getipnodebyname()" function when available, otherwise
| "gethostbyname()". This typically causes a forward DNS lookup of the
| name. The result is compared with the IP address of the subject host.
[...]
> Exim now knows it's going to deliver the email to one of:
>> authmailonline.kundenserver.de. 808 IN A 212.227.15.164
>> authmailonline.kundenserver.de. 808 IN A 212.227.15.180
>> authmailonline.kundenserver.de. 808 IN A 212.227.15.132
>> authmailonline.kundenserver.de. 808 IN A 212.227.15.148
> It then passes control to the transport, which sets up delivery and checks
> host_try_auth. The problem is that Exim cares not about the hostname of the
> server at this point, it wants an IP to deliver to. Your config does an
> "exists" test on the "passwd.client" file, sees it and expands the ${if...}
> test to "smarthost.fqdn.example" which is illegal in a hostlist, so Exim
> ignores it. You then fail in SMTP auth since there's no confirmation of an
> IP and thus the problem.
[...]
Eh, no.
We are using {${lookup{$host} in the authenticator which "contains
the name of the server to which the client is connected".
This will work perfectly _unless_ smarthost.fqdn.example is a
CNAME.
We'll need to use a smarter lookup with or or save the original name
in $hosts_data.
cu andreas
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