Author: Peter Bowyer Date: To: Exim Users Mailing List Subject: Re: [exim] Confused about routers and -bh mode testing
On 13/05/05, Gary Allen Vollink <Gary.Vollink@???> wrote: > I'm testing an exim configuration file with:
> % exim -bh 192.168.1.66
>
> To me, it looks like it's selecting a router based on what I put in
> "mail from:" as opposed to the address in "rcpt to:". I'm not
> completely new to Exim, and it's ways, but this seems like it will
> mis-route my mail (which would be a bad thing).
>
> Perhaps I'm just doing something stupid, if someone see's something
> wrong and could help me out, I would appreciate it...
The significant line you missed in the debug output is this :
>>> check verify = sender
One of your ACLs has a 'verify=sender' rule, and so Exim is running
the sender address through your routers to validate it.
