Re: [exim] no ehlo possible when sender IP has no hostname

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Author: Roman Khassraf
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To: exim-users
Subject: Re: [exim] no ehlo possible when sender IP has no hostname

hi john,

you ´re right
it did only work, when the IP contains a single digit
i tested your expression, and it works fine now
this is acl is provided with the virtual exim package, so i´ll take a look in
their bugs database....

thanks a lot
roman



Am Sonntag, 24. Juli 2005 18:55 schrieb John Horne:
> On Sun, July 24, 2005 12:45, Roman Khassraf said:
> > i have an acl_smtp_helo ACL :
> >
> >   accept hosts = :
> >   accept hosts = +relay_from_hosts
> >   drop condition = ${if match{$sender_helo_name}{MY_IP}{yes}{no} }
> >        message   = "Dropped spammer pretending to be us"
> >   drop condition = ${if
> > match{$sender_helo_name}{^[0-9]\.[0-9]\.[0-9]\.[0-9]}

>
> This 'match' expression is wrong. You are matching against single digits,
> but as it stands the '\.' will be interpreted as any character as well
> because the second argument is expanded.
>
> Try using:
>
>    match{$sender_helo_name}{\N^\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}\N}

>
>
>
> John.
>
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