RE: [exim] local_host_black_list and DNS question

> -----Original Message-----
> From: exim-users-bounces@???
> [mailto:exim-users-bounces@exim.org] On Behalf Of Lars Schimmer
>
> Hi!
>
> Does exim4 alwas resolve the names in the local_host_blacklist file?
>
> Because I got a logfile entry like:
> 2005-08-08 15:16:12 no IP address found for host
> midea.tii-dial.net (during SMTP connection from
> angband.cg.cs.tu-bs.de (cgv.tugraz.at)
> [134.169.37.163])
> 2005-08-08 15:16:12 H=angband.cg.cs.tu-bs.de (cgv.tugraz.at)
> [134.169.37.163] F=<techmann@???> rejected RCPT
> <t.techmann@???>: relay not permitted
>
> Yeah, the host midea.tii-dial.net was in the local_host_blacklist.
>
> But why doesn't exim4 permit the relay if a blacklist entry
> doesn't resolve?
>
The reason it didn't resolve is simply that there is no IP address for
midea.tii-dial.net.

- Mark