Re: [exim] Failed reverse_host_lookup

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Author: Marc Sherman
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To: exim-users
Subject: Re: [exim] Failed reverse_host_lookup
Sam wrote:
>
> But when the dns-reverse-lookup failed, I get an error :
>
> 2006-01-21 12:06:52 H=(XXX.XX) [XXX.XX.XXX.XXX] Warning: ACL "warn"
> statement skipped: condition test deferred: host lookup deferred for
> reverse lookup check
> 2006-01-21 12:06:54 1F0Ga5-0005zM-Cb <= lianneshoulders@???
> H=(XXX.XX) [XXX.XX.XXX.XXX] P=smtp S=1316
> id=4f6c01c61db1$1f6557b0$885feceb@lianneshoulders
> 2
>
> And the message is accepted.


Did it occur to you that maybe we'd need the unobfuscated IP and host
name to help you with a DNS problem relating specifically to those
IPs/hosts?
http://www.exim.org/eximwiki/MailingListEtiquette#head-a6f7fb5ce8816568569a321f783315207ec38063

By the way, the solution to your problem already exists commented out in
the default Debian configuration files.

- Marc