> I'm having problems setting up a relay for an external IP
> address range, the following has been setup in acl_check_rcpt
>
> accept
> hosts = SPECIAL_RELAY
> log_message = "SPECIAL ACCEPT: $sender_address locally
> specially whitelisted"
>
> SPECIAL_RELAY is defined in listmacrodefs as 213.185.*.*
>
> When I test with exim -bh I get the 'relay not permitted' message.
>
> Should it be defined as 213.185.0.0/16?
Yes.
>
> Am I doing this completely wrong or is there something small missing?
> Any help greatly appreciated.
>
Do you really want to allow a /16 network range to relay through your server ?
Especially as, when I did a quick whois, that network doesn't belong to a single
organisation.
John