> > I am getting spam coming to root on my mail server. I can't
> > figure out how to configure Exim to block mail coming in from
> > the Internet addressed to root, but allow my server to send
> > internal messages to root.
> >
> > Any ideas?
> >
>
> deny local_parts = root
> message = We don't accept mail to root@wherever
>
> somewhere early on in your smtp_rcpt acl ?
Argh... but of course after you've accepted mail from your local machine. That's
usually taken care of with the
accept hosts = :
which accepts mail over local smtp (not over tcp/ip).
J
