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Author: Peter Bowyer
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Subject: Re: [exim] local_user section with check_local_user removed (as advised
On 01/02/07, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton <lkcl@???> wrote:
>
>        # Reject "faked" sender  addresses in cyrus domains

>
>        deny sender_domains = +cyrus_domains
>        message        = Sender unknown/invalid
>        !verify        = sender/callout=defer_ok,5s

>
> the thing is: that is a setup which _happens_ to fix the problem
> _for cyrus_ users.


It didn't happen by accident, someone who knew what they were doing
wrote it like that.

> and i've demonstrated, i believe, with those 'exim4 -bh 127.0.0.1 -d'
> tests, which are scripted at http://hands.com/~lkcl/exim4_config , that
> the issue has nothing specifically to do with cyrus, and, right now,
> affects quite literally every single installation of exim4 in
> existence.


You've proved something about your installation of Exim. You didn't
get to test mine, so you didn't prove anything about that one - or
anybody else's in all probability.

You either have a config problem, or your expectations and/or
understanding of what Exim does is wrong. If you stop ranting about
bugs and ask sensible questions, you might get some help with it.

>
> except for those that may have stumbled onto something that does the
> equivalent job, somewhere in their config files, to this:


Most people with any sense don't stumble across configs, they write
them from a position of knowledge about what they need, and how to
achieve that using the tools at hand. If they need help, they ask.

You seem to have a different approach.

>
>        deny
>                message = <$sender_address> is an invalid address!
>                log_message = <> is an invalid address.
>                senders = :


As you've been told a few times already, the null sender is am
important part of SMTP, and you shouldn't mess with it.

Peter

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