Re: [exim] A riddle: What HELO/EHLO does remote host send?

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Author: Peter Bowyer
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Subject: Re: [exim] A riddle: What HELO/EHLO does remote host send?
On 02/02/07, Alexander Shikoff <minotaur@???> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> To discover some strange issue I've put some additional logging into HELO
> and RCPT ACLs:
>
> acl_check_helo:
>        deny
>                # reject IP-addresses IN HELO/EHLO
>                message = Bad HELO/EHLO
>                condition = ${lookup{$sender_helo_name}nwildlsearch{BL_BAD_HELO}{yes}{no}}

>
> acl_check_rcpt:
>        warn
>                logwrite = ---$sender_host_address/$sender_helo_name---
>        [...]

>
> After that I got in log:
>
> Feb 2 14:31:59 crow exim[39322]: 2007-02-02 14:31:59 H=(201.250.198.147) [201.250.198.147] rejected EHLO or HELO 201.250.198.147: Bad HELO/EHLO
> Feb 2 14:32:01 crow exim[39322]: 2007-02-02 14:32:01 ---201.250.198.147/---
> Feb 2 14:32:05 crow exim[39322]: 2007-02-02 14:32:05 H=[201.250.198.147] F=<bjoern.wunderlich@???> rejected RCPT <info@???>: 201.250.198.147 listed by list.dsbl.org
>
> Now a riddle: what HELO did remote host send?!
> Any suggestions?


It sent 201.250.194.147.

Since your HELO ACL rejected the HELO, and the client didn't send
another one, $sender_helo_name is subsequently blank. A rejection of
the HELO simply causes the transaction to continue as though no HELO
had been received.

HELO rejection is generally better done at RCPT time, for this reason
amongst others.

Peter


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