Re: [exim] Help, Please.

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Author: Magnus Holmgren
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To: exim-users
Subject: Re: [exim] Help, Please.
On Thursday 26 July 2007 18:17, Tom Ray [Lists] wrote:
> Basically this is what I am getting in my log:
>
> 2007-07-26 11:57:45 lowest numbered MX record points to local host:
> mymsviews.com (while verifying <odyl@???> from host
> (mail.fcpp.org) [64.201.170.253])
> 2007-07-26 11:57:45 H=(mail.fcpp.org) [64.201.170.253] F=<> temporarily
> rejected RCPT <odyl@???>: lowest numbered MX record points to
> local host


Is mymsviews.com your domain? Is 63.215.161.143 your IP address?

What happens here probably is that Exim reaches a verify = recipient condition
in the RCPT ACL, even though mymsviews.com is not recognised as a local
domain, nor is the remote host allowed to relay. A correctly configured Exim
would return a permanent "Relaying prohibited" error. (Those would still be
logged, of course, unless you arrange to feed the repeat offender IPs to
iptables or something.) We'll have to look at your ACLs and routers to
determine the exact cause.

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Magnus Holmgren        holmgren@???
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