On Thu, 26 Jul 2007 19:35:53 +0200, Magnus Holmgren <holmgren@???> wrote:
> On Thursday 26 July 2007 19:20, Tom Ray [Lists] wrote:
>> Well it is a domain I host. I did remove the MX records in a hope that
>> it would stop the incoming traffic, but it hasn't. This domain is just a
>> website pointer. It's not supposed to accept mail anyways. I didn't have
>> it in the local_domains list.
>
> Ah, in that case you could add
>
> deny domains = mymsviews.com (add more domains if relevant)
> message = $domain does not accept mail
>
> early in the ACL, to give an explicit message, even to local users. But
> it's
> not necessary; if you remove that superfluous "require verify =
> recipient",
> Exim will find that it doesn't know the domain locally and that the sender
>
> isn't authorized to relay (unless it is), and give an appropriate error
> message.
>
>> And my dnslookup router is already this:
>>
>> dnslookup:
>> driver = dnslookup
>> domains = ! +local_domains
>> transport = remote_smtp
>> ignore_target_hosts = 0.0.0.0 : 127.0.0.0/8
>> no_more
>>
>> Is that just not doing the same thing?
>
> If you add
>
> self = fail
>
> then Exim will return a permanent error instead of a temporary one.
> Normally
> you don't want that, because "lowest numbered MX record points to
> local host" is usually a configuration error, which you'd want to spot and
> fix
> before mail bounces.
>
> --
> Magnus Holmgren holmgren@???
> (No Cc of list mail needed, thanks)
>
> "Exim is better at being younger, whereas sendmail is better for
> Scrabble (50 point bonus for clearing your rack)" -- Dave Evans
