Re: [exim] No Reverse DNS

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Author: Phil Pennock
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To: Matt
CC: exim-users
Subject: Re: [exim] No Reverse DNS
On 2008-02-28 at 19:54 -0600, Matt wrote:
> So pretty much this?


Almost, but not quite.

> # : no reverse dns
> defer !verify     = reverse_host_lookup
>       !hosts      = net-lsearch;/etc/virtual/pophosts :
> /etc/virtual/relay_ips : 127.0.0.1
>       message     = Reverse DNS lookup failed for host $sender_host_address


!hosts before !verify

Section "40.18 Condition and modifier processing" of The Exim
Specification; the conditions are short-circuited and tried in order.
So you want to stop trying this defer if it's in one of the relay IPs,
then proceed to verify via reverse_host_lookup

-Phil