I tried using '-bh' on our Exim/SPF implementation, which has been working
for about a year, and I get the same 'SPF result is unknown (permanent
error) (7)' error...
> /usr/local/exim/bin/exim -bh 41.207.177.17
**** SMTP testing session as if from host 41.207.177.17
**** but without any ident (RFC 1413) callback.
**** This is not for real!
>>> host in hosts_connection_nolog? no (option unset)
LOG: [25731] SMTP connection from [41.207.177.17]
>>> host in host_lookup? yes (matched "*")
>>> looking up host name for 41.207.177.17
>>> IP address lookup using gethostbyaddr()
>>> IP address lookup failed: h_errno=1
LOG: [25731] no host name found for IP address 41.207.177.17
>>> host in host_reject_connection? no (end of list)
>>> gethostbyname looked up these IP addresses:
.
.
.
MAIL FROM: sam@???
>>> using ACL "acl_check_mail"
.
.
.
>>> processing "deny"
>>> check spf = fail
>>> SPF result is unknown (permanent error) (7)
>>> deny: condition test failed
>>> processing "accept"
To: Dan_Mitton@???
cc: exim-users@???
Subject: Re: [exim] Help to install exim with SPF
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On Fri, 11 Jul 2008 08:21:01 -0700, Dan_Mitton wrote
> What IP address did the message come from?
>
>--
Localy on exim server we run "exim -bh 41.207.177.17" in order to test a
mail sending
from 41.207.177.17
--sam
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