Dan_Mitton@??? wrote:
> Ian,
>
> And your explanation is...?
Ident != SPF
An ident request requires the server at the real IP address you have
provided on the -bh command line to be able to answer an active ident
request. Since this is a test mode, the ident server will have no idea
what you talking about since that computer did not start the connection
and as such has nothing to tell the testing computer.
SPF only requires a DNS lookup and the IP provided by the -bh command
line and as such, works in this testing mode.
Full details are here: -bh
http://docs.exim.org/current/spec_html/ch05.html#id479724
If you wish to test WITH ident, there is an option to provide the ident
string that the server at the IP address would provide.
Full details are here: -oMt
http://docs.exim.org/current/spec_html/ch05.html#id486736
Please note that I have given the anchors for the term above the one I'm
aiming at so that you end up with the whole paragraph on the screen.
You can google the exim docs on the main page at
http://www.exim.org/ or
on the documentation page
http://www.exim.org/docs.html
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The Exim Manual
http://www.exim.org/docs.html
http://docs.exim.org/current/
