Re: [exim] Reject mail destined for subdomain

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Author: Mike Cardwell
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To: Exim Users List
Subject: Re: [exim] Reject mail destined for subdomain
Ger Apeldoorn wrote:

>>> I've got a list of hosts (entire subdomains in fact) that cannot recieve
>>> mail, but send some that is generated by interactive jobs.
>>>
>>> Occasionally, mail gets send from these hosts with a wrong destination
>>> address. This causes multiple NDRs from the mailhost, which cannot be
>>> delivered because the sendinghosts cannot receive any mail. This causes
>>> the queue on the mailserver to fill up.
>>>
>>> How can I discard all mails to these hosts (subdomains) at the incoming
>>> mailhost?
>>>
>> In the rcpt acl:
>>
>> discard domains     = domain1.example.com : domain2.example.com : 
>> domain3.example.com
>>     log_message = $domain sends, but does not accept email

>>
>> Mike


> Thanks for your reply, is it possible to use wildcards like *.example.com?


Yes, that is possible. Search for "domains = <domain list>" on
http://www.exim.org/exim-html-current/doc/html/spec_html/ch40.html

Mike