[exim-dev] [Bug 857] New: The logic of ACL acl_smtp_rcpt is …

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http://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=857
           Summary: The logic of ACL acl_smtp_rcpt  is unintuitive
           Product: Exim
           Version: N/A
          Platform: Other
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: NEW
          Severity: bug
          Priority: low
         Component: ACLs
        AssignedTo: nigel@???
        ReportedBy: postmaster@???
                CC: exim-dev@???

Hi,

Yesterday, I moved my main acl checks from acl_smtp_rcpt to acl_smtp_connect.
To my great surprise, it turned out that after this change EXIM did not want to
accept emails :-(

The cause is that, since all acls are evaluated as true if they are not
specified (or commented) in the config file, I assumed that it would be the
same for acl_smtp_rcpt. But it's not the case!

This is unintuitive. Even if this logic is documented (in sec 7.1), it's always
better to provide an intuitive and "natural" configuration.

Thanks for this great tool,

Martin


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