[exim] Verifying that Spamhaus is working within Exim

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Author: Alex Carver
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To: exim-users
Subject: [exim] Verifying that Spamhaus is working within Exim

Well, I've reworked my entire system after that last little fiasco with a lost config file after reboot. I didn't even think to check if two config files were floating around. Thanks for pointing that out.

New question: Now that I reconfigured and reinserted support for Spamhaus, I haven't seen Exim block an email even though I've seen plenty of emails coming in from domains listed in zen.spamhaus.org

Under acl_check_rcpt I have:

  deny
    message = X-Warning: $sender_host_address is listed at $dnslist_domain ($dnslist_value: $dnslis
t_text)
    log_message = $sender_host_address is listed at $dnslist_domain ($dnslist_value: $dnslist_text)
    dnslists = zen.spamhaus.org



Nothing shows up in the logs that any email was blocked because it's on the RBL. Here's a log example of a domain that is on the RBL but exim never blocked:

2009-07-12 13:29:54 H=118-169-198-20.dynamic.hinet.net (www.hello.com) [118.169.198.20] F=<mike87694@???> rejected RCPT <candy59839@???>: relay not permitted
2009-07-12 13:29:55 unexpected disconnection while reading SMTP command from 118-169-198-20.dynamic.hinet.net (www.hello.com) [118.169.198.20]


It only failed because it was an attempt at a relay.

So is there a way to double check that Exim is querying the RBL?

Thanks