On Wed, 2009-11-18 at 22:07 -0500, Joe Doehler wrote:
> I have been using Exim for 10+ years as a hobbyist, but I have never
> touched the ACL until this week: I have been doing all my filtering in
> "local_scan()". My first try at using the ACL does not work. Because all
> the outgoing mail from my domain originates from a local network, I am
> trying to deny mail with the following properties:
> - Source from public IP addresses
> - And return address that uses my domain name, that I consider spoofed.
>
> In the "acl_check_rcpt" section, I write:
> deny message = Some message
> domains = +local_domains
> hosts = !+relay_from_hosts
>
> What results from this is that all mail from public IP addresses is
> denied - not the intent. I am missing something elementary, but I do not
> know what it is. Help would be appreciated.
>
> If this helps, here is the list definition:
>
> domainlist local_domains = @ : localhost : mylastname.us :
> localhost.localdomain
> domainlist relay_to_domains =
> hostlist relay_from_hosts = 127.0.0.1 : 192.168.1.0/8
^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Minor point - shouldn't that be 192.168.0.0/16 or 192.168.1.0/24 or even
192.0.0.0/8.
John.
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