On 26/01/2010 13:53, Always Learning wrote:
> It does not work when I use
>
> hosts = ^*-*-*-*
>
> hosts = ^*-*-*-*$
>
> The panic file accumulates error messages.
>
>> If that cannot be used directly, the match condition can help:
>>
>> http://www.exim.org/exim-html-current/doc/html/spec_html/ch11.html#SECTexpcond
>
> That does not appear to expand strings like *-*-*-*
>
> Further along in the same ACL
>
> defer message = [F21] Anti-Spam Protection. Please retry in a
> few minutes.
> domains = aaaa.bbbb
> !hosts = *.uk : *.com : *.net : *.org
>
> works perfectly.
>
> If I can trap and use *.uk why can't I also trap and use *-*-*-* ?
Because "hosts" takes a "hostlist" as its argument, and "*-*-*-*" isn't
a valid item in a "hostlist"
http://www.exim.org/exim-html-current/doc/html/spec_html/ch10.html#SECThoslispatnam
"If a pattern starts with "*" the remainder of the item must match the
end of the host name. For example, *.b.c matches all hosts whose names
end in .b.c. This special simple form is provided because this is a very
common requirement. Other kinds of wildcarding require the use of a
regular expression."
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