On Sat, 2010-05-01 at 18:26 +0200, Francesco Pasqualini wrote:
> Thanks Ron, fixed !
>
> what I was missing is just to call the defined ACL:
>
> acl_smtp_mail = acl_check_mail
>
> Another error is that I was naming the acl exactly acl_smtp_mail that I
> think is a reserved config word
>
> thanks a lot
>
>
>
>
> On Sat, May 1, 2010 at 5:52 PM, Ron White <exim.ml@???> wrote:
>
> > On Sat, 2010-05-01 at 16:24 +0200, Francesco Pasqualini wrote:
> > > hi all,
> > > I'm trying to use acl_smtp_mail (exim4 on ubuntu)
> > >
> > > The acl does not work, like it wasn't there.
> > >
> > > For example my config.autogenerated is as follow, bat every mail is
> > > accepted:
> > >
> > > acl_smtp_mail:
> > >
> > > deny message = User has been blocked
> > > senders = *
> > >
> > > deny
> > >
> > > What I'm missing ?
> > >
> > > thanks
> >
> > Are you actually calling/referencing your defined acl in one of the
> > acl_smtp_xxxx directives in the main section of the runtime
> > configuration? Such as:
> >
> > acl_smtp_rcpt = acl_smtp_mail
> > or
> > acl_smtp_data = acl_smtp_mail
> >
> > For troubleshooting the acid test to see what is happening would be to
> > run a debug session on the command line (here pretending to be from a
> > gmail IP):
> > exim -d -bh 209.85.229.27
> > giving it the normal smtp commands one at at time such as:
> > helo .
> > mail from: <>
> > rcpt to: your.user@???
> > data
> >
> > This should show what is/is not going on. The logs may well have useful
> > information too.
> >
> >
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Glad to have been of use. The folk here have been very kind to me so I'm
glad I could give something back to someone :-)
Have a good weekend.
