On 13/10/12 22:51, Phil Pennock wrote:
> On 2012-10-13 at 16:10 +0100, Damien Moore wrote:
>> I am using Exim 4.72 on Debian 6.0.6. I have dumped the Debian
>> configuration scheme and composed my own exim4.conf file based on the
>> sample supplied. I have successfully implemented a blacklist of sending
>> domains which works like this:
>>
>> acl_smtp_mail = acl_check_mail
>> acl_check_mail:
>> deny message = Domain blacklisted locally
>> sender_domains = lsearch;/etc/exim4/senderdomains.blacklist
>>
>> where the file senderdomains.blacklist contains a list of this format:
>>
>> dirtyspammers.org
>> spamserver.lots-o-spam.net
>> dishitout.spammers.com
>
> In this case, you don't want "lsearch;", you just want to specify the
> file path itself, so that the matching is "one per line". lsearch is a
> way, loosely speaking, of looking for "key: value" lines by key and
> grabbing the value for use.
>
>> My question is how to do something similar with a list of IP addresses.
>> Would a similar structure be appropriate and where would it be put? Hope
>> this is not too easy.
>
> It should be:
> deny hosts = /etc/exim4/senderhosts.blacklist
>
> And don't worry about "too easy". If people complain about "too easy",
> I can cough at them and ask for people to help maintain the FAQ. :-D
>
> -Phil
>
Thank you for your assistance. Your hint about not needing "lsearch"
solved another problem which had been puzzling me for some time - why
the wildcards did not work inside the blacklist. They do now.
Damien Moore
