Re: [exim] Matching a client's IP address against a hostlist

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Author: Mike Brudenell
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To: Exim Users
Subject: Re: [exim] Matching a client's IP address against a hostlist
Ouch! You're right: too much effort. I'll take the two ACL route.

Many thanks again,
Mike B-)

On 24 February 2016 at 15:14, Jeremy Harris <jgh@???> wrote:

> On 24/02/16 14:57, Mike Brudenell wrote:
> > Does anyone have any thoughts on whether it's possible to do the
> equivalent
> > of a *hosts* type match within a string expansion?
>
> Yes. But it's more effort than it's worth.
>
> - walk list-to-match
> - spot IP addresses vs. names
> - do dnsdb lookups
> - walk multiple returns
> - compare against sender_ip
> - go round again having remembered ipv6



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