Re: [exim] Block Authenticated Senders Listed in File

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Author: Frank Elsner
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To: Matt
CC: exim-users
Subject: Re: [exim] Block Authenticated Senders Listed in File
On Thu, 9 Jun 2016 19:45:46 -0500 Matt wrote:
> I want to block certain authenticated senders. Not the from address
> but the username they do smtp authentication with.
>
> I tried this:
>
> deny authenticated = *
>         message = $authenticated_id suspended due to abuse
>         #condition = ${if eq{$authenticated_id}{ttest@???} }
>        condition = ${if eq{$authenticated_id}{lsearch;/var/bad_senders}

>
> It seems to work when I input a single email address but I want to
> block all the email addresses listed in the file bad_senders. What am
> I doing wrong?


You must lookup the account in the file, like in

  deny    condition = ${if exists {/etc/exim/blocked_accounts}}
          authenticated = *
          condition = ${lookup{$authenticated_id}lsearch{/etc/exim/blocked_accounts}{yes}{no}}
          message = Account $authenticated_id blocked




--Frank Elsner