Re: [exim] matching hostlist by IP address

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Author: Richard Doyle
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To: exim-users
Subject: Re: [exim] matching hostlist by IP address
On 12/29/2016 04:30 PM, Ian Zimmerman wrote:
> Hi eximummers again,
>
> I am trying to add a router where one of the conditions is the client
> should be from the set of trusted relay IP addresses. I didn't want to
> repeat the definition of relay_from_hosts, so I wrote:
>
> condition = ${if match_ip {$sender_host_address} {relay_from_hosts} {true}{}}


+relay_from_hosts

>
> But this doesn't work - it seems to treat relay_from_hosts as literal so
> of course the match fails. Reading the spec again carefully, I realize
> it doesn't say anywhere that I can use a named host list in this
> context. So, is this too much to ask? And isn't it a natural thing to
> ask? :-)
>