Re: [exim] require verify = sender description

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Author: Lena
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To: exim-users
Subject: Re: [exim] require verify = sender description
> From: "Dave Restall - System Administrator,,," <dave@???>

> I'm seeing a valid sender get rejected
> several times before being finally accepted. I added a warn line
> in the config :-
>
> warn    ! verify = sender
>         logwrite = oops sender verify failed : $acl_verify_message ($sender_verify_failure)

>
> require log_message   = require sender fails
>     verify        = sender

>
> but all I get in the message is for a routing failure e.g. :-
>
> 2017-04-07 13:13:48 oops sender verify failed : Sender verify failed (route)


Don't use log_message. Just

require verify = sender

or

  deny  condition = ...
        !verify = sender


In order to flush address verification cache, stop Exim, delete all files from
the "db" subdirectory in Exim spool directory (for example /var/spool/db ),
start Exim.

Examples from my mainlog (I inserted spaces around @ ):

2017-04-08 02:26:26 +0300 H=(adsl-mde-190-3-215-233.edatel.net.co) [190.3.215.233] sender verify fail for <ipbawx @ adsl-mde-190-3-215-233.edatel.net.co>: Unrouteable address
2017-04-08 07:21:26 +0300 H=(michaelwilkes.com) [113.181.0.106] sender verify fail for <info @ OBSCURE.nl>: all relevant MX records point to non-existent hosts
2009-11-26 22:21:29 H=(229-138-246-190.fibertel.com.ar) [190.246.138.229] sender verify fail for <pnngzv @ yahoo.us>: an MX or SRV record indicated no SMTP service
2010-02-05 13:19:55 +0200 H=(host-94-41-133-158.vpn.o56.ru) [94.41.133.158] sender verify fail for <pn5yn.tn2pvn @ p-y-2nq-.koala.currentmail.com>: mail domain "p-y-2nq-.koala.currentmail.com" is syntactically invalid