Re: [exim] Exim not obeying "delay = " in acl_smtp_connect

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Author: Jeremy Harris
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To: exim-users
Subject: Re: [exim] Exim not obeying "delay = " in acl_smtp_connect
On 27/12/17 12:39, Sebastian Arcus via Exim-users wrote:
> processing "drop"
>  5976   message: Reverse DNS record incorrect or missing
>  5976 check !condition = ${if eq{$received_port}{587}}
>  5976                  =
>  5976 check !verify = reverse_host_lookup
>  5976 looking up host name to force name/address consistency check
>  5976 drop: condition test deferred in ACL "acl_check_connect"
>  5976 LOG: connection_reject MAIN REJECT
>  5976   H=[196.207.181.208]:57629 I=[192.168.15.2]:25 temporarily
> rejected connection in "connect" ACL: host lookup deferred for reverse
> lookup check
>  5888 child 5976 ended: status=0x0
>  5888   normal exit, 0
>
>
> </snip>
>
> I'm not quite following the above - does it mean that the reverse dns
> lookup fails somewhere,


That's how I read it. Add more debug classes to that cmdline option
for more info - I expect there's a dns-specfic one.

Docs are at
http://exim.org/exim-html-current/doc/html/spec_html/ch-the_exim_command_line.html#SECID39


You could also look into options on the verify= ACL condition,
if it does turn out to be a DNS issue. See the ACL chapter.
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Cheers,
Jeremy