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List:       exim-users
Subject:    Re: Why doesn't this relay?
From:       Philip Hazel <ph10 () cus ! cam ! ac ! uk>
Date:       1997-06-16 8:50:04
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On Fri, 13 Jun 1997 david@sparks.net wrote:

> The significant parts of the exim.conf:
> 
> relay_match_host_or_sender = true
> sender_host_accept_relay = partial-lsearch;/etc/mail/relayfrom
> sender_net_accept_relay = 204.214.110.0/255.255.255.0
> sender_address_relay = *.harborside.com:harborside.com
                         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
                         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> sender_net_accept_relay = 204.214.110.0/255.255.255.0
> sender_reject_recipients = lsearch;/etc/mail/spammers
> sender_host_reject_recipients = partial-lsearch;/etc/mail/spamdomains
> sender_net_reject = 205.199.2.0/255.255.255.0
> sender_verify_reject = true
> 
> 
> /etc/mail/relayfrom contains among other lines:
> 
> *.sparks.net
> 
> 
> But pointing my netscape mailer at it gives me:
> 
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 1997-06-13 19:57:47 refused relay (sender & host accept) to
> dmiller@gwi.net from <david@sparks.net> H=ws.sparks.net [204.248.143.3]
                        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
                        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> (david)
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> What am I missing?

The sender doesn't match, but it thinks the host doesn't match either. I 
will do some experiments to see if there is a problem in Exim. 
[Incidentally, note that you have got sender_net_accept_relay twice; the 
next version of Exim will complain about this.]

-- 
Philip Hazel                   University Computing Service,
ph10@cus.cam.ac.uk             New Museums Site, Cambridge CB2 3QG,
P.Hazel@ucs.cam.ac.uk          England.  Phone: +44 1223 334714

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