--On 4 January 2007 10:06:03 -0700 "Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > On Dec 30, 2006, at 9:01 AM, John Robinson wrote: > >> On 23/12/2006 17:05, Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC wrote: >>> I believe they are ones for which I am a backup MX host so I accept >>> them and try to relay them on. >> >> You probably ought to look into recipient verification callouts then; >> most of the time the primary MX will be up and it's a spammer >> desperately trying to get the mail accepted by using a lower- >> priority MX >> instead of the primary MX. > > Ok, I had > > deny message = unrouteable address > !verify = recipient > > which I just changed to > > deny message = unrouteable address > !verify = recipient/callout=2m,defer_ok,random > > I assume the defer_ok is what I want to avoid rejecting valid mail > that I cannot verify due to the main MX being down for some reason... RANDOM won't help, since that checks a random local part in the domain that you're trying to verify. I suspect you thought it would use a random sender address. You could try use_postmaster, or better, mailfrom=$sender_address would do the trick - but the latter isn't available for recipient verification. Since [EMAIL PROTECTED] might not be permitted to post to the exim mailing list, you should not be surprised to see the callout fail - although I don't think the exim.org server checks at that stage. > However, after I did this, I could not send to the exim list! (I > also tried without the random). > > What am I missing? > > Thanks > Chad > >> >> Cheers, >> >> John. >> >> -- >> ## List details at http://www.exim.org/mailman/listinfo/exim-users >> ## Exim details at http://www.exim.org/ >> ## Please use the Wiki with this list - http://www.exim.org/eximwiki/ > > --- > Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC > Your Web App and Email hosting provider > chad at shire.net -- Ian Eiloart IT Services, University of Sussex -- ## List details at http://www.exim.org/mailman/listinfo/exim-users ## Exim details at http://www.exim.org/ ## Please use the Wiki with this list - http://www.exim.org/eximwiki/
