On Wed, 6 May 2009, Ian Eiloart wrote: > > I might be being slow today ... why as late as acl_smtp_mail? Can it > > not be used in the rcpt acl? > > Yes, and it should be. However, acl_smtp_mail is inspected at "MAIL > FROM" before the rcpt acl. Of course, you should wait until RCPT because > the RCPT might be postmaster, and the sender domain might be a genuine > error.
Ah, sorry, therein you gave me the clue to my own error. I was carelessly confusing acl_smtp_mail with acl_smtp_data (ie, my mind was telling me it was after acl_smtp_rcpt, so I thought the test was "late", when in fact it was early: I would deploy it in acl_smtp_rcpt for the reasons you give). Duh. J. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jethro R Binks Computing Officer, IT Services, University Of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK -- ## List details at http://lists.exim.org/mailman/listinfo/exim-users ## Exim details at http://www.exim.org/ ## Please use the Wiki with this list - http://wiki.exim.org/
