P.S. I updated https://github.com/Exim/exim/wiki/BlockCracking with a slightly better solution: without the "touch" and with:
condition = ${if exists{$spool_directory/blocked_IPs}\
${lookup{$sender_host_address}lsearch\
{$spool_directory/blocked_IPs}{0}{1}}\
{1}}
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