I think I have found a fix for this issue. My hunch is there is something buggy about the run{} command when invoking programs directly. I wrapped the contents of run with an explicit shell invocation, e.g.
condition = ${run{/usr/bin/spfquery.mail-spf-perl \ --ip ${quote:$sender_host_address} \ --scope mfrom \ --identity ${quote:$sender_address}} \ {no}{${if eq {$runrc}{1}{yes}{no}}}} now becomes condition = ${run{/bin/bash -c "/usr/bin/spfquery.mail-spf-perl \ --ip ${quote:$sender_host_address} \ --scope mfrom \ --identity ${quote:$sender_address}"} \ {no}{${if eq {$runrc}{1}{yes}{no}}}} Dominic, are you still using mantic or are you on noble by now? I'd be glad to prepare a package for you to test if you are comfortable with that. Alternatively you can test the changes I mentioned here. This code is found in /etc/exim4/exim4.conf.template but of course be careful if you are modifying this file on a live system. I've tested this code change with a valid E2E case with SPF, and I also tested a local lxc system with no SPF to ensure SPF validation failures occur correctly. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2056372 Title: Enabling SPF checks with CHECK_RCPT_SPF doesn't work To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/exim4/+bug/2056372/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs