On 2020-01-20 David Lee Lambert <dav...@lmert.com> wrote: > Package: exim4 > Version: 4.92-8+deb10u3 > Severity: normal > Tags: ipv6
> Dear Maintainer, > I was getting a "Relay not permitted" message from Thunderbird trying > to send e-mail. > The immediate workaround was to change the "Server Name:" in Server > Settings from "localhost" to "127.0.0.1". However, the manpage says, > and said in squeeze [1], > > dc_relay_nets > > A list of machines for which we serve as smarthost. _Please note that > > 127.0.0.1 and ::1 are always permitted to relay since /usr/lib/sendmail is > > available anyway and relay control doesn't make sense here._ Sets macro > > MAIN_RELAY_NETS > (I actually had "...; 127.0.0.1/8; [::1]/128; ..." in dc_relay_nets, but > taking those entries out didn't seem to make any difference.) > Testing with "telnet", IPv4 localhost is allowed to relay, IPv6 localhost > isn't: [...] Compare the results of swaks --pipe '/usr/sbin/exim4 -bh ::1' -f te...@lmert.com -t john....@example.net -q rcpt and swaks --pipe '/usr/sbin/exim4 -bh 127.0.01' -f te...@lmert.com -t john....@example.net -q rcpt cu Andreas -- `What a good friend you are to him, Dr. Maturin. His other friends are so grateful to you.' `I sew his ears on from time to time, sure'
