On Thu, Sep 21, 2006 at 09:31:09AM +0100, George B. wrote: > Why on earth does Exim call the smarthost for a local address? :-/
The sender you are trying is not a local address, and everything nonlocal is passed on to the smarthost. > >2# setting no_verify on the smarthost router and having a dnslookup > >router with verify_only doing the verification. > > Could you go into a little more detail please. I'm still not to sure > how the router thing works (and ties in with the ACLs). As I said, my > knowledge of Exim is still a little basic. Exim does do sender verification by going through the motions of sending a message to the sender without actually sending a message. Since a message to the non-local sender will be sent to the smarthost, the local exim considers the sender address as verified. > >Perhaps you previously had callouts setup? > > No, but then the two Sarge boxes that work use the "internet" > configuration. Ok. The issue we have here is specific to smarthost setups. Greetings Marc -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Marc Haber | "I don't trust Computers. They | Mailadresse im Header Mannheim, Germany | lose things." Winona Ryder | Fon: *49 621 72739834 Nordisch by Nature | How to make an American Quilt | Fax: *49 621 72739835 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
