[Pkg-exim4-users] Help with a deny IP list?

[Andreas Metzler]

Aileen Carlstrom <acarls at zcorum.com> wrote:
> Reading the documentation leads me to believe that all I *should* have
> to do is create a file named local_host_blacklist in the /etc/exim4
> folder and populate it with the IPs I wish to be banned.  Done and Done,
> and yet when I run update-exim4.conf (not sure I even need to do that,
> but it seems like it would not hurt) and restart the daemon,

both not necessary. ;-)

>  my IP, which I put in the blacklist file, can still send just fine.
[...]


In the acl evaluating the host-blacklist happens after accepting all
mail from +relay_from_hosts. The local host is usually included in
this hostlist and therefore bypasses the check for the blacklist.

You'll need to use a remote testing host.

cu andreas
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