[Techtalk] eximconfig rejecting my mailing list posts
Elwing
elwing at elwing.org
Sat Apr 16 03:38:27 EST 2005
Conor,
what I do is check the HELO/EHLO, exim will take the "real" IP/host and
compare it. (I also let in any of my internal network, all of whom use
the mail server as a smarthost)
(in my exim configure)
acl_check_helo:
# accept authenticated = *
accept hosts = ::::1 : 192.168.0.0/24
deny message = HELO/EHLO with my IP address. You are not me.
log_message = HELO/EHLO my.ip
condition = ${if match {$sender_helo_name}{<My IP>} {yes}{no}}
deny message = HELO/EHLO with my domain name. You are not me.
log_message = HELO/EHLO my.domain
condition = ${if match {$sender_helo_name}{<my domain>} {yes}{no}}
Conor Daly wrote:
> Urk! I'm running exim-4.44 with eximconfig-2.1 filtering incoming mail on
> my internet facing SMTP server. I've suddenly noticed that my posts to
> mailing lists are getting rejected by my mail server with
>
> "Sender <...> is attempting to use forged local or relay header
> From: address <...>"
>
> Now, this is because mail sent by me to a mailing list is returned to me
> with my own address as the From: address. This check exists within
> eximconfig to reject spam claiming to be from me coming in on the external
> interface. Is there any way to stop the rejections for the genuine
> messages while still rejecting the spoofed ones?.
>
> This server is _not_ my outgoing server (at least not yet), I use postfix
> internally and my ISP's SMTP server as smart-host.
>
> For instance, I won't get a copy of this message 'cos it'll get rejected
> by my SMTP server. Which also explains my triple post on the topic "sun
> hardware"! I'll get your replies though...
>
> Any thoughts?
>
> Conor
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